Welcome 2012!!

As I look back on this worlwind of a year I look forward to what the next brings.
This year I Graduated with Honors from The Art Institute of Indianapolis's International Culinary School with a Baking and Pastry Certificate.
I became an Aunt and Godmother to two beautiful boys.
Elijah Jesse Miller                                                 Ethan Kellen Gruver

 

I got a new job as the Production Manager/Sponge and Dough girl at Great Harvest Bread company in Caramel Indiana. Which has been interesting and I have been there a month.
I know that this new year will bring changes as I grow as a baker as well as a person.
I look forward to planning with my cousin Kellee who has asked me to do her wedding cake at the end of the summer and that will bring its own challenges with making something Gluten free for a few members of our and the Groom's family.
Happy New Year and God Bless!
From My Kitchen to yours! Happy Baking! 

Job.. :D

So I have been lacking in the postings but should have some fun ones from the last holidays coming up as soon as I find the time!!
Well I started a new job after Thanksgiving.
I am a Production Manager/Sponge and Dough girl at Great Harvest Bread Company in Caramel Indiana!
It has been an interesting experience getting up at 3am to be at work by 4am and working on dough by 4:15am! and my schedule for the mornings are tight but it makes time go by pretty fast.
Its a good start job to get the experience I need before I am given another opportunity to grow in my new career.
Happy Baking and will post more soon!! :D

A little Practice!

So I have had a hard time finding a job but it doesn't mean I can't use a little practice.
So I made a few fun things today..
Starting with Gluten free vanilla cupcakes.. these are a trial run I have never made gluten free before. These are wonderful cupcakes honestly and I added my cream cheese frosting and some candied almonds! For my cousin's wedding I plan on also add pastry cream as a filling inside the cupcakes.

so these from here I made this WONDERFUL recipe by Martha stewart!! These are called the "Pumpkin Doughnut Muffins" After they are baked you let them cool and then brush them with butter and roll in Cinnamon sugar!!! they honestly do taste like doughnuts!!

these two cupcakes below.. have a devilish Halloween secret! the vanilla is Gluten free! and the chocolate is made with DIET coke! 

So these devil's food chocolate cupcakes are Diet coke cake! its simple! take a box of chocolate cake and a box of sugar free chocolate pudding add one can of diet coke and mix! then bake! crazy right! But it makes this soft moist diet cake! seriously you would be shocked that its diet.. well till you add the Chocolate frosting to the top! 

 All decorated for a party! These are all going to the Costume party we go to every year! So excited!

Happy Baking! :D

Wedding cake

So for our final we had to use Styrofoam and make a 3 tier wedding cake.
So here is mine enjoy! 

New Outlook

With three weeks left of school I decided the Blog needed a new look. So we even have a new name!! There is also a possibility of a new Banner coming to the blog.. stay tuned in while we make some changes.
WE also started working on display cakes today.
I am making "Burnt Almond cake" Which is one of my favorite cakes that you can only get in San Jose.. Oh man I miss this cake!!
Pictures and Fun to come! 

Sculpted cake

So Sculpted cake tends to be something everyone sees on TV but is not as popular out side of that.
But we learned how to do them. we were given a customer (14 year old Bobby) and a theme (Harry Potter Birthday).
Starting with a sketch we planned out our cake.

Once we had that we made our chocolate pound cake and Peanut butter butter cream. WE started by stacking our books and sculpting them as we worked. 

We then started on the hat. We then finished the hat with rice crispy treats for the bent point and made chocolate frogs as well as a solid chocolate ball covered in gold foil topped off with sugar wings! We added jelly beans and a few gum paste decorations for a finishing touch! 

Busy and Almost done!!

I know I haven't posted in a while but I have been really busy with taking my LAST 2 classes!!! And My Internship has been very busy and really great!
ON top of all of that I have been asked to assist during a demo at the Large art fair "Penrod" at the IMA!
http://www.imamuseum.org/special-event/penrod-arts-festival
It is an honor and a pleasure to be able to assist with this!

So Some of what I have been working on :)