Chocolate cake with Chocolate buttercream and homemade raspberry preserves!

This year, I made vegan chocolate cream pies & pumpkin pies. :)

Photo Credit: John Anderson

This past week, I was interviewed by the Austin Chronicle about the Texas Cottage Food Law (SB 81). You can read the whole story here!

My classmate, Carson Nunez, was also featured this week for his new pizza shop Sauced! Check it out! Two ACC Culinary grads in one week! :)

I’m excited I’m getting more opportunities to decorate cakes lately! This one is a 12″ cake with a Scottish ‘bagpipe’ theme. The plaid design on the sides is mostly buttercream, with a little fondant embellishment.

Did I mention the cake was vegan EGGNOG flavor?! I used So Delicious coconut eggnog, and I wanted to eat the buttercream straight out of the bowl.

Happy Birthday Dan!

Raspberry Blackout:

Chocolate with Vanilla Buttercream: