While preparing for our Thanksgiving Family Dinner, I added an extra line to my to-do list for what I thought would be a simple non-Thanksgiving related project. A new acquaintance mentioned she could use some red cake pops for her daughter’s birthday party. I really wanted to help her out and so I went ahead and made the cake and tried the pops.
Well, what I thought would be a little something extra turned into an experiment of sorts. The first batch of pops were way too soggy and I wouldn’t even serve them to my family much less send them away. I also had trouble with the casing cracking. The second batch went much, much easier and even though I still had some cracking, I was able to get a few more than necessary out of it.
Unfortunately I didn’t get to mail them until today so I don’t really know if they’ll make it to her party and there’s always the concern of what condition they will arrive in… (eek).
UPDATE: They DID arrive in time and click here to see the birthday girl with one!
All in all, it was a learning experience for me and I hope to try again with more cake recipes. Now onto brining the bird for tomorrow!
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