Cake Pop Coating Cracking

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.

Cake pop coating cracking.

First place one in the fridge for a few minutes. 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. After you have dipped the cake pops and have a nice finished product avoid storing them in the freezer.

Pumpkin flavored cake pops for a fall 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. Fall pumpkin spice cake pops. Lion king themed baby shower cake pops i made for my daughter in laws baby shower.

Im making this video because i wish several years ago when i started making cake pops someone could of told me all this. Nowadays i add the sticks and dip all at the same time. After you dip each cake pop you will need to remove the excess coating. Don t use candies to decorate pops until you test them.

Do not vigorously bang or shake your cake pop. This will cause the cake batter to expand ever so slightly which will put cracks into the hardening frosting coating. Lion king cake pops. In short the primary cause of cracked cake pops is when there is too big of a disparity between the temperatures.

If the candy melt is too hot your cake pops are going to crack. Then when you open up the fridge to check on your cake pops you will be greeted by this unfortunate surprise. Don t dip cold cake pops into too warm candy coating or you ll get cracks. I used to add the sticks to the cake pops and then put them in the refrigerator.

Lisa frank rainbow cake pops. Do use sprinkles and nonpareils to prettify your pops. How to prevent cake pops from cracking. I like to tap and turn.

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. Making cake pops is incredibly fun b. This method works for me and i have made dozens of cake pops at a time.