Pop Cakes!

pop cakes with children
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Making and eating pop cakes was an amazing experience for the children.  Not only did they get to make the pop cakes and it tasted great, they also got to see them grow or “pop up” in the oven. They found that very exciting! And then they rushed to eat them!

Pop cake moulds are silicone moulds with bite size prints, the mould have a bottom part and a top part.  My mould upper part is transparent, this is how they saw them rise.

I used for the base recipe a very simple cake recipe called a “quatre quarts” which you can translate as “four quarters”.   The recipe has the same weight of eggs, flour, sugar and butter.  To ensure they little shape filled up the whole space I did increase the quantity of baking powder a bit.

Once the pop cakes are ready, we dipped them in melted some white chocolate and shredded coconut (and 100&1000s).

 

Ingredients:
  • 3 eggs
  • flour: the same weight as the eggs
  • caster sugar: the same weight as the eggs
  • butter: the same weight as the eggs
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 100 g white chocolate
  • shredded coconut
  • Toothpicks
Method:
  1. First weigt your eggs, this will be your reference for the flour, butter and sugar.
  2. Preheat oven to 180°C.
  3. Beat the sugar and eggs together with a whisk (or using an electric mixer) until pale and creamy.
  4. Then melt the butter and add it once cooled to the mix.
  5. Add the flour and raising powder and mix, being careful not to do lumps (best to swap the whisk for a wooden spoon and start mixing from the centre out expanding the size of the circle as you go).
  6. Spoon the mixture in each bottom print to the top.Place the lid and bake until ready about 15 minutesTip: the mould print with the holes is the top one (it allows for the steam to escape)
  7. Remove from the prints and allow to cool down on a cooling rack.
  8. Melt the white chocolate and place some shredded coconut in a bowl.
  9. Using a toothpick, pick a little cake ball, dip in the white chocolate then in the coconut. Enjoy!

Tip: if you have left over cake mix, make a couple of muffins with it! Perfect for the lunch box!Â