Category: Desserts
It’s 2010 Already
I’m sure someone promised me a hover car, or something along those lines, by now! I figured it was about time I got round to uploading photos and letting people know how the holidays went. I took far less photos this year, why take photos of decorations that I took photos of last year! We […]
Continue Reading...Chocolate, Chocolate Everywhere
So much I’m already not wanting to eat it all.. now, put a nice juicy tender steak in front of me and it’s a whole different matter. Yes! That is what this class has done to me.. my sweet tooth is still there, it’s just a little overwhelmed with being surrounded for 5 hours a […]
Continue Reading...Finals
Now they’re over, for me now at any rate, I can talk about them *grins* I didn’t want to jinx myself by telling the world that they were going well! Our menu’s had to be in last week, so we could say what we wanted ordered and most people had spent the previous week going […]
Continue Reading...February Already
We finished last week with fruit. First we had the fruit report, in partners we drew a fruit out of a hat (we got Kumquats) and then got an hour in the library to research that fruit so we could come back and give a report on it. I knew nothing about kumquats so it […]
Continue Reading...Week Four
It’s hard to believe I’m almost done with week four of this unit already. The time has been flying by, and the last two weeks are guaranteed to flash by we’re going to be so busy. First let’s catch up. I finished last week with the apple trio of desserts. Well, it was apples and […]
Continue Reading...Many Exams
Right now it feels like as soon as I finish one we’re onto another… which is fairly close to how it’s happening! The Filo exam on Friday went well, I was pleased with how I did. Everything worked out nicely, and candied pecans are in fact more delicious than you would anticipate! Then we had […]
Continue Reading...Busy Week
A week of exams this week, and will continue to be so for all the weeks left of this unit. Though amazingly we’re two weeks down already, it’s going quick. This week started with our chocolate plate up. I had grand plans, and as so often happens when you do, they failed! I was going […]
Continue Reading...Catch Up
Firstly, at New Years was a friend’s birthday that Michael and I made the cake for. Maxfield Parrish was a favourite artist of the recipient with The Latern Bearers being her favourite piece. So keeping this in mind we made an orange chiffon cake and after covering it in buttercream we decorated it with the […]
Continue Reading...Exam time
Yes, it was that time of the week again! We started off by making our Pate Sucree for the tartlets before heading to the theory test.. It was interesting as it was our first exam with the different instructors and they do things a little differently. We weren’t allowed to start early, even if we […]
Continue Reading...Tirimi Su
Made for a birthday this recipe made one large Tirimi Su (11 x 9 inches) with enough left over for a 1 portion bowl (for testing purposes of course!) The recipe has been taken from the most amazing Italian cookbook The Silver Spoon (that everyone should own, it is an encyclopaedia of all Italian cooking […]
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