Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake
Stripes of thick whipped peanut butter and cocoa buttercreams envelop this chocolate cake.
She played around with additions like sour cream and substitutions like swapping buttermilk for water.
The ability to improvise gave her a baking confidence that she now hopes to instill in others.
She encourages others to have baking confidence by sharing her breathtaking cake creations and weekly tutorials.
Her inspiration came from family gatherings, when she often found herself bringing dessert typically cake.
I always had leftover cake slices from recipe testing, she recalls.
And my family was always eager, excited and willing to take those cake slices off my hands!
Merriman points out that, even as a veteran baker, shes still learning and improving her craft.
Some of Merrimans treasured memories include watching her Grandma June bake in the kitchen.
Merriman has no formal culinary training.
She graduated from Provos Brigham Young University with a bachelor’s degree in music performance playing saxophone.
I recently saw my music professor at his retirement concert, she recalls.
We both had a chuckle.
He was like, We spent all this time on music, and you switched over to baking?
I have failed so many times in the kitchen!
But it doesn’t make me a bad baker.
It means I get to learn something.
Having that mindset really sets you up for success.
