*** strawberry cake pops ***

the past few weeks have flown by. with summer vacation ending for the kiddies and school starting, the last few weeks are a bit of a blur. but still i found some time to bake.

i baked a strawberry cake and attempted to make cake pops. not knowing that white candy melts are hard to work with, my first attempt was a miserable FAIL. the white chocolate was lumpy and my cake pops didn't have that nice pretty smooth outside coating. i did some "research" (a.k.a. reading other cake pop-ers blogs) and learned that white candy melts can be difficult to reach that desired consistency. so the kids got to enjoy the failed attempt and i told myself i would try again another day.

so yesterday, i took another stab at it and this time it came out better. still not the consistency i needed for that smooth outer chocolate shell but a lot prettier than the first.

i also made some with dark chocolate candy melts since i had a little bit left and needed to use it up before it got "old". i love the contrasting colors of the dark chocolate and pink. i forgot to take a picture of what the inside looks like by taking a bite of one... next time for sure.

my next goal is to overcome my fear of royal icing to decorate sugar cookies. i have an order for 60 cupcakes coming up next weekend for a baby shower so i will be busy perfecting my carrot cake cupcake recipe this week. will post pictures!

love,
elain