Sundae Cake Cups

gelato/sundae

It has been a crazy, but amazing week. Having G here has put a lot into prospective. He is back with his mom for the weekend and will come back on Sunday for one more week. Since I am going away on Friday, I am worried about what he'll do for the second half of summer school. But, I just have to hope he'll get what he needs to pass the retake.

My mom was supposed to come today for the weekend. Unfortunately, she had another fall and broke a few ribs. Yikes! Even more reason I need to hope the market gets better so I can sell my house and move closer to her. Had she come, the plan was to take her out for a birthday dinner since I will be away for the actual day. I began making her birthday cake, so to honor her special day, I decided to put the cake together and send it to her virtually...in this post.

First, a little Mama Mele Cotte background. She's tiny, but she loves her sweets. Put a hot fudge sundae in front of her, hold the cherry and whipped cream, and she's off. So, for her birthday, I thought...Sundae cake. Specifically, sundae cake cups. I made a basic yellow cake, tinting half the batter pink/red (faux strawberry) and adding chocolate chips to the plain batter (faux chocolate chip). After baking, I went at the cakes with an ice cream scoops. I figured, mushing cake for the cake pops worked, why not "cake cream scoops"? Add to a waffle up, along with ganache, whipped cream, and a cherry....and voila!

Feel better mom! Love you!