Football Cake Pops

Are you ready for some football????  High school football that is.  I was so excited to do some sports themed cake pops for someone who needed them for this weekends St. Vincent St. Mary game against Hoban.

Hello Kitty Cake Pops and Cake

My friends daughter Megan turned 5 and wanted a Hello Kitty cake and cake pops.  I usually don't do cakes so I was pretty nervous.  This was my first fondant cake ever.  Of course, I see all the imperfections and wish I could have fixed them, but unfortunately, I just don't know how do fix them.  I was happy to hear that Megan loved them and thought they tasted great so that was all that mattered :)

Cat Cake Pops

I was asked to make cat cake pops for McKenna who is turning 10 years old.  Her favorite colors are green, pink and yellow so I incorporated the paper straws with the collars, nose, etc. to match.

Flavors and Pricing

A lot of people have asked about my pricing.  I seem to do better with traffic on my blog than my actual website so here is an overview of flavors, chocolate coating and prices.

C A K E    F L A V O R S

Chocolate

Chocolate Peanut Butter

Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel

Chocolate Mocha

Yellow

Yellow Peanut Butter (my personal favorite)

Carrot

Red Velvet

Maple Bacon (don’t knock it til you try it)

C H O C O L A T E    C O A T I N G    F L A V O R S 

Milk Chocolate

Dark Chocolate

Mint Chocolate

White Chocolate (can be made into any color)

Mint White Chocolate

Peanut Butter

Pricing

ASIC: Includes cake pop dipped in chocolate with your topping of choice.

$1.75 per cake pop     $21/dozen

CUSTOM: Cake pops made to look like characters, babies, animals, specific shapes, etc.  I also do edible imaging which can place your work logo or any other type of logo onto the cake pop.

$2.25 per cake pop    $27/dozen

Cupcakes: $20/dozen

Cake: Price depends on size and detail.  Email me for quote: jamie@yumtastics.com

Cake pops can be individually wrapped and tied for an additional charge of $.25 per cake pop.  You can also have  fun colorful sticks to match the theme for an additional $.25 per cake pop.

Custom cake pops can be made to match your event theme and color!  Prices may vary depending on complexity of the design.  Please give at least a 2 weeks advance notice for larger custom orders.  48 hour notice is requested for any orders under 2 dozen.  Please give more time for busy holidays.

$10.00 delivery fee if further than 5 miles away from Kent.  Payment must be made at time of delivery.

Please keep in mind that these little cake pops may be small, but they are extremely time consuming.

Customer may specify sprinkles / design

Edible Image Cake Pops

Here was a fun set of cake pops I made this weekend for a local Judge in our area.  Jen, at Custom Cake Creations http://www.customcakesonline.com/index.html created the edible images and I thought they turned out great.  Thanks Jen!

Busy, Busy, Busy, Busy!

These next few months are going to be CRAZY busy!  Functions, birthdays, weddings.  This business is really taking off and I am beyond excited.

Owl Cake Pops

120 little owls were incredibly time consuming, but turned out absolutely adorable!  Here is a basic step by step breakdown of how to make them.

You will need the following:
Cake rolled into cylinder shapes (see picture)
Chocolate melting discs
Candy necklaces
Candy coated sunflower seeds
Brown mini m&m's
Chocolate chips
Confetti for the feet
Toothpick
Sticks

Each owl consists of 2 eyes, 2 feet, 2 wings, 2 ears and 1 nose.  The eyes are candy necklaces, the feet are confetti I found at Mr. Bulky's in Akron, Ohio, the wings are mini brown m&m's, the ears are chocolate chips and the nose is candy coated sunflower seeds.

Sorry the pic is sideways.  I could not get it to rotate.

Chocolate Cake (see previous post for recipe)
Yes, I am totally aware I have mad cutting skills!
This is perfectly even right?!

Icing (see previous post for recipe)

1 quarter of your cake will make approximately 12 cake pops.
I add 2 scoops of icing

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This is what your cake should look like.  Roll a ball
to see if they stick together.  If they fall apart, they need
more icing.

Tablespoon usually gives me the perfect size round cake ball 

Roll the cake into a cylinder shape

Dip stick into melted chocolate.  Remember, do not
get your chocolate too hot.  This will cause your
cake pop to crack!

Dip chocolate chips in melted chocolate and stick on top
for ears.  It dries in seconds.

Dip cake into chocolate.  Tap off excess.  Place m & m wings.
The cake pop may dry too fast before you can add
everything so you may want to have a tooth pick handy!
Dip the tooth pick in chocolate and dab where eyes will be.
Repeat process for nose and feet.

Congratulations!  You just made an owl cake pop.
Now wasn't that easy :)

Sweet 16 Cake Pops

Happy 16th Birthday Miranda !!!!  Hope you enjoy your cake pops.

Sweet 16

Stow Parade, 7 4 12

I had mentioned back in early July that my daughter and I were going to hand out Yumtastic cake pops at the Stow parade.  Well, we did and everyone who got a cake pop had such a funny reaction.  It was almost like....hey this isn't a tootsie roll - woo hoo!   Here are some pictures from the days events which also include my awesome husband and son who ran in the Stow Firecracker 5K that morning.

My handy Thirty-One bag kept the cake pops nice and cool
on a very hot 94 degree day!

How I did not eat one of these is beyond me :)

Yum

150 cake pops ready to be eaten

Red, White & Blue Sprinkles

So proud of my boys.

Finished product! 

Ready to hand out

Skeleton Cake Pops

I have a feeling the birthday boy is going to love his skull cake pops.  I formed them by hand and used black gel for the eyes and mouth.  The gel gives such a cool glassy effect, but never sets so if it bumps up against anything, it will smear.  I take my chances though for the sake of how cool it looks.

This is my first attempt at making a cake for someone other then my kids.  I am definitely no professional, but was asked last minute and thought it turned out ok.  I think it's going to taste awesome.  He wanted a chocolate peanut butter cake.  The cake is chocolate and each layer has peanut butter.  Love this website that posts copycat recipes and found one for the inside of a reese peanut butter cup.  http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/Reeses-Peanut-Butter-Cups-Recipe.html  I used a little more confectioners sugar so it would spread easier.  

Happy 30th Birthday Justin !!!!

In case anyone is looking for an over the top, fantastic chocolate cake.  This is what I always make and everyone loves it.  I personally use a simple vanilla buttercream and have never tried the chocolate frosting that is supposed to be made with cake.  If anyone has tried it, please let me know what you think.

Beatty's Chocolate Cake Recipe (by Ina Garten, Barefoot Contessa)
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/beattys-chocolate-cake-recipe/index.html

Ingredients

• Butter, for greasing the pans
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pans
• 2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cups good cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 cup buttermilk, shaken
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 extra-large eggs, at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup freshly brewed hot coffee
• Chocolate Buttercream, recipe follows

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter two 8-inch x 2-inch roundcake pans. Line with parchment paper, then butter and flour the pans.

Sift the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and mix on low speed until combined. In another bowl, combine the buttermilk, oil, eggs, and vanilla. With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the wet ingredients to the dry. With mixer still on low, add the coffee and stir just to combine, scraping the bottom of the bowl with a rubberspatula. Pour the batter into the prepared pans and bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until a cake tester comes out clean. Cool in the pans for 30 minutes, then turn them out onto a cooling rack and cool completely.

Place 1 layer, flat side up, on a flat plate or cake pedestal. With a knife or offset spatula, spread the top with frosting. Place the second layer on top, rounded side up, and spread the frosting evenly on the top and sides of the cake.

Chocolate Frosting:

• 6 ounces good semisweet chocolate (recommended: Callebaut)
• 1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 extra-large egg yolk, at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
• 1 tablespoon instant coffee powder

Chop the chocolate and place it in a heat-proof bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Stir until just melted and set aside until cooled to room temperature.

In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter on medium-high speed until light yellow and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the egg yolk and vanilla and continue beating for 3 minutes. Turn the mixer to low, gradually add the confectioners' sugar, then beat at medium speed, scraping down the bowl as necessary, until smooth and creamy. Dissolve the coffee powder in 2 teaspoons of the hottest tap water. On low speed, add the chocolate and coffee to the butter mixture and mix until blended. Don't whip! Spread immediately on the cooled cake.

Quick Vanilla Buttercream Frosting:

Ingredients

• 3 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 to 2 tablespoons whipping cream

Directions

In a standing mixer fitted with a whisk, mix together sugar and butter. Mix on low speed until well blended and then increase speed to medium and beat for another 3 minutes.

Add vanilla and cream and continue to beat on medium speed for 1 minute more, adding more cream if needed for spreading consistency.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/gale-gand/quick-vanilla-buttercream-frosting-recipe/index.html

How exciting!  Divine Party Concepts used my olympic cake pops on their website.  My business is fairly new so someone finding my creation and placing it on their website is a big deal to me :)  Check it out.

http://divinepartyconcepts.com/2012/07/26/olympic-foods/

Hello Kitty Birthday Party

Total success!  Abigail loved her Hello Kitty themed birthday party.  It was a lot of work, but all worth it.