Showing posts with label class. Show all posts
Showing posts with label class. Show all posts

Friday, May 16, 2014

Tarts and Pies Class!

I am one semester away from getting my pastry and baking certificate which is super crazy. Time went by so fast and I'm sad it's almost over. I met some some amazing people and had great teachers. I think tarts and pies was my favorite class other than intro to baking. Here's a little sneak peek into what I made in the last two weeks! I will be posting the recipes to some of these tarts and pies!
Mini tarts with passionfruit curd, raspberry curd and chocolate rum pastry cream.

Apple Pie
Lattice crust on apple pie
Lemon blueberry galettes
Fresh strawberry tart
Chocolate hazelnut tart with raspberries
Raspberry pie
Coconut cream pie
Chocolate bourbon pecan pie
Lemon meringue pie
lemon meringue pie
Chocolate strawberry tart
Spice pear tart

Stay tuned for recipes!


Monday, April 14, 2014

Cakes and Cake Decorating Class

I've been MIA because of school but I'm hoping to get back into the groove of things. I've made countless blogs in the past and tend to give up after 5 posts but I'm determined not to do that with this blog. I took a two week long cake and cake decorating class and it was an amazing experience. There were so many tips and tricks I learned about baking and decorating that I couldn't have learned any other way. My teacher owned and operated an amazing bakery close to my town and now works at an extremely successful bakery. The bakery he owned is one of my favorite places to get cake. Anyways, here are some of the cakes I've made since school started. I plan on making a post about how to make a princess cake, which is my favorite cake on earth. Also I'm going to re-do my strawberry shortcake and perfect it before making a blogpost about it as well.

Princess Cake
Strawberry Shortcake
Making a wedding cake was one of the most exciting/challenging things I've ever done. It took so much time and effort and there were times I just wanted to sit down and cry and times I wanted to drive back to school to work on my cake. I learned a lot from making this cake. I had always feared making a tall multiple tiered wedding cake but I realized this was the perfect opportunity to practice. I still have so much to learn and I'm extremely excited to practice my skills in school. 

Bottom Layer: Chocolate cake
Top Layer: Vanilla cake
My next set of classes being on the 22nd and I'll be taking a tarts and pies class followed by an ice cream and soft desserts class. I plan on posting what I create in class on here and also include any recipes I loved! 


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