Cake pops seem to be a craze. It’s a fun way to control calories, and to eat a neat treat. If you don’t make them at home, though, they are an expensive way to indulge. There are specific pans on the market for making cake pops, or you can try these cool alternative pans.
- “Puff Pancake” Pan
Avon has a pan that makes “Puff Pancakes.” This is something that can be used to make cake pops. And because the pan has seven holes, you can make seven pops at a time. You don’t have to use cake batter to make cake pops. With the “Puff Pancakes” pan not only could you use pancake mix as a substitute for cake mix but you could use waffle or Bisquick mixes. You can experiment to get fantastic results.
When the individual pancake etc. is done, poke a cake pop stick into the pancake, and lift it out of the pan. If the pan is greased well the pancakes shouldn’t stick. If you don’t have any cake pop sticks, try corndogs, small skewers, Popsicles or lollipop/suckers sticks.
- Small Muffin Pans
Small muffin pans can be used to make cake pops. You can make tons of cake pops at once.
- Egg Poacher Pan
You may also get some interesting results using an egg poacher pan. You don’t have to fill the egg poacher cups completely with batter. Fill it halfway or less to come closer to the appearance of a cake pop.
- Deep Fryer or Fryer Pan
What if you don’t have a pan to make cake pops? Well, you don’t have to have a specific pan to make cake pops or a specific batter. For instance, pancake, waffle or Bisquick mix can make a cake like pop. If you have a fryer, and biscuit dough then you have an alternative pan to make tasty cake pops.
All you have to do is separate the biscuit dough into small pieces about the size of donut holes. By the way, biscuit dough will make donut holes, and in a sense that’s technically what you’re doing here. Fry the biscuit dough holes until golden brown or the color of donuts. Dip them out, and let them sit until they cool. Poke a cake pop stick in each biscuit dough hole. Decorate with icing, sprinkles etc. and then eat. Donut holes are certainly a tasty formula for cake pops.
Baking and frying biscuit dough will give you two different textures and taste. Frying is closer to a cake pop.
As you can see there are several ways to make cake pops. You can use different batters and different pans to achieve the same goal. There are specific cake pop pans and mixes on the market but improvisation can create something magnificent. And once you have the key to cake pop excellence you have the tools to master anything in the kitchen.
