Pumpkin and Spice

I know I said I was going to post the winner at midnight tonight, but I had some time before my shift at work, so I figured none of you would mind finding out the winner a little early.

I used random.org to get my random number. I had one person who left two comments, so they counted as one comment, so I requested one random number between 1 and 25... And the winner is...

I'm a big fan of the blog Cake Wrecks. The blog focuses on hilariously hideous professional cakes gone wrong. Ugly decorations, weird airbrushing, strange spelling mistakes... it's all there, and it's all so, so funny. It is everything I (as a professional baker) aspire not to be!

Every Sunday, though, Jen (the bloggeress), runs a feature called "Sweet Sundays". Every Sweet Sunday has a theme, and features beautiful, well-done cakes that reflect that theme. This week's theme was "The Undead Wed"- and the Goth wedding cake I made for my final project in my advanced cakes class was one of the featured cakes!

So, while I was on vacation, I received an award from Blonde Duck over at A Duck in Her Pond. She's really fabulous and if you haven't been to her blog before, go- she's funny, adventurous, a wonderful writer, and have I mentioned she's funny? In addition to quirky food posts, she also posts original short stories that are real page turners... or would be if computers had pages you could turn. I was so flattered that she'd think of little ol' me to give an award!

In turn, I get to pass it along to five fabulous bloggers!

This month at Florida Foodies Restaurant and Travel Magazine, they're featuring pumpkin recipes, and I was asked to share my recipe for Pumpkin Buttermilk Waffles! There's also a little profile on me (as well as a picture of Kyle and I in last year's Halloween costume. What were we? You'll have to click to find out!)

After you read my feature, be sure to check out the rest of the site. There's great stuff about Floridian Foodies, restaurants and other things that make the Sunshine State great!