Retro Video Game Cake - April 2015

I made this retro video game themed cake for my son Caleb's 13th birthday.  It didn't turn out exactly how I wanted it.  I tried a new technique and it didn't go as smoothly as I thought it would.

More details to come... 😊

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Mario Mushroom Marshmallow Pops & Mario Mustache Chocolate Pops - April 2015

I made these Mario mushroom marshmallow pops to put in the goodie bags at my son Caleb's retro video game themed party.  (Go to the last picture for mustaches.)  [To see Pac-Man and Ghost sugar cookies I made for the party click here.]

I also made these ↓ chocolate Mario mustache pops as favors for the goodie bags.

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Chocolate Camera Candy Goodie Bag Favors - April 2015

I originally had planned to make these chocolate camera candies for the goodie bags at my daughter Carissa's photography themed birthday party, but unfortunately I ran out of time 😕 (you can see the cake here and some goodie bag cookies here).  We had taken pictures of my daughter with each party guest to print out and put in a homemade frame so everyone could take it home from the party, but that morning my printer decided to run out of ink. 😖 So, I decided we would just deliver the pictures to everyone at a later date (I didn't expect it to be such a later date, but better late than never, right.? 😉)  The good thing was that now I could make the camera candies and include them with the picture and frame. 😊

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Switchfoot Themed Chocolate Coffee Cake Balls - November 2014

I made these chocolate coffee cake balls for the band members of Switchfoot and their crew as part of the Switchfoot Baking Club.  (I also made some coffee sugar cookies and some deconstructed chocolate chip cookies; you can click here to see those.)

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Camera Sugar Cookies - November 2014

I made these camera sugar cookies to put in the goodie bags at my daughter Carissa's 10th birthday party.  To see the cake for this party you can go to this post.

I made sugar cookie dough, rolled it out, and cut out rectangles.  After they were baked and cooled I melted some chocolate almond bark and used it to pipe some simple camera details onto the cookies.

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Music Themed Cake Balls - March 2014

My son's band was having a cake ball sale; so I made these music themed cake balls to donate to it.

More pictures to come... :)

I used white candy melts to pipe the music notes, treble clefs, and bass clefs out onto parchment paper.  I let them harden and they were ready for when I needed them to decorate the cake balls.

To make the basic cake balls I followed Bakerella's instructions.  You can find them here.

Right after dipping the cake balls I topped them with some yellow nonpareil sprinkles and one of the white music themed candy decorations.  You have to be ready and work quickly so the chocolate doesn't harden before you get everything on it.

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Pink Heart Cake Balls - February 2014

I made these cake balls for a good friend whose grandfather had passed away.

To make the basic cake balls I followed Bakerella's instructions.  You can find them here.

I used a #3 round tip to pipe pink candy melts onto parchment paper in heart shapes.  I filled a few of them in, but most were just the outline.  I let them harden and set so they were ready when I started dipping the cake balls.  

Ready to dip!

Right after dipping the cake ball I placed a pink heart on top.  If it starts to slide a little just hold it in place for a second.  Have your decorations ready and be quick so you get them placed before the chocolate hardens; it looks nicer that way.  If you don't get it on in time though you can dot a little chocolate on top the cake ball and attach it that way.

Here are a few extras that I decorated differently.

For the cake balls in the picture above I had to hold the hearts in place until the chocolate hardened enough to hold them upright on their own.

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