The Cornerstone December Issue | Page 34

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].” !34