This past Monday-Wednesday was spend on our Wedding cake project. The level below us comes up with a factitious wedding and we have to tailor our cake to the client. It was for a Japanese business man from the states marrying a Geisha in Japan. The cake flavor was Ginger Milk Sponge and it was filled with plum compote and a plum bavarian cream. The flowers were peonies, cherry blossoms, azalea's and something else I don't remember.
The colors were a light green, gold and pink.
I am in a very talented class - here are some pictures of the cakes. Keep in mind that these pictures (from my camera phone) don't do any of these cakes justice.
My cake:
Vivien's cake:
Emily's cake:
Kathyrn's cake:
So Yun's cake:
Meghann's cake:
Steven's cake:
Today was the first day of our final exam. We had a 2 hour written exam this morning that wasn't too bad. But the rest of the day was spent working on our practical. We were each assigned 4 items to make: a 6-in cake or an 8-in tart, a petite four, a bread item and a chocolate.
I'm making Tart Bourdaloue (pears with almond cream), Financier's, Sweet Potato Brioche rolls and Butter Caramel dipped in chocolate. We have to plan our days and make sure we have everything done and assembled on a 3-tier stand by Tuesday at 11:30 AM.
We each have to construct a stand to hold 3 of the 4 items (we're leaving off the breads because they're just not pretty). The stand can be made up of pastillage, sugar or chocolate. But we have to take into consideration the heat and humidity during this time of year. Some mediums just won't work as well as others. (Especially when the classroom's AC decides to break down in the middle of the heat wave!)
The theme the class came up with for the stand is "Hometown's". A lot of us weren't happy with this theme considering we had already voted and confirmed the theme of Superheroes. Some people complained and we re voted. Being that I'm from Pleasantville there isn't much I can do other than trees, a blue sky and picket fences... So my stand is going to be pretty uninteresting. Oh well.
On Tuesday afternoon we get judged by 4 or 5 industry experts. It's pretty intense, but exciting at the same time.
And then finally, Wednesday, June 18th is our graduation!
I fly to Chicago on Wednesday, June 25th to be with George (finally!) I need some downtime after school so it'll be nice to have a week to just relax and pack.
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