If you like cake, and you like chocolate, then you'll love cake POPs - the delicious little treats that are a cross between a cake and a lollipop. Discover cake POPs - a combination of moist cake and a sweet candy coating, moulded onto a lollipop stick and then decorated to create a whole host of characters. Clare O'Connell of the Pop Bakery teaches you all you need to know, from how to create the cake balls - a mouth-watering mixture of chocolate cake and icing - to dipping the cake balls in the special candy coating. Then she explains her unique method of painting the POPs using cocoa butter. There is one easy, delicious recipe and 25 beautiful and fun designs. Clare also introduces you to her special layer cakes, which are embellished with classic flower cake POPs. With clear, step-by-step photography and Clare's easy-to-follow instructions, cake POPs are incredibly fun and easy to bake and make. Both children and adults will adore these bitesize delights that are perfect for parties and special occasions. So what are you waiting for? Start cake POPping now!
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Clare O'Connell has always loved baking, and after undertaking work experience at a combined bakery and chocolate shop, she decided to start selling her own cake POPS. She runs her business, the Pop Bakery, from her family home in West Hampstead, London, and supplies cake POPS to Harvey Nichols and the Sanderson and St Martin's Lane hotels. Clare was also recently commissioned to provide Cake POPS for a Topshop launch party in Bath in southwest England and will be working with Topshop on similar events across the UK. Visit her website at popbakery.co.uk.
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144 of 147 people found the following review helpful
By Baker107
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I also pre-ordered this book because I have been making cake balls/pops for a while now and was looking for new ideas. However, when I received this book I was greatly disappointed .. it did not offer me anything I haven't already figured out on my own. I have since ordered two other books that have been extremely helpful. 1. Cake Pops by Bakerella and 2. pops! sweets on a stick! by Wilton. I found these two books to have fun and creative ideas for many occasions, also the skill level ranges from easy to quite challenging so there is something in them for everyone.
So basically, do not waste your money on this book. If you have no knowledge of cake balls/pops or just looking for new ideas I would suggest trying either of the two books I have mentioned above. I hope this was helpful!
So basically, do not waste your money on this book. If you have no knowledge of cake balls/pops or just looking for new ideas I would suggest trying either of the two books I have mentioned above. I hope this was helpful!
53 of 55 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
The cover of the book is beautiful. What I found on the inside of the book is another story. I expected the rest of the book would be filled with just as beautiful cakepops to create but it was not. Maybe I set my expectations too high after purchasing and reading Bakerella's cakepop book and Wilton's cakepop book. What I found were cakepops that looked like the ones I made the first time I attempted. For a book, to me this was not acceptable and not worth the price. If I could return the book, I would.
43 of 49 people found the following review helpful
By Sarah
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
i pre-ordered this book because i LOVE creating cake pops, so i figured this might inspire some new designs. truth be told, the cover is GORGEOUS and that caught my eye first, then i thought, i wanna make mine look like that. well i can, its just fancy pressed sugars, duh. the ONE and only recipe given is good, i would have loved if there were more ideas for flavors: red velvet makes an amazing cake pop, as do pink champagne and plenty of others. overall, i didn't learn any new techniques or even feel inspired to make some.
the author has a shop, i am not sure if all they make and sell is cake pops, but it seems they have an idea for coming up with clever ways to shape cake and dip it in candy coating and embellish. i didn't realize there was truly a market for that, i suppose in london there is...enough notice to get someone a book deal.
my mama told me "if you don't have anything nice to say, then say nothing at all", i do not intend to sound snarky, but i simply was not in the slightest. its cute. its simple. its going to be donated in a gift basket for a bake sale, perhaps a novice would be more interested in the simplicity of this, but for this seasoned at home baker, i wish i would have passed.
the author has a shop, i am not sure if all they make and sell is cake pops, but it seems they have an idea for coming up with clever ways to shape cake and dip it in candy coating and embellish. i didn't realize there was truly a market for that, i suppose in london there is...enough notice to get someone a book deal.
my mama told me "if you don't have anything nice to say, then say nothing at all", i do not intend to sound snarky, but i simply was not in the slightest. its cute. its simple. its going to be donated in a gift basket for a bake sale, perhaps a novice would be more interested in the simplicity of this, but for this seasoned at home baker, i wish i would have passed.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love book
this is what my grandkids use to make pops They love this and use to get extra credit on School projects
Published 2 days ago by Jimmie Walker
3.0 out of 5 stars
sorry guys
I was not impressed with this book. Customers were not liking these little jems and they were a lot of work
Published 5 months ago by Glenna Hollern
1.0 out of 5 stars
Unoriginal, boring
Cake pops are all the rage so you would think if someone wrote a book about them, there would be new and interesting ideas. You won't find them in this book. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Haunted Song
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointed
I was so disappointed by this book. It's title says "25 recipes for delicious cakes on sticks" but there is only ONE cake and icing recipe with 25 different ways to decorate them. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Julie
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pop Bakery
Purchased this as a Christmas gift for my daughter with 2 small children. The pictures looked cute and I thought the kids would like them.
Published 16 months ago by grammiegogo
4.0 out of 5 stars
Cute Book
This a cute cake pop book - love that there are photos and ideas for all kinds of different events...We've done some cake pops, but not any of the elaborate design yet.
Published 16 months ago by SC
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great beginners pop bakery book
I am a very seasoned baker of over 40 years and I still appreciated the information in this book since I have not made these cake pops before. Read more
Published 16 months ago by R. Lapin
4.0 out of 5 stars
Cute and Classic Looking Pops from One Recipie
I feel compelled to write this after finally seeing the whole book. I had been excited about the book until I read the harsh reviews posted here about the novice ideas and the... Read more
Published 20 months ago by M. Mckibbon-Bell
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not very good or imaginative
Not very creative. The other cake pop books are way better. This is for people who just want to make basic, round cake pops.
Published 20 months ago by Kent Huang
3.0 out of 5 stars
NOT What I Anticipated....
Reading what others have said in reviews about this book, are right in line with my thoughts about it. I also pre-ordered it thinking it would be fabulous. Ehhh... maybe not. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Shannon
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