A Fistful of Glitter: Cake Pops & Cake Pops & Cake Pops & Cake Pops.

Not usually being one to follow fashion trends, I barely follow food trends, either. However, back in February, whilst looking for a cute present idea for a friend, I came across cake pops a.k.a a lollipop of cake. Literally. I was straight onto this, spending a lot of time Googling to find the perfect recipe. Unfortunately, the process of making them took a very long time- the cakes had to be cooked, rolled, frozen, covered, frozen, etc! By the end of it they weren't very circular and could even be classed as a failure (even though they still tasted uhhhhmazing).

Fast foward six months and I happen to stumble upon this little beauty while looking for a present for another friend. I immediately told the friend I initially made cake pops with. The conversation went something like this:

"I JUST FOUND A MACHINE THAT MAKES CAKE POPS FOR YOU!!"

"OH MY GODDDD!!!"

The excitement was clearly unreal.

Flash another month forward when the above friend and I took an impromptu trip to a shopping centre to buy food and happened to wander past Argos. One catalog check later and we were holding the cake pop maker.

So initially, it looks like a terrifying heat trap of burning death, as the inside is completely black. Yet you feel completely intrigued. Saving you the details, we made a standard cake mix, added food colouring for added pzazz and threw 12 into the maker. I present you with...

The magical pile of already made cake pops!

The blue ones are blue food colouring, not green as everyone thought. ( :( ). The maker comes with a cooling rack which is handy for when the pops come out of the maker (which takes literally five minutes... amazing!) and is also good for putting sticks into the pops. I found one little cake pop which resembled a cupcake and decided I loved it... the results weren't too cupcakey.