Cake Decorating Competition: Winter Wonderland

So two of my friends and I entered a cake decorating contest hosted by the resident hall staff! I was quite surprised but the supplies we were given (all supplies were secret before the contest). I was expecting cupcakes or something, but each team was given a full sized plain white cake! Along with that, each team was given a large tub of white frosting, and we were free to get additional supplies from a table. Supplies included sprinkles, M&M's, gummies, etc. There were 5 teams total, with about 3-4 people per team.

Overall, I think we were all pretty happy with how the cake came out! It was a very impromptu cake design =) Snowmen were all molded using frosting, since that gave a rounder and fuller shape than using marshmallows.

Below are a few more photos of the cake!

Dessert Truck, Shake Shack, and hopefully much more!

Finding awesome places to eat has become I thing I do for fun whenever I can actually find the time to go out.  I'm starting to believe that an exceptional variation of anything in terms of food can be found in NYC.

Places I've been to so far include both of Food Network Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill and Bar Americain.  Both were exceptionally good, but are of the quality one should expect for the price you pay for your meal.

Dessert Truck and Shake Shack are the two places I've really liked and wouldn't mind going back to again and again.  Dessert Truck, which has both a truck and an actual store, beat Bobbly Flay in a throwdown making their bread pudding with bacon custard.  The bacon custard doesn't really taste too much like bacon, but gives the pudding a nice smoky scent.  So when I went, I of course got the bread pudding and opted for the bacon custard (choice of vanilla custard instead if you wish), and it indeed was gooooood - rich and smooth with a still very hot center!