Tuesday, June 28, 2011

A "Sabrina" Moment!

  Not everyone may know of the movie "Sabrina" at least not the 1954 version with Humprey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn but it is one of my favorite Movies! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047437/
  In the first few scenes of the movie Sabrina (Hepburn) goes off to Paris to cooking school. While she is learning to make Souffle she forgets to turn on the oven and her Souffle ends up as flat as a pancake.
   Souffles can be tricky and it has not been something we have learned in class. But since I finished a class on European Style cakes, which tend to be egg foam meaning their leavening agent is typically a stiff Egg white  mixture that is folded into the batter. So I figured I would venture out to try and make a Souffle.
   I found on foodnetwork.com an Ina Garten recipe for "Spinach and Cheddar Souffle" This actually turned out really simple compared to some of the sponge cake recipes. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/spinach-and-cheddar-souffle-recipe/index.html
   And It didn't fall!! I was careful not to look at the product while it was baking and the oven was hot so I did not pull a "Sabrina" It came out a tad bit dry but it may have been the cheese that I used since I used a very sharp cheddar cheese. But it went well with the rotisserie chicken that we made on the Grill spit.



Friday, June 17, 2011

Another Quarter in the books

So this last quarter was pretty hard on me and hence why I could not post. But today is your update! :D
So I aced all my classes this last quarter and finished with flying colors! and I got to graduate this quarter with Honors at the moment I have a 3.94GPA!
For my Final for European cakes I invented my own European style cake, a raspberry lemonade torte.




This torte is made with raspberry mousse and lemon mousse with a golden chiffon cake and raspberry gelee.
It was fun to do and to make up! 
For the other part of that final I had to work with a partner and we made another cake together the Le Frazie torte. 

This is one of my favorites it has moussilien cream and strawberries. 
Yumm!!
For Breads class we made bagels, croissants, Baguettes, and Rustic bread. I got a 95% on the test for my shaping, scoring, and taste!
Such a great Quarter and met great people!!
Next quarter is my last quarter I have Advanced patisserie and display cakes and my Internship! All of this starts In July! so I will enjoy the break and vacation. 



Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Goal Achieved!

I made myself a couple of goals at the New Year for myself and my work.
And as of this week the first goal has been achieved.
I got my work on display at school in their display case.




Sunday, May 15, 2011

Internship

I have an Internship!!! YAY!
My internship is at a Cupcake shop in Carmel Indiana.
Holy Cow Cupcakes
http://www.holycowcupcakes.com/Site/Welcome.html
I start July 11th and will be there till September 24th as their Summer Intern

I am excited since they are moving and expanding the menu!!

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Experimenting

For my final in European Cakes and Tortes we have to either find a European style cake or make one up ourselves. I have been doing some experimenting of mine to give my own instead of doing one that someone else has made up.
I have always adored experimenting in the kitchen. There is something about making up your own and getting things either messed up or perfect.
So experiment #1
I made a Golden Chiffon Cake that I then layered Raspberry Mousse over and then a Raspberry Lemon Gelee over the top. This was then frozen for 4 hours and un-molded. At that point I put whipping cream and fresh raspberries to decorate the cake.






Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Internship

Next quarter will be my last quarter of school.
I found out that I will be able to take the last class where we will do sculpted cakes and wedding cakes.
As well as that final class I will need to have an internship. For the first time during all of this I am scared of failing. It has always been that even if I messed up I could pick up and fix it, but with an internship I have to have one which means I have to be confidant in my work enough to get the internship and do my job paid or not. But like finding any job it is nerve racking.
I have an application for a paid position at a chocolate shop and I have exchanged emails with the owner of a cupcake shop. I am nervous about doing the 3-4 hours of the working interviews. Any tips or advice??

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Breads and Cakes

This quarter I have started an Artisan Breads and European Cakes and Torts. I have enjoyed the class so far this quarter I have enjoyed making our products.

These are from the first week of classes:

Sacher Cake (soccer cake or tort) 
 Soft Dinner rolls 

 Onion poppy seed Rolls 
 White Pan bread 
 White pan bread Loafs 
 Honey Wheat pan Bread 
 white and honey wheat