Adonai and I had this wonderful plan of how we would make Angry Bird cake pops for his 4th birthday and I was SO excited to do it for him! I bought all the necessary ingredients and had a clear idea of what I had to do so the task didn't seem too intimidating. I had used the candy wafers before and they were pretty simple to use so I figured making the cake pops would be an easy task. Boy, was I wrong! I have so many reasons as to why it was such a FAIL!
First off, I bought a brand of candy wafer that I had never used before. This was mistake # 1. Only after I ran into the problems I did, I googled a solution for it - and stumbled upon countless complaints of the same "hardened and thick texture" that was the result of my melting process. That was a huge disappointment because it was the red candy wafers that this happened to & I planned on making many RED Angry Birds.
Mistake # 2 - I didn't have bowls/cups deep enough to dip the cake pop into and pull it right out. Every time I dipped it, it hit the bottom of the cup or bowl, which led to me having to sort of stir the cake pop in the melted candy to get it coated completely.. This was the biggest frustration because no matter how hard I tried, my cake pop would magically create a sort of suction on the bottom of the cup and stayed there when I pulled out the stick! I wanted to scream every single time it happened to me! After my 4th attempt, I gave up and accepted that I didn't have the patience nor did I have the energy to keep experimenting.
Mistake # 3 - I was not feeling very well and though any other time, I would have pressed on until I figured it out, this time was not that case. I felt so weak and exhausted that I wanted to cry... and the thought of ending up with crumbled cake mixed with icing was a huge disappointment to say the least!
Mistake # 5 - not stopping when the red candy melts failed to melt. I wasted so much time...
I so badly wanted to make those cake pops for my little guy. If they had come out the way I had imagined, he would have loved them! He was so excited for them too... I think he still is. My heart feels a bit broken tonight... mainly because now we don't have any cake pops or birthday cake made especially for him to celebrate his 4th birthday. He deserves only the best because he is truly an amazing kid... and I feel so incredibly sad that things didn't turn out the way they should have!
... I guess this will be a teachable moment for me to show Addi how things don't always go as planned or something philosophical like that.
p.s HAPPY early 4th birthday, Addi! I love you oh so very much!!!
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