Holy Cake Pops Batman!

I thought I would try my hand at cake pops the other day since I was going to be entertaining a new play group I organized. I figured hey...just mix em up, roll em out, and stick the sticks in. Easy peasy. WRONG! O my gosh I was so wrong! First off I am 100 percent sure I made them entirely too large. They kept falling off the dang sticks. Actually I am pretty sure that was my whole issue. They were pretty darn tasty and I got hella compliments on them! They were just not very pretty. I am all about presentation too so that kind of ruined it for me. 

Here are the hideous things...

Ugh my gosh that is embarrassing!

Yikes!

So that was that and I swear I am going to get around to baking those dang Cookies and Cream cupcakes! I guess I just haven't been in a baking mood. Booooo on me!

Hope everyone has a great weekend! Thanks for reading!

AJ

Ima Slacker

I have been such a slacker this week! I don't know if its the weather we are having or what. So this week, probably tonight I am going to make some Oreo dreams. I also have a play group meeting I am hosting this week and decided to do Cupcake pops! They just look like so much fun to make! I am pretty excited!

Sorry this post was a bust! Thanks for reading!

AJ

Irish Cream Dreams!

 After my last cupcake disaster I was having a hard time getting the ball rolling again! It was a huge blow to the ego! Tonight went a million times better! I couldn't have picked a better recipe! I made Irish Creams with home made whipped topping.....they turned out amazing....

Now...as crazy as this sounds I am not big on sweets. I rarely eat the cupcakes I bake. This cupcake is perfect for someone like myself. The cupcake itself presents itself as a muffin, its got an almost salty undertone and the top and bottom are a little crispy, but once you bite into it it melts in your mouth like a cupcake! The whipped topping is the perfect match for this cupcake. Its not as overpowering as most frosting's but adds a little bit of sweetness to it! They would be perfect for St. Patty's Day with green whipped topping....I think a marshmallow frosting would work well for this too!

The Hubs is taking them to work tomorrow and I am excited to see the response I get! He absolutely LOVED them, but sometimes I worry he's a little biased.

I will be making Marshmallow Oreo Dreams in a couple days! Then I will post whichever recipe got the best response!  

I hope everyone is having a great week so far! Thanks for reading! 

AJ

Back to Baking!

Had a great week with the little sis! Even got some cupcake baking and decorating in for a going away party!

I've decided to bump it down to TWO cupcakes of the week. A lot of them were going to waste.
So, this weeks cupcakes will be (drum roll please....)

Irish Cream


&

Cookies and Cream


I plan to get started on my first batch tonight! Pictures soon to come!


As always thanks for reading! Hope you have a great week!






AJ

Happy Monday!

I forgot when I was doing my last post that my Sis was coming this week! So I will resume with flavors of the week next week!

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Have a great week everyone! Thanks for reading!

AJ

Recipe for Exhaustion!

So...due to some unfortunate, unexpected events I did not get started even baking my cupcakes until like 9:30pm last night! I don't cut corners and quality control is super important to me so I was up baking and decorating until 12:30.

The marshmallow flower technique turned out beautifully and was actually fairly easy. It just took forever, and quite frankly I do not care if I see another mini marshmallow again. The task of cutting and dipping the marshmallow petals was incredibly tedious. The turned out great though....

My chocolate shapes turned out AWFUL! Just awful! I think I am going to need some kind of stencil or better bags and tips to make them! So...since that didn't go as planned I decided to pipe the rest and use my a few of the sprinkles from my ginormous stash, I also did some marble frosting. I think they turned out okay, but I was getting a little tired.....

Unfortunately I am unable to attend the picnic my cupcakes are going to, but I hope everyone there enjoys them! Despite it taking soooo darn long and staying up so late I actually enjoyed decorating them! Decorating is super therapeutic and relaxing for me!

I hope everyone has a super weekend. I will be scouring my cupcake recipes today to choose some flavors for the week!

Thanks for reading!


AJ

No cuppy's of the week...

This week I am taking a flavor hiatus. I have to bake 4 dozed cupcakes for friday so I am mostly going to focus on my decorating skills!

I'm contemplating what to do and I have looked through my book a few times and gotten some ideas from some other cupcake pages. I think I am definitely going to try to make some milk chocolate shapes to top some of them with. I saw a really neat idea for marshmallow flowers! I would love to try working with some fondant but that depends on if I get to town this week or not. I plan to make boring flavors because I know I am good at those! 4 dozen cupcakes should give me lots of practice for whatever techniques I end up choosing!

I think I will also make up some cupcake pops! They look like sooooo much fun to make and there's lots you can do with them! I made up some yummy chocolate dipped strawberries for a Happy Divorce Party this last weekend! Milk Chocolate with marshmallow drizzle! They turned out great and they looked so pretty! I put them in some really bitchin animal print cupcake cups and garnished them with these really neat silver and gold   sprinkles! They were a hit I think! Definitely plan on making them again!

Hope everyone's having a FABULOUS Monday and continues to have a great week! Thanks for reading!

AJ