Cake Pop Coating Cracking

After you dip each cake pop you will need to remove the excess coating.

Cake pop coating cracking.

Lisa frank rainbow cake pops. Don t dip cold cake pops into too warm candy coating or you ll get cracks. Cake pops for a lisa frank rainbow themed birthday shower for my granddaughter s birthday. If the candy melt is too hot your cake pops are going to crack.

I like to tap and turn. In short the primary cause of cracked cake pops is when there is too big of a disparity between the temperatures. First place one in the fridge for a few minutes. Do use sprinkles and nonpareils to prettify your pops.

Then take it out and see how it reacts as it comes to room temperature. Lion king cake pops. 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. Nowadays i add the sticks and dip all at the same time.

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. 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.

Pumpkin flavored cake pops for a fall baby shower. Do not vigorously bang or shake your cake pop. When working with cake pops i always take out a few at a time. Lion king themed baby shower cake pops i made for my daughter in laws baby shower.

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. Making cake pops is incredibly fun b. I used to add the sticks to the cake pops and then put them in the refrigerator. 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.

After you have dipped the cake pops and have a nice finished product avoid storing them in the freezer. This will cause the cake batter to expand ever so slightly which will put cracks into the hardening frosting coating. Gently tap your cake pop on the side of your bowl and turn it a quarter of a turn to keep the coating smooth.