wedding treats! cupcakes and cake pop truffles

my mom got married and i took on the desserts. (it was a potluck bbq thang) i made a total of 45 cupcakes and 70 cake pop truffles.

cake pop truffles, you can get the recipe from the book cake pops but basically it is one cake mix, baked according to the instructions, you let it cool, crumble it into a bowl and add 3/4 of a can of frosting. for my cake pop truffles i used trader joes chocolate cake mix and trader joes chocolate frosting. in this case i used all of the frosting that the mix made. you mix it altogether. you will probably have to use your hands to smoosh it together. think playdoh. roll them into balls. i then refrigerate them. this is a process so it helps to break up all the steps. when you are ready melt your melty chocolate, i got mine from michael's. roll your balls in the melted chocolate and let cool on a cookie sheet.

  for the cupcakes i used trader joes vanilla cake mix, with raspberry jam on the inside topped with vanilla buttercream frosting. i used a pastry tip for the first time purchased here. i made the cupcake toppers out of coffee stirrers and paper. i think they turned out rather nicely.

the spread.