Cake Pops!
I love cute party treats and cake pops are one of the items I've been trying to perfect. Ever since Bakerella starting showcasing the cute little goodies on her blog, I've been attempting to learn the ins-and-outs of the entire process. Believe me, there is more of a learning curve than one might think!
Below are some of the examples of the pops I've made in the past year. Not only did I love making these for my friends, I also enjoyed stretching my mind to come up with creative ways to display them.
It's a Boy! pops for my friends Heather and Alex. I made these to share at our Bible study group before baby Owen arrived. I was able to score a green picket fence display rack from Hobby Lobby for free! The styrofoam base works perfectly for displaying cake pops.
I also made some cake balls (minus the stick), just to give that a try. YUM!
This set of cake pops was created for my friend Mandy's birthday party. She invited all her friends over to dreadlock her hair, and I knew the occasion called for chocolate and sprinkles!
Mandy is an amazing writer, so I wrapped a plastic container with fabric covered with words. I added a green stripey ribbon and a cork-board M.
To help the cake pops stand upright in the container, I filled it with dark chocolate and white chocolate chips.
These cake pops were made for my SIL's baby shower. A baby girl, could you guess?! :) It was fun playing around with different combinations of sprinkles and decorations. Again, the display was from Hobby Lobby (free), with a coat of pink paint and a sparkly tulle bow.
I failed to get a shot of the last batch of cake pops I made. They were for a wedding shower, and I made round ones and also tried my hand at shaped ones. Hearts. Not as easy as I anticipated.
I only took the best-looking pops to the shower. These were the "defects" left behind to be consumed by my family. ;)
This photo shows a couple of the things that I need more practice to perfect...funky-shaped hearts and cracked candy coating (and there are so many variables that can cause cracked coating, argh!)
But, considering that Bakerella herself only ever shows 5-10 pops at a time, I'm sure even she has at least a few duds in every batch of 48. :)
