My Baby is 6!

Six years old.  I can't believe my baby is 6 years old.  I feel old now.

This past weekend we had a bowling party in honor of the most adorable 6 year old.  What a blast!

The birthday boy!

I found retro bowling invitations, cupcake toppers and goodie bag foldovers at Anders Ruff Custom Designs.  They were just what I imagined when "The Nag" told me that he wanted a bowling party.  



 
 















I then took that color theme into our sweets.  I contacted family friend Nancy from Nancily's Cupcake Shack here in Miami to make bowling inspired cake pops and cookies. YUMMERS!!  The cake pops were gone before I was even able to tell the kids which were chocolate and which were vanilla.  I almost got my finger bitten trying to grab one for myself!  The cookies were part of the kids' goodie bags.  

Check out the bowling ball smash cake...TOO CUTE!

This picture SOOO doesn't do them justice!

We had such a great time bowling, eating, dancing and just getting together.  I really hope that "The Nag" also had a great time.  

I'm utterly EXHAUSTED now after all the planning and from the party itself.  So happy that we had the day off on Monday!!

Happy Birthday to my baby!!

Who knows what "Little Ricky" will want....but I know I can count on Anders Ruff & Nancily's Cupcake Shack to help me out!!



Alexis

Cake Pop Extravaganza!

Ever since I stumbled upon Bakerella, I have been obsessed with cake pops!
I have tried her strategy of "messing up" on a cake and rolling it together with cream cheese frosting.  But the balls never came out uniform and my hands got so messy.


Then I came across this nifty little invention...

What an adventure this was!!  


You start with a regular boxed cake mix and a box of instant pudding the same flavor as the cake.
You mix the cake and pudding powder with a little less water and a little more oil.


You fill the bottom pan halfway in each semi-circle cup.  Be careful not to fill it up too much...or batter spills out the top of the pan. 

I filled mine too much and batter came through the top! UH OH!

But the messed up tops were like little yummy mushroom caps! Delicious with a glass of milk!!

The cake balls come out perfectly round!

I used candy melts to coat the cake balls....still an art I have yet to perfect!

Not as cute as Bakerella's, but they'll do!

Have you tried making cake balls?  What works for you? 


Alexis