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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Decorating Cake Pops/Balls

There are a million ways to make your cake balls/pops uber cute. I haven't tried all of them, but the best thing I can suggest would be to do a search for them online. There are so many fancy ones out there, the ideas are endless.

I've only experimented with a few simple techniques, but they get the job done and look pretty sharp if I do say so myself!

I'm going to give you three examples, because that's all I remembered to take pics of.


The first is the chocolate swirl. This is a super easy, super cute way to dress up a cake ball a little bit. I always like to put SOME sort of effort into making them look good, and when I'm short on time, I pull out the bag. I fit the decorating bag with a small round tip, fill it with some of that melted chocolate (you can do chocolate on chocolate, or try swirling the vanilla on the chocolate or vice versa. there are also candy colors you can buy to change it up even more), and swirl it or criss cross it or whatever, onto your cake ball/pop. It does a ton for presentation and it takes two seconds.


The second technique is the edible marker. This one is also super quick and easy. After your ball is set up, just take and edible marker (you can get them at most craft stores in the cake decorating section) and draw what you want. These ones are softballs. I just took a red edible marker and tried my best! I think a pumpkin would be a really good use of the edible marker. Dye your vanilla almond bark (or buy orange candy melts) orange, add a snip of a green candy rope on top before the ball sets up for the stem, and draw on a cute jackolantern face with your black edible marker.


The last technique is a little more time consuming, and you have to go fast, because this stuff has to be done before the ball is set up. So after you dip the ball in your chocolate, swirl off the excess and when it doesn't look so drippy, sprinkle some sprinkles onto the bottom.  If its too wet, the weight of the sprinkles will drag the chocolate down. Then flip the ball right side up and add some shaped sprinkles to the sides. This part you have to do really quickly because it hardens so fast. And there you go.

I would really recommend looking up some more ideas on http://bakerella.com/. She does a lot with shaped cake balls. They're cute, but take a little more time.

12 comments:

  1. Those baseball ones are so cute!

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  2. I am trying to figure out how to make the outside look so smooth. Mine always look lumpy.. if you can help me out please email me at Mrs_Ralston@yahoo.com

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    1. I make sure I have a super smooth ball to begin with and I freeze them for 1-2 days prior to dipping in chocolate. Then, its a matter of letting all the chocolate drip off, and tapping the stick against the bowl.

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    2. If you use a double boiler, add a bit of Crisco to the chocolate and turnt he heat really low.

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  3. First, make sure your balls [lol!] are chilled and not frozen, BECAUSE the coating will dry way too fast and look lumpy. Then use a spoon instead of a fork, BECAUSE after it's well coated, tap the spoon against the bowl several times. This will make the coating 'flow' evenly giving it a smooth look. Easy-Peay!

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  4. What kind of edible marker did you use? I bought some and can't get it to write on the dried candy.
    Thanks!

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  5. I love the baseball pops! Too cute!!! New follower from www.sweetenedbykagi.blogspot.com :)

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  6. Those are great ideas!Im new at this whole cake pop world. So if you have any other ideas please post them. That would be great!

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  7. I am trying to make cake balls for an art palette for my daughters birthday. I need to tint the candy to make different colors of the palette (blue, green, red, yellow, purple). Everytime I add the coloring to the chocolate it seizes up. What am I doing wrong? Her birthday is 3/24/12. I would appreciate any feedback.

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    1. Try using Wilton's cake icing tints. They are oil based and won't seize up your chocolate.

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    2. You can not use any liquid dyes only the powder. Or if you have an AC Moore craft store in area they sell the wilson chocolate melts in the different colors.

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    3. use the wilton CANDY colors, those are the oil based one.

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