Category: Domestic
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...Happy New Year
May 2009 bring you health, wealth and happiness. We saw in the New Years at a friend’s party, it was Masquerade so a few days before we decided on a costume. This was mostly based around the fact that DmentD really wanted to make himself a fez. So we decided to go 1950’s kitsch! We […]
Continue Reading...Gun Range
Earlier this week DmentD took me to the gun range. This might seem odd and bizarre to anyone over there in the UK, you’re all wondering now whether I’m living with a gun-toting maniac *grins* The answer’s no I’m not. This was infact the first time I had seen any of the guns though I […]
Continue Reading...Simply Having a Wonderful Christmastime
It’s been a very wonderful Christmas. DmentD took from Christmas Eve off and isn’t back to work until Monday so it’s been fantastic having the time together with nothing urgentĀ to do. We were up a little earlier than planned Christmas morning and after breakfast of homemade (by DmentD) pancakes.. the American style, not English, […]
Continue Reading...School’s Up
For two weeks anyway… Not that I’ve had much time to appreciate it yet, I’ve been keeping myself busy! The last week of school was fun, we started with an Angel Food Cake (an American creation that didn’t taste so good, chewy and no flavour at all), made a Frambois, Pralinettes which were very much […]
Continue Reading...Caaake!
Two weeks of cakes down, one left. I’m really enjoying it so far, picking up some new techniques and getting better. We’ve had a busy week making carrot cake and banana cake, a triangle cake, amour de polenta, pineapple upside down cake, sacher torte and an alhambra cake for the exam. It was fun making […]
Continue Reading...Dazed and Confused
That’s mostly how I’ve spent this week! I gained a cold this week, which steadily travelled from my sinuses to my throat and now has taken up residence in my chest. Still, I made it to class every day, even if I was coughing through the demo and just trying to stay warm! Having 6 […]
Continue Reading...7 Hours
That’s apparently how long I can stay awake to keep DmentD company when we’re driving long distances overnight! I had class Wednesday night, with my exam for custards making the charlotte au cassis, it went well, my glacage was a bit thick but aside from that it went well.. my piping is improving, I still […]
Continue Reading...The Name’s Bond…
We went to see Quantum of Solace last night.. it was awesome. I’m really liking this Bond, gritty, rough around the edges, he can bleed and he has emotions.. ok at the moment mostly hate and angst but he can feel. Add the doses of gun fights, chase scenes and all those usual James Bond […]
Continue Reading...I Made It Out Of Austin!
The weeks are flying by so quickly! The start of custards has been fun, we’ve made creme brulee and creme caramel, as well as bread pudding (with a bourbon sauce) rice pudding, and then Gateau St Honore and Religieuse, some very traditional French desserts, and well, it is a French school technically! It’s gone mostly […]
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