Hi!!
Happy Monday! I am so sorry that this is late. Today after class I escaped to the beach with my sister. A girl has to play ya know.. life should be all fun and games. :)
Today was a prep day. We made our Devil's Food Cake.. yes, you know it! Chocolate! :) And we also made the chocolate Italian Butter Cream to decorate for tomorrow. So there really is not much to show you today as it was a pretty busy day from start to finish.
Devil's Food cake is made by using the two-stage mixing method. Which means you will put the liquids in to your creation in two steps. I believe I have already covered the creation of this cake in my Basics class so please look back in the archives for February and March and you are sure to find it under that same exact name :)
So, this weekend I went to a wedding showcase with my girls. Thank you Noemi! And no, before you start getting all crazy, it was absolutely not for me! It was for my brother's fiance and for my cousin's fiance who both have weddings early 2012! As I was walking around, being a cheerleader, I ran into a couple of cake booths and I grabbed their cards. :) I have to get cracking on solidifying a place to do my externship so I look forward to calling them to see if they are open to having FREE help!! I think its VERY silly that I have to pay thousands of dollars to a school , to turn around and have to do a 6 week externiship for no pay. Laughing.. absolutely stupid. I will just add it to the list of stupid things going on in my life. Check, Check and Check! Laughing it all off!
On a better note, I had a talk with the chef today. I inquired about why we are creating the same cakes we made in Basic Techniques! Looks like this class is based on showing us all the cake methods. You think they would come up with other cakes for you to make, instead of continuously making the same ones! BUT, who am I ? Just a mere student. ;) The next course, wedding cakes, is where we learn how to create the types of cakes we'd decorate and sell. Soooo, we continue on our journey! I'm trying my best to get us there! And I know we will get there all in one piece. Piece of cake ;)
I will see you back here tomorrow with notes on how to build your Devils Food Cake and decorate it!
Good night to you!
Me :)
Hey, the Bloggie looks wierd without pictures, guess I am just used to seeing the fantastic goodies you guys bake over there. Hope you had a good time with ur sis. As for the redo from the past, think of it as good practice and now knowing what your doing maybe you can improvise on things like decorating, flavors and shapes. Interning...ewwww! it does suck, you don't even get paid. The intresting thing is you pick up new and different ways of doing things.
ReplyDeleteYou take so much of your time to include us in your baking projects and they look sooo good, thought I have to try one so Baking 101 here I go. SWISS ROLLS...will let you know how it went :)
Absolutely have fun...you deserve it! Congratulations to Noemi and your cousin! As someone who will be interning for free this spring, I feel your pain! But...we are here to learn, learn, learn! xoxoxo :)
ReplyDeleteCindy, thanks for takign that HUGE step of baking.. man, that is impressive!!
ReplyDeleteGinny, I will pass on your congratulatory wishes!! We shall be INTERNS!! wow...