Hello Kitty Cake... Day 2

Well, I baked the cake, froze it then "carved" a hello kitty face shape. It was my first carving experience and I guess I should have let the cake defrost a bit (the knife almost breaking was my indication).

I made a white chocolate whipped ganache to cover the cake.

This is the final result:


Jaundiced Hello Kitty (or tanned hello kitty? You decide!)

The cake tasted very good (but a bit dry), but the icing was so-so. I blame the low-quality white chocolate I used which didn't even taste good to start with.

And with the cake scraps I made .... Cake Pops!
Too bad I forgot to take a photo. I crumbled the leftover cake and mixed it with the leftover icing. Tasted bland so I added a bit of caramel flavoring. Tasted like it needed hazelnuts (!) so I added some roasted ground hazelnuts. Yum!
They were first rolled, poked into the ends of small skewers then chilled.
Finally they were dipped in chocolate then served. They came out very "fudgey" but very tasty! I will certainly try making these again in other combinations!