kitchen warrior

i know, i know, i know. i suck. in my defense...ok so i don't have one. still, i'm sorry. to make up for my lack of updating, may i present: "Cake Pops: the making of"

i don't know if any of you are familiar with bakerella's blog. but she has these amazing cake pops that i have been admiring for awhile. i bought a ton of materials in order to make them back...oh man, awhile ago. i had every intention of doing eggs for easter but time got away from me. halloween, though, happens to be the ideal time for my creative attempts in the kitchen.

so, it all started with baking the cake, letting it cool, crumbling it up and adding a jar of frosting. when i do this again, i dont' think i'll use the entire jar as it seemed a bit too mushy. the mixture gets cooled in the fridge until it firms up, shaped then put in the freezer to harden. when that's complete you get lollipop sticks, dip them in melted chocolate, and stick them in the balls. i wish i had taken pics of each step. but honestly, my hands were covered in cake goop so it wasn't really a possibility.

i actually made balls for pumpkins and...i guess bell shapes? for ghosts. plus i had white and orange melting chocolate to use. so...the white chocolate somehow melted in the pantry and rehardened. that made remelting it a pain and not as smooth. so much so that the ghosts fell apart in the chocolate. i am retrying those tomorrow. the pumpkins stood up better. but again, i think i used too much frosting so they started to soften a bit too much in the hot chocolate. observe:

once i got the hang of things, the pumpkins looked better. though i still got some funky looking ones. and i couldn't find an edible pen in any of the stores that sold baking supplies...which made decorating the face a bit challenging. what do you think?

BOO!

mary really liked helping. in fact, she was very adament about yelling "HOT" whenever i stirred the chocolate. such a little helper. and i'm pretty sure she was hoping to eat something. i know brent was. he got all my rejects, as in the crappy ones that i threw in the cake pan. mary really enjoyed carrying around the cake pops, modeling them for the camera:

and for those of you in the pharmacy who read this: um, well, i'm gonna have to bring them in on thurs. i need to do another batch because i'm pretty sure only 1/2 of the ones i made are good enough to give away to people!