Cake Lollipops!:

i promise you i finally made something. and that something is something pretty darn cute. imagine cake. ok good. now imagine lollipops. great. now put those two thoughts together. i know what you're thinking "woah woah woah kylie. that is just ridiculous! a cake could never be held up by a stick and a cake sized block of candy would just be too sweet!" well dummy, the first one can work. you just have to be creative!

i mentioned these little critters a couple of posts ago and now i will show you how to make them. I started a new job last month at an awesome place called Lollipop. pretty perfect huh? well in attempts to make everyone like me, i thought it would be a good idea to make a batch and bring them in!

these adorable things appear courtesy of Bakerella, with some minor adjustments.

here's your shopping list:
-cake (any kind really, i used white cake here.)
-whatever your box says you need for your cake (eggs, milk, oil?)
-can of cream cheese icing
-lollipop sticks (i found them at bulk barn)
-candy melts-any colour you want! (also bulk barn)

sooooo. let's get down to business. first thing's first. make a cake. i just use store bought. i suppose you could make one from scratch if you really want.... but i don't want.

let the cake cool completely. you're going to be destroying this cake so once i can handle the cake i break it into chunks so the inside cools faster.



beauty.

now this whole next bit is much more effective if you use your hands, so give them a scrub.

crumble your whole cake into a big bowl. crumble crumble crumble. until it's... you know... like crumbs.

then the fun part... mixing it with icing.

take your can of cream cheese icing and mix it in with the crumbled crumbs. i never use the full can. i use about 3/4 and then see if i need to mix more in. you'll be able to tell if you need more when you try rolling some in a ball... it needs the icing to stick together.



and don't worry about any extra icing. just stick it in the fridge and grab a spoon whenever you want something sweet. i checked for you guys, it's safe to eat. even if you wanted to eat the whole thing... it's safe.

next, take a baking sheet and throw some parchment paper on it and roll your doughiness into balls and place them on the sheet.



and keep rolling...





then pop them in the freezer. this is important because if you don't, and you try and dip them in melted hot things, they will fall apart. in fact, you can freeze them on a few different things so that you can only take out a few at a time if you want.

once they're pretty solid. (probably about an hour or more.) get your candy melts ready. you can choose as many colours as you want, just give them their own bowl. don't melt too much at once because once it starts to harden it's useless.









just pop them in the microwave (i opt for 30 seconds, stir, 15 seconds, stir)

then you have something like this...



pop your balls onto the lollipop sticks...



then dip!!!! use a spoon to help you cover all the spots. (if you miss a spot, when the coating hardens the cake will ooze out the hole. yea. weird.)



to dry them i've used 3 different things. styrofoam to jam them in, cardboard to jam them in, and making someone hold them. they all work. choose your weapon.



then watch the colours rack up!