Absolutely great idea getting straight to it. I think most people don't need the unboxing and instructions spelled out. You do a fantastic job keeping us informed with your rolling commentary anyways.
I could see this being fun at a birthday party for kids. Have the cake balls already made and “sticked”, and then let the kids choose their dip and sprinkles as part of the party. Let each child have four or five and a small dish of ice cream as their treat.
At 3 minutes per batch. 9 cakes per. You could make at least a hundred in an hour. You could never buy a hundred custom cake pops for 30$. That’s a good deal even if you only use it once. Also if you are worried about your batter being too thick just use a pound cake recipe.
@@noise5555 Candy melt. It’s a stabilized chocolate-based concoction that they sell at craft stores to make lollipops out of. If you ever see something with a ‘chocolaty coating’, that’s candy melts. It’s much easier to manage than chocolate, and it has a higher melting temperature.
I prefer a traditional cake ball to these so ill keep saving my cake cuts in the freeze for those. However, now I want this to make faux donut holes, pancakes, and anything else I can stick in there to make cute round bite sized snacks. The price makes it worth the risk for experimentation.
I’m new to making them, but I made my first batch which you may be referring to with some icing mixed in the cake for moisture and taste. I found a new cake pop maker in GoodWill which brought me the videos. I’m wondering if I’d like these vs the ones I made at first 🤔
For my waffle maker - which is non stick like the cake pop maker, I brush it with melted butter. Non stick sprays like Pam leave a gross taste on the baked goods and it deteriorates nonstick surfaces over time. If you leave the pops in the freezer a little longer then more candy coating will stick to the pops.
So… You know how you’re supposed to add flour to some of your buttered pans? Do that, but do it with half flour, half sugar. It works! You can also sprinkle in cinnamon if it works with the flavor and your people are not allergic to it. :-)
I hope you make certain that the PAM you spray on non-stick surfaces is non-stick safe, because most of those sprays contain propellants that will degrade a non-stick surface over time, and most devices and pans specify not to use such sprays on their products.
@@elizabethwitt2621 I cringe when I watch air fryer videos and see them telling people to spray the inside of the basket with cooking spray. Then you read comments from people saying that air fryers are crap because things start sticking in them after a few months. Best thing to do is get a manual oil spray bottle or one that you pump up to get pressure, like a MISTO. I have one of those and it works great.
These are pretty cool but won't hold up to much decorating or normal cake ball stuff. Normally cake balls are precooked cakes, crumbled up and mixed with icing. This is what makes them become solid balls that hold together.
"I'm not Betty Crocker I'm more of an 80's rocker!" 😂👏 If that was off the top of your head I'm seriously impressed! If you wrote it, I'm still impressed! 🎸 🎂
Love Babycakes, I have a slightly larger and circle one. Bought it to alternate from just having cupcakes on birthdays. Recently used for Halloween, first things to be eaten and gone in a day or two lol. I also have a pancake dispenser, looks the same as the ketchup bottle. Definitely the best for this machine. Thank you 😋🍡
I don't have much use for cake pops. But, what it's also good for is making cake donuts holes. You just use a cake donut batter and roll them in granulated sugar while they are hot. Easy breakfast.
I actually have had this machine and others like it for years now, absolutely love them! I adore making cake pops or just doughnut-holes for the holidays or for a treat once in awhile. ❤️
If I had a nickle for every one of these I've seen at yard sales/thrift stores I'd have a pile of nickles up to my babycakes! Great video as always James 👍 Happy Friday 🎉
It would be cool to see you review a batch of products from the show Snake Oil similar to how you do Shark Tank. Especially the tie protector from ep 1.
Don't use nonstick spray oil unless it is made for nonstick surfaces. The regular stuff degrades the nonstick coating. Instead, use oil in a spray bottle or brush oil on with a basting brush. Otherwise, this was an excellent review!
Yep. Learned this the hard way with an electric griddle. It was always sticky no matter how many times I washed it. Ended up tossing it in the garbage. Just use a little butter and you're good to go.
I'm a baker and I've had this. I wasn't terribly impressed simply because it wasn't great for what I wanted. For cake pops, you don't want that bite of actual cake, you want a dense bite; and it's far more trouble than it's worth. I ended up using it for donut bites for a bit until I donated the appliance.
Thanks for commenting about this! He never mentioned the texture so I was really curious if they were like donut holes. (Not what I what I'm looking for as a replacement for traditional cake pops)
I have a kitchen full of gear, and these one-use gadgets just seem like a waste of my valuable kitchen space. The idea does seem to work, so i guess if you really like tiny cake balls, then its a great buy!
But those aren't cake pops. Cake pops are a mixture of cake crumbs and icing formed into a shape and dipped in either icing or chocolate then decorated if you want them decorated. You can buy foam like you use for gardens and cover with plastic wrap and put the sticks bottom in their to avoid having a flat top on your "cake pops".
This is actually not a bad thing if you're wanting to do portion sizes or a quick birthday party for kids. That way the portions are small. But if you wanna delicious cake pop, You will need to smash a delicious cake with a good dollop of frosting. Mix it until you've got a a paste that resembles cookie dough. And then you roll it into small balls with both hands. Place it on a stick and dip it into whatever topping you want. I love a combo of high quality white and dark chocolate.
These are a better treat for kids than the original cake pops with cake crumbs, buttercream icing, and chocolate melts. Way less sugar. But you could maybe do small ebelskiver for breakfast. I wonder how the fluffy whipped egg whites in ebelskiver recipes would do with this cooker?
This would be great for my niece's bday party. Cover the whole table with plastic and have a cake pop decorating station. I could even do a couple different cake flavors.
Ive made my own and i just make a regular cake , let it cool, crumble it up with frosting then dip in candy melt. Hmmm not sure if its better, or worst. Still a cool video!
I think I would use square toothpicks and they wouldn't look quite so tiny on the stick. Love this though and it might need to go to my daughter for Christmas
You don't _bake_ cake pops. Cake pops are made by smashing all your leftover cake into balls and putting something delicious on top, and a stick underneath. They were created by bakeries to be able to sell the pieces of cake they cut out from other cakes. When you go to the bakery, the cake pops are dense and heavy, and much more substantial than a ball of cake the same size. These aren't cake pops, they are tiny, spherical cakes. Nowadays, though, they are selling these tiny, spherical cakes everywhere, so it's comparable to many kinds on the market, just not the "real thing" IMHO.
I couldnt resist cutting one open at the first batch, to make sure they were cooked evenly. But a good result, even tho sprinkles are just coloured sugar and too crunchy for me. Looks like you can go into the pop business.
There is a lot of things people tend to forget why something costs what it does. For instance: electricity, gas, wages, rent, insurance, taxes. Start adding those things up and you will see why something costs what it does!!
What I don't get about this product is that this is not how cake pops are actually made. They use crumbled cake that is mixed with something sticky (usually frosting) and then formed together into balls which are then decorated. They do not bake little cake spheres and decorate them. The whole gadget is based on a faulty premise. I feel like they are just trying to make a buck off of you to sell you something you don't need.
To display on a buffet: Wrap a thick piece of styrofoam in pretty tissue paper. Secure it to a heavy base. [I gift-wrapped a big old dictionary, using hot glue] Push the pops into foam. I also finished off the pops with a small bow of thin satin ribbon.
Real cake pops are made by mixing cake scraps and icing together for a more wet sticky texture. This is making mini cakes on a stick. Not the same thing.
Cute for kids. Easy bake oven ish. I remember getting 1 of the baby cakes items as a gift & it sat in a box & I eventually gave it away. Last thing I need is another appliance to figure out where to store. Plus I don't care about cake. Great review tho. Love the vids.
My daughter loves donut holes, but due to a food allergy she can't eat them from many places... in comes the Cake Pop maker! She can now have donut holes without the worries of a trip to the hospital!
Looks like this would be great for a kids party. I'm sure kids would love to at least decorate them after they were cooled 👍 I wouldn't leave kids unsupervised baking them but it would be more fun than making a dozen or more standard cupcakes or cookies for a group of kids.
Good review James, but you didn't mention how difficult it was to clean after you get done. Do the inserts come out for washing? Or is it like the mini donut maker that is all one piece?
I envision a design made with these like dots. MOM DAD and so on. Make a picture with the dots. use small bits of stick candy to hold them together. these could be made into so much fun. pull aparts. bigger cake (or some other batter) balls might not work out very well for a larger design, i.e. long names.
There’s a design expert on RU-vid who tests gadgets but he also does a test with oil on his non dominant hand & it helps see how it could help people with limited mobility & I think it would be awesome if you incorporated that into your reviews! I know it doesn’t have much to do with this review but I just figured I’d say that lol
