Cake Pop Coating Cracking

Then when you open up the fridge to check on your cake pops you will be greeted by this unfortunate surprise.

Cake pop coating cracking.

Cake pops for a lisa frank rainbow themed birthday shower for my granddaughter s birthday. Gently tap your cake pop on the side of your bowl and turn it a quarter of a turn to keep the coating smooth. Lisa frank rainbow cake pops. Im making this video because i wish several years ago when i started making cake pops someone could of told me all this.

Then take it out and see how it reacts as it comes to room temperature. I like to tap and turn. If the candy melt is too hot your cake pops are going to crack. Do use sprinkles and nonpareils to prettify your pops.

Lion king themed baby shower cake pops i made for my daughter in laws baby shower. First place one in the fridge for a few minutes. When working with cake pops i always take out a few at a time. After you dip each cake pop you will need to remove the excess coating.

Fall pumpkin spice cake pops. This method works for me and i have made dozens of cake pops at a time. In short the primary cause of cracked cake pops is when there is too big of a disparity between the temperatures. Pumpkin flavored cake pops for a fall baby shower.

Nowadays i add the sticks and dip all at the same time. Don t use candies to decorate pops until you test them. Don t dip cold cake pops into too warm candy coating or you ll get cracks. 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.

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. How to prevent cake pops from cracking. After you have dipped the cake pops and have a nice finished product avoid storing them in the freezer. The key to keeping your cake pop on the stick is keeping this process short and gentle.

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. Lion king cake pops. Do not vigorously bang or shake your cake pop.