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Keeping My Kids Entertained, One Cake Pop At a Time!

by on ‎03-28-2014 03:28 PM

Last Sunday, my kids were complaining that they had nothing to do, so I pulled out a box filled with everything they needed to make Easter Bunny cake pops. They loved the idea! In a couple of hours, they were eating their pops with giant smiles on their faces. The kitchen was wrecked, but the cake pops were delicious! I took a couple of pictures and posted them on my Facebook page (Sandra Bennett QVC) and didn't think much more about it.



However, since then, I've gotten several requests for the recipe and questions about how we decorated them. In fact, the lovely ladies who work on our social media team suggested I write a blog about it. I would have taken better pictures to document the process if I had know I would be writing a blog! I also let my girls, ages 11 and four, do 100% of the decorating. As their mom, I think they are the best looking cake pops ever, but this is not the type of Martha Stewart or Pintrest-level perfection you typically see online. {#emotions_dlg.biggrin}



Also, I have to confess, that I bought a cake pop kit that had all of the tools we needed. Still, we have made cake pops many times with just a standard boxed cake mix, a can of frosting, and candy melts from the craft store. They are actually super easy (just time consuming) and the kit was completely unnecessary. A quick internet search will turn up dozens of cake pop recipes, but here is the one we always use: 


http://allrecipes.com/recipe/cake-pops-by-duncan-hines/


After making these several times, we have learned to use our hands to smash the cake into crumbs, not pieces. Even small pieces of cake don't hold together well. Also, don't forget to freeze the cake pops for about 30 minutes before you dip them in the melted candy coating. Often, we don't decorate the cake pops with anything. When we do, we just use regular icing. Nothing fancy. In this case, we used pastel candy corn to make bunny ears, but you could just as easily roll your cake into egg shapes and use the icing to decorate Easter Egg cake pops. 





To follow along with all of our crafting fun be sure to check out my Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/SandraBennettQVC). You can also follow me on twitter (https://twitter.com/SandraQVC), and see what products I'm hearting on toGather (http://gather.qvc.com/member/sandrabennett) 


   


     


   


 


       


 

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