Olympic Alchemy: Turning Junk Food Into Gold

“I love fatty desserts,” said Nathan Adrian, who swam on the silver-medal-winning 4-by-100-meter freestyle relay. He can’t resist milk with warm “Funfetti,” a home-baked white cake stuffed and topped with rainbow sprinkles.

“I live with two girls, my housemates, and for the longest time I was like, ‘Dude, I’m training for the Olympics and the Olympic trials. You can’t make me these stupid Funfetti cakes,’ ” he said. “But if they’re just sitting there, I can’t not eat them.”

I will bake you all of the Funfetti cakes you want.