Holiday Dessert Table

I am so proud of myself. I literally did 85% of my Christmas shopping not only in one day but online! Normally I am all about the adventure of going to the mall and hunting for those gifts. But if they are offering free shipping, then why not?! Basically the same thing.

This year though, I really just didn't have the time as Christmas is quickly sneaking up and I have been very busy with baking orders!

Christmas Cookies

This past week I did a dessert table for a property management company downtown Seattle. We had frosted sugar cookies in various christmas shapes, peppermint bark cake pops, brownies, and mini cupcakes in three flavors. Now for a bakery this would be down in a day, but for just one person, this took a lot of time and planning. I had to admit I was a little nervous about it since it was a pretty big order and it wasn't just my cookies. 

Christmas Wreath and Snowflake

I was all prepared for the delivery, got there earlier than they asked so I had enough time to carry everything in and set it up for them. I was thinking initially it was for a residential property management company which seemed odd to me to have a christmas party with carolers come in the middle of the day...silly me. Turns out SAFECO works in this building as well as a few other businesses - kind of a big deal. 

Santa and His Homeboy Rudolph

Luckily everything went smoothly and I got an email saying that the desserts were a hit and quickly devoured. YAY! Pat on the back for myself! I definitely felt very accomplished after this order. 

Angel and Wreath Sugar Cookies

HO HO HO

I only had friday evening to recover until I had to get started on 325 cake pops! I love cake pops. Especially how I make them and I will give you a BONUS TIP on how to make them - the secret? DON'T USE FROSTING!!! It is too sweet and you feel like you are high on sugar after, not to mention added calories. All you need to use is literally 1-2 TBLS of French Vanilla coffee creamer! YUP. Trust me. Maybe I will write a separate "how to post" on that. If you are dying to know, email me :) 

Peppermint Bark Cake Pops

I call these Peppermint Bark flavored cake pops. It is chocolate cake on the inside dipped in white chocolate and sprinkled all over with candy canes bits! YUMMY! I had some extras so I took 6 over to my parent's. My dad called me and he was like "those cake pops were so good, I ate them all! So...if you have to make anymore, feel free to bring some over." - Thanks dad!

UPDATE: 12/23/13
Adding on to the Cake Pop theme here. I just celebrated Christmas this past Saturday with my extended family. There is usually a group of about 30+ adults and I can't even count the kids anymore. Everyone brings a dish to share and I was in charge of a dessert. I thought I would mix it up and instead of brings cookies or brownies, I would bring cake pops. They are fun, easy to eat and kids LOVE them!

I typically do a swirl sprinkle design on my cake pops but I decided to come up with some other festive christmas designs that were simple to do and below is what I came up with.

Christmas Cake Pops

HO HO HO, Squiggly Christmas Tree and my Signature Swirl cake pops! - TAH DAH! OH and if you are wondering where I found that AWESOME cake pop stand - Safeway $18 - I know! I bought 3 of them. They are also dual cupcake stands as well and are clutch. 

I made about 6 dozen of them but I think I only came home with about 2 dozen. So I had some extras to take some close up photos. I am so bad about remembering to take the photos BEFORE hand. 

Ho Ho Ho Cake Pops

Vanilla Flavored Cake Pops

Merry Christmas Eve-Eve. Can't believe it is Christmas already!