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Cake Pops - my new favourite cakey snack

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I first came across Cake Balls & Cake Pops via @cakeballsuk and @mollybakes on Twitter. This lead me to the cakey genius that is Bakerella ! A cake ball is cake that has been crumbed, mixed with buttercream (or alternative frosting) then covered in chocolate or candy. A cake pop is a cake ball on a stick! How can you not like them? I decided to have a go back in May, with some chocolate cake & dark chocolate coating. They looked ok [pic below], but had a very strange texture. But I hadn't tried a cake pop/ball myself and didn't really know what to expect. Then, in June, we went to London. I dragged my family to Selfriges where I knew I would be able to get hold of one of MollyBakes cake pops.  Here's my lovely hubby with his. He opened it before we left the shop so had to get a quick photo. They were lovely!  But it wasn't until last weekend that I attempted them myself. Mainly it was down to a lucky coincidence that meant I had 'spare' cake and candy ...

Intarsia Practice

I think I have finally cracked Intarsia! Thanks to the following tutorials: http://knittingincolor.blogspot.com/2008/02/intarsia-part-two-before-i-start.html http://www.purlbee.com/intarsia-knitting-tutorial/ Will post photos tomorrow. I can feel a little child of the 80's toy coming on..... :)

Christmas Decorations

I came across this post today, the Quickest Christmas Knit . Genius!! I have been struggling to find christmas baubles that match in with my orange & black theme this christmas.