The Mercer County Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences had an overwhelmingly popular request for baking and cake decorating classes and as a part of a series the agent offered a Cake Pop Class. Originally the agent planned one Cake Pop class which filled up with a waitlist long enough for three classes. Due to inclement winter weather, the original class was cancelled and gave the agent the ability to rework the class structure to allow for more participants. 

Over two days the agent taught 25 participants the start to finish process of baking, assembling and decorating cake pops. 

The twenty five participants were all women ages varying from 28-72 . The participants completed a pre/post evaluation, and the data is as follows:

96% of participants stated they had not made cake pops prior to this class and 96% of participants stated they would now make cake pops on their own after taking the class.

92% of participants stated their knowledge of the basic concepts of making cake pops was poor prior to taking the class while 96% of participants rated their knowledge of the basic concepts of making cake pops was excellent after taking the class. 

96% of participants rated their confidence level to make cake pops as poor prior to the class and 96% rated their confidence level as good or excellent after taking the class.

96% of participants stated they did not know the supplies to purchase to make cake pops before taking the class and 100% of participants agreed they could go to the store and purchase everything necessary to make cake pops on their own after taking the class.

Overall the participants stated the class was enjoyable, engaging and a great way to be involved with the community. One participant stated she is excited to introduce cake pops at her farmers market stand as a result of taking the class!