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Thursday, January 7, 2010

Popping Delicious

For a while now I've had my eyes on these and finally decided to give them ago today. I was pleasantly surprised when they turned out just as they should. I think they would make the best wee treats for a little one's birthday party or any party for that matter. Once you get the imagination cranking I'm sure you could turn them into a range of different things. Check out Bakerella for ideas.

It was a bit fiddley and a little time consuming (thankfully I'm on holiday) but definitely worth it. To start off, you need a cake. I just made a simple chocolate cake and once cooked and cooled, I processed it in a food processor.

I then got my hands in there and mixed in some typically American "Aunt Betty's Fosting" -this stuff is seriously delicious by the way.

Once all mixed together, you roll the mixture into balls then place in the freezor for 10-15 minutes.

When firm, you take them out of freezor and using a wee flower shape cookie cutter, you press the cutter into the ball to form a 'cup cake' shape.

You then place the cupcake shapped mixture back into the freezor for another 10-15 minutes, get them out again and then dip their little bottoms into melted dark chocolate.


They will look a bit messy like above, but will look prettier as the chocolate dries. I also tried some plain round ones too. You could decorate these more if desired.

Dip their tops in a different colour (I used melted white chocolate with a bit of red food colouring), sprinkle hundreds of thousands on top and place an m & m on top to finish.

Cute huh? I will definitely be making these again at some stage. Maybe for my niece's 5th birthday which is coming up...

5 comments:

  1. Nice Blog!

    Greetings from Greece!

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  2. Oh how cute and temptingly yummy. I'm afraid i wouldn't want those around they look too easy to eat and too hard to keep count (as i eat hundreds of calories later!). Perfect for a children's party though!

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  3. Oh these look so great. Where did you get the little sticks from? I've been looking everywhere for some.

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  4. Opps sorry I forgot to mention the sticks! I found them in spotlight. I'm beginning to grow quite fond of that store:)

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  5. They tasted fantastic and thats coming from someone with not much of a sweet tooth.
    Thanks
    Kev

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