Still Poppin'

I'm turning out a batch (or 5) of cake pops almost every week. There are lots of bakes sales going on right now, plus the holidays are coming up. My goal is to get really good by Christmas so that I can give them as gifts or take them to parties.

Of course in addition to looking cute, they need good flavor. That was the project today. My grandmother, great aunt Lulie and I decided to try flavoring with extracts and oil. We ended up with gingerbread, almond, lemon, strawberry, raspberry, and peppermint. With the cake pop maker it was easy to divide out the cake batter and flavor a few cake pops at a time just to see what they would taste like. If it needed more flavor it was easy to adjust.

In order to tell them apart, we coated and topped them with things that would enhance or hint at the flavor.

Gingerbread:

Lemon:

 

Strawberry:

Raspberry:

Peppermint:

Aren't they pretty? And the "pops" don't have to be on sticks. We did them bon bon style and I think that works out pretty well.