I have a giveaway (and a review) for you from Giles & Posner. It’s for a cake pop maker bundle – essentially an electronic cake baker, a prong type fork, 50 cake pop sticks and a cake pop holder. Each ‘bundle’ is worth £39.99 and I have THREE to giveaway.
But first up, do you want to know if they’re any good? Oh go on then… I had a go with one of these bundles so that you don’t have to waste your time/money.
The cake pop baker (the machine bit) is sturdy and reasonably heavy which always feels like a good thing when it comes to baking equipment (I am a lover of big stand mixers after all). It heats up in about 5 minutes which just about gives you time to weigh your ingredients, whizz up the cake mix and have it ready to spoon into the cake pop maker. The cake pops then take about 5 mins to bake – it’s easy to take a peak if you want to though I just left mine for the full 5 minutes and they were perfectly baked. The bottoms were a little browner than the tops (as they come into direct contact with the non stick plate for longer) but the taste was very good. My boys all loved them. The recipe said the mixture made 24 but we managed 30. Maybe I had bigger eggs.
It’s easy to remove the cake pops from the baking machine – the two-pronged fork just spears straight into them and lifts them out (and is to be used for dipping into icing/chocolate/candy melts too). So all in all this was a great solution to a Wednesday night ‘please can we have some pudding Mummy, proper pudding, not just fruit’ question. I’m afraid I didn’t get as far as busting out the Candy Melts to coat the pops as my boys devoured their cake pops still warm and unadorned. And boring Mum bit here – it was super easy to clean. I hate gadgets that are tricky to clean. Hate them.
What did I like? It’s easy to use, the recipe comes included, it’s very fast and the results were tasty. Also, it includes everything you need to make cake pops, so no hunting about for a colander to place the pops in to dry once covered in icing. What didn’t I like? Well, in my book a cake pop that’s just cake isn’t really a cake pop – cake pops are cake crumbs mixed up with icing and rolled into a ball aren’t they? I’m being a pain mentioning this but if I don’t someone else will. Having said that these cake pops are altogether more wholesome and lower in sugar. So really, what am I moaning about? I need to be quiet.
The only other thing that might put me off buying one is that it’s another gadget to add to my kitchen. This is mainly because I am lucky enough to get sent a lot of stuff and I don’t have masses of storage. Having said this, my sons asked when we can make them again as soon as they devoured the first batch. Bit of a hit all in all.
There are lots of ways to enter – see the Rafflecopter form below. The first way is just to leave a comment on this post. Easy peasy. Closing date 11th December 2015.
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Rules and things:
- Open to anyone over the age of 18, UK mainland only. Sorry to anyone younger or further afield.
- There are 3 x bundles from Giles & Posner worth RRP £39.99 to giveaway to 3 people. There’s no cash alternative to the prize and the prize is not transferable. No part or parts of the prize may be substituted for other benefits, items or additions.
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Holly Bell 
We have never made cake pops so I’d love this
Great giveaway. My girls would love it!
I love cake pops,so yummy
I love making cake pops, but they can be fiddly to decorate them individually. I only really make them when it’s a special occasion, or someone begs me to! I would love to have a load of cupcakes and cake pops instead of a wedding cake on our big day, but that’s a lot of decorating!!!
thank you for a lovely giveaway x
This would be fun for me to have a play with. ;-)
Looks great, would love to win x
Have wanted a cake pop maker for ages
Wonderful Giveaway :)
yummy giveaway :)
I like this gadget because it is easy and it makes small treats for small people. Thanks!
I adore cake pops! So many different designs you can do. This post has given me inspiration for our school christmas fair ;-)
Cake Pops sounds utterly fantastic. Have never tried them and am licking my lips for the day I get to sample them :)
Hey there, thanks for the chance to win this. I’ve always fancied one but have never got around to buying one. I’d love to make them for friends & family for xmas! :)
Fantastic prize, thanks for the chance x
Thanks for this amazing giveaway!
Lovely prize. The cake baker sounds good.
Awesome Prize :)
this is a yummy giveaway
This looks it would be loads of fun (cooking with my little girl).
This looks great
I’d love to win this
what an amazing prize x x x x x x
I love the snowmen! Always wanted to try cake pops but never got round to it, I’d have no excuse with this :) so quick and easy, and they’d be great for the school christmas fayre!
Amazing prize!
amazing prize, would love to have a go at the snowmen, and maybe a santa and some baubles for xmas
Fab prize :D x
Wow, great prize, this would be so handy
ace and proper lush x
what a awesome prize
Love the new blog look Holly! I’ve got several mini nieces who have their eyes on this prize x
My daughter and me would love one of these!!
This look fun to make and yummy to eat
Fab Prize, Always wanted to make cake pops
Oh wow, they look fab. We make cupcakes all the time so it would be nice to make something else but still s easy x
Fab giveaway thanks!
I’ve always been put off making them because they look like such a faff, would love to try this though, looks so easy.
These are awesome what a brilliant giveaway
Would love to have a go at making these
Much easier than making cake pops manually I imagine.
ive always wanted to have a go at making them so this would be great
I’ve never tried making cake pops, would love to have a go with this prize! x
Lovely prize! Id love to win xx
This looks amazing! Thank you for the chance to win!
I’d love to have a go with one of these.
I have always wanted to have a go at making cake pops!
fab.
Fab giveaway xx
Fantastic prize! :)
Would love to try these
id love this, i could make perfect little cakes for my little one! ideal for cakes for children :)
This is just so cute! Would be so much fun to make these with my nephew.
This looks really fun, I think my daughter would love it
Kelly-Ellen Hirst
My niece would love this x
This looks fun, thanks for the giveaway.
My daughter has wanted one for ages, looks like great fun.
What an amazing prize!
great prize
Thank you for a great giveaway
Great prize :-)
love things like this, they make baking so much easier xx
Thanks for a great prize offering
Looks great
looked amazing
would love this thankyou
lovely giveaway x
These look amazing, my daughter and I would have so much fun x
These would be great for my sons birthday parties! X
This is an amazing prize
These looks great for a party!
looks fun to make!
I’ve never tried cake pops before!
They look cute & yummy
I have never made cake pops.
This looks and sounds fantastic! I’ve always wanted to make cake pops! Would be fantastic to make some Death-Star ones for the upcoming Star Wars movie release!
Love cake pops :) xx
would be great to win
Great prize – yum!
This is SO cool!
Would love to win
Brilliant prize :)
fandabidozy prize
I would love to decorate some cake pops! :)
Amazing prize!!
Love this
I would truely love to road test this and share the cake with the ladies in our office. We need regular cake fix!
This looks great!
Love the look of this; makes getting the shape much simpler than making by hand!
fantastic
This looks brilliant!
Lovely prize, fingers and toes crossed x
great giveaway thankyou x
Fantastic prize!!
What a great gadget! Good for parties.
would be fab for my son’s birthday x
Owning one of these would be a dream! :) xx
Lovely competition, thank you.
Yummy Yummy :) Thanks for the giveaway!
My kids would love making and experimenting thanks
my daughter would love this :)
Oh I would love one of these to make treats for Christmas!! :D
love these, could get quite creative!
Looks fabulous, it would make fantastic Christmas pudding shaped cake pops.
Thought they were doughnuts for a moment, but cake pops are still yummy!
brilliant giveaway
Fantastic thanks!
Ooh yes please
Always wanted to have a go at these!
Looks like handy machine – I can never get cake pops to work properly!