And so it continues...

Laila and I once again set out to do some baking this Christmas.

This time we tried making cake pops. I'd never made cake pops, but I knew they involved icing and cake being rolled into a ball and dipped into a coating.

I also knew they were delicious because Laila and I wolfed down a couple at Shahin's Christmas party a couple days ago. I may or may not have also become addicted to the Craps table there.

Anyway, since icing is full of trans fats and I couldn't in good conscience give people heart attacks, I bought organic frosting mix from Whole Foods to use for our cake pops. Let's just say things didn't exactly work out, and it could be the organic frosting's fault or it could be the improv coconut flavoring we added, or it could be that we dipped them in chocolate instead of candy melts, or it might even be an internal aversion to making good cake pops that I wouldn't be able to stop devouring that's to blame.

Luckily, they sell gingerbread house kits with everything you need to look like you baked.

Laila "helping."

Success!

What they call "Sweet Success"!