The holidays have become a time of indulgence and if your bank account won’t allow for it, certainly your stomach will. The voracious appetite I acquire for all things sweet, buttery and outrageously bad for you is insatiable during this time of year. Pignoli cookies? Yes, please. Butterscotch toffee covered cashews? As many as I can stuff in my mouth at once, thank you. Fresh linguini with truffle cream sauce? It haunts my dreams.
As a cruel twist of fate (not so much fate as daylight savings), since it gets darker earlier my body becomes tired earlier making it much harder to work out. Lately, I just stare at the elliptical with a loathsome glare as if it’s the machine’s fault I need to work off the 9,000 calories I ate during the day. Even the Bowflex stands there like an enemy challenging me to take it on. In the end, I usually call defeat and go sit on the couch. I keep reminding myself that in less than a year I have to fit into a beautiful wedding gown that I love, and can currently breathe in without a problem. Then the Food Network’s umpteenth holiday special comes on and I’m reaching for the green and red Hershey Kisses, and trying to figure out just how difficult a Yule log would be to make.
So I’ve decided my one holiday treat goal is to try making cake pops. If you haven’t seen them, they’re balls of cake on a stick, usually covered in chocolate and other fun sugary accoutrements. This blogger, Bakerella, does cake pops like it’s her job and they come out adorable. I’m not so ambitious so I’ll be starting off simple. Wish me luck! I just hope my kitchen doesn’t end up looking like a bomb of devil’s food cake went off with shrapnel of sprinkles flying everywhere.
As a cruel twist of fate (not so much fate as daylight savings), since it gets darker earlier my body becomes tired earlier making it much harder to work out. Lately, I just stare at the elliptical with a loathsome glare as if it’s the machine’s fault I need to work off the 9,000 calories I ate during the day. Even the Bowflex stands there like an enemy challenging me to take it on. In the end, I usually call defeat and go sit on the couch. I keep reminding myself that in less than a year I have to fit into a beautiful wedding gown that I love, and can currently breathe in without a problem. Then the Food Network’s umpteenth holiday special comes on and I’m reaching for the green and red Hershey Kisses, and trying to figure out just how difficult a Yule log would be to make.
So I’ve decided my one holiday treat goal is to try making cake pops. If you haven’t seen them, they’re balls of cake on a stick, usually covered in chocolate and other fun sugary accoutrements. This blogger, Bakerella, does cake pops like it’s her job and they come out adorable. I’m not so ambitious so I’ll be starting off simple. Wish me luck! I just hope my kitchen doesn’t end up looking like a bomb of devil’s food cake went off with shrapnel of sprinkles flying everywhere.
Bakerella's Tree Cake Pops
What I'm hoping to achieve...
I guess if there’s any time to treat yourself to the delectable things in life it’s the holidays. And maybe birthdays. And other special occasions, like anniversaries. Why not, right? We only live once and before I know it, I’ll be singing this same tune next December 2010.
YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
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