post #99: cake pops + announcements

hello friends! This is my 99th post to this blog... crazy right?

How about some rainbow sprinkle cake pops to celebrate? [I love rainbow sprinkles!]

I have another announcement to share today that is somewhat bittersweet: 
I will no longer be posting to this blog.

The reason why? Husband and I have decided to leave our current jobs, pack up our lives, and head out for an adventure. This summer we will be moving to Hsinchu City, Taiwan! Husband signed a 2 year teaching contact with a high school over there, and in a few weeks we will be moving back to Michigan from the east coast to spend time with our families before we go.

I WILL, however, still be blogging. I hope that you’ll wander over to inkandadventure.blogspot.com and join up to follow our adventures in Taiwan. There will be plenty of photos, stories about life and travel, and - of course - experiments in the kitchen. I’m excited for the challenge of learning how to cook in our new home using the local ingredients [and without a traditional oven!]

It has truly been a pleasure blogging for you all these past few years. Thank you for all your support, emails, and lovely comments. I hope you will continue to enjoy the recipes I have posted here [I’ll leave them up indefinitely] and will try your hand at the new ones I’ll be posting over there.

until then,

use real butter + bake it with love

xo Jamie

valentine cake pops [part 2]

For those of you looking for something a little less labor intensive than

[but just as cute as] the conversation heart cake pops I posted yesterday...

Coconut Easter Egg Candies

A few posts ago, I made a joke about making these candies as Easter eggs.

Well, joke's on me, because I couldn't stop thinking about making them.

I dug deep into my baking cabinet and pulled out a rainbow of sugar sprinkles.

I mixed and rolled and wound up with a rainbow army of delicious little eggs taking over my life.

chocolate cake pops and...

Hello, friends! Life outside the kitchen has been pretty busy as of late.

[Which, inevitably,  results in less life IN the kitchen]

valentine cupcake bites

Ever since I discovered cake pops, I've wanted to try my hand 

at the cupcake-shaped ones that Bakerella posted long ago. 

But once I started rolling, I decided to make these 'bites' without the stick.

vanilla spritz (kindof)

Well, I had one last cookie recipe to post before Christmas: traditional vanilla spritz.

it's finally here!

After some difficulties with my online order, it finally arrived:

Bakerella's Cake Pops Book!

chocolate-dipped peanut butter cake pops

Peanut Butter and Chocolate: One of the world's most perfect combinations.

Ever since I made the Peanut Butter Cupcakes a few weeks ago, I've been thinking of

turning them into cake pops. My friend Lisa has been dying to try cake pops

ever since I discovered them on Bakerella and started making them-

so her birthday was the perfect occasion to try these out!