Ladybug birthday party

Last Sunday was Claras 4th birthday and we had a lady bug party for her. We made ladybug invitations, a lady bug piñata and decorated the cake and cake pops like a big mama bug and small baby bugs. This was not very expensive since we made almost everything our selves. The piñata was an old cardboard box that we cut up and taped together and decorated with some pink tissue paper and black paper dots. For the cake, we bought it without any decorations at the supermarket, we just added the head and the dots with black sugar paste. It ended up looking really fancy. The trick is to find what works best for you. I also try to include the kids as much as possible, to get some extra help and it is fun making stuff together.

Ladybug cake pops

30

Ingredients

• 150g Butter
• 1,5 dl Sugar
• 3 tbsp Cacao powder
• 1 tsp Vanilla powder
• 2 tbsp Water or cold coffee
• 4dl Oats
• 150g Pink chocolate nibs
• 150g Dark chocolate nibs
• Sugar eyes for decoration
• Cake pop sticks

Instructions

1. Mix butter and sugar in a bowl
2. Add the rest and mix
3. Shape like small round balls
4. Put in the freezer for an hour
5. Melt the 3/4 of the pink chocolate over a water bath
6. Take it aside and mix in the rest of the pink chocolate
7. Dip the end of cake pop stick in the melted chocolate and stick it in the chocolate ball
8. Dip the whole ball in the pink chocolate and place on a baking sheet and let dry
9. Make step 5 & 6 with the dark chocolate and dip the head and bottom
10. While the the chocolate is still a bit wet place the eyes on the head
11. Paint the dots on the ladybug with the dark chocolate using a small paintbrush
12. Done!

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