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DIY+Recipe: How to Make a Face Cake
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This is a fantastic guide to help not only with deciding the taste/look of a wedding cake but for ANY cake whether it’s for a baby shower, birthday, anniversary etc. This is a great breakdown guide to help you narrow down your  flavor/decor choices.
oh and PS: YES, those links below are DIY cake and frosting recipes ::swoon::

Cake Glossary

White ButterThe traditional option, and with good reason: It tastes great with any filling or frosting. For a fresh turn, Kromer suggests pairing it with passion fruit or vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream.Moist YellowJust a little bit richer than white butter, it’s the second most popular choice of brides at Wendy Kromer Confections. When it comes to fillings and frosting, “the sky’s the limit,” she says.Almond DacquoiseUnexpected and nutty, this meringue is a nice complement to basic cake layers like white butter. “It’s delicious with chocolate, praline, or even white-chocolate buttercream frosting and filling,” says Kromer.Lemon Poppy SeedThis refreshing cake “tastes best with citrus and vanilla flavors,” she says. “Go with lemon curd and lemon buttercream or white-chocolate buttercream frosting.”CarrotSpicy, sweet, and sometimes nutty, it’s often coupled with cream cheese icing. Kromer likes to serve it with caramel-cream cheese or white-chocolate filling, or vanilla buttercream.Red VelvetIt relies on cocoa for its chocolaty taste and a splash of red food dye for its dramatic color. “Try it with cream cheese frosting, or chocolate-hazelnut, chocolate, or caramel buttercream,” she suggests.MarbleNot only does it look cool, but it goes with just about everything. “It’s great with fruit fillings, especially raspberry preserves,” says Kromer. “The flavors come together really nicely.”Chocolate ButterAfter white butter and moist yellow, this cake is third most popular. White or chocolate frosting is a typical pairing, but “apricot, pistachio, coffee, or rich caramel flavors are nice, too,” she says.

Cake Fillings and Frostings

1. Caramel Sauce2. Caramel-Cream Cheese Filling3. Chocolate Ganache4. Lemon Curd5. Swiss Meringue Buttercream6. Chocolate Buttercream7. Apricot Jam8. Pistachio Buttercream9. Cream Cheese Frosting10. Raspberry Preserves

Finishing Touches for Wedding Cakes

1. Gum-Paste Flowers2. Coconut Shavings3. Metallic Luster Dust4. Piped Basket Weaves5. Chocolate Shavings6. Piped Edgings7. Pearl Dragees8. Piped Meringue9. Piped Fleur de Lis10. Sugared Violas11. Gum-Paste Fruit12. Marzipan Fruit


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womenshealthmag:

10 Healthy Sweet Potato Recipes!
For a humble root vegetable, the sweet potato sure does have a lot going for it. The orange tuber packs 438% of your daily value of infection-fighting vitamin A and, like carrots, sweet potatoes are a major source of skin-protecting beta-carotene. While bananas are often touted as the go-to source of potassium, a medium sweet potato has 28% more potassium than a banana. (The mineral helps your body absorb fluids to replace sweat losses.)
Whether sweet potatoes only enter your kitchen on Thanksgiving or they have a regular spot in your cooking rotation, you could probably use more delicious ways to prepare them. Here are 10 recipes for dishes from fries to soup—each with about 300 calories or less.
Spicy Sweet Potato Fries
Roasted Sweet Potato Salad
Gingered Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup
Spiced Sweet Potato Chips
Baked Sweet Potato Latkes
Rosemary Sweet Potato Wedges
Chili-Spiced Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Apple and Sweet Potato Hash Browns
Ginger Sweet Potato Cheesecake
Marshmallow Whipped Sweet Potatoes

I love sweet potatoes! Reblogging for future reference.