Ruffle Cake Tutorial - Valentine's Day

Ruffle cakes are so, so pretty. And honestly, I expected them to be harder than they really are. The biggest challenge-- having enough icing!

What You Need:
Cake (This is a 6"x2" cake.)
Buttercream Icing (I used this Decorator's Buttercream Recipe.)*
Piping Bag with Tip #104

*Note: For a 6" cake, I used about 4-5 cups of icing. If you're making a more traditional, 8-9" round cake, and if it's taller, you need to make a double batch, just to be sure -- Especially if you're coloring the icing. (You always want to have more icing than you need because getting it the exact.same.color is really hard.)

Pumpkin Cake Pops - Many, many ways

I have done Pumpkin Cake Pops in so many different ways...

Right-Side Up...

And Upside Down...

Colorful & Glittery...

With Sticks...

And Without.

All of them taste amazing thanks to The Best Pumpkin Cake Recipe!

Click the Links Below to See How to Make Each Variety:
Basic Pumpkin Cake Pops
Pumpkin Cake Pops- Upside Down
Glittery & White Pumpkin Cake Pops
Pumpkin Cake Bites (no sticks)
Pumpkin Cake Pop Video

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Baseball Cookies, Cupcakes and Cake Pops

Baseball season is in full swing (har, har) in our house right now. Practices, games, and most importantly, the treats that go along with those events.
Last year, I made a few fun baseball treats, that I thought I would bring back out for you today.

Baseball Cake Pops

Baseball Sugar Cookies

(very easy!)

Baseball Cupcakes

(Three ways to make them)

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Pot of Gold Cake Pops on Fox 9

St. Patrick's Day is just one week away. So, I took my Pot of Gold Cake Pops and hit the road. Today, I am visiting Fox 9 with these pops, some of the most popular treats I've ever made (if you go by how many people have visited their original post).

KMSP-TV

If you're new here, welcome!
Here are some links that will help you make these pops:
Pot of Gold Cake Pops
How to Make Cake Pops
How Long Does It Really Take to Make Cake Pops?
Click here to buy the gold ball sprinkles.
  (I got the gold sugar sprinkles in-store at my local Williams-Sonoma.)

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White and Glittery Pumpkin Cake Pops

I know. I lied. I said no more pumpkin cake pops.

What can I say? It was for the bake sale at school... the theme of which was Thanksgiving treats.
I couldn't just make these glitter pumpkins and white pumpkins and not show them to you!

To make these pops, I'm going to send you to the links of the 50 other pumpkin pops I've done... as I really didn't intend to post these, but I really loved the white ones so much I had to share.

Pumpkin Cake Pops - Upside Down

If you're growing tired of pumpkin cake pops... I understand. But I really liked these ones, so bear with me. I won't be making any more in any other form for a while, so you're safe!

Because I detail how to make the pops here, here, here (with video) and here, I'm going to spare you many of the details.
If you've never made cake pops before, Go Here.
And if you want my Pumpkin Cake Recipe, Go Here.

Pumpkin Cake Bites

These little pumpkins are just as yummy as my pumpkin cake pops, but even easier to make, store and display, because they don't have sticks!

What You Need:
Pumpkin Cake*
Cream Cheese Frosting
Orange Candy Melts
Brown or Green Jimmies Sprinkles
Toothpicks - preferably with one flat end
Optional:
Green Candy Melts
Decorating bottle or disposable decorating bags
Tips #2 & #349

*Note: My pumpkin cake recipe makes about 6-7 cups of batter. That is more than your average cake mix, so this makes about 70 or more cake pops or cake bites. If you don't want that many, use some of the batter to make cupcakes or something. It takes a lot of work to make that many cake balls!

Pumpkin Cake Pops Revisited -- Updated

This weekend, I visited my friends at Fox 9 again... showing them some Pumpkin Cake Pops, and Pumpkin Cake Bites. If you'd like to see the segment, here it is:

Minneapolis News and Weather KMSP FOX 9
If the player controls don't show up on this link, head to the Fox 9 website to see it here.

I'm working on some new pumpkin cake pops this week, in preparation for a visit to my friends at Fox 9 this weekend.

My original Pumpkin Cake Pops post is one of the most popular posts here in the fall. I LOVE these cake pops. (Even more than the banana ones, and I love those ones, too!)

I will get back to creating new content and trying new recipes very soon. It has been a crazy late summer and early fall for me.

Don't Miss These Posts:
Pumpkin Cake Recipe
Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
How Long Does it Take to Make Cake Pops?
Fall Treat Roundup
Halloween Cake Pops

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Pecan Turtle Cake Recipe

It's all here. Chocolate, Caramel, Pecans. Yummy turtle cake. And the best part for me was that it was all leftovers from other projects!

What You Need:
Chocolate Cake Recipe
Caramel Buttercream Icing Recipe
1 cup Pecans (toasted and chopped)
Caramel Sauce (see Caramel Icing Recipe)
Chocolate (melted)

Summertime Cake Pops

It's the dog days of summer. I can certainly feel that in my house!

Here's a little roundup of my favorite summertime cake pops.

Summer Sunshine Cake Pops

Take Me Out to the Ball Game Cake Pops

Banana Split Cake Pops

Beach Ball Cake Pops

  Rainbow Cake Pops

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Pink-Pink Cake Pops

These cake pops would be perfect for a baby girl baby shower. They're all pink and pretty and yummy. Filled with strawberry cake, cream cheese icing and topped with Pink Candy Melts and white nonpariels sprinkles.

Truth be told, I made them for a birthday party for a girl who just really likes all things pink.

I didn't do a step-by-step on these, because they're pretty basic.
Here are the links you would need to make them:
Strawberry Cake
Cream Cheese Icing
How to Make Cake Pops
How to Sprinkle Cake Pops
How Long Does It Take To Make Cake Pops?
... and Other Cake Pop Ideas

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Tip for Tuesday - Don't throw that away!

If you've read much of this blog, you know that I'm a big fan of saving things, reusing things, repurposing things, etc. The same is true of my Candy Melts.

When I make cake pops, I almost never guess the right amount of Candy Melts for the number of pops that I'm making. That usually means I have a lot leftover.

So, when I'm finished dipping my pops, I simply spread the extra candy onto a piece of parchment paper.

When it's set, I break it into small pieces to reuse next time I make pops. Store it in a zipper bag, and melt them along with your new melts next time you make cake pops.

I recommend only reheating the melts once or twice. If you reheat them more than that they tend to start to get clumpy.
Doing this also helps me from my least-favorite cake pop cleanup chore-- dealing with Candy Melts that have hardened into the bottom of the mug. Ugh!

Click the Links Below to See:
Other Tip for Tuesday posts
Cake Pop ideas and tricks

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Neapolitan Cake Pops - Three Flavors in One Pop

These neapolitan ice cream cake pops were the result of my having "leftovers" of each of these three flavors in my freezer, all at the same time. They turned out really good, and really pretty. But I will warn you that making these is not for the cake pop beginner. They're time consuming and a little challenging.

What You Need:
Cake in each strawberry, vanilla & chocolate flavors*
Cream Cheese Icing
Candy Meltsin Pink, White and Chocolate
Vegetable Oil
Lollipop Sticks
Styrofoam or parchment paper

*Note: Please click the link to see how I made one cake mix into the three neapolitan flavors. It's really easy to do!

Fourth of July Cake Pops

Happy Birthday, America!

Happy Barbecues, Pool Parties, Fireworks Shows, etc. to all!

Click the Links Below to See:
How to Make Cake Pops
How Long Does It Take To Make Cake Pops
How to Drizzle Cake Pops
How to Make Sprinkle-Coated Cake Pops

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Tip for Tuesday - Ice Pack for Cake Pops

Making cake pops is never exactly easy. But making cake pops on a hot, humid summer day can be downright miserable. These baby boy cake pops I made for a shower last summer show it. See how they're sweating??

My kitchen gets hot. It works out well in the winter when its 25-below outside. But in the summer, even with the a/c cranking... it's a real pain! So, I started using an ice pack for my cake pops last summer. (See it there? Tucked under the cake ball plate?)

Slip an ice pack underneath the plate or pan of cake balls, before you dip them in the candy. It helps keep the cake balls a little cooler, and a little less likely to fall off of the stick. You still want to work with just 5-10 cake balls at a time, but the ice pack help keep those few cooler as well.

An Ice Pack for your cake pops... today's Tip for Tuesday.

Click the Links Below to See:
Twin Boys Baby Shower Cake Pops
How to Make Cake Pops
Other Tip for Tuesday posts

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