red velvet cake pops

i've been wanting to make cake pops the real way for quite some time. so, when i made red velvet cakelets and they did not come out of the pan well i decided that was perfect. of course, mine did not turn out nearly as pretty as bakerella's creations, but they were delicious. basically, i took the remnants of the cakelets and finished crumbling them up. i mixed in some cream cheese frosting and rolled them into balls, then into the refrigerator. i started melting some pink vanilla chips that i had on hand. i dipped the lolly sticks in the vanilla and then into the cake balls and let those set in the refrigerator again. then i took the cake pops on the sticks and dipped them in the pink vanilla. that part did not go so smoothly, or pretty as you can see. it would take me a heck of a lot of practice to figure out how to make a smooth creation that i could turn into a character like so many people can do. but they're still cute, i topped them with sprinkles, and they were absolutely delicious.

my birthday cake

my birthday was last week, and i usually make my own dessert. here's the cake and topper i made for myself. the cake is a funfetti cake with buttercream frosting. i used a boxed funfetti cake mix with some tweaks: i used butter instead of vegetable oil, milk instead of water and i added an extra egg. the buttercream frosting is from the grocery store bakery. i thought it turned out pretty yummy. for the cake base, i cut out some cardboard and covered with tin foil. then i cut out some decorative paper and glued it to the bottom (it's pink and pretty on the bottom now instead of gathered foil.) and for the cute cake topper: i took some bamboo skewers and tied across some red and white twine and added fabric bunting. i added a drop of glue to the bows on the skewers to keep the line in place. the fabric bunting are just small pieces of scrap fabric folded in half over the twine and glued front to back. super simple and quick and uber cute.