Mothers Day PoPs...

Mothers Day PoPs..., originally uploaded by LoveLane Cupcakes.

Are you already planing Mother's Day? Look at these adorable cake pops by LoveLane Cupcakes posted in my Flickr group Cakes on a Stick. The flowers are divine.

Blue Tits & Cherry Blossom Pops

Blue Tits & Cherry Blossom Pops, originally uploaded by Kiss And Bake Up.

How cute are these spring birds and cherry blossom cake pops? If you feel a little to "grown up" for the Easter Bunny these cuties posted in my Flickr group Cakes on Stick by Kiss and Bake Up would be perfect!

JIngle Bell Reindeer Cake Pops

JIngle Bell Reindeer Cake Pops, originally uploaded by IrishMomLuvs2Bake.

How adorable is this! Jingle Bell cake pops! I wish I had thought of something this cute first!

For other cute Christmas ideas go to my Flickr group Cakes on a Stick

Snow Queen Cake Pops

Snow Queen Cake Pops, originally uploaded by Kiss And Bake Up.

You must check out this Snow Queen Cake Pop that Kiss and Bake up posted in my Flickr group: CAKES ON A STICK. It is one of the most amazing cake pops I have ever seen.

Free Cupcake Graphics!

I have been working on some new graphics for my Cafepress Store and I think they have come out pretty cute so far. I am still learning all this graphics creating business with the help of my amazing Boyfriend. I am going to post the graphics here and you can feel free to copy them, use them, abuse them and have some dang decorating fun :) I will also add them to the Doll up you Blog Cupcakes page for easy access. So have fun Cupcakes!

If you like these graphics and want it on a hoodie, shirt, or iphone cover check out my shop!

Christmas Cake Pop Sophistication

Attempting these cake pops is more then a year and half in the making. It was lunch time this exact time last year with my best friend Amanda. We were discussing our differences in styles. This is us...

Amanda and Heather

I am not happy unless something is dipped and dripping in glitter. While we were lunching Amanda said something that struck me (I am sure she won't even remember). She said, "My biggest problem with your cake pops and all this cake pop madness is what if you are a grown up?" "What if I don't want to eat a Princess head or some other cutesie thing." This was just about the time I brought these to work last year for Christmas:

I have been thinking about our conversation since last year. I decided for this Christmas to make a Christmas cake pop a little more on the subdued side. Something a little classier. Something I think Amanda might order if she was throwing a high class Christmas party for adults.

I decided on a simple green candy melt base with red ribbion frosting wrapped around it. (I am still working on my piping skills but I think they came out mostly decent). I hope if you are more classy like Amanda and less glitter like me these cake pops will give you some ideas for your Christmas party this year.

Now about my Glitter Tree!!

Merry Christmas. May all your baking adventures go amazing and if they don't, may you get it on video and put it on youtube so I can laugh along with you!

WhatToExpectWhenYoureExpecting Giveaway and Pumpkin pie

With the Holidays upon us I am excited to be bringing you an amazing giveaway and a cute idea to spice up your classic pumpkin pies. @HeroCakePops and @DazzlePopDiva have teamed up with the wonderful (we would be a disaster without them) people who brought you  What to Expect When Youre Expecting for an awesome giveaway. Do you have a Wife, Sister, Daughter or Best Friend expecting a new addition to the family soon? Do they have toddlers running around the house? Then this giveaway is for you. Want to see what we have joined forces in the spirit of the Holidays to give you? Well wait no longer...

I have six brand new books to give away. Three What to Expect the Toddle Years and three What to Expect When You're Expecting. Every new (or returning to new like me) Mom knows they need What to Expect When You're Expecting to survive but did you know they have a new Mom survival guide for the Toddle Years! I pull them out to tell me what foods to feed my son and when. How to baby proof my house. When he should be meeting his milestones and so much more. Tune in at the end of the post too learn how you enter the giveaway for a chance at winning one of these awesome books.


Now Cupcakes...Who is read for some pumpkin pie served up cute and mini style?

PUMPKIN PIE MINIS

What we will need for this experiment in yummy:

2 ready made pie crusts (If you are one of the awesome make your own pie dough types you rock)
1 large can of pumpkin pie mix (or your home made pumpkin pie brew)
Cookie cutter of choice
Lolly Pop sticks (optional)
Melted chocolate (optional and baker's choice of flavor)


Step 1:




Grab some flour and measuring cups. Dust the area you will be baking on with a light
coat of flour .

 

Mummy Spooky Cake Pops

I received a few emails asking for links to the Mummy Cake Pops I made last year for Jordan's Halloween Party at School. Because this is what I will be making again I decided to share my version of the
Yummy Mummies by Bakerella again this Halloween for your little spooks to enjoy!

FOR SCHOOL:
 All children can have allergies to foods like peanuts but special needs children seem to have these allergies at a higher rate. It is a good idea when ever shipping your little hero off to school with a new batch of HeroCakePops to make sure they are labeled with ingredients for the teachers.

Now turn to page 131 in Bakerella's Cake Pop book and lets make some Yummy Mummies!

First we need one mini-hero dressed as a bee....Check!

Then we need to bake our cake - let it cool - mix it with 1/3 can of frosting - roll cake pops!

The great thing about Mummies is they can be what ever color you like best! I dipped my cake pops in white chocolate (candy melts)  This part is all up to the artist/baker (or the baker's helpers)!

Then we need some green and white Yummy Mummies!! After baking the basic cake pop (I used a store bought white cake mix for ease) and cooling the mummies were ready to be painted with candy melts.I first coated all the mummies in white like described in the book. Then once all mummies were made I used green gel based coloring (never water) and tinted the rest of the white candy melt booger green! I then used a disposable piping bag to pipe on the mummy wrap!

Remember the more mess the more it looks like a Mummy! I hope everyone has Happy and

safe Happy Halloween!

For more AWESOME ideas for cake pops and Halloween treats head over to our

Flickr Group Cakes On A Stick!!

CAKES ON A STICK

We are back from having a healthy son (7lbs 4oz) and ready to get back to baking and blogging with all my sugar loving friends. We have teamed up with the WhatToExpect group and will be having an amazing give away coming up soon!

I wanted you to know about a new feature we will be doing on HeroCakePops called:

Cake Pop Sundays

We will be featuring cake pops from the HeroCakePops Flickr group: Cakes On A Stick. If you would like a chance for your cake pop creation to be featured on HeroCakePops with a link back to your page or flickr account just post your yummy creations in the group. I will pick a photo to feature every Sunday. We are an equal cake pop creation group. Post your gooey cake pop mess you made with your little spawn or your Creme DE cake pop master piece.

I am glad I can finally rejoin my blogging sweets and share some delicious times.

Now for all those emailing and facebooking me for pictures of the little guy here you go:

I am in love and we are super blessed. Thanks for all the well wishes.

Some of my favorite sprinkles!!

Hello Friends!

Do you like to make things sparkle? Well then you are going to love this Hologram Silver Disco Dust. This post is about where I buy some of my sprinkles and shiny things that make baking awesome.

I know it has been a little while since I have posted but I promise I have a wonderful reason. I have been preparing for this little one to come in a few weeks:

Our baby boy should be on his way into the world very soon and we can't wait. However being put on bed rest off and on has made it hard to do what I love (baking and sharing with you) and I can't wait to get back in the swing of things soon.

Until then I thought I would share a store you might not have visited yet. I purchase most my sprinkles from here and. I really love sprinkles. Sprinkles make CAKE POPS fun, yummy and pretty. The trick with sprinkles is to make sure they are not to heavy and crack the chocolate as it hardens.

This is one of my favorite sprinkles stores:Layer Cake Shop

Here are my favorite type of sprinkles I order: Chunky Sugar Assortment

They remind me of rock candy when I was growing up and are great for decorating CAKE POPS or CUPCAKES. I have used the black for Halloween and if I am up for baking when the 4th of July gets here I plan on using the red. They have many other type of sprinkles if chunky is not your style!

If you have a certain type of sprinkle you just can't bake without leave me a comment with a link! I love trying new sprinkles!


PS: Layer Cake Shop has never heard of HeroCakePops I am just a fan and customer!

Here comes the bride..

Right now we are in the "throw some scraps together and testing phase" but in May we will be doing a huge wedding cake pop spread for all our summer brides out there who like to do it yourself!

Here is a not so glamours peek at our wedding cake pop test batches:

There will be brides and grooms, glitter and pearl decorated cake pops so stay tuned!

Paint Your Sweets Green St. Patty's Day!

I know. I know. It is about to be a new holiday and I am about to tell you how it's my favorite. They are all my favorite but can you blame a girl? I like to party. Of course this St. Patty's Day I can't partake of the best adult holiday tradition ever (Green Beer) but I can still get festive with it. So lets paint ourselves green and paint our sweets green too!

First we need supplies: I bought all the following supplies at Party City in their huge St. Patty's Day isle.



This cute package of cookie cutters is just what we need. We are going to use the
littlest cookie cutter to form our St. Patty's Day cake pops.



We are going to use green candy melts from Wilton (you can use what ever brand you love and I will
use Wilton because I like how it tastes the best) to dip our cake pops. I also bought an orange bag
of candy melts since orange is a huge color is St. Patty's Day as well.

These are actually cup cake toppers but will work perfectly for our
cake pops as well.

Now we shape our cake pops:

Follow basic cake pop making instructions (bake your cake, let it cool, mix in half a can of frosting to cooled crumbled cake and stir until dough like texture).

We are going to use the smallest clover cookie cutter in the package to make our cake pop shapes.

I turn the cookie cutter with the cutter portion side facing down. I then use my ice cream scoop to scoop out a small portion
of my cake pop batter. I push the batter into the cookie cutter until the thing is packed with cake pop batter.

After it is packed with cake pop batter flip over the cookie cutter and use your thumb to push out the new shape
you formed. Always push from the small cookie cutter side toward the large front to avoid distorting
your shape.

Get your dip/sprinkle on:



I found these sprinkles at Party City in the St. Patty's Day isle and thought they were super festive!



Orange is a huge color on St. Patty's Day along with traditional green so I had to give orange some love too!

If only I could have green beer to go with the green cake pops.

Got Chocolate Molds? Well I am going to show you how to use your favorite chocolate molds
with your cake pops.
       Step 1: Melt chocolate or candy melt
       Step 2: Fill your chocolate mold with the melted candy melts or chocolate and let harden fully.
       Step 3: Once the chocolate mold is hard, leave the chocolates in the mold. Dip your cake pop
                    in the melted candy melts, tap off excess candy melt, and then turn the cake pop upside
                    down onto the top of the harden chocolate in the mold. Let the cake pop harden.
      Step 4: Once the cake pop outer candy melt coating is harden pop the chocolate out of the mold like 
                   normal and the chocolate piece in the mold will be glued to the cake pop.

I let the bottom mold piece harden and then placed the freshly dipped cake pop upside down to "dry"
on the chocolate piece. Once it "drys" it will be glued to the chocolate piece in the mold and you will
have a cake pop with a cute design on top.

I dipped just the sides of this cake pop in sprinkles and left the top clear so the candy melt on the top of the
cake pop would act like glue as it dried to the chocolate mold piece.

Just make sure you let the chocolate piece in the mold harden before you begin dipping and placing cake pops.

St. Patty's Day fun on a stick:

If you want the Happy St. Patty's Day words to be more visible you could paint the letters with edible
disco dust or use a edible marker to color in the letters.

Four Leaf Clover Cake Pops:

Irish Cupcake Cake Pops:

I wanted to have fun with my favorite 3D chocolate cupcake mold as well!

This is my 3D cupcake chocolate mold. You can mix and match color since you harden
the cupcake top and bottom separately.

These are all yummy chocolate!

Once the cupcake mold was read I dipped the cake pop and then before it started to "dry"
I placed the cupcake on top of the cake pop. The top of the just dipped cake pop
acts like glue as it hardens to hold the cupcake up.

Got Cupcake Toppers you are dying to use? Well your cake pop can use them too!

HAPPY ST. PATTY'S DAY!

PS: Because I have had a few questions on this I thought I would give you a little behind the scenes action of photographing cake pops. I am getting better as I go but it is still hard getting everything right.
My photography friends say lighting is the key. I am going to eventually invest in what they call a light box for my food. Until then this is what I came up with:

Beggars can't be choosers lol. I steal my lamp from the living room to help add
extra light to the kitchen. I use my laundry basket (forgive it's fullness) to help prop
up the lamp.

My boyfriend made this amazing cake pop stand out of two cake boards. He just drilled matching holes in them
and placed pegs between the two boards. I use my daughters construction paper as my
backdrops!

And holding up our make shift backdrop is two heavy bottles of what I have on hand.