Ok...have I ever made two desserts in a day? It's possible, I mean, I am a bit of a dessert ogre... but really, there was a reason. When I made the extra batter this morning, I really wanted to try out these watermelon pops, and was very curious as to whether they would work...and my day was going so well, and it was still early so I made the balls, then we had supper, and somehow it was still quite early, so I decided to make the most of the baby free hours (weekends are daddy time!) and start. As usual, the white coating didn't look very good-I really don't know how anyone makes a nice white coating-it seeps into every single cake pore and looks like craters... anyway, I didn't panic as the plan was to coat them in green afterwards. That worked out well despite the candy coating having little pieces in it...I don't know if it was the shortening or the chocolate that didn't melt in properly. I, who knows why, PATIENTLY took them out with a toothpick everytime they appeared on the pop and they dried really nicely! The yellow food colouring to make the melon look real didn't work out well either, so I brushed it on with a finger, and that made them look even more life-like! Lastly, when I took a bite out, the chocolates were mixed in too well and didn't show at the surface. So I added a few chocolate chips for the picture. The colour is also a bit too dark, but like I mentionned in my other post, the banana batter made it darker than if it would have been a vanilla cake. I find it quite amusing to bite into a watermelon and have a banana taste...but next time I may buy some watermelon aroma and make a watermelon buttercream, just to see. I get the feeling it could be almost sickly sweet tasting...which tends to give me headaches, so it may not happen. Anyway, tonight was not only a successful result, but a total self-control success! What do you guys think?
Ok...have I ever made two desserts in a day? It's possible, I mean, I am a bit of a dessert ogre... but really, there was a reason. When I made the extra batter this morning, I really wanted to try out these watermelon pops, and was very curious as to whether they would work...and my day was going so well, and it was still early so I made the balls, then we had supper, and somehow it was still quite early, so I decided to make the most of the baby free hours (weekends are daddy time!) and start. As usual, the white coating didn't look very good-I really don't know how anyone makes a nice white coating-it seeps into every single cake pore and looks like craters... anyway, I didn't panic as the plan was to coat them in green afterwards. That worked out well despite the candy coating having little pieces in it...I don't know if it was the shortening or the chocolate that didn't melt in properly. I, who knows why, PATIENTLY took them out with a toothpick everytime they appeared on the pop and they dried really nicely! The yellow food colouring to make the melon look real didn't work out well either, so I brushed it on with a finger, and that made them look even more life-like! Lastly, when I took a bite out, the chocolates were mixed in too well and didn't show at the surface. So I added a few chocolate chips for the picture. The colour is also a bit too dark, but like I mentionned in my other post, the banana batter made it darker than if it would have been a vanilla cake. I find it quite amusing to bite into a watermelon and have a banana taste...but next time I may buy some watermelon aroma and make a watermelon buttercream, just to see. I get the feeling it could be almost sickly sweet tasting...which tends to give me headaches, so it may not happen. Anyway, tonight was not only a successful result, but a total self-control success! What do you guys think?
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