Serve some Bleeding Brain cake balls at your Halloween party. Your guests will be amazed at these yummy cake balls with a gooey center that looks like a oozing, bloody brain. Add a free printable Halloween tag and you have the perfect treat.
Showing posts with label cake pops. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cake pops. Show all posts
10 Cute Easter Cake Balls
You would not believe the weekend that I had! I went to Texas for Spring Break and we started back Saturday morning for what was supposed to be an easy 8 hour drive.
10 Flower Cake Pop Ideas
Mother's Day is less than 2 weeks away. Have you figured out what you are going to give your mom yet? I made my Mother-in-Law a Werther's Sugar Free Candy Bouquet last weekend, but I've been a little stuck with what to give my mom and sisters. My mom is to the point where she really doesn't want more stuff to fill her house, so that makes everything a little harder.
But my sisters are easy. I don't think one of them would not appreciate flowers for Mother's Day...especially edible cake pop flowers! Look at this beautiful selection of flower cake pops I found. Would your mom like any of these?
1. Daffodil Cake Pops by Bake at 350.
2. Daisy Cake Pops by The Pink Momma.
3. Rose Cake Pops by Sweet Empire.
4. Flower Cake Pops by A Little Bit Of Lovely.
5. Flower Cake Pops by My Man's Belly.
6. Rose Cake Pops by My Little Cake Room.
7. Mom Flower Cake Pops by Bakerella.
8. May Flowers Mini Cake Pops by Diary of a Mad Hausfrau.
9. Flower Cake Pops by Parties for Pennies.
10. Rosebud Cake Pops by Candiquik.
10 St Patrick's Day Cake Pop Ideas
I absolutely LOVE cake pops. I make them whenever possible, for any occasion possible. But unfortunately, no matter how much I wish it, I don't seem to have any skill or talent in decorating cake pops so they look cute.
So while, I will probably have green cake pops this year, none of them will be near as cute as these guys.
1. St Patrick's Day Pops by Dollhouse Bake Shoppe.
2. Shamrock Cake Pops from jigonzalez at Cake Central.
4. Leprechaun Hat Cake Balls by Frost It Bakery.
5. Four Leaf Clover Cake Balls by Sweet Lauren Cakes.
6. Pot of Gold Cake Pops by Beki Cook's Cakes.
7. Rainbow Cake Pops by Munchin Muncies.
10. St Patrick's Day Cake Balls by Karin O'Brien.
Don't those just inspire you to want to go make cake balls? Maybe I'll be adventurous and give them a go. After all, the mistakes taste as good as the pretty ones!
Hello Kitty Cake Pop
So the Bakerella in me hasn't quite expanded enough to make these Hello Kitty cake pops, but they do look amazing enough to warrant having at our Hello Kitty birthday party. I may actually give them a go this weekend...in the meantime, go check out Bakerella's version!
Or maybe not, then you won't laugh so hard at mine....
Lady Bug Cake Pops
I will never be Bakerella.
Well, okay, I admit, I'm her every night in my dreams.
But in reality, it will probably never happen. It's just not where my skills lie. But, I do have a good time trying. And these Ladybug cake pops were no exception.
I started these cake pops the regular Bakerella way.
Bake the cake.
Add the frosting.
Mix.
Form balls.
At this point, I gently squished the ball into the plate to make it flat on the bottom side.
Then I dipped them into chocolate melts.
Using the red candy melts, I dipped one side at a time.
I dipped them at an angle to allow the chocolate to shine through in a "V" shape.
Using melted chocolate, I added a face and dots to my lady bugs.
To finish off the lady bugs, I added green food coloring to a bag of coconut and shook it up to color it. Then I placed my lady bug cake balls on a bed of "grass".
Cinderella's Coach Cake Pops
Cake pops are another of our Party treat staples. At our house, we love to have them any time, all the time. Unfortunately, I'm just not very good with the decorating skills when it comes to cake pops.
I tried to make some Cinderella's coach cake pops for our Princess baby shower.
They just don't look right. I actually had to give my daughter several hints before she could figure out what they were supposed to be.
Can't you see it? I attached mini oreo fronts to the outside of the dipped cake ball.
Then I tried to draw a door on the outside of the carriage. Not sure if this is where I went wrong in my piping skills or not.
I think the idea was there, but maybe not my execution. So instead, I had to make some doilies for my cake pops.
This way, no matter how bad my cake pops turn out, they will always be in style and part of the party theme. Am I the only one that has this problem?
If not, I've created these Cake Pop Doilies in several different styles, with more to come...because I think they are COOL! Well, at least they allow me to make (and therefore eat) more cake pops and say they are part of the "party"....and that's the whole point right?
Gift Idea Week: Brownie Treats & Gift Container
I have actually had my kids go to birthday parties where their friends made actual requests from me for their birthday gift. One of "The Perfectionist's" friends asked for a bunch of Cake Pops for his gift and "The Drama Queen" had one of her best friends request some Chocolate Covered Oreos for hers.
You see, I have a habit of sending treats to my kids' lunch tables every now and then and these special friends LOVE these treats and wanted a few all to their self! I was happy to oblige, but admit it was hard to figure out how to send these gifts in a way that could be gift wrapped.
Sometimes when you are giving a gift, you want to give one of your Homemade Treats or Specialties but don't have one of those (UGLY) round, plastic containers they have all over at Christmas time. (You know which one's I'm talking about right?)
So instead, I searched around looking for a good container that was cost effective and able to be "up-styled" in a cheap, easy way. I found these Store & See containers at Big Lots for 1.00 each which was pretty good! They did have several different sizes, so if you are looking to give something larger, there are other options!
The containers came with these labels inside them, so I simple removed them and used them as a template. Since the label was bigger than my 12 inch paper, I cut the label in half and cut 2 paper labels to glue together.
Since I save my paper scraps from every project, I had a lot of cute choices to line my container.
I did debate on whether to use my Xyron and make the label permanent inside the container. I decided against it so the recipient could remove the label to wash it, but if you want to you can use the Xyron sticker/laminate cartridge. Run your paper through the cartridge making the side you want to see through the sticker side...this allows you to stick it to the side of the container and have the back laminated so as not to get dirty. (Does that make sense?)
This gift will be for the School Nurses at my kids' elementary school. Both my younger boys take medicine alot at school and the nurses have been so great working with me and them to make it super easy. So I wanted to make a sweet gift to say Thank You!
I made a pan of brownies and cut them into small slices. Then I melted some colored chocolate melts inside plastic decorating bottles. (Note if you do this, DO NOT melt the chocolate inside the bottle with the Lid on! It will pop a hole in the side!!! Yea, don't ask me how I know this, *grin* but I do!)
We ended up just writing "Thank You" on the brownies, but you could do lots of different designs to really JAZ up your treats. I love using the chocolate because it will harden and you can stack the treats, and it tastes REALLY good!
"Daredevil's" teacher is a BIG animal lover, so we bought some mini cookie cutters in animal shapes and decorated them to give to her. The kids had fun with that!
If you decide to use cookie cutters, it's easiest to make Fudge-like brownies because they are thinner. If you find the cookie cutter doesn't go all the way down the brownies or you come away with some of the side, a simple knife around the edge works easy!
These containers are beautiful, easy to make, and cheap for a great gift to give someone you love!
Shout Out Sunday
Our Seven Dwarfs shared the tutorial on these Cute Couple Mugs. How fun are these? Wouldn't they be great for a party? You can personalize each guests cup in a fun way and then let them take it home as a party favor. Love it!
She Wears Flowers made a fun Puppet Theatre using PVC pipe. What a great activity a puppet theatre would be at your next party. You could make puppets as party favors and let the kids play with them during the games. So fun!
SunScholars shared the tutorial on these Easter Chicks and Bunnies favors. Aren't they so cute? I love how easy they are to make and how fun they would be to have at your celebration. You can put all kinds of yummy treats in these and use as a craft or a place setting at your your Easter party.
A Little Bit of This and That shared these Mini Cupcake Bits. Don't they look so yummy? They look rather easy to make and so cute. I am definitely going to try these at a party in the future. I think mini food always looks better than regular stuff. I wonder if someone can figure out a way to make broccoli mini and then cover it in chocolate...maybe my kids would eat it then.
Heavenly Cake Pops has come up with an amazing Cake Pop Roller. I showed you last week the Cake Ball Maker, but this is so cool. I couldn't imagine how this worked until I watched the little video. Now I want this baby so much! I make so many cake balls, and it's so time consuming, but totally worth it. But this baby would make things so much easier. So Santa if you're reading my blog, this is what I want for Christmas! Or my birthday! Or my Un-birthday! Pretttttyyyyyyy Pllleeaaasee!
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