Bakerella & Cake Pops

I got my first introduction to Bakerella via The Pioneer Woman's blog roughly 2+ years ago. Ree casually mentioned in passing that she was thinking of having her friend, Bakerella, up to the ranch for a spell, and wouldn't we like to check out her blog.

You know how pushy that Pioneer Woman can be {wink, wink}.

Anyhoo, since Bakerella's from Atlanta—and I'm from Atlanta—I decided dropping by her site was the Southern thing to do.

And I'm really glad I did.

Though it was pretty early in her cake pop career, she had highlighted a few pops and, lucky for us, had graciously shared her "How To's" with the blogosphere. I knew it wouldn't be long before I'd have to give these cuties a try.

Now fast-forward a few months. It was the night before Easter, with a tornado barreling toward Atlanta, when I decided that I was not going to Easter dinner without any cake pops. I spent the evening in and out of the basement, tornado siren after tornado siren, when I finally finished these ...


My very first cake pops! Aren't they just adorable?!? (To read about the day they were hatched, just click here.)

A few weeks later, I received a message on my phone from Bakerella herself. (She had direct-messaged me on Twitter.) Seems she'd found my cake pops on the World Wide Web and was asking permission to feature them on her site.

Her site.

Let that one sink in. Bakerella, creator of the cake pop, was wanting to feature my cake pops on her blog.

I looked around, thinking it was a prank ... but alas, it was not. Not at all. So I humbly and graciously agreed to having my pops featured on her blog.

I can't explain what happened next, except to say that the world must love cake pops! Within a matter of hours, I had over 1,000 hits on my blog ... from every corner of the world. And the madness would continue for weeks, months, and even years to come. Without fail, every day I still get a visitor or two (or 10) who have linked to my blog from her cake pop entry almost 2 years ago! Some of my most faithful followers found me through Bakerella.

And I am grateful.

To show my appreciation (and because I just HAD to have one), I drove all over town this week looking for her new book, which hit stores September 8th.

I couldn't find them anywhere!

I checked Borders and Barnes & Noble: SOLD OUT.

I checked Amazon, Borders online, and Barnes & Noble online: BACK ORDERED—for at least 4 to 8 weeks.

While I was super-excited for my uber-talented, kindred spirit cake pop friend, what was I supposed to do?!? Her successful little "Cake Pop" book sold out in a matter of days, and there was not a copy to be found {gasp!}

I searched high and low all week, until I finally came across a handful of copies today at a bookstore on the other side of town—then I promptly bought up all they had. They're going to make great Christmas gifts for some of my family members and friends this year.

Now that I've had the chance to peek inside, let me be the first to tell you: Run, don't walk to your nearest bookstore ... get yourself on the back-order list PRONTO! You really don't want to let this one get away. I promise you won't be disappointed.

And if you'd like to learn more about Bakerella, cake pops, and her new book—or if you'd like to view an instructional video—please visit her feature on Amazon.

Hope you enjoy!

Photos courtesy of bakerella.com.

*Please note: The Blonde Diggity gets paid nothing for mentioning or endorsing this product. I've never met Bakerella; I just thought you'd like to know how to make Cake Pops with the holidays being just around the corner :)