I started making the latest version of cakepops last night. I always forget how exhausting and time consuming they are to do so I finished them this morning when I got up. I still have the ghosts to finish, but here are the pumpkins. If you haven't seen them before you can see where I made them the first time here: http://wide-angle-lens.blogspot.com/2009/04/30-april-2009-photos-you-can-have-your.html
Little colored chocolate chips from when I made the cakepops last week...what does that have to do with reading or rainbows (from the blog title)? Absolutely nothing except the way my mind works around weird word associations. I saw colored chips...which lead me to think of rainbows...which lead back to my childhood and thinking about the kid's show Reading Rainbow. I think it is still around but here is a little video to jog your memory of the old school version of the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6j8EiWIVZs
A few weeks ago, a friend posted some pictures of cakepops they made. I become obsessed with them and decided I wanted to make them for my annual Hotair Bolloon Festival party. I felt like I needed to to a dry run and our niece's First Communion is this weekend so it seemed like a good excuse to play.So for several hours tonight I baked, rolled, dipped and decorated these cakepops and I am exhausted. These little treats were originally made by Bakerella. She is much better at these than I am but she has had a lot more practice. You can check out her wares here http://bakerella.blogspot.com/search/label/cupcake%20pops
They take a lot of time and effort but I think the kids will like them. I used red velvet cake and cream cheese frosting for mine...you can see the inside of one of them as Bill needed to be the taste tester. The cupcakes are adorable, the hot air balloon still needs some work and Bill thinks the other one looks like the stress doll you squeeze that has eyes and ears that pop out like these http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/zoom/martian_thing.jpg.
