So, for my Dad's birthday I decided to try making rugby ball shaped cake pops - quite simple for a novice like me (?).
I used a basic Tesco's own brand Madeira cake and I made my own buttercream (good old Bero recipe book), the ratio to cake being about 50% buttercream to cake. I crumbled the cake and then combined it with the buttercream, dividing the mixture into eight balls - about 1 inch in diameter. They now looked like small potatoes! (see photo below).
I then re-shaped the 'balls' into rugby ball shapes, placed them in a greaseproof paper lined dish ready to chill for 2-3 hours in the fridge.
After a couple of hours I removed the cake balls from the fridge. I melted a little bit of white chocolate, dipped the lolly sticks into the melted chocolate and then placed the lolly sticks into the 'balls' - this would hopefully secure the 'balls' onto the stick.
Once the chocolate had hardened, I then proceeded to coat each cake-pop with white chocolate and placed a rugby ball shaped cake-topper securely to each cake-pop - yummy!
...and finally, finished off with a yellow bow - hope my Dad loves them!
mmc... xx
The proof he enjoyed it!
