Cake Pops!

I am going to visit my daughter at her college tomorrow. I wanted to bring her something fun and exciting and really cool and most of all -- homemade.

Now, I know how to do homemade. I am very good at homemade. I have been known to stay up all night long to finish a cake made from scratch because I am so dedicated (ok, ok, usually it's because I start things at 10 pm).

Instead of making one of the many goodies that I can whip out with my eyes closed, I decided to make something new. Something really cute, really delicious, decorated with finesse and packaged beautifully. I decided to make the little Cake Pops that has made Bakerella (aka Angie) famous!

I bought Angie's book the moment she announced it on her blog last year. I've been planning on making these for a long time and bought all the stuff to do it with.

My design: A Jackrabbit. Why? The college athletics mascot is a Jackrabbit. No, really. It is.

Using this photo as a guide, I was going to make my Jackrabbit pops in blue and gold and they were going to look tough -- yet cute. Jackrabbits can look tough. No really. They can.



Cake pops are easy. Make a box cake, let it cool, crumble it up, mix it with frosting, dip it in melted candy coating and decorate. Easy, easy, easy.

Or so I thought.

Without going into all the nasty details, let me just sum it up by stating the obvious: candy melts are the absolute worst thing in the world to work with.

I was hoping to be showing you amazing cake pops in the next photos. But, I'm all about keeping it real.

So....... whaddya think?? Resemble a Jackrabbit to you?? Resemble a cake pop???

First Batch

Second Batch

I gave up on the Jackrabbit idea and went for desperate swirl instead.

Well, the good thing is that they do taste great. Hubby loves them. I am still going to bring them to my daughter -- even though they aren't cute and adorable.

I call them Cake Blobs.

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