Cake pops == cake wrecks

[nanila]

This is my first Easter holiday attempt to catch up with the dozens of posts I've been meaning to make and have had no time to write.

About a year ago, Humuhumu found an American cookbook called "Cake Pops" for 50p in the second-hand bookshed at our local National Trust place. She was mostly attracted by the photos of beautifully crafted confectionery, and has been periodically asking to make them. Sadly, none of us had the energy to follow through until quite recently.

I can safely say that we will not be offering any competition in the Artistic Baked Goods category any time soon.




They were delicious, though.




Smug cake pop eaters.

Comments

[soliano]

Your children are darling!

[nanila]

Thanks! They make a special effort to be cute when there is cake on offer.

[angelofthenorth]

They look awesome

[nanila]

They're very tasty. You crumble up the cake and mix it with icing so they pack quite a sugary punch!

[cmcmck]

Look, mum- clean hands! :o)

[nanila]

Haha, it helps when the whole thing can be stuffed into your gob in one go!

[silveradept]

A successful bake, then, if they were delicious.

[nanila]

Oh, definitely. We'll make them again.

[bryangb]

Those look good, but I have to confess that very very few of our 2nd hand cookery books have been a success. I can't help feeling that might be why the books were donated by their previous owners... 😏

(We also had a couple of "baking for kids" type new books that turned out poor - eg. under-tested & over-sugary recipes. The "make your own sweets" one that fascinated youngest with its gorgeous photography, was particularly yucky. Most of the recipes consist of "melt down those sweeties and use the resulting sickly-sweet gloop to make this...")

The one that's been consistently good is a German baking set for kids, given to youngest but adopted by eldest.

[nanila]

Yes, I think most second-hand cookery books are best used as coffee-table books if they have nice photos, or as historical curiosities!

[kotturinn]

They look tasty - who needs cake aesthetics?

[nanila]

Agreed!