Hey everyone! Welcome back. So today I don't have any pictures but I'll have pictures tomorrow for my finish products. We had our practical today. I started with making pastry cream, butter cookies, diplomat cream, making decorations, roasting pineapples then my knife kills. I did have little trouble with the Butter cookies because when I…
Author: Samantha Wojcik
Day 7: Fundamentals
So today, worked on our pipping. We pipped using Butter Cream. But instead of using butter and shortening we just used shortening, so we were using Shortening cream to pipe. We also made creme anglaise. To make creme anglaise. Step 1: Put your milk, half of sugar, flavorings into a pot. Put the eggs, and half…
Photo Trip 2: Beavertail State Park
So yesterday, I had a chance to go on a photo trip. Beavertail State Park was so beautiful and peaceful. Come back to see the pictures from next week!
Day 6: Fundamentals
Today, we finished our butter cookies finally. We also made an Apple Galette. For our Butter Cookies, we finished them with chocolate drizzle and chocolate dipped. For the Apple Galette, Step 1: Roll out pie dough, and cut into a circle. Put a scoop of apple butter. Then sliced apples. Step 2: Sprinkle cinnamon and…
Day 5: Fundamentals
Again, Sorry for having another one a day late. Yesterday we made diplomat cream. We used the diplomat cream to make Vierrenes. We also learned how to roast and grill pineapples. For the Vierrenes, Step 1: Make pastry cream. To make pastry cream, put your cornstarch, eggs, and half of your sugar in a bowl…
Day 4: Fundamentals
Hello everyone! Welcome back. Today we learned how to poach a pear. We also practiced more of our pipping. We made butter cookies! They were so good. When poaching a pear: Step 1: You want to get the poaching liquid ready. The liquid we used was wine, water, spices, sugar. Step 2: Put the sugar…
Day 3: Fundamentals
Hey everyone, Sorry for not posting yesterday but know you get 2 posts today! So yesterday we made a cream cheese frosting. We also piped chocolate designed. We also worked on our cutting skills. How we finished our Carrot Cakes: Step 1: Make Cream Cheese Frosting: Cream butter and cream cheese. Add the sifted powdered…
Skills Lab: Cannoli
Hey everyone. Today I had a chance to participate in a pastry skills lab. We made.... Cannoli. Fun fact: did you know that the word cannoli can be plural. Step one: We started with the dough and wrap it up and put it in the fridge. Step 2: Start making the filling put the cheese…
Photo Club: Field Trip 1
So today, I thought I was going to be going to a meeting. There was a trip that was leaving but I didn't sign up for it. So when I got to the meeting, the Photo Club asked me if I wanted to go on the trip because people dropped out last minute. I got…
Day 2: Fundamentals
Today in class was little bit more fast pass then yesterday. Today we came in a worked on our chocolate pilling again and how we make paper piping bags. Then we started cutting apples and potatoes. We used the potatoes from yesterday to make mashed potatoes and hash browns. We also used the carrots from…
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