December 2016
love food, or at least enjoy it, but either way you
need food. Since you already are going to be
feasting out, why not try new treats and broaden
your taste palette?
them, they need to be put into the freezer for 30
minutes to harden. While those are freezing, the
chocolate needs to be melted in a double boiler
over the stove. Once the chocolate is melted, take
the cake pops out of the freezer and then dip
them into the chocolate, let them cool, and
decorate them however you would like to.
I decided that it would be smart to take my own
advice and see if baking really lived up to the
holiday hype. To do so, I got some of my close
friends together to bake creative holiday treats.
Here are the broad how to’s on re-creating the
desserts.
New Year’s Cake Pops
These cake pops are really easy to make and
even easier to decorate. First, you need to put a
classic cake mix of your choice into the oven to
bake. After the cake is finished baking, it needs to
cool for about 30 minutes. Once the cake is
finished cooling, you get to crumble it up, either
with your hands or with an electric mixing bowl.
The next step is to mix a frosting flavor of your
choice into the crumbled up cake mixture. The
frosting will stick to the cake and make it easy to
make it into a ball shape. After the cake is made
into ball shapes and the sticks are placed into
February 1st is National Cake Pop Day.
Photo Courtesy of Gianna Diaz
Jeneva Stanely
Brynna Brainard
Sophomore
Sophomore
“I have been making cinnamon rolls with my
family every season since I can remember.”
“Yeah, Christmas cookies in general are my
favorite [to bake].”
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