Babycakes Cake Pop Review

I would like to state for the record I am not a paid spokesperson for Babycakes Inc.  I am just a simple stay at home mom who enjoys buying kitchen gadgets regardless of whether I need them or not.  Whew!  Glad I got that off my chest.  NOW!  Onto the review.

For Ethan's birthday I had grand and glorious plans to create a ninja turtle shell out of Styrofoam and use is as my base for neon green cake pops.  If you haven't figured it out yet the birthday theme this year was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 





I have a wonderful recipe for cake pops...the old fashion version.  Click here for that recipe.  Then make them, cause they are fantastic. 

Since I love getting in over my head on every project I ever sign up for I decided that the old fashion version just wouldn't be good enough for Ethan's 7th birthday extravaganza.  Soooo I bought the Babycakes Cake Pop maker.  I was so proud. 

As it turned out I signed myself up for wayyyy to much that weekend and I wasn't able to make cake pops for Ethan's birthday.  Don't worry I did make a killer strawberry cake (recipe to come soon) and he was not disappointed. 

All in all it turned out better than my cupcake catastrophe last year.  When I spent 6 hours making tye dye cupcakes and turning them into Buzz Lightyear masterpieces and then dropping every single one on the floor RUINING all of them.  Yes I did fall in the floor and cry.  And then to rub salt in the would I slipped on the icing when I tried to get up off the floor and had a whole new tantrum.  I'm not ashamed. 

Let's get back to what this blog was originally meant for.  The review. 

A few days after the exhausting birthday weekend I got around to using my new cake pop maker. 
Here's what I think about it. 

1.  It's purple...and I love that color.
2.  Follow the directions. No matter what you tell yourself YOUR way is not the right way.  FOLLOW the directions.
3.  Use a icing bag, or something similar to pipe your batter into the holes.  Don't use a tablespoon or you'll make a gigantic mess.
4.  They are small...if you like small you'll be pleased.  If you were hoping for slightly larger cake balls you'll be disappointed.
5.  Don't leave it unattended.  Burn baby burn.
6.  Don't overfill the holes or you'll make cake that looks like Saturn and it's rings. 
7.  It comes with all kinds of gadgets!
8.  The original cake balls are better. 
9.  I got it from amazon and it wasn't expensive...that's always a perk.

Aren't these super cute?  yeah...I didn't make these.  Mine looked like....well certainly not this.

Sooo.....would I buy it again? 
I think I would, I've only used it once so I need to try it some more before I'm completely sold.  It's a glorified waffle maker.  And I'm like the donkey from Shrek...I LOVE WAFFLES!