Common issues problems with cake pops.
Cake pop coating too thick.
Smooth coating is one of the most if not the most important parts of successful cake pops.
If your candy coating is too thick after melting add some kind of shortening such as crisco or coconut oil to thin it out.
Grease a 9 inch springform pan.
An improvement none of the cake pops i dipped in the make n mold coating fell off the sticks.
But the truth is the candy melts are sooo convenient.
Additionally huge cake balls heavy cake balls.
Using a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle or whisk attachment beat the butter and sugar together in a large bowl until creamed about 2 minutes.
Tips on dipping the cake pops.
Save yourself a headache and spend some time getting the consistency right.
One other bit of advice i find helpful is to chill my cake pops peeps marshmallows whatever i m using prior to dipping it in the chocolate.
Melted chocolate is great to use for all kinds of desserts but it can sometimes end up being a little too thick making it hard to get the smooth coating you were hoping for.
I think the most common is thick coating and it is dragging your cake pop down.
Preheat oven to 350 f 177 c.
This can happen for a couple different reasons.
Stir in vegetable shortening just a few teaspoons at a time to get a thinner consistency that will make the cake pops easier to dip.
Why are they falling off the stick.
They re already colored in a whole rainbow of colors and they re very easy to find online or in craft stores or walmart.
When you dip the cake pop into the candy coating don t swirl the cake pop around.
It s often too thick and clumpy and i get sooooo frustrated when this happens.
This helps the chocolate set up a bit quicker.
However i did have to tap them rather aggressively to get the excess coating off.
Again we are avoiding any extreme temperature differences letting the coating cool for a few minutes before dipping brings it closer to the temperature of the cake pop.
Well you can not imagine how excited i was to see.
The resulting coating was not as thick as wilton s but was still too thick for cake pop perfection.
Luckily thinning out your melted chocolate is easy so you ll be able to get perfectly dipped cake pops a glossy chocolate drizzle or a delicious topping for your.
Instead bring it straight down dip and slowly bring it back up so it doesn t break apart.
Too thick and your cake pop will look awful too thin and you can see all the lumps and you will need to redip or the candy coating will dry super fast.
Have you ever had trouble using wilton candy melts for cake pops.
I know i have.
My end result were cake pops with a slightly lumpy look.
