Find the Savior in Everything

You might ask, "What does this cake have to do with anything? What does recognizing the Savior and his teachings have to do with this?" Well let me explain. 
I made this cake based off of writings of a prophet found in the Book of Mormon.  In the book of Alma, chapter 50, we find a great military leader named Moroni building up fortifications for the cities of his people, the Nephites, so that when their enemies, the Lamanites, attacked, the people would be able to defend themselves. 
We are challenged to look for the Savior and his teachings in all things, so lets find him in this situation.

• 1 And now it came to pass that Moroni did not stop making preparations for war, or to defend his people against the Lamanites; for he caused that his armies should commence in the commencement of the twentieth year of the reign of the judges, that they should commence in digging up ^aheaps of earth round about all the cities, throughout all the land which was possessed by the Nephites.

 These 'heaps of earth' could represent how the Savior teaches us to avoid sin.  When we avoid sin we make it hard for temptation to even get to our doors (hence the steep heaps of earth).

•  2 And upon the top of these ridges of earth he caused that there should be ^atimbers, yea, works of timbers built up to the height of a man, round about the cities.

 Perhaps these 'works of timbers' are a solid decision to follow Jesus Christ's example, so when temptations come, we've already decided to keep them out.

•  3 And he caused that upon those works of timbers there should be a frame of pickets built upon the timbers round about; and they were strong and high.

 Sometimes temptations get a little tempting, and they start creeping over our 'works of timbers,' and our decisions to avoid them.  When this happens we must remember the wise council council of King Benjamin in Mosiah 4:30 when he said -

• watch yourselves, and your ^bthoughts, and your ^cwords, and your deeds, and observe the commandments of God, and ^dcontinue in the faith of what ye have heard concerning the coming of our Lord

 - for when we keep watch by setting a 'frame of pickets' around our spiritual defenses, we can recognize sin a-creeping and fight it off.

•  4 And he caused towers to be erected that overlooked those works of pickets, and he caused places of security to be built upon those ^atowers, that the stones and the arrows of the Lamanites could not hurt them.

Our 'places of security' can be found in the scriptures, at church, in sincere prayer with Heavenly Father, and so many other places.  Whenever we are away from the worldly junk that often fills our lives, we can find safety in the Savior's arms.

•  5 And they were prepared that they could cast stones from the top thereof, according to their pleasure and their strength, and slay him who should attempt to approach near the walls of the city.

When we have spiritually prepared we can use the power we gained from our time devoted to God to, not only defend, but push back temptation making it less effective in our lives.  This is where I found the Savior most, Because he makes our weaknesses strong when we turn to him.  He will make temptation less effective by spiritually 'cast[ing] stones from the top,' if we will but allow him to through our own preparation.

•  6 Thus Moroni did prepare strongholds against the coming of their enemies, round about every city in all the land.

We should work to build up our testimonies in every part of the gospel.  The Book of Mormon is called the keystone of our religion for a reason.  Pray about it.  Ask our Father in Heaven if it is true.  I know it is true because I have done this, and it's changed my life.  I know it can and will change yours if you will let it, for the teachings of the Savior can be found on every page.  We just have to seek them.