Here's a little cake I whipped up last week for my pal Nate (at the request of Mr. Matt Garretson). I thought the cake looked pretty good, considering my lack of experience with these kinds of decorations. So I used what I knew - stencils. Except I made my own. Check it:





Once the sprinkles were on, it was just a matter of placing the silver dragees on one-by-one with my increasingly-useful kitchen tweezers.



Done. The flavor was salted caramel and chocolate, like the one they have at Baked. I was told it was fully devoured by the end of the party, which no small feat (think 6 sticks of butter in one cake).

I've got more to do this week, so keep checking back!

A busy Friday night/Saturday morning resulted in:

1. Pickled garlic


Ready in two weeks!


2. A Key Lime pie


 



3. A Red Velvet cake for a friend's birthday (this cake looks "topless" to me in this picture).


I'm looking forward to doing a lot more pickling and preserving this year. My friend Ashton and I joined a community supported agriculture (CSA) share that starts in June. We'll (hopefully) be getting an abundance of fruits, vegetables, eggs, and flowers. Looking forward to seeing what I can do with all the stuff we get, not to mention how quickly I can do it all, given the organic, preservative-free nature of the food. Should be interesting..

More to come!