Cake Pop Coating Cracking

Lisa frank rainbow cake pops.

Cake pop coating cracking.

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. Do not vigorously bang or shake your cake pop. 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. I like to tap and turn. Don t dip cold cake pops into too warm candy coating or you ll get cracks. Do use sprinkles and nonpareils to prettify your pops.

Gently tap your cake pop on the side of your bowl and turn it a quarter of a turn to keep the coating smooth. This will cause the cake batter to expand ever so slightly which will put cracks into the hardening frosting coating. Then take it out and see how it reacts as it comes to room temperature. Pumpkin flavored cake pops for a fall baby shower.

Cake pops for a lisa frank rainbow themed birthday shower for my granddaughter s birthday. When working with cake pops i always take out a few at a time. Fall pumpkin spice cake pops. Then when you open up the fridge to check on your cake pops you will be greeted by this unfortunate surprise.

Making cake pops is incredibly fun b. Lion king cake pops. 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. 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.

If the candy melt is too hot your cake pops are going 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. First place one in the fridge for a few minutes.

I used to add the sticks to the cake pops and then put them in the refrigerator. In short the primary cause of cracked cake pops is when there is too big of a disparity between the temperatures. Nowadays i add the sticks and dip all at the same time.