Cake Pop Craziness

Cora, with her love for baking, was hoping to make cake pops to take to our friends' Halloween party. But it was the night before, and I knew enough about cake pops to know she didn't have time to start the process.

At the party we saw our friend Rachael, and Rachael is an expert baker. She invited us to come to her home for a cake pop-making class, and on Saturday, that's what we did.

Rachael was awesome - she showed Cora how to grind up the cake in the food processor, mix it with frosting, and fashion it into the ball shapes.

She also let Cora (and Violet) work with fondant for the first time, rolling it out to make designs and a simple ghost covering. Cora had heard lots about fondant on the Food Network baking shows, so she enjoyed experiencing it.

Here, Cora is covering a cake pop with melted chocolate.

Rachael showed Cora her technique for getting the extra chocolate off the cake pop, tapping it while holding it at an angle.

So cute!

Violet rolled her first ball in Rachael's gold sprinkles. Rachael generously sent us home with lots of goodies - more cake pops to make, the leftover chocolate, fondant, and assorted sprinkles.

Cora had so much fun, she invited Cami over on Monday to make some more cake pops. Chris popped in, and Cora tried unsuccessfully to convince him to try the fondant.

Very nice, girls!