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• creative people<br />
Carolyn’s book<br />
is published by<br />
David & Charles<br />
(RRP AU$19.99)<br />
& available at<br />
good book stores<br />
& online.<br />
EVERYONE’S<br />
BAKING ...<br />
CAKE POPS!<br />
Once upon a time all anyone<br />
could talk about was cupcakes<br />
when it came to tasty, trendy<br />
baked goods. Now cake pops<br />
are on the rise, tiny globes of<br />
deliciousness that just beg to<br />
be decorated. The UK’s Carolyn<br />
White, owner of a company<br />
called Cakes 4 Fun, has a new<br />
book out - Bake me I’m yours ...<br />
Cake Pops - so we’ve asked her<br />
to explain just what all the fuss<br />
is about.<br />
GCQ: When did cake pops first<br />
start appearing in the UK and how<br />
popular are they?<br />
Carolyn: Cake pops started to<br />
appear in 2008. Early 2010 is<br />
when we started to design our<br />
cake pops. They are two of my<br />
biggest passions combinedchocolate<br />
and cake! We started<br />
running classes with pigs and<br />
reindeers (making them, not<br />
teaching them). The success<br />
of these led to our book. Cake<br />
pops are very popular in the<br />
UK- everyone is still looking<br />
for something to take over the<br />
success of the hugely popular<br />
cupcake.<br />
GCQ: Can you explain what they<br />
actually are?<br />
Carolyn: Gorgeous cake, delicious<br />
butter cream and decadent<br />
ganache all enrobed in Belgian<br />
chocolate.<br />
GCQ: Who is your book aimed<br />
at - beginner cooks or the more<br />
experienced?<br />
Carolyn: Complete beginners<br />
through to those who have<br />
dabbled in cake pops who are<br />
looking for more inspiration.<br />
GCQ: Who likes cake pops more -<br />
adults or children?<br />
Carolyn: Anyone aged from three<br />
to one hundred.<br />
GCQ: If you had to choose your<br />
last meal, what cake would be<br />
served?<br />
Carolyn: Something with<br />
chocolate orange ganache; our<br />
‘death by chocolate’ sponge<br />
covered in it! And I’d choose<br />
carrot cake with lemon cream<br />
cheese frosting - as a second<br />
choice.<br />
GCQ: While we have you we<br />
just have to ask about weddings<br />
... what’s the most unusual or<br />
difficult cake your company has<br />
been asked to produce for a<br />
wedding?<br />
Carolyn: We did a ‘knights and<br />
ladies’ cake - a castle with a lady<br />
wearing a very tight corset top<br />
and her knight in shining armour.<br />
A Fiat car with people in it is<br />
another memorable one but there<br />
WIN CAROLYN’S<br />
BOOK & MORE!<br />
Thanks to Capricorn Link Australia, we have<br />
FIVE packs, each containing the following<br />
titles to give away:<br />
• Bake Me I’m Yours…Cake Pops<br />
• Bake Me I’m Yours - Cookie<br />
• Bake Me I’m Yours - Cupcake Love<br />
• Bake Me I’m Yours - Whoopie Pies<br />
has been a few. •<br />
• Make me I’m yours: Just for fun:<br />
20 handmade projects to stitch, knit & craft<br />
To enter simply send an envelope addressed<br />
to GCQ Magazine Cake Pop Competition, Level<br />
6, 111 Cecil Street, South Melbourne. Victoria,<br />
Australia 3205. On the back give your name,<br />
address, telephone and <strong>Spotlight</strong> VIP number.<br />
Entries close 30 April 2012.<br />
94 spotlight.com.au www.facebook.com/gcqmag
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