POM Sunday

And just like that it’s been several weeks since I’ve posted anything! I’m now back to work and busier than ever (but still making sure I carve out PLENTY of time for my little one!). I’m also making time for extracurriculars…like baking for this Sunday’s pom pom + mobile making workshop led by Dana Haim over at Wynwood Letterpress. Here’s a peek at the poms and one of the sweet treats I’ll be making {I’ll also be making an iteration of this}. Want to attend? Register HERE. {And hurry! Space is limited.} 

{4th of July} Dessert

Sorry about the radio silence. Between our trip to Boston, work, getting a cold, etc., the blog has definitely taken a back seat. BUT, I’m back…just in time to share some fun 4th of July desserts!

 

For these + more, check out my 4th of July Dessert board on  Pinterest.

Cake Decorating

I hope everyone had a great weekend and a happy Easter!

Here are some photos of the cake I made. It was so easy to do! Below are the steps to making it yourself  + easy modifications you can make to fit other themes so you can use it year-round!

1. Bake your cake like you normally would.
2. While you wait for it to cool, pour green food coloring and shredded coconut into a bowl and mix until you get desired shade of green.
3. Frost the top of the cake and cover in green coconut. (Tip: don’t take the coconut to the edge of the cake just yet as it may cause coconut to get caught on the spatula when frosting the sides.)
4. Once cooled, begin frosting sides of cake one at a time.
5. As soon as you’ve frosted one side, place vanilla wafers on that side. (Tip: don’t wait too long to place wafers. Once on cake, frosting will harden a little making it harder for wafers to stick.)
6. Once you’re done with 4 sides of the cake, gently push coconut out to edges.
7. Decorate with your theme of choice. I used Vanilla Creme Peeps & Cadburry Mini Eggs (best candy EVER!) because it was Easter but this can easily be adapted to fit other themes, a few of which I’ve listed below.

• picnic cake: place cake on red + white checkered plate (or open red + white checkered napkin on plate under cake) and swap out Peeps + eggs for plastic or candy ants and voila! You’ve got a picnic-themed cake.
• farm cake: swap out Peeps for any plastic and/or candy farm animals.
• spring cake: remove Peeps + place candy flowers around the “grass.”

These are just a few ideas, but if you get creative the list could go on and on.

What was your Easter dessert?

 

 

Easter Dessert Ideas

When it comes to candy + cute desserts, Easter definitely takes the cake (pun very much intended)! As you know from my posts here, here, here and here, I love baking + sweets! In keeping with the holiday theme – and to serve as inspiration for this weekend – I’ve rounded up some fun ideas you can do at home!

 

 

For these and tons of other oh-so-cute ideas, check out my Easter Dessert Ideas board on Pinterest.

P.S. Below are the chocolate coconut cupcakes I made last year. I’ll be sure to share this year’s Easter dessert next week!

 

seeing spots

I love prints, so it’s no surprise they made their way into my baking. Inspired by Pinterest, I decided to give baking a polka dot cake a try. Easy to make and incredibly fun to eat, they are my new favorite! Here’s a quick guide to making your own:

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1 – prepare batter as usual.

2 – divide small amounts of batter into separate bowls, depending on how many cake pops you want to make (I used a 9×9 pan and 9 cake pops provided polka dots in just about every slice).

3 – add food coloring to the small bowls of batter.

4 – poor batter into cake pop pan. (hint: instructions that came with cake pop pan recommended adding flour in addition to non-stick spray or butter to ensure cake pops don’t stick. I didn’t have flour, so I only used the spray and didn’t have a problem.)

5 – once the cake pops are baked and have cooled, pour most of the batter into your pan and add cake pops.

6 – cover the cake pops with the remaining batter. (hint: as the cake bakes it rises, pushing the cake pops up out of the batter, so halfway through baking, be sure to open oven and gently push them back down into batter).

7 – once it bakes and cools, decorate as usual.

See, I told you it was easy. I can’t wait to get creative and try other flavors & colors. Be sure to let me know how it goes if you try it! You can also tag me on IG #ohheybeck.

Happy baking!