Cake pop puppets
Instead of baking cupcakes, make cake pops for a change. You can make them in different flavours and shapes. Even more fun is to decorate them as puppets. These will be a big hit at any party. Here is a simple basic recipe and some decoration ideas.
Age
From 2 years
What you need
For the cake pops (one tray of 20 pop cakes)
125 gr flour
125 gr butter (room temperature)
125 gr sugar
2 eggs
salt
a few drops of vanilla flavour extract
1 bag white chocolate melts
wooden food skewers
cake pop mould
piping bag
spatula
mixing bowl
For the decoration
For example; mints, m&m's, liquorice, sprinkles, mints, raisins, sour mats, nuts
Additional
flower foam or styrofoam block
paint palette
coloured paper
ribbon
tape
pencils
plate
Preparation
Pre heat the oven to 160 degree. Prepare the batter by mixing the butter with the flour and the sugar. Add the eggs, vanilla extract and a sniff of salt. Mix it all together until smooth.
Put the batter into a piping bag and fill halve of the cake mould (the one without the holes on top). Put the other halve of the mould on top and put it in the oven for about 20 minutes. You can test if they are ready by putting a wooden skewer in the cake pop. If there will be no dough sticking to the skewer, they are ready. Let the cake pops cool off in the mould for approximately 20 minutes before removing the top.
In the mean time melt some of the chocolate using a au-bain-marie.
After the cake pops have cooled off, dip one end of a wooden skewer into the chocolate and stick it in the cake pop. Put the cake pops in the fridge for about an hour so the chocolate can harden.
Set up the table with all the decoration. If you are inviting friends over for a decoration party, give everybody a few of cake pops on a plate. A paint palette can be used to put the decoration in for each of your guests.
Play
Melt some more chocolate to cover the cake pops. Dip the cake pops in the chocolate making sure they are completely covered.
When the chocolate is still wet, decorate your cake pop so the decoration sticks to the chocolate. Sprinkles make fun hair, raisins could be eyes or ears. A small sour mat with some candy on top makes a perfect hat.
Stick the cake pops into a flower foam or styrofoam block and let the dry.
Once dry you can further dress the cake pops. From some sturdy paper cut out some clothes, colour them in and add them with some tape to the wooden skewer. Finish it off by adding a ribbon.
Add-ons for more fun play
There is probably a fair bit to be cleaned up. Involve the kids in the cleaning, they can help you doing the dishes already from a very young age. They will probably enjoy it too. Once everything is cleaned up, enjoy one of the delicious and good looking cake pops together.
Educational
A great activity for your kids to learn all about measuring ingredients or improve their coordination skills. If your kids are older let them follow the instructions, it is a good reading and math practise.
Age
From 2 years
What you need
For the cake pops (one tray of 20 pop cakes)
125 gr flour
125 gr butter (room temperature)
125 gr sugar
2 eggs
salt
a few drops of vanilla flavour extract
1 bag white chocolate melts
wooden food skewers
cake pop mould
piping bag
spatula
mixing bowl
For the decoration
For example; mints, m&m's, liquorice, sprinkles, mints, raisins, sour mats, nuts
Additional
flower foam or styrofoam block
paint palette
coloured paper
ribbon
tape
pencils
plate
Preparation
Pre heat the oven to 160 degree. Prepare the batter by mixing the butter with the flour and the sugar. Add the eggs, vanilla extract and a sniff of salt. Mix it all together until smooth.
Put the batter into a piping bag and fill halve of the cake mould (the one without the holes on top). Put the other halve of the mould on top and put it in the oven for about 20 minutes. You can test if they are ready by putting a wooden skewer in the cake pop. If there will be no dough sticking to the skewer, they are ready. Let the cake pops cool off in the mould for approximately 20 minutes before removing the top.
In the mean time melt some of the chocolate using a au-bain-marie.
After the cake pops have cooled off, dip one end of a wooden skewer into the chocolate and stick it in the cake pop. Put the cake pops in the fridge for about an hour so the chocolate can harden.
Set up the table with all the decoration. If you are inviting friends over for a decoration party, give everybody a few of cake pops on a plate. A paint palette can be used to put the decoration in for each of your guests.
Play
Melt some more chocolate to cover the cake pops. Dip the cake pops in the chocolate making sure they are completely covered.
When the chocolate is still wet, decorate your cake pop so the decoration sticks to the chocolate. Sprinkles make fun hair, raisins could be eyes or ears. A small sour mat with some candy on top makes a perfect hat.
Stick the cake pops into a flower foam or styrofoam block and let the dry.
Once dry you can further dress the cake pops. From some sturdy paper cut out some clothes, colour them in and add them with some tape to the wooden skewer. Finish it off by adding a ribbon.
Add-ons for more fun play
- Add food colouring to the chocolate to make cake pops in any colour.
- You can also make cake pops by using a chocolate cake recipe.
- By crumbling a ready made cake and mixing it with a ready made frosting, you can make cake pops by forming balls from the mixture with your hands. Then put them into the freezer to harden. You can mould the pops into different shapes using this method.
There is probably a fair bit to be cleaned up. Involve the kids in the cleaning, they can help you doing the dishes already from a very young age. They will probably enjoy it too. Once everything is cleaned up, enjoy one of the delicious and good looking cake pops together.
Educational
A great activity for your kids to learn all about measuring ingredients or improve their coordination skills. If your kids are older let them follow the instructions, it is a good reading and math practise.