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That sums up my semester in pastry/culinary school. I learned a lot and, of course, ate a lot. From savory to sweet, we learned different tips, tricks, and techniques on how to be better bakers. I can’t say I loved every minute, but is was an enjoyable class. Anyway, now I’m going to go makeContinue reading “The End”

Week 15 was our final exam. We were required to make and present 12 chocolate chip cookies, 6 danish pockets, and 12 eclairs. It was stressful for me especially because we had a fire drill right in the middle. My first set if eclair shells kept collapsing, so I was put behind because I hadContinue reading “Week 15”

This week was all about cake. We made three different kinds, a pound cake, a jelly roll out of a sponge cake, and chocolate fudge cakes. The pound cake was fairly simple and very tasty. We used the creaming method again here. The chocolate fudge cakes were very rich and used the sponge method. TheContinue reading “Week 14”

This week we did not have class due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

Week 12 was out pizza module. We were also doing filming for a news broadcast, so the class was very different and felt a bit rushed towards the end. It was really fun learning about the different kinds of pizza, and of course it was also fun eating them. We made a pizza in aContinue reading “Week 12”

Class was unfortunately cancelled this week.

Week 10 was about bread. We made anadama bread and snowflake rolls. I had to go home early due to an unfortunate wardrobe incident and was not able to complete the class.

Week 9 was on doughnuts and waffles. Everybody had a different item to make and I made cake doughnuts. I under mixed the dough since it was still a bit shaggy, but they came out all right. The hardest part was using the doughnut fryer since a huge vat of scorching hot oil is neverContinue reading “Week 9”

We worked on short pastries and pate brisee. Pate Brisee is like pie dough or tart dough. It can also be used for quiches. The technique is quite similar to pie crust, but it is chilled in a disk rather than a ball. We made pastry cream again and pressed our dough into tart pans.Continue reading “Week 8”

Week 7 was our midterm. We picked two recipes and had to make and present them in 4 hours. I picked blueberry muffins and double chocolate chip cookies. While I didn’t do as well as I would have liked, I still passed.