Cake Popped Off

I don't know why I do this to myself.  

I used to think I was a crafty kind of girl ~ and I don't mean a weasel ~ I mean,  I thought I could make stuff. 

But then I go and try to make something cutesy for the house...cause I've been inspired by all the amazin stuff Viv & Jen Jen & Shawn & ok....everyone....can make.  

And once again, I fail...miserably.  I don't know why I even think I can do it.  I mean, look at my latest mess.....

Anyone else been inspired by this woman???

Bakerella....ah how I love your cake pops!!! I think they are precious and adorable and I always promised myself I would try to make them......

And then I received the Cake Pops book from a dear friend.  I spent weeks reading the "how tos" and built up courage to make them myself.

So I finally did it.  $50 in supplies and 3 stores later, here we go!!

Bake the cake, cool it, then tear it apart.

got it. easy.

3/4 a can of frosting.

don't forget to clip the Box Tops for your favorite school!

mix it together - not very yummy looking.

 and then roll them into balls - but make sure you have atleast 48- panic a little while you are doing it that you might not have 48, so pinch a few balls down to size - there you go - 

messy hands and 48 cake balls

 now one of the pains for me was finding styrofoam that could hold 48 cake pops.

I had to go to 3 stores to get enough that was thick enough to hold them

And even 3 rows was too much for one block - argh!

 So after chilling (not freezing) the cake balls, the actually dipping was easy.

But why do they look all misshapen?  Bakerellas are all perfectly round.....

I took 30 minutes to make each tiny bow for the heads of these girls....

4 1/2 hours later and here is my finished product.

hmmm.

not so pretty.

especially when they should have looked like this:

What went wrong?

1. It took too long - It was exhausting!!

2. my edible markers would not write on the frosting well.

3. It took too long- I had laundry to fold that day!!

4. I managed to "overload" one side of the styrofoam block too much and the whole thing tipped over when they had just been dipped.

4. It took too long - I have a baby!!!

5. The noses were all pointy, not perfect dots like "she" can make.

6.  It took too stinkin' long.

So, how did I fix the 47 other cake balls to make them ready for the shower the next day?

I melted down some white wafers, added blue tint, turn the pops upside down and drizzled away!!

At this point, I am pretty sure the crafting Gods are against me.  I'm done - don't come waving your adorable homemade Easter eggs at me any more (you know who I'm talking to!!).

I will buy it from now on.