Sunday, September 4, 2011

Sports Themed Cake Pops




Basketballs, Baseballs, and Soccer balls! I got an order recently to make cake pops for a little boys class on his birthday and I wanted to share them with you. I think they turned out really well for never having made any sort of sports accessories before in the past. I used vanilla cake with white chocolate for the soccer and baseballs and orange for the basketballs. The trickiest part for me was the lines on the basketballs. When planning I thought I would just pipe them on with chocolate but that was nearly impossible. Then I thought I would draw them on with the edible markers but no one tells you that edible markers do not write on candy coating AT ALL! So my last idea was to use black food coloring watered down to make the stripes. I used a very small paintbrush and lightly painted the lines on. For the soccer balls I first cut out small stars in black marshmallow fondant using a star cookie cutter. I then used a sharp knife and cut off each point of the star which left me with little octagons just like a soccer ball has, I put a little melted white chocolate on the back of each one to act as glue. For the baseballs (my favorite) I just used a red frosting pen and piped out the red lines.

I will warn you - the black food coloring on the basketballs will get all over your mouth when you eat them but that is part of the fun! I went to the craft store and just got a simple white metal tin and put floral foam inside to hold up the cake pops with ease. Since I am crazy I also got some long grass from the floral section and cut it down to stick into the foam to simulate sports grass. It was the perfect stiffness to stick into the foam easily, and thanks to help from my friend Taryn we finished in no time. I really like to make the packaging fun when I am baking for a theme. I hope you enjoy the photos and try making them on your own at home...

7 comments:

  1. Thanks Allison you are my biggest fan!

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  2. wow, this is so nice. i really like it.

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  3. wow!!! this is beautiful! my son is a big soccer fan & wanted soccer cake pops. so i'm totally inspired with your creations. can you please give me instructions as to how you made the cake pops? did you cover it with white chocolate or fondant?

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  4. Hi Unknown - I used white chocolate candy coating. Fondant wouldn't do you much good. I would recommend checking out www.bakerella.com for step by step instruction on cake pop making. Good luck!

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  5. A friend wants this exact thing for her son's birthday. They are adorable and you really saved me some time. Did they take long to make and how much did you charge?

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  6. What did you use for. The orange on the basketballs

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