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Shooting Star Cake Pops & an announcement!

Ahh, I love stars. These will sail across the night sky…into your mouth! ^_^

These shooting stars (which also double as great magic wands) were made with a star cookie cutter. Their sparkling trails are long strands of glittered ribbon. These instructions are from How To Make Cake Pops, Cakeb0t’s new eBook. Hooray! :applause:

The full instructions for these stars and more simply amazing cake pops are all inside. To get your own copy of How To Make Cake Pops, sign up for our free newsletter. To start, you’ll receive a free recipe eBooklet on buttercream!

Stripe and Swirl Cake Pops Technique

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I absolutely love decorating cake pops with this wet on wet decorating technique I call the stripe and swirl. Learning this skill is so rewarding, and so fun to do!

This unique method is one of many techniques in our new ebook How To Make Cake Pops by Cakeb0t! Curious about we made the rainbow cake? Those are in there too! Sign up now for our newsletter to find out how to get your own copy!

Click on the photo for an excerpt from the book:

Packaged Cake Pops for the NYC Food Blogger Bake Sale

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Last week’s NYC Food Blogger Bake Sale was a hit! Thanks to the hard work of organizers Ken (Hungry Rabbit) and Lillian (Sweets by Sillianah) and an awesome team of volunteers, we surpassed our $2000 goal and raised over $3500 and STILL counting for the Share Our Strength/No Kids Hungry Campaign.

Here are the cake pops I made for the event and how I packaged them!

Caramel Cake Pops

These cake pops were dipped in white chocolate and topped with caramel colored sprinkles to show what was on the inside!
For the packaging, I wrapped the pops with cellophane candy bags and tied them with white twine bows.

Vanilla Cake Pops

Simple, blue, and yummy! To make the stand, Mr. Cakeb0t used decorative paisley duct tape on cake dummies to make the stands. We got this idea when we visited Cake Lush! I like that the pattern looked seamless! Anthony also added a nice card holder on the front of the stand.

More ways you can help end childhood hunger

Check out Ken’s post for some great photos and a recap of the event! I’m glad to have baked for such a great cause even though I couldn’t be there. If you want to help, you still can:

Take the No Kid Hungry pledge. This is the easiest way to help, and it takes no time at all!
Donate online and make a change!

NYC Food Blogger Bake Sale - Share Our Strength

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I’m joining a team of NYC food bloggers in the Great American Bake Sale! We are working to end childhood hunger in America.

Cake pops and more at Brooklyn Flea

Stop by Brooklyn Flea in Fort Greene, on April 28th from 10a-5p to feast your eyes on

glistening blogger-baked goods and satisfy your sweet tooth. I will be donating some delicious (and CUTE) cake pops!

The proceeds from the bake sale will benefit Share Our Strength, the national nonprofit organization working to end childhood hunger by 2015.

More ways you can help end childhood hunger

Take the No Kid Hungry pledge. This is the easiest way to help, and it takes no time at all!
Volunteer to bake or sell sweet treats on April 28th.
Vendors: become a sponsor and donate baked goods, baking supplies, or match donations! Contact NYCBakesale [at] gmail.com
Tweet and share! Follow #NYCBakeSale on Twitter for the latest updates, and invite your Facebook friends to the bake sale!
Donate online if you can’t make it to the bake sale. Help us reach our $2,000 goal!

Help out any way you can. I love baking for a cause!! I’ll be posting pictures of my cake pops, so stay tuned!

Speckled Egg Cake Pops

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Aren’t speckled eggs so super cute? I thought I’d make them and dress them with delicate twine bows, in celebration of Spring and Easter. Here’s to new life!

Why are eggs speckled? (Nerd Alert!)

You’d probably suspect that the speckles serve as some sort of camouflage for the little unhatchlings, right? Actually, National Geographic says the speckles help to make thin egg shells stronger! …I’d like to add that they make eggs cuter! >_^

The secret to speckling dessert eggs - a no mess solution!:

I found a no-mess way to make yummy speckles: vanilla bean seeds!
To seed a vanilla bean, cut the bean in half, lengthwise. Scrape the inside of the bean with a spoon to be used in your candy melts as in the instructions below.

How to make a speckled egg cake pop

To make speckled egg cake pops, follow this tutorial on how to make cake pops, with a few small differences:

After mixing the cake with frosting, roll out small egg-shaped ball, using a small oval cutter of your preference as a guide. This cutter is 5/8″.
After applying lollipop sticks to the pop with melts, lightly pinch and roll the top of the oval to get an egg shape.
When in the dipping stage, add vanilla bean seeds to the liquid melts.
Fish out any large chunks and stir so the beans spread evenly throughout the mix.
How much vanilla bean? I used the seeds of half a bean for every 6 oz of candy melts.
Tie cute bows using colored twine around each stick. Cut a length of twine to tie a small bow, then trim the ends to make sure it’s neat and tiny!

Super easy, and super cute! Try a little speckle to add flavor and beauty to any of your cakes with this easy technique.

For another eggcellent tutorial, check out this post on how to make egg-shaped cakes with a candy shell and pastry cream yolk! Yumm!