Cake decorating classes

First, tear off a piece of cake. It looks like a children's party, but today is the first step in a much more nuanced: the dough to decorate cakes POP deliciously girly The study, which operates from a loft near King and Bathurst (the owner lives upstairs).

The study is led by Lisa Sanguedolce, cake decorating classes regularly with different topics in the possession of every month (on the back of the royal wedding in April, this month or patriotic Canadiana). Appears for the cake, but the experience is different Sanguedolce Jennifer Aiello, who honed his techniques of cake to pop for three years since he learned about them on the Internet.

POP cake is almost exactly as they seem: the nose, like a cake balls dipped in chocolate on a stick like a lollipop.

First popularized by the American food blogger-turned-author, Ella Baker POP cake bakeries are now (and Starbucks) in North America. Aiello for the first time he read the blog and Ella Baker began as a creative outlet in his spare time (she has a day job for a job the government will do now, but it is planning the transition to the kitchen and the cake Full time decorating soon).

"Everyone likes things on a stick," he said, "It is so versatile - you can decorate the cake POP for every occasion or holiday.".

Because in addition to this basic introduction to the class Cake Pops, Sweet also offers courses on pop tarts in the year (Halloween, Christmas, etc..)

We arrive at a table with a fantasy sugarholic Set - bowls of candy (for decoration) and a dish of vanilla cake at each site. In the middle of the table, cook two pots of water on a hot plate. After you are used to temper the chocolate.
"If you have rings, remove them," Aiello advises. "Our hands are very dirty!"

After all turned their piece of cake in a pile of crumbs, Aiello has brought chaos - mixing in the butter icing. "It 's like pizza dough," he says. "Only instead of flour and water that is used for cake and ice cream."

The fresh "pasta" is packaged in a bag and consolidate in a freezer for 10 minutes.

While we wait, the cake can take many forms shows Aiello POP. She advised the class to get to the ball base for the first few attempts, but it looks like something from a pop-baseball look like a sheep, and Aiello is made from a photo of awesome inspiration.

In addition, use cookie cutters as molds to create various forms, such as flowers, stars, hearts and even a mini-cakes.

While the dough in the freezer for Aiello and anger Sanguedolce various shades of chocolate, dip the cake is. (The technical term for this is "embedded").

Finally, stretch the dough from the freezer, and we are small balls and press with cookie cutters. Finally it is time for the melted chocolate.

But before the stick. The tempered chocolate looks like a good glue to fix the ball does not stick to the cake falls. Once the cake and the embroidery is firmly attached, the coating can begin. We must act quickly, the tempered chocolate is because, well, lively, and after a minute or two it will be too difficult for sprays or other decorations to stick, so that all decorations must be done immediately.

And 'surprisingly easy to make a pop professional looking cake - chocolate hardens just a gloss, and water are simply decorated and rewarded. POP and not as nice (! Or left the plane entirely, anyway) Meet their purpose - to eat only until someone gets a good look.