Baking, Baking, Baking!

On Sunday we had a bake sale to raise money for our church. It was our first one, and we're sure to have more because it was a huge success! We made $730. It was a learning experience, since we were not sure how to price things, and we didn't know what would sell the best. But, we had a lot of bakers, and it was a huge hit! I think we're going to try and have a sale about 4 times a year.
I LOVED the idea of the bake sale, because I had an excuse to make something new. Recently, I'd been thinking about making these cake pops I saw on an amazing blog called Bakerella.
Oh! How I love this site. The photography is amazing, too. Anyway, I made some cupcakes that were inspired from her site as well. I tried to take cute pictures, but I don't have a fancy smancy camera, nor do I have any skills as a photographer.
By the way, how cute is this sign (above)?? Rachelle (who headed up the sale) had her son make a sign. I couldn't get over how cute it was. I think we should laminate it and use it everytime!

Here's one of all of us who sold (sans Adrienne).
I thought this picture was cute, since we were evidently laughing at something really funny.
Just can't remember what ...

That's better.

We had about 25 moms bake - there were LOTS of goodies.

Here are the cupcakes I made.

Chocolate Cake with buttercream icing.

Some of them had chocolate buttercream icing with chocolate sprinkles.

Here are the cake pops. They were a labor of love.
Luckily, Colin was willingly on baby duty all day Saturday while I worked on them.

Cake Pops.
Red Velvet cake with Cream Cheese Frosting mixed in, rolled into balls, put in the freezer, then dipped in chocolate candy, and covered in sprinkles. And I put them on lollipop sticks.
Wish I could say I thought of it myself, but, like I said,
it was completely inspired/copied from Bakerella.

And Cupcake Pops.
After I made about 30 or so of the cake balls, I decided to be adventurous and try these.
Same idea, but shaped the cake/icing mixture into a cupcake shape using a flower cookie cutter. Then dipped the bottom in chocolate, and the top in white chocolate.
Sprinkles and an m&m on top.
Finally I wrapped them up with a treat bag and tied a ribbon on.
Would love to have made little labels, but ran out of time.

I can't wait to try them again. Everything is easier the second time around. I'm anxious to try out some new ideas. I love an excuse to bake and use my cute frilly apron from Anthropologie. I'm sure you will seeing more for Cooper's first birthday. The brainstorming for his cake and other treats has begun!