Category: School
Caaake
At the start of last week we finished off our poured fondant cake. We covered it in marzipan then glazed it with poured fondant, made some marzipan roses and a marzipan border along the sides. Finishing it by tempering some chocolate piping a double pass border and writing Happy Anniversary. It was a white cake, […]
Continue Reading...News
On Monday I had my work test at one of the bakeries I had interview at. It went alright, I cut and filled and masked two chocolate cakes with a rich fudgy icing, and then I made a dozen key lime pies. I was done in a hour and a half and I set off […]
Continue Reading...Crunchy In The Mouth
aka the Croquembouche. We started advanced cakes on Monday, first making the croquembouche. We finished it yesterday. It’s one of two items that’s made in pairs (the other being the gingerbread house) and we scored a 94 on it, so I’m happy. It went a little wibbly at the top and the base isn’t level […]
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...Time Is Flying By
We had a very busy week this week and it flew by! The holiday plate up went mostly well. I had a few problems with the doughnuts. They’re made and then frozen (given no time to proof) so that they fry consistently, and in a restaurant situation you don’t have to keep an eye on […]
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 […]
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