Popcorn and Graduation Caps

I did some more work with Bakerella's book, practicing for two separate events; the Drama troupe's end-of-year party and Jacob's graduation party.

For the drama troupe we have

Popcorn pops.  Yellow cake, chocolate frosting, vanilla candy.  SO cute!  My red food marker was just not working well enough.  Next time, I am using a paint brush and red gel food coloring.  Hopefully it will be more vivid.  The popcorn?  Mini marshmallows scored through 3 times with a knife.

For Graduation

I made the tops using a candy mold, but they're a bit too thick.  This is why I practice.  Next time, I'll fill the molds a little less.  Also, the top little blob holding the tassel is supposed to be a mini M&M but I did not have any.  I'll buy some for the ones I do make for his party.  They're cute though!

Cupcake Pops

I follow Bakerella's blog.  She's so cute and I love all the things she does.  Her most famous treats are her cake pops.

I purchased her Cake Pops book with some gift cards I got from work. Yay, work!  Then I decided to try out  one of her cake pops creations, cupcake pops.  OF COURSE I try one of the most difficult designs.  Also, the cutter I used was too big, so they did not end up right (I need to buy a smaller one) but they are still a hit in this house.

Getting ready...

to make a practice run at a cake my sister requested. So, be on the lookout for something cool (I HOPE!)

New Theme

What do you think? I've got a new template and am still tweaking.

What do you/don't you like?

EDIT: At work, I can't see the cute bird that says "Sweet Blog" and the cupcake over above my picture. At home I can. Can you all see it?

I've been playing with it for over an hour and now it's time for bed.

Holy Cake News, Batman!

I am SO excited.

Cake Wrecks will be IN TOWN in September for a book signing! First stop!

HECK YEA, I'm going!! Also, I will be bringing a cupcake "wreckplica" for the contest. And if she needs a cake, I'll make one too.

Wh00t!

New Blog!

Welcome to Kaaren's Kakes!

Since AOL decided to no longer host free web pages to its customers (boooo!) I decided to move some of my pages, as best I can, to this blog.

Hope you like them!


Kaaren