I only eat donuts with sprinkles.

No really. What’s the point of eating a donut if it isn’t covered in pretty sprinkles? 

Throughout my life I’ve always wondered HOW the sprinkled donut could be left in the box past the first person. 

Anyways. I went through a stage when I LOVED donuts. The phase has passed and I’ve traded donuts for Whole Grain Cheerios, but they still have a soft spot in my heart. During this donut stage I received a mini donut maker one Christmas. I am in the process of moving, so going through all of my belongings and deciding what to keep. I found the donut maker. The box’s copyright is from 1995. 1995! I only ever remember using it once. And of course, the instructions are missing

My dad did some Googling and found some recipes, so I made breakfast for the Ray House. I would post the recipes, but they’re kinda pointless without the donut maker, unless you have your own, and in that case, go Google your own recipes. I made “traditional” donuts, but used half white and half wheat flour and Splenda. To make up for it, I covered my donuts in frosting, melted chocolate chips, low fat maple syrup and honey. Oh, and for the last 10 or so, I added some cocoa powder to make the dough chocolatey. 

 

They're cooking!

They disappear as fast as you make 'em.

 

The wait was worth it wasn't it?!

So photogenic. As Tyra would say, these donuts are "smiling with their eyes"

Not Too Pretty To Eat

My mother insisted it was not right that I make my own birthday cake, and demanded she help. I let her. 

The parents always made birthdays special, one of my favorite traditions was The Cake. My mom would make whatever cake we wanted! And by, ‘whatever cake we wanted’ I mean we got to choose the cake color and frosting color. I always picked angel food. Purple, teal, black, she always made the perfect cake. When I was two, she was still into Wilton cake decorating and was making me a Pink Panther cake. I didn’t want to wait for the cake, so when it was cooling on a rack on the table, I snuck in the kitchen and ate about 3/4 of it. I don’t regret it. And every year she reminds me that she had to make me another cake. Thank you, Mom!

A few months ago my friend Karess sent me this link for a Rainbow Cake. Genius. I feel like an idiot for not thinking of it myself.

Here’s what went down:

 

Separate the batter into X amount of bowls. I choose 5 colors. Also make sure your pans are sprayed well so the cake pops right out.

 

Make your colors! We used LOTS of food coloring - all from your generic four-color box of liquid red/blue/green/yellow. Use as much as you like!

 

Scoop the batter into the pans. Try to make each pan equal. We used bigger spoonfuls, next time I will try smaller. Shake the pans, hit them on the table a few times, to get the air bubbles out. Bake cakes.

 

Add filling! Perfect Cake Filling: 8oz box of cream cheese, 1 package of instant pudding, 1/3 cup of milk, 8oz (1 container) of whipped topping, 4tsp flavoring (optional, use any flavor - I choose raspberry extract)

Frost cake. Decorate. Use lots of sprinkles.

 

Eat.

Eat more.

 

See how delicious the cake looks, and keep eating more.

Stop being jealous, go make your own cake.