Today I show you how to make Geode Cake Pops in two different ways! A geode is a round rock which contains a hollow cavity lined with crystals. In this cake decorating tutorial I will show you how to make ordinary cake pops into these beautiful geode crystal rocks.
How to Make a Geode Cake (Geode Wedding Cake)
August 9, 2016 by
Today Jenn Johns (that’s me!), shows you how to make a Geode Cake! A geode cake is a cake with a large carved indentation filled with graduated blue crystals. What puts this cake decorating tutorial over the top is the use of 100% edible gold leaf! This type of design has become super popular over the last year and I have had so many requests to make my version of it.
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How to Make Homemade Rock Candy
November 26, 2014 by
After making our Penguins of Madagascar cake, which used a lot of rock candy, I received many requests for a video on how to make your own homemade rock candy. So, I started practicing . . . two weeks ago! This activity takes quite a long time to grow (1-2 weeks), so be prepared a head of time if you need homemade rock candy for a project.
Making this recipe brought me back to high school chemistry and supersaturated solutions. I did not really want to go back to high school in my mind, but I had to. All for the sake of rock candy. As far as the actually creation of this recipe, it is fairly simple, and straight forward. “Supersaturation is a state of a solution that contains more of the dissolved material than could be dissolved by the solvent under normal circumstances”, thank you Wikipedia. Basically, you need to get as much sugar into the water as possible, in order to make sure that the rock candies will grow.
Tips:
- ensure that the stick does not touch the bottom or the sides of the glass
- make sure that the sugar has dissolved in the solution completely
- add colour and flavour to make it delicious looking and tasting!
