Cake Pop Coating Cracking

Do use sprinkles and nonpareils to prettify your pops.

Cake pop coating cracking. The cake center will shrink in the freezer and when brought back to room temperature the pop will expand again causing the candy coating exterior to crack. Then take it out and see how it reacts as it comes to room temperature. Don t dip cold cake pops into too warm candy coating or you ll get cracks. After you have dipped the cake pops and have a nice finished product avoid storing them in the freezer.

If the candy melt is too hot your cake pops are going to crack. Typically this is caused by the difference in temperature of the coating and the cake ball itself the coating is hot and the cake balls are too cold the cake ball expands and now you have cracks. When working with cake pops i always take out a few at a time. First place one in the fridge for a few minutes.

Pumpkin flavored cake pops for a fall baby shower. Lion king themed baby shower cake pops i made for my daughter in laws baby shower. Gently tap your cake pop on the side of your bowl and turn it a quarter of a turn to keep the coating smooth. Don t use candies to decorate pops until you test them.

This method works for me and i have made dozens of cake pops at a time. Making cake pops is incredibly fun b. After you dip each cake pop you will need to remove the excess coating. How to prevent cake pops from cracking.

Then when you open up the fridge to check on your cake pops you will be greeted by this unfortunate surprise. While i do like to chill my cake pops in the fridge sometimes freezer for a few minutes but be careful there is a fine line between. Do not vigorously bang or shake your cake pop. The key to keeping your cake pop on the stick is keeping this process short and gentle.

Nowadays i add the sticks and dip all at the same time. Lisa frank rainbow cake pops. I like to tap and turn. I used to add the sticks to the cake pops and then put them in the refrigerator.

This will cause the cake batter to expand ever so slightly which will put cracks into the hardening frosting coating. Im making this video because i wish several years ago when i started making cake pops someone could of told me all this. Fall pumpkin spice cake pops.