Wedding Cake Pops

Now you might have guessed that I am slightly in love with cupcakes, having had 100 made for my wedding by the lovely Lisa from The Little Cake Parlour in Glasgow and having been excited about the Meri Meri Cupcake kits. So, if you’re like me, you might just be delighted to find out about the latest craze – Cake Pops!

In case you are wondering, yes ~ they are round cakes on big sticks that do indeed look like a more edible version of a chupa chup.

Now, until today I thought they were a pure American phenomenon but thanks to London Bride I now know for a fact that they can be ordered from a little family run cake company in North London called POP Bakery.

But I also found DIY instructions on making your very own wedding cake pops and another sweet idea for popping the question!all courtesy of Bakerella! (A great site if you like baking as much as I do)

Read the basic instructions for making cake pops, and then use following directions to turn them into miniature wedding cakes.

After you have rolled out the cake balls, use two different size cookie cutters to make the shapes. You can use small cutters like these to shape the cake and frosting mixture.

They’re not too big … the round cutter is about 1 1/2 inches wide and the crinkle cutter is about 1 1/4 inches wide.

Press one cake ball into each mold until the mixture fills up the cookie cutter shape. Remove any excess and you can reuse.

Remove mixture from the cookie cutters carefully so the shape stays intact and place on a wax paper-covered baking sheet.

When you have your shapes made, melt white candy coating per the directions on the package. Apply a thin layer of coating to the bottom of the smaller shaped cake, leaving the center uncoated. (This will make it easier for the lollipop stick to be inserted.)

Then place the small layer on top of the larger layer, coating side down. Press gently and let the candy coating set like glue. Place cakes in the refrigerator to keep chilled before dipping.

When you are ready, dip the tip of each lollipop stick in coating and then insert into the bottom of the cake about halfway. Then dip the wedding cake pop in a small narrow bowl of melted candy coating so that you can dip and remove the entire cake in one motion.

To make sure the coating is fluid enough, you can add some shortening or paramount crystals to help thin it out.

Remove from the candy coating, tap off any excess gently and place a jumbo heart sprinkle on top before the coating sets.

Let dry in a styrofoam block and then attach decorations using more melted candy coating like as glue. You can use sugar crystals, confetti sprinkles or even pipe on details like dots or swirls with more candy coating. You could really go all out with different decorations and colors.

These jumbo heart sprinkles work out great for the top of the cakes.

Just look how simple and sweet these are.

You could give these cake pops for:

An engagement party
A wedding shower
Wedding favors
You could even propose with them
Imagine how cute they would be with some sweet little tags.

Okay, forget imagining… let me just show you.

Happy Sunday everyone X