This is getting fun huh? Well. For me anyway.
I don't know if you noticed… but in my attempt to share with you all the fun and amazing sites that have made me strive to be a better baker, I have tried to personalize it. Ya know… make something that I think will represent the site or the girl behind it. (Ok, so I do not have a site picked out that run by a guy… I'm not sexist. Except when I am.)
This next site is as famous as they come in the blogging world…
…she really needs no introduction.
(but I will anyway)
Ladies and mom…
the famous and beautiful bakerella!
Did you know she was on Martha Stewart?
Or that someone actually proposed through her site? Amazing.
When I spoke to Miss Bakerella, I asked her all the lame quesrions… who inspires you..is it me?… no I'm kidding… please dont block me from your blog…again…
Anywho…. she did mention that if she had to pick one thing that is her signature item, it would be cake pops.
So here goes!
I tried. I really did.
Even though I so boldly (and foolishly!) claim, i am baker, sometimes, uh, not so much.
Here is my first attempt at making cake pops with bakerellas wonderful recipe.
The balls.
(Did you snicker? Shame on you!)
I had to have a theme.. but everything I was thinking of seemed IMPOSSIBLE!! Especially for a first ever attempt… so I tried to keep it easy.
Can ya guess??
How about now?
You totally know. Go ahead. Pat yourself on the back. You solved the case of the mystery balls.
(If you snickered again you are in big trouble)
This is my version of a turkey cake ball.
Gotta tell you… they are fun to make!
But I totally screwed up the chocolate and tried to add food coloring (you know I add it to everything) and that is a big no no. I can't explain why cause I think I failed chemistry in high school, but it makes everything…yucky.
So I improvised and heated up some cream cheese frosting in a can and dipped the cake balls in that.
Not a hard candy shell to sink your teeth into, but visually about the same.
legs and feet?
no feet?
feet and weird red dangling thing on nose?
I cant decide.
Can you?
Thanks Bakerella! It has been a pleasure learning from you and I know I will continue to be inspired by your amazing creations!!
(I used royal icing to create the turkey appendages)
Amazing!! Those little turkey balls (oops…I snickered, did you?!!) are adorable!!! You girl, are the NEXT Bakerella! And I can say you left me comments!
Oooh, one more thing…did you dip those balls while they were on the stick?
As soon as I get done chuckling to myself (did those balls-SORRY!) yes, I did dip them when they were on the stick. Then tapped gently on my finger.
REALLY!
Blessings to you sweety!
Amanda
Oh these are so cute! Very creative!!!!
Love your blog
Hello again, I ~love~ Bakerella’s website too. I made cupcake pops for my son’s birthday over the summer, and then again for his schoolmates. They were a lot of work, I thought, but the second time was much easier. Guess the first time for anything is a learning experience, after that, you’re a veteran
Great job on the Turkey pops, don’t think I’m going to try them myself this year, (too delicate to transport) but they are adorable!
You’re right…she is SUCH an inspiration! Your turkey cake balls are adorable!!! Gobble, gobble!
Very cute Amanda! I like with feet!
I’d had never heard of bakerella. She has some site! I noticed she has a t-shirt that says “bakerella”. I think you should get one that says “i am baker”. How fun!
Tina
Those look delicious. I had never heard of bakerella until now and I’m going to have to follow her blog! I think I’m going to gain about 50 lbs just from reading all these baking blogs. *sigh* I’m off to bake some cookies now!
God Bless,
Very Cute!
I really like the feet w/o legs but wasn’t a big fan of the red dangling thingy
LOL you crack me up Stacy!! Hope you are out enjoying the day!
Blessings-
Amanda
Super Cute!!! If you need to get rid of any I know a little girl who likes to help! lol
Those are awesome…I can’t believe you have the patience to do that!! Kudos!
I like the whole shabang. Legs, feet, and funny red thing on the beak. So cute!
Fabulous!
wow, those are TOO cute!!!!! Thanks for your kind words on my blog~
Super cute!! I LOVE making cake balls, but have yet to try and make them into ‘things’ like you.
Oh, and if you don’t buy colored candy melts, make sure your food coloring is oil based, this week keep the chocolate from getting yucky.
I have recently come across your site and thought I would finally comment. I did the exact same thing with the food coloring and white chocolate this past weekend! Your turkey balls look great : ) and love bakerella too.
Amy
You did a Great job! And, so just-as-creative-and-super-cute as those cake pops Bakerella creates! Good for you, and thanks for sharing… Love, love them!
oh my goodness…I can’t decide which one is cuter! I like the little red thingamajiggies too!
So, so, so adorable!!! I found you for the first time today and now I’m going to sit here and read your whole blog! I’m hooked after the first two posts. You are pretty funny, for a baker.
Onto the turkey balls…my friend made glazed chicken balls once and we snickered forever about having to chasae those chickens around to get their tiny little balls…. snicker,snicker…
How CUTE! I’m wondering if you could just dip them in chocolate, like you would with truffles. I mean, I’m guessing they’re kind of like those cake truffle things anyway.
these are so adorable. love!
you are so talented
I know this is an old post so I’m hoping you get this. I tried these for the first time the other day. But, I couldn’t get my chocolate to coat smoothly. I used colored candy melts from Michaels. I’m wondering if I got the chocolate too hot. Did you let your melted chocolate cool just a bit before you started? I ended up throwing half of them away and not even attempting to cover them because I was so discouraged. The kids still ate them though.
Hmm…the white chicken/turkeys…not so much.
But the brown turkeys are awesome!! What a cute idea. I also like the idea of using frosting instead of the candy melts…I love the look of the candy melt pops, but I’m not a huge fan of the taste. I think I might have to try some this way. woohoo!
These are ADORABLE!! If I didn’t have .7263 feet of counter space in my kitchen, and my fridge wasn’t filled to the brim with my roommates weird concoctions, I would TOTALLY make these!!
These are the CUTEST things ever! I adore bakerella, and your cake pops had to have made her happy!! Love!