Those dang blasted modern thingy majigs

I like a spot of baking every so often, more often when it's cold and I've been looking at all the lovely treats you see on pintrest.

A few months ago i tried to make cake pops, as seen all over the place! I followed this recipe to the T, it didn't work out that well and ended up being a very messy affair. All in all it took at least a day for the pops to set which wasn't enough, i needed to have them that day, so as you can imagine i continued on and covered them in chocolate in the hope that that would work. It sort of did, mostly didn't. They were crisp chocolate on the outside and mushy and soggy on the inside :(

I swore never to make them again, far too much hassle and not enough cakey goodness as a reward!

Excuse the mess, it's a messy procedure making mini doughnuts!

BUT then i was then given a cake pop maker as a birthday present. I had exams around the same time and have actually been preoccupied by other things but i took it out of the cupboard last week, looked at the little recipe book that came along with it and tested it out.

The book has a recipe for mini doughnuts, and who doesn't like the sound of that so i whipped up the batter and proceeded to 'bake' them.

This isn't really a review of the product itself but God it was so tedious doing it. The machine has six spaces for the 'pops' and it does cook them pretty quickly (about 5-6 mins) but because there's only 6 there is a lot of filling and refilling. I can't be doing with all that nonsense to tell you the truth.

I had a whole plate full of doughnuts at the end and sadly they didn't really meet my expectations, i was hoping for light and fluffy, i got stodgy instead.

The result!

I've cleaned and packed it away and think ill be sticking to the good old bun tray instead, after all if people have enjoyed baking this way for so long why mess with it?

Have you ever tried some 'innovative' products that didn't really make life easier? Or do you have a machine that you couldn't live without in the kitchen?

Chloe x