another birthday (for c. wong this time), so alas another baked good. i started looking through my cupcake book and web sources and nothing was inspiring me. somehow i thought of the cupcake lollipop idea and decided to search for a recipe in how to construct it. after seeing this helpful blog i started right away. the blog post made it seem fairly straight forward, but as it turns out it's quite tricky to make cupcake lollipops. i started with making a Magnolia Bakery vanilla cake in a square pan. after the cake cooled, i chopped it up and ground the pieces in a food processor. meanwhile, i made a Magnolia Bakery vanilla buttercream frosting. i then mixed the frosting into the crumbled cake and then formed into cake balls. after freezing the balls, i melted some semi sweet chocolate in a double boiler and then coated the balls in the chocolate and stuck a lollipop stick on the bottom (from Richards in Alamo) and then chilled in the refrigerator. after the lollipops were completely cooled and the chocolate was solid i packaged them in small cellophane treat bags and tied a yellow ribbon on them (both also from Richards).
i was happy with how the lollipops turned out (tasty and rich), but they look nothing like the blog post i was using. i think i'll definitely keep these in mind for the future and hopefully next time i can decorate them with more color and sprinkles.
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