
April Fools’ Day Meatloaf Cake with Gruyere Mashed Potato Frosting

Learn basic tips for frosting and decorating through a six-year-old’s 100th day of school project — a three-tiered cake!
As we walked into school with my daughter’s 100th day of school project, a few parents and teacher raised their eyebrows as they smiled at Tessa holding her three-tiered cake laden with 100 birthday candles….
Ice cream cones make perfect edible flower pots for Rose Cake Pops. A dusting of chocolate cookie crumbs over ice cream looks just like dirt.
My daughter Tessa has been asking me to make cake pops for about a year. I’m usually game to experiment in the kitchen, but whenever she brought up the subject of cake pops, I always found some excuse to put her off….