Comments for Art for your Lifestyle http://artforyourlifestyle.com by artist and graphic designer Kendra Dixson Sat, 12 May 2012 11:38:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on SEO Must Haves by google seo, search google, seo search, search engine, analytisc, google place, gooogle panda http://artforyourlifestyle.com/2011/04/seo-must-haves/#comment-24861 google seo, search google, seo search, search engine, analytisc, google place, gooogle panda Sat, 12 May 2012 11:38:47 +0000 http://artforyourlifestyle.com/?p=580#comment-24861 <strong>google seo, search google, seo search, search engine, analytisc, google place, gooogle panda...</strong> [...]SEO Must Haves « Art for your Lifestyle[...]... google seo, search google, seo search, search engine, analytisc, google place, gooogle panda…

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]]> Comment on How NOT to Make Cake Pops! by Christie http://artforyourlifestyle.com/2011/10/how-not-to-make-cake-pops/#comment-24852 Christie Thu, 10 May 2012 03:14:48 +0000 http://artforyourlifestyle.com/?p=743#comment-24852 Thanks for the tutorial! I too tried to make cake pops, my mom sent me the cookbook and they do look so cute. However, when I made mine I think I made the filling too thick and they all fell off the sticks and made a huge mess and didn't look very pretty! They tasted great and since I think I know my mistakes (and a few others I probably would have made if I hadn't read this), I think I will give them another shot! =) Thanks for the tutorial! I too tried to make cake pops, my mom sent me the cookbook and they do look so cute. However, when I made mine I think I made the filling too thick and they all fell off the sticks and made a huge mess and didn’t look very pretty! They tasted great and since I think I know my mistakes (and a few others I probably would have made if I hadn’t read this), I think I will give them another shot! =)

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]]> Comment on How NOT to Make Cake Pops! by Ann http://artforyourlifestyle.com/2011/10/how-not-to-make-cake-pops/#comment-24799 Ann Sat, 28 Apr 2012 04:00:10 +0000 http://artforyourlifestyle.com/?p=743#comment-24799 During my first attempt at making these fun treats the cake is pretty moist and the balls wont stay together easily. I'm hoping the time in the freezer helps. Maybe I didn't bake it long enough or let it cool enough? During my first attempt at making these fun treats the cake is pretty moist and the balls wont stay together easily. I’m hoping the time in the freezer helps. Maybe I didn’t bake it long enough or let it cool enough?

]]> Comment on How to Make Cake Pops by Kendra http://artforyourlifestyle.com/2011/10/how-to-make-cake-pops/#comment-24752 Kendra Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:14:19 +0000 http://artforyourlifestyle.com/?p=775#comment-24752 Abby, what kind of icing did you make? Try making some Royal Icing, the kind made with eggwhites, it will harden right away. Good luck!!! Abby, what kind of icing did you make? Try making some Royal Icing, the kind made with eggwhites, it will harden right away. Good luck!!!

]]> Comment on How to Make Cake Pops by Abby http://artforyourlifestyle.com/2011/10/how-to-make-cake-pops/#comment-24751 Abby Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:51:05 +0000 http://artforyourlifestyle.com/?p=775#comment-24751 I was so happy when I found this information when I googled "cake pops dripping". I ended up throwing all of mine away out of frustration. I am trying to make some pops for my sons 2nd birthday party this weekend. I first started out by melting chocolate chips and that didn't work well. Then I looked up alternataves and found that you can melt cake frosting and then dip the pops in that. Well...easier said than done!! I can't seam to get the frosting to harden at all and it just runs down the sticks and makes a mess...ahhhh! I even got out a fan and held the pops in front of that to try to get them to dry enough to put them in the rack. Any suggestions on how to "frost" these puppies?? Thanks so much:) I was so happy when I found this information when I googled “cake pops dripping”. I ended up throwing all of mine away out of frustration. I am trying to make some pops for my sons 2nd birthday party this weekend. I first started out by melting chocolate chips and that didn’t work well. Then I looked up alternataves and found that you can melt cake frosting and then dip the pops in that. Well…easier said than done!! I can’t seam to get the frosting to harden at all and it just runs down the sticks and makes a mess…ahhhh! I even got out a fan and held the pops in front of that to try to get them to dry enough to put them in the rack. Any suggestions on how to “frost” these puppies??

Thanks so much:)

]]> Comment on How to Make Cake Pops by Kendra http://artforyourlifestyle.com/2011/10/how-to-make-cake-pops/#comment-24735 Kendra Sat, 07 Apr 2012 16:44:13 +0000 http://artforyourlifestyle.com/?p=775#comment-24735 Hi Michelle, Thanks for commenting! I feel your pain about the chocolate! Check out the comments on Part 2, someone said there is a special kind of food colouring for chocolate, and another lady is making hers with the coloured melts. I didn't hear back from her to see how it went but it's certainly somerhing I would experiment with next time. Good look with your Easter chicks! I'm sure they'll be really cute white. Kendra :) Hi Michelle, Thanks for commenting! I feel your pain about the chocolate! Check out the comments on Part 2, someone said there is a special kind of food colouring for chocolate, and another lady is making hers with the coloured melts. I didn’t hear back from her to see how it went but it’s certainly somerhing I would experiment with next time.

Good look with your Easter chicks! I’m sure they’ll be really cute white.

Kendra :)

]]> Comment on How to Make Cake Pops by Michelle http://artforyourlifestyle.com/2011/10/how-to-make-cake-pops/#comment-24733 Michelle Sat, 07 Apr 2012 11:10:48 +0000 http://artforyourlifestyle.com/?p=775#comment-24733 Thanks for sharing this!!! I just made my first ever pop cakes...chickens for easter. The first few turned out, but then I just wasted $25 of white chocolate......I didn't know you couldn't add certain food colourings and thought i was just burning the chocolate or something....so just googled it and found your page. Seeing your flops made me feel a lot better! everything that went wrong with you also went wrong with me! ;) I need the chickens for tomorrow, so I am going to buy more chocolate from the petrol station, and they will just have to be white chickens, as I now know that the food colouring isn't going to work! which I found out the hard and expensive way!!! :( Yours look great. thanks for sharing :) Thanks for sharing this!!! I just made my first ever pop cakes…chickens for easter. The first few turned out, but then I just wasted $25 of white chocolate……I didn’t know you couldn’t add certain food colourings and thought i was just burning the chocolate or something….so just googled it and found your page.
Seeing your flops made me feel a lot better! everything that went wrong with you also went wrong with me! ;) I need the chickens for tomorrow, so I am going to buy more chocolate from the petrol station, and they will just have to be white chickens, as I now know that the food colouring isn’t going to work! which I found out the hard and expensive way!!! :( Yours look great. thanks for sharing :)

]]> Comment on How to Make Cake Pops by Kendra http://artforyourlifestyle.com/2011/10/how-to-make-cake-pops/#comment-24665 Kendra Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:30:12 +0000 http://artforyourlifestyle.com/?p=775#comment-24665 Thanks MJ, I hope it works for you! The other most important part I found was to put the cake pops in the freezer for a few minutes up to 20 minutes at this stage so that the chocolate sets and the cake hardens a bit into its shape. This makes dipping cleanly so much easier! Thanks for reading :) Thanks MJ, I hope it works for you! The other most important part I found was to put the cake pops in the freezer for a few minutes up to 20 minutes at this stage so that the chocolate sets and the cake hardens a bit into its shape. This makes dipping cleanly so much easier! Thanks for reading :)

]]> Comment on How to Make Cake Pops by MJ http://artforyourlifestyle.com/2011/10/how-to-make-cake-pops/#comment-24644 MJ Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:34:18 +0000 http://artforyourlifestyle.com/?p=775#comment-24644 "Second, dip the end of the lollipop stick in melted chocolate and immediately insert it into a cake ball. It helps if the chocolate forms a ring around the lollipop stick at the base of the cake pop. This will help secure the stick in the cake pop so that the cake ball won’t fall off when you dip it in the chocolate." AHA!!!! I knew there was a secret! I have banged my head on the counter - taken to binge eating the "extra cake" all over the pops slowly heading south down the stick once they were propped up! Can't wait to use the "secret" on my next try! Love the blog so glad I found it! “Second, dip the end of the lollipop stick in melted chocolate and immediately insert it into a cake ball. It helps if the chocolate forms a ring around the lollipop stick at the base of the cake pop. This will help secure the stick in the cake pop so that the cake ball won’t fall off when you dip it in the chocolate.”

AHA!!!! I knew there was a secret! I have banged my head on the counter – taken to binge eating the “extra cake” all over the pops slowly heading south down the stick once they were propped up!

Can’t wait to use the “secret” on my next try!

Love the blog so glad I found it!

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