Food –who doesn’t love food?
I’ve never understood those people who can only eat half a
chocolate bar or say they “forgot to eat.” How do you forget to eat? I’ve
hardly finished one meal when I start thinking about the next. This is why I’ll
never be skinny and I’ll be content being a size 12 (ok 14 in jeans but I have
big hips). Generally I try and eat quite healthily but I need a small amount of
chocolate every day just to keep me going.
I figured seeing as the prompt for this post is food I would
share a cake pop recipe I made over the weekend. I know you can buy the moulds
in the shops that bake perfectly evenly formed sponge spheres but I prefer the
old school and less wasteful method of using up leftover cake scraps and
buttercream.
Remember a wee while ago I made these petit fours? Well I
was left with some excess cake when the first batch went wrong so I blitzed it
into crumbs and put it in the freezer. I was clearing out the freezer on Saturday
when I came across the bag of cake crumbs and half a piping bag of buttercream
so decided I would use them up to make cake pops.
My quantities here are a guide, just use your own judgement
and add the buttercream a little at a time so the mix doesn’t become too
sticky.
Cake Pops
Makes – approx. 30
500g cake crumbs
200g buttercream
200-300g chocolate
Sprinkles
Cake pop sticks (I got a big bag in Home Bargains for £1!)
- Add the buttercream to the crumbs a bit at a time until it all comes together.
- Roll into balls or flatten with your hands and cut out shapes. I found rolling into balls much easier than cutting the star shapes.
- Melt 2 or 3 squares of chocolate in the microwave in short bursts, keeping an eye on it that it doesn’t burn.
- Dip the end of the stick in the chocolate and push it about halfway into the ball.
- Repeat this process on all the balls/shapes and put in the fridge for a few hours or preferably overnight.
- Once the cake pops are firm melt the chocolate over a bowl of simmering water.
- Dip the cake pops in the chocolate and drop a few sprinkles on top.
- Place upright in a short tumbler (no idea for the proper name!) or mug until set. You could place in the fridge but the chocolate may bloom.
Warning – eating more than one is very hard to do, these are so moreish and too easy to eat a few without realising!
Enjoy!
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