You don't need to be Masterchef for these ideas...but they may take practice...

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Image courtesy of Bakerella

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Sometimes you have an aahhh haaaa moment where you think- why did I not think of that- so simple! Cakeballs and Cake Pops are just that and the queen of cakeballs and cakepops is Bakerella!

Cakeballs are very easy to make- I ALWAYS make them for parties- you don't have to put them on a pop- you can put them into pretty wrappers, cupcake cups- whatever takes your fancy and suits your theme. Soon I will show you all how to make cupcake wrappers- it is so very easy and you can then theme your party yourself without paying a fortune for it. But for now, back to the balls- I have found that trial and error is the only way you learn- to make the ball, you really only need a binding agent- so creme cheese (like Philadelphia) or even the Betty Crocker frosting is great- if any of it makes it into the mix. Roll the balls- I insert the sticks here and put them in a tray into the freezer. After about 15 minutes I pull them out and melt the chocolate- the best way to melt chocolate is to use the double boiler method- get the water boiling, turn off the stove and then put the chocolate in- if you are using white chocolate and are going to colour it, you need to use a powder colour- again available through Spotlight. If you find your chocolate a little too thick, add some copha to it, you may need to dip twice and then decorate and voila- a delicious cake on a pop.


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Another super way of personalising your party is to create your own lollybags- you simply purchase clear cellophane bags from Spotlight, then get some pretty paper and you can use double sided tape or stapler- the control freak in me is screaming at you all to use the tape...

There are many other cost effective ways of upping the ante in party stakes- purchase a pack of furry friends (this is a chocolate bar available in Australia to all of my non-Aussie friends), wrap them in foil and some beautiful paper and you have personalised chocolates- another favourite party favour of mine, or marshmallows dipped in chocolate with sprinkles- like the bottom picture- these marshmallows are on rockcandy sticks (I will tell you where to get those at a later stage), two up, dipped in white chocolate with white sprinkles and look how expensive it looks.



Image courtesy of Amy Atlas



Image courtesy of Amy Atlas













Anyway, enough for now as I could go on forever about all of this..my posts are very long!

Have a great day and thank you to the people who are supporting this blog, and for all of your positive feedback- I LOVE RECEIVING IT (Big cheesy grin)...