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JOLLY TIME 100th Birthday Popcorn Ball Crunch Cake

JOLLY TIME 100th Birthday Popcorn Ball Crunch Cake

https://jollytime.com/recipe/popcorn-birthday-crunch-cake/

  • 48 balls

A show-stopping cake worthy of JOLLY TIME's 100th birthday celebration.

Ingredients

Amount Ingredient
24 cups JOLLY TIME® American’s Best® Yellow Popcorn
2 cups light corn syrup
2 cups maple-flavored syrup
2 tbsp cider vinegar
1 tsp salt
4 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
medium styrofoam cone, about 9" tall (found at a craft store).
48 toothpicks

Directions

Place warm popped corn in a large greased bowl. 

Combine corn and maple syrups, vinegar, and salt in a large heavy saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the syrup reaches hard-ball stage on a candy thermometer (250?F).

Remove from heat; stir in vanilla and spices.

Slowly pour syrup over popcorn, tossing with a fork until well combined. Using wet or butter hands, quickly form mixture into 2- to 3-inch balls.

While the popcorn balls are still a bit sticky, insert toothpicks into them and attach to the Styrofoam cone, covering it completely to create a pyramid. Place on a foil-lined pan or cake pedestal.

To decorate cake with caramelized sugar, place 1-1/2 cups sugar, ½ cup light corn syrup, and 2/3 cup water in a small heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil; cook without stirring, until sugar syrup turns a golden amber color (7 to 9 minutes). To prevent the sugar from crystallizing, wash down the insides of the pan with a pastry brush dipped in hot water every few minutes. Watch carefully, as the sugar can burn easily at the end. Allow the caramelized sugar syrup to cool for 3 to 4 minutes, then start drizzling it over the cake, using a fork. As the syrup cools it will thicken and you can drizzle more onto a foil-lined baking sheet in thin strands and drips. It will harden as it cools; lift the bits of hard caramel with a fork and decorate the base of the cake.

To serve, allow guests to pull popcorn balls off of the cone or just use the cake as a centerpiece for a celebration or holiday party.

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