Cake Pop Coating Cracking

Do use sprinkles and nonpareils to prettify your pops.

Cake pop coating cracking.

Lisa frank rainbow cake pops. After you have dipped the cake pops and have a nice finished product avoid storing them in the freezer. Lion king themed baby shower cake pops i made for my daughter in laws baby shower. Nowadays i add the sticks and dip all at the same time.

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. Then take it out and see how it reacts as it comes to room temperature. Making cake pops is incredibly fun b. Im making this video because i wish several years ago when i started making cake pops someone could of told me all this.

The key to keeping your cake pop on the stick is keeping this process short and gentle. When working with cake pops i always take out a few at a time. 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. Fall pumpkin spice cake pops.

This method works for me and i have made dozens of cake pops at a time. I like to tap and turn. Lion king cake pops. Cake pops for a lisa frank rainbow themed birthday shower for my granddaughter s birthday.

Do not vigorously bang or shake your cake pop. Don t dip cold cake pops into too warm candy coating or you ll get cracks. Pumpkin flavored cake pops for a fall baby shower. Don t use candies to decorate pops until you test them.

After you dip each cake pop you will need to remove the excess coating. This will cause the cake batter to expand ever so slightly which will put cracks into the hardening frosting coating. 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. If the candy melt is too hot your cake pops are going to crack.

In short the primary cause of cracked cake pops is when there is too big of a disparity between the temperatures. I used to add the sticks to the cake pops and then put them in the refrigerator. First place one in the fridge for a few minutes.