CAKE POPS!!!

Pretty shiny cakes...

I have succumbed.
I am a cake pop convert! (but not the American cake pop which is crumbled cake mixed with icing. Just the thought of that makes my teeth hurt!)

I bought a cake pop maker from Home Bargains. It is indeed a bargain for my home. (you can get one here...)

There it is. Magnificent, no?

So here's what you do -

Cake mix (makes 12 cake pops)

2oz marg
2oz caster sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg
2oz SR flour

• Make up a traditional cake batter by creaming the marg and sugar together, adding the vanilla, beating in the egg, and mixing in the flour.

• Heat the cooker until the green light comes on

• Spoon dollops of mix into each hole - working quickly as they start cooking immediately! (I've found that the best amount of mix for the make is one heaped measuring tablespoon.)

• Close the lid and leave to cook for 4 minutes

• Remove each ball when cooked, and allow to cool.

To decorate -

100g chocolate (melted over simmering water)
sprinkles!!!
Lolly sticks

• Poke a hole about half way through the cake ball with the lolly stick - remove the stick, and dip the stick in the melted chocolate - replace the stick in to the cake

• Refrigerate until set.

You could skip that step, but the cake is more likely to spin while being decorated, or just fall of the stick... which is most inconvenient!

• When set, twirl each cake pop in the melted chocolate until completely coated.

• Set up in the handy dandy cake pop rack, and allow to cool slightly. (not allowing them to cool will result in all the sprinkles just sliding off the cake. And nobody wants droopy cake pops)

• When the chocolate is no longer drippy, you can dip the pops in bowls of sprinkles, and return to the fridge to completely set.

Well... you get the idea

Quite.