Spring Petal Cake

Last year, around this time, I was reading The Pioneer Woman's blog like it was my job. Every morning I would open up Safari (yes, that's what I use!) and would go to her blog and gawk at all of the delicious recipes she would post. Every now and then she would give a shot out the other bloggers by featuring their posts. She did an Easter round up post, and that's when I fell in love with the Easter Egg Cake. A beautiful cake with pretty pastels and perfect for the beginning of spring.

Homemade Funfetti Cake

It was one of my friend's birthday at work today and what goes better with a birthday celebration than homemade funfetti cake? ( I know, liquor, but it was the middle of the day people!) I had gotten some inspiration from this awesome cake, but decided that may have been a little too much so I scaled the sprinkle percentage down. I used this white cake recipe that I've been in love with and just included the addition of about 1/2 cup sprinkles. I folded them in at the very end and then baked the cakes like any other recipe.

Chocolate Confections

I'm halfway through my last semester of pastry school and this last class taught me a lot about chocolate. I learned about tempering, how to cook sugar, how to mold truffles, and I learned that I have little to no self-control when it comes to candy. Luckily a lot of our production was used to fill an order made by the Governor, so I wasn't taking home EVERYTHING I made (which I totally would have, if I was allowed). Among all of the different candies and chocolates we made, there was one recipe that stood out from all the rest. It was amazing and unbelievably easy! I've already put it on my Christmas baking list because everyone in my office was falling over themselves to get the last piece.