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Feeling More Relaxed…

Sweets

The holidays are over, and I was back to school yesterday.. This is the unit I was considerably nervous about. It’s the first of the advanced classes, no more being told how to make something (though she will demo stuff we haven’t seen before), most of what we make we should at least know the […]

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School’s Up

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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 […]

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Caaake!

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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 […]

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Dazed and Confused

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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 […]

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7 Hours

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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 […]

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The Name’s Bond…

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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 […]

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Chocolate

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I successfully tempered it! For the second time ever! After managing it once during petit fours I was having trouble getting my chocolate in temper. We were playing about with it yesterday in class to garnish the L’Exotique and the mousse cake and I was successful! I think it helped that the ovens weren’t on […]

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I Made It Out Of Austin!

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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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Custards

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Laminated doughs finished nicely at the end of last week, the doughnuts and beignets were delicious and the exam went well, gaining me a nice A overall. We then fulfilled our tradition of going out for dinner at the end of the block, 9 of us this time, crowding into Magnolia eating and chatting and […]

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Pumpkins and Brioche

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We didn’t win the pumpkin carving competition in school. This was the finished product, the tongue of roasted red pepper grossed everyone out *grins* These were some of the others And this was the winner Chef is already coming up with plans for next year! It was a nice weekend. DmentD and I spent Saturday, […]