They really looked just aweful. This was after I froze them overnight. Since I knew they weren't going to get any better I figured I'd just roll them with my hands and see how they turned out. They ended up mostly round shaped. I used Ghirardelli dark chocolate to coat them. Alcohol with dark chocolate is the best ever!
They were also impossible to dip. They wouldn't stay frozen enough for me to stab them and they wouldn't stay on top of my truffle dipper. I ended up cutting square pieces of parchment paper and setting that on top of the truffle dipper and then put the ball of ganache on top of that. I didn't dip them either. I poured the melted chocolate over them.
After they dried I had to trip the little "feet" off of them. They actually turned out really well.
Here's the finished product. I really didn't fee like melting more chocolate to decorate them with and since they were pretty nice already, I thought it would be ok.
Then while I was at school, I got a call for my SECOND! cake order!! She wanted a Spiderman cake with Spiderman cake pops for her sons 3rd birthday! And she needed it by Saturday! I knew how I wanted to make the heads and the eyes. I rolled out white gumpaste and cut them into a semi-tear drop shape. I made them on Thursday night so they would be dry by Friday.
I went out and bought every type of Wilton Icing writer pen that they make. But of course none of them worked. I made vanilla cake pops with Vanilla Icing. I used my portion scoop to scoop them but had to wait until they were frozen to shape them into balloon shapes I coated them with Red Wilton candy melts. While they were still wet I put the little eyes on. Since none of the Wilton pens worked I tried to use chocolate tinted black. That still didn't look like I wanted it to so I tried piping gel. That worked better. I liked that one the best. They turned out ok, but not as perfect as I would've liked
For the cake I also made Vanilla cake with Vanilla icing. I tinted some red and some black. I decided to just to a Spiderweb since later the cake pops were going into the cake. The lines on the side of the cake were the hardest because it was difficult to drop the icing onto the cake into the right spot.
Since she wanted 12 cake pops, I decided to shorten the sticks on the outer eight, then put four in the middle. It turned out really well. The only issue was the cake wouldn't fit inside the cake carrier and I couldn't put any plastic wrap over the top because it would've stuck to the piping gel.
Finished product
I also had some cake pops left over, so I decided to put blue sprinkles on top. It seemed very spidermany though I can't really say why.
After I delivered these I decided I'd try my hand at some gumpaste roses since I've never done anything that advanced before. The first one I made I didn't roll the gum paste thin enough so the rose came out a little off. You can't see the bottom, but it was squarish :(
The next one came out better, but was much thinner. I liked this one much better
I just got my mini-tiered pan set in the mail :) My neighbor just had a baby girl so I decided to make her a welcome home cake. And since baby's are mini people, I decided to make a mini cake :) I had to cut the top off of the top tier because I filled the pans a little too full.
The middle and bottom tier turned out better.
I also bought a baby mold. It was super tiny so of course it was just the right size for this cake. I melted a bunch of white chocolate and added in two orange candy melts to make the perfect peach colored baby. Its so flippin cute I don't think I could actually eat it. But maybe Johanna will have more luck :) The only issue I have is there was a defect in the mold. So little babies nose didn't come out right. But its still super cute.
I made some Vanilla Icing and tinted it pink. These little mini tiers were impossible to frost. It took me a long time to actually get them to look nice but I managed :) I also decided I wanted to make some purple icing for baby's name (Emma) and a blanket on top for baby to sleep on. I mean, look how flippin cute this cake is!
It is a little bit taller than a pen :)
Thus concludes my marathon. I had to quit so I could actually clean my house before I go back to school :)
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