Wednesday 18 May 2011

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Of Kitties and Cake Pops

Cupcake cake pops close-up

I know I've posted about the birthday suit but what of the birthday baking? Long-term readers will know that I haven't had a functional oven in over a year but that does not appear to lessen my ambition for elaborate last-minute baking using other people's ovens. And often a backpack.

Cupcake cake pops collection

I set my sights high this year after finding out about the existence of Cake Pops (from Regretsy of all places) a couple of weeks ago. For those unfamiliar with Cake Pops, they are small yet adorable confections on a lollipop stick, made from crumbled cake, binded with icing, dipped in candy coating, and then decorated with sweets. That right: Sugar x 4. They are so sweet that the roof of your mouth itches while eating them. A good kind of itch.

Hello Kitty Cake

Unfortunately, you can't stick candle in them so I also needed to bake a birthday cake for Maia and at least thirty of her closest friends and family. Falling somewhere between the realms of terrible baking and not terrible baking, a Hello Kitty cake was born. For the record: making your first attempt at piping, at 2AM, without proper icing bags is inadvisable.

Hello Kitty blowing candles

It was, at least, recognisable as a fair representation of Hello Kitty by a jury of four year olds.

Hello Kitty birthday girl
Note: I am actually 'wringing my hands' in this picture. Who thought that was just a figure of speech?

Alas, the last of the leftover icing was dispatched today. By myself with a spoon.

6 comments:

  1. Those are awesome, you clever lady! Love the little cake pops :)

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  2. cake looks brilliant, very impressed. Love scoffing icing. Oh and Maia looks gorgeous.

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  3. Mmmmm, cake pops. Bakerella is an evil genius.
    Also, cute cake!!

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  4. So funny how often we are weirdly in sync. I discovered this just slightly before the regresty post and instantly decided "I'm all about cake pops now"

    I bow to you for picking a hard one to do first.

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  5. I have to check this out now for Lucas's birthday in August....the cake pops that is, he's not really into Hello Kitty, though your art work is fabulous.

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  6. Oh another non-functioning-oven family. Ours caught fire five years ago and all we have to replace it is a toaster oven of sorts. I baked 30 cupcakes 6 at a time for Luca's class this year. A reminder of why a new oven should be at the top of our purchase list instead of more fabric. hmm. Priorities.

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