Space dust popping candy, or pop rocks is a carbonated sweet made from sugar, lactose, corn syrup, and flavoring.  When crunched pop rocks pop and leave a tingling sensation in your mouth, they are a great treat for kids and even adults admit they like them and remind them of their many childhood years. There are many yummy cake recipes that call for popping candy to give your cake that extra little tang, even recipes that are sociably acceptable for adults.

The red velvet popping candy cupcakes are one of the many popular recipes individuals like to make.  It can be hard to find a combination of ingredients that do not affect the carbon dioxide which causes the popping in your mouth, however after doing much research, one blogger came up the perfect combination of ingredients to make a cupcake filler that would not spoil the pop in the rocks.  To make this recipe you must first follow any red velvet cupcake recipe, you can buy boxed mixes that are simple to make. After the cupcakes have been baked and set to cool, you can add the special filling. The filling consists of cashew butter, unsalted butter, powdered sugar, milk chocolate, and popping candy. The red velvet candy cupcakes are topped with cream cheese frosting, made with Philadelphia cream cheese, icing sugar, milk, and butter, and sprinkled with colorful pop rocks on the top. The fun colors and pop rock filling make these cupcakes appealing to children, but don’t be mislead as they taste sophisticated enough for an adult to eat. A second recipe that calls for the space dust popping candy is pop rock cake balls. This delicious treat are little balls of velvet cake mixed with butter frosting and dipped in melted chocolate, then rolled in pop rocks. This can be a great Christmas treat if you enjoy giving out cookie plates during the holiday season as they are rich, yummy, and easy to make. After eating popping candy filled truffles in Spain, Heston Blumenthal had the idea to great a sophisticated chocolate cake with a popping candy filled base, chocolate mousse topping, and a smart looking glaze on top. 

Space dust popping candy is a fun and tasty why spice up any old cake, and you can never go wrong if you make a pop rock cake, as you can be sure everyone from you young daughter to your great grandmother will enjoy it. Not only does it taste great, but is also has a great finished look when you place the cake on your table.

Can you imagine a world without cupcakes? They're the height of cake chic, even though they faced off whoopie pies, macaroons and cake pops in a tough battle, they still remain the cute foodstuff of choice for many a baker. Maybe the majority of their success is due to their versatility; you can flavour the sponge, dye the icing, and glitter, sprinkle and frost the tops in a million different combinations. So out of all of those combinations what are some of our favourites? Well here's a list of our top 5.

One could wonder how a cake can be this incredible and yet still entirely vegan, but Chocolate Covered Katie has pulled it off. The batter contains smooshed raspberries, vanilla and almond, for an intese and gooey cupcake. Topped with a simple cream cheese frosting and a ripe raspberry, what's not to love?

These Chocolate Covered Cherry Cupcakes by Confessions of a Foodie Bride could be a glamourous an girly addition to any tea party. A delectable combination of rich chocolate cake, fresh cherries and swiss meringue buttercream frosting. Make these for a truly decadent treat.

If you're looking for something a bit more obscure, look no further than these Pancake, Bacon and Egg Cupcakes from Apollinas.
The batter is made with buttermilk and warming spices for the taste of real pancakes, and the cakes are decorated with gummy fried eggs and maple caramelised bacon. Sweet bacon toppings? Why not.

Oreo cupcakes have been done a million times it's true, but there's something special about this recipe from Confection Ink
at the bottom of the cake conceals a whole oreo, and the secret to the frosting is shortening.

Finally, I thought this flavour combination was too exciting to pass up. These are Pistashio Cupcakes with Pink Champagne Frosting , they look summery and beautiful with the lime green sponge and baby pink frosting. You can also get similar cut-out cake wrappers on eBay.