August 2007
5 posts
Piece of Cake
This week in baking & pastry, we made cookies and cakes. I must admit, it has been a lot more interesting than bread week. I got to choose the kind of cookie I made (caramel pecan bar), we were allowed some flexibility when we made eclairs and cream puffs. I put rosewater in my pastry cream and it turned out really good, I am really happy with how it tasted. Yesterday we baked cakes, today...
Intro to Baking and Pastry
Garde Manger is done, and I’m in Intro to Baking and Pastry now. So far we’ve made foccacia, challah, danishes, baguettes, epis, morning buns, and something with puff dough. I don’t really like the class very much. All we do is follow the recipes exactly and then the dough comes out. If you don’t follow the recipe, then your bread doesn’t come out. There just...
