Lakeland cake pop maker

[HappyAsEyeAm]

I bought this on a whim a few weeks ago, as I know that DS1 will really enjoy making them, and eating them. I am a complete novice baker (Delia's all in one sponge cake being my limit), so I am wondering how, when the cakes are made, and I take them out of the tin thing, will the stick stay in the cake ball? If the cakes are cooked, there is nothing the make the stick 'stick' is there?

You coat them in chocolate, making sure that there is a good coating at the bottom of the ball where the stick goes in. (like on a magnum ice cream lolly)

AHA! S3 wants this for his birthday. Is it good?

ByTheWay - so, is this right: I take them out of the tin thing and let them cool. Then I put the stick in. And then I dip them into the chocolate, and the chocolate keeps the stick in as it hardens? How do I add extra decorations then like little stars, hundreds and thousands etc?

We don't bother with the sticks. Pop them in little cake cases instead.

The cake pop maker is good in that children can use it by themselves, but I personally don't like the recipes very much, and you soon realise that each cake pop contains more covering that cake and you can get through several pots of decorations in one go!

that should say more covering than cake.

Yep - coat them when cool, then sprinkle stuff on whilst coating is wet- helps if you have a bit of florist foam, or polystyrene packaging to stand the sticks in upright for sprinkling/artistic works etc...

Cheers ByTheWay - DS1 and I will be having a go next weekend. I think the fact that they will be on sticks will be the best part of the whole thing for him. Novelty value!