Loving Blueberry

I really enjoy making cake pops while others use frosting kisha and I get creative with using other yummy things and we put allot of fresh fruits and other goodies into our little treats, It is really fun getting creative with these yummy bite size surprises. Every time I bit into anything we make it feels like I’m being surrounded with LOVE We like to say we make everything with love and we do, thats another reason why our little treats are so super special to us and to all those that taste them : ) 

New Creation

The other day I was craving an almond joy; I live a long way from the store so I decided to make my own almond joy cake pop and what a wonderful idea it was! I had a blast making it and the taste was even better, it fulfilled my every craving I had for an almond joy! My husband really enjoyed this cake pop and so did Kisha. Here are some pictures of the finished product. It looks delicious but tastes even better YUMMY!

Love Jen

I'M Back Yay!

Hello I’m back I have been moving for the last 2 weeks and have missed blogging about all the fun I have baking, and starting a new business, the move is finally over. Thank you to my sister-in-laws husband David he was an AMAZING HELP!
Yesterday I went to Michaels to get a couple of things I needed and thought to myself there has to be a cheaper and more efficient way to dry my cake pops instead of spending so much money on Styrofoam DING! I remembered there was a Home Depot right next door so I decided to make my way over and get some wood, they were about 8-11 dollars for a whole plank, which was an awesome deal so a man came up to me and asked me if I needed any help, and of course I said yes, I said to him I need a thick piece of wood to hold lollipops he looked at me and said what’s that, DUH! Lollipops. So he took me down to the sale isle and I got a whole plank for 50 cents what a great find. He was awesome for showing me such a great deal, if you ever read this and remember me Thank You Sr.
So I rushed home so excited and put my husband to work he made me an awesome cake pop stand that holds 36 pop’s woohoo! I had it cut into 3 sections so that means it holds 108 pops how awesome is that! Thank You honey  ( I have one for you to Kisha)

Today my husband J helped me create some pretty awesome Halloween cake pops I had a blast in the kitchen with you honey, thank YOU for being so awesome and believing in me! I LOVE YOU SOOO MUCH! My princess even jumped in to help a little bit; she kept the measuring spoons handy for me  : ) Love YOU Malia!

Tiny Pink Happiness

Today I noticed that people love tiny things; small dogs, babies, shot glasses.  So it’s only natural that we would love tiny desserts.  About a week ago I woke up from yet another dream about baking with a craving for tiny vanilla cupcakes topped with raspberry frosting.  It just sounded amazing.  Every day I went to work thinking about these tiny treats and finally yesterday I had the time to make them.  I have to say, they came out exactly how I had imagined them.  The first thing I love about these little babies is the fact that they are so darn cute! They are so small that if you don’t be very gentle while handling them you could easily crush them.  Secondly when you bite into them the flavor is moist and creamy, vanilla with a hit of berry, Perfect! And of course I love them because they are pink, need I say more?!  I brought them into work, excited to share them with my friends.  I walked all over the office handing one to each friend who had already arrived, the smiles on their faces made me love to bake even more.  I would take one tiny pink cake out of the box I had them resting in and quietly hand it to them one by one.  The first look on their faces was surprise, then when they realized this little ray of sunshine was for them, the surprise turned to happiness, then back to surprise after popping them into their mouths letting the delicious flavor work its magic.  One beautiful friend came back for seconds saying that the “afterglow” of the cupcake had faded and she needed another.  I happily shared the last cupcake with her.  She smiled and thanked me (even thought she didn’t need to say anything) and called me a cupcake goddess as she happily went back to work.  (Thanks Ann!) This is why I love to bake.

Love Kisha

Halloween cake pop sort-of-photoshoot

Jen and I decided it would be cute to take some pictures of our kids eating cake pops.  She had made some Halloween pops and dipped Oreos and I thought it would be cute to dress up my 18 month Zoe and 7 year old Donovan in their old costumes and let them run around in the backyard to get some real life action shots. So Saturday morning, before the hot Las Vegas sun was in full force I found a couple costumes, grabbed the cake pops, dragged the kids outside and told them to look happy.  Donovan is a camera hog and naturally started to vogue with his cake pop.  Zoe was not as happy to smile for the camera.  I ended up chasing her around singing songs from Sesame Street (in hopes of getting her to smile) and furiously snapping pictures whenever she decided she would glance at me.

I took a ton of really terrible pictures, but got a few good ones.  Her reward was to eat the prop cake pops and I wanted to get some messy faced shots of her gobbling them up.  The funny thing is that she had never had candy corn before so she kept throwing the candy corn covered Dipped Oreo on the ground and just looking at it.  I would pick it up again and hand it to her only to have her throw it on the ground and look up with my with a,  “what mom?!” look on her face.  I swear it is really delicious, you can’t really take a 1 year old's word for it.

                            

Bacon!!!

Bacon seems to be a recent fad that combats the health craze.  You either don’t eat bacon or you really eat bacon.  I am a bacon eater, and so is my family.  I try not to keep it in the house because we love it so much and I am really health conscious.  But for my husband, David, I agreed to make a bacon cake pop after Jen and I found a bacon cupcake at a local bakery that he fell in love with.  Last night after a long weekend helping Jen and my brother move, David declared that he wanted something sweet.  I had been itching all day to make cake pops so I jumped up and told him that I would make the bacon pop.  I already had the cake in the fridge and the bacon had been cooked earlier that morning so I just had to assemble them.  I was not very hopeful that they would taste very good.  My first attempt came up short (see pervious post).  But it was a new day and I had better quality bacon.  So we went to work and after 10 minutes we had 4 little chocolate balls covers in little chunks of bacon.  The first bite was a surprise.  It tasted exactly like I had imagined, a soft maple cake inside that was light and moist just like a pancake, with a delicious white chocolate coating that gave it it’s sweetness, and the salty crunchy bacon on the outside balanced it out for a yummy breakfast experience on a stick. Good thing I made 4 because 1 each wasn’t enough.  Unfortunately I don’t have a picture of one because we ate them before the chocolate even had a chance to fully harden.  Maybe next time ;)