Hello! Welcome to another Nerdy Nummies!
Today we are gonna be doing Harry Potter Cauldron, like, witch, cake pops.
The reason is because I got so many requests for something really Halloween-y.
So if you just want to make witch cauldron cake pops, this is it, and
more people wanted, I got so many more requests for like,
More Harry Potter, More Harry Potter, the frogs weren’t enough!
So, let’s get started!
The things that I will be using today to make these will be: Big mixing bowl,
This is a pre-made cake, it’s a yellow cake using box cake mix, normal buttercream
frosting, lollipop sticks, decorative icings in 4 colors, black, red, orange and
green. A couple of these little fancy tips, just the small size so you can
do little designs. Black chocolate melts, these are not dark chocolate, these
are actually black, so if you go to the Wilton chocolate melts they will have
black. And, 1 of my favorite candies, Nerds!
I separated a bunch of green Nerds for decorating for later. The first thing
I’m gonna do is crumb, crumb up all the cake.
This is how you do it, cut it into pieces, I like to cut it into 4 pieces.
Pick up some pieces, like so, and then just rub ‘em together to make little
cake crumbs. It’s like grating cheese on itself.
And then if you have bigger pieces, just break it up with your little fingers.
Break-break-break-break-break-break!
And the ratio that I like to use is 1 box cake to 1 little tub of frosting.
So now you’re just gonna take your hands, and get in there and get messy,
massage everything together so it’s 1 consistency, looks a little like this.
Just for reference, nice and sticky.
Take a little bit, and roll little balls, and then put ‘em on this wax paper.
And just roll little balls. Hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm.
And they don’t have to be perfect circles, because after you put them in the
freezer you can kind of re-shape them to be perfect. But get them into that
general circle shape.
We got all our little cake balls, now we’re gonna put them in the freezer for
about 40 minutes. And you can use this time to get all your decorating stuff out
and ready! Meee!
Now what we’re gonna do is take these little lollipop sticks, and you’re
going to dip them into a little bit of melted chocolate, meah.
Like this, and then you’re just gonna stick ‘em about 3/4 of the way into the little cake pop.
The chocolate is acting like a glue to make sure that the cake pops stay on.
The last time that I did this, I dipped the pops in frosting first and the frosting
did not hold very well.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
But then I did a bit more research and they said that you should really use the
melted chocolate and I was like, ah, that makes sense!
Da-dew! Now that we’ve got them all in there we’re gonna put them back in the
freezer for 5 minutes.
Ding, they’re done! And ready to dip! Here we go!
Dipping it straight down, and then we’re just going to stick it directly back onto
the wax paper, because that will be the top of the cauldron.
We let these cool for a few minutes, and, check them out… They’re so cute!
We’re gonna start with the red frosting and we’re gonna paint flames at the
bottom of the cauldron. And then on top of that we’ll put a little bit of orange.
These already turned out so much better than last time, I’m so excited.
So yes, the technique of dipping it first into chocolate is a good technique!
With the red, I am using a number 2 tip and with the orange, I am using a
number 1 tip.
Ta-da! We did all the little flames all the way around, they look awesome!
And now we’re gonna take the black frosting and make the little cauldron handles.
Eeeee!
I have a number 2 on the top. So I first did 1 dot on the side, and then a
second 1, to kinda mark where I’m gonna start and end.
And then draw a circle over it.
Boom!
And now, the last step, is putting all these little Nerds on top, we’re gonna
take green icing with a number 2, put it on top and then just sprinkle
on the little nerds.
Ta-da! We made Harry Potter Cauldron Cake Pops!
These are so cute, they turned out so well! So much better than last time
when we did Mario Mushroom Cake Pops!
Those 1 up pops were looking pretty sad.
But these look so cute!
Thanks you guys for suggesting it! If you have any ideas for any other
Nerdy Nummies, please leave me a comment down below and I will do my best to
make it happen!
OK, thanks for watching, bye-bye!