Cake Pops and Birthday dinner

My oldest Sons' birthday was Friday, 12/14 and we celebrated that evening.  I made his favorite chocolate chip cookies with walnuts but I wanted to experiment with something new.  What better way than trying to make these new Cake Pops?

They might not fit too many candles but they were something different and in individual servings.

Here is how simple they are to make.  You bake your regular layer cake and let it cool.  Then you crumble it into fine morsels.  Yes.  You take that perfectly good cake and crumble it up.  Then you add a dollop of the frosting.  Not too much.  You might think more is better but it isn't.  It doesn't take much frosting to bind the cake together and no matter how much you like cake frosting this can become too much very easily.
Mix the cake and frosting together.  You might have to get your hands into it.

Then form them into balls.  Yes.  Like the size of mini-meatballs except they are cake and frosting. 
Take some melted chocolate and dip the tip of your stick into the chocolate and then put it into your cake ball about half way through.  The chocolate on the tip is supposed to help keep the stick in the pop.  Once you have all the sticks in pops, place them all into the freezer for 20 minutes. 
Take them out and dip them all in melted chocolate to coat and then you can decorate with sprinkles.
That's about it.  Individual bites of cake on a stick! 

But I did all that before going over for the Birthday Dinner.  Once we where there we cooked up what Sonny picked for his menu.  We started with Artichoke, cheese and capocollo and a glass of wine.

Dinner was simply Marinated Sirloin, Stuffed Potatoes, and Asparagus.  Simply delicious.

Not a bad evening.  Happy Birthday, Sonny!

TT