Easy milk and white chocolate dipped pretzel sticks and marshmallow cones

For the white chocolate I chose to use the microwave. Make sure your microwave is at 50% power. Start with 30 seconds and then go down to 15 second intervals stirring in between until it is melted.

For the pretzels just tip the bowl on its side so the chocolate pools and then dip. Add sprinkles or sugar crystals immediately (they won't stick once the chocolate starts drying).

For the marshmallow cones I chose to break the cone a little bit first so it would be shorter. My marshmallows weren't big enough to fill the cones opening so they kept falling out. The chocolate will cover and chips or unevenness in the cone.

If not serving immediately allow your pieces to cool and then saran wrap.

Cute Birthday Cake w/ candy rainbow topper

This is the birthday cake we made for my youngest daughter's first birthday.  I wanted something simple that I felt capable of doing myself. I work at a bakery so I figured I had seen enough to do something on my own. I wasn't exactly right. ;)

I used 8 inch cake pans but you could really do any size. I think it would look cuter if it were three layer rather than two.

The icing is a buttercream frosting that I made myself. Follow this link to view the recipe http://savorysweetlife.com/2010/03/buttercream-frosting/ .

It was delicious!

I added a couple of drops of blue food coloring to make it a light sky blue. Remember the more food coloring you add the more bitter it tastes. When you ice the cake try to get it as smooth as you can on top.
Add tons of sprinkles just on the sides (if you put icing on the plate under the cake it will cause the cake to stick to the plate so then you can tilt it sideways to add the sprinkles much easier).

For the rainbow you'll need a candy fruit strip. I took a piece of wire and threaded it through the middle color line of the rainbow and then bent it to get the rainbow shape. Leave enough extra wire to insert in the cake.

Pipe the clouds with a bag and round tip or just use a whip cream can!