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Whilst running round after two bambinos I set up www.kryshees.com making childrens clothes, unique childrens accessories, wonderful nurser adornments and yummy mummy type products. I love things bright and bold and try to bring these into childrens items.

Monday, 7 March 2011

Kryshees Lemony Cake Pop Fun!!

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Earlier this week a friend introduced me to cake pops (perhaps some of you noticed my manic ramblings on fb and twitter!) It was really everso exciting. I paid a little visit to a wonderful cake shop in Christchurch and brought some supplies, mainly candy melts and lolly sticks.

My friend Penny and I got a little over excited making these things, and they really were yummy. Needless to say we scoffed the few that we made on the day!! My bambinos were addicted, so we made some more over the weekend!!! YUMMEEE!!!

So heres how they were made. I used a 4oz sponge cake recipe (4oz sugar, marg, SR flour and 2 eggs). Crumbled the cake up into wee lil crumbs, ok so some of it may have been consumed in the process..opp

I made butter icing up according to the back of the icing packet, 6oz icing sugar and 3 oz butter. I added in some lemon zest and lemon juice to combine it all up. This got mixed into the cake crumbs and rolled into balls. I made about 20 odd balls out of this recipe amount.


The candy melts (like chocolate but minus the cocoa) were melted in the microwave, and after pre 'lolly sticking' the balls, we got a dunking! They dry pretty quick so sprinkles were liberally applied and popped into some spare oasis I had in the shed to keep them upright.



These guys really didn't hang around for long!


I'm off to hobbycraft in a mo to get some more supplies as its my sons birthday this week and these would be great for the party. Perhaps a little smaller than the previous ones. But ooo excited at making more.

If you are tempted to make some, there is a cakepops book and lots of piccies on google to look at for inspiration!!
Posted by Kryshees at 10:01

19 comments:

  1. Kat Shenton7 March 2011 at 10:11

    Mmmmmm more yummy things... This diet isn't going well.

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  2. Carolee Crafts7 March 2011 at 10:22

    Yummy, sugary delights, not surprised they did not hang around long

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  3. Silver Pebble7 March 2011 at 10:36

    OMG, I discovered Cake pops last week at a party and they are amazing - far too scared to make them though as I will scoff the lot!

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  4. Kryshees7 March 2011 at 10:39

    They are just divine! I might make a choc brownie type one next. hmmm delicious!!

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  5. Unknown7 March 2011 at 12:09

    I haven't tried these yet. They are on my to do list though! x

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  6. Unknown7 March 2011 at 12:54

    These look gorgeous. I am definitely going to have a go x

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  7. Kryshees7 March 2011 at 13:22

    Do doo!!! My hobbycraft trip was postponed, hubby went to work with the baby seats! Doh!

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  8. Your Friend Susie7 March 2011 at 13:43

    Oh my, I'm a little sorry I "popped" by! Just what I need! More tasty ways to consume mass calories! :)
    OK, now, seriously, what is SR flour? I guess I can google. But they look awesome. Thank you so much for the pictures and tutorial. I love when people do that. It's the best thing! :)

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  9. cj- catmumdo7 March 2011 at 14:22

    Ooooh cake on a stick!!! No way should I make these they wouldn't make it to being dunked lol

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  10. Kryshees7 March 2011 at 14:29

    Sorry my abbreviations! Self Raising flour!
    Glad your all liking them!

    There are some wonderful pics on google, of lego men headss and such done on cakepops!

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  11. Your Friend Susie7 March 2011 at 14:45

    Oh, I can't believe I couldn't figure that out. I blame it on it being early here and I was waiting for my new mattress (firs one we've bought for our master bed in almost 30 years!) so my mind was not working quite in the proper gear! OK, I gotcha. They look scrumptious! I already linked this on my Facebook page. :)

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  12. Unknown7 March 2011 at 15:32

    They look delicious.. I may have to make some of these with the kiddies at the weekend :) xx

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  13. Kryshees7 March 2011 at 16:11

    My lil ones had a field day making these. Beware of coating children in candy melts/melted choc and masses of sprinkles all over your floor!!!

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  14. PuppyFly Boutique7 March 2011 at 17:09

    Hmmm..the only problem is, if you want to make a batch to take to a party, how many do you make when you account for how many you are likely to eat yourself?! I better go for double!

    But then there's Mr Husband...triple!

    Really lovely idea - thank you.

    Anna xx

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  15. Wendy7 March 2011 at 19:48

    Oh my these look amazing. I can see they'd be great for a party but I think they'd be great any time too - and not just for the kids!

    Thanks for taking part in handmade Monday x

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  16. Glitz and Glamour7 March 2011 at 21:07

    Thanks for sharing, may have to do some baking this weekend. I am sure that children all over would enjoy these. Could be a good idea for my daughters school cake stall

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  17. itsamistry7 March 2011 at 21:26

    Ooohhh someone with cake at last :) I'm not surprised they didn't last long. I might have to have a go at these with my niece.

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  18. stylesofcooking8 March 2011 at 00:07

    They look brilliant. And also tasty. Not really understanding what a candy melt is tho, i will have to look into it.

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  19. Kryshees8 March 2011 at 09:20

    You can get candy melts from hobbycraft and most cake shops. They look like big choc buttons, but in lots of colours. They contain all the milk solids etc but no cocoa. You could easily do melted chocolate!!!

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