I knew you were coming so I baked you a cake....

A Red Velvet Cake!

With cream cheese frosting, the heart is red jimmies (sprinkles for those of you who don't live in Wisconsin) and chopped walnuts on the sides.

It was Yummy!!

 I haven't made a layer cake in a real looong time.

Infact it was so long I had to run out and buy cake pans. I really liked making this cake so much that I'm on the hunt for a recipe for my next cake.

 I was able to use my snowflake plates and mugs. I love snowflakes! I found the snowflake napkin holder in a little gift shop...love those after Christmas sales! Even the napkins had snowflakes.  I can't believe I had all that snowflake stuff around the house.

The cake should have been darker but I ran out of red food coloring...I like this color.

Click here for the recipe.

Enjoy your day,

Leanne

Have You Tried Making Cake Pops Yet?

You have to try making cake pops...

they are so much fun!

My niece and I made these for the 4th of July picnic.

You need a box cake, frosting, sucker sticks, melting chocolate and jimmies...

sprinkles if you're not from Wisconsin. 

Make the box cake according to directions for a 9 x 13 pan and bake.

When it's completely cooled break it into pieces and then small crumbs.

Add about 3/4 of the container of frosting to the crumbs.

Mix well.

 Take about a medium cookie scoop of the dough, roll it into a ball and place it on a lined cookie sheet.

When you're finished place the cookie sheet in the freezer for about 15 min.

While the balls are cooling melt your chocolate.

I made my own double boiler to melt the chocolate

by adding water in small pot and then putting a glass bowl on top.

Put the chocolate in the bowl and bring the water to a slow boil.

The chocolate melts pretty quickly this way and you can keep it warm so its easier to dip.

Take a stick and dip about 1/2 inch of it into the chocolate and then into the ball.

I put the pops back in the freezer to harden the chocolate.

This helps the stick stay in the cake ball.

After about 10 minutes you can dip your pops in chocolate,

tap it on the side of the bowl to get rid of excess chocolate

an add your jimmies.

I used a Styrofoam block to place my pops in while they cooled.

I haven't figured out a good way to show the cake pops off but

I love how they look on this tray.

They are soooo yummy!

Give them a try!

Checkout the Bakerella website to see what you can do with cake pops.

I also added a few things on ebay,

Click Here to see them.

Enjoy your day,

Leanne