Today was the very first day of Advanced Baking II, and I already cannot wait to get started with all of the fun baking we will be doing this semester! Chef Mary Helen told us that we will have to design six, themed cupcakes and a three tier wedding cake to match! I am so…
Gingerbread House – Dec. 9
My first ever attempt at decorating a GINGERBREAD HOUSE. It is not perfect. Not even close, but it did turn out pretty cute if I do say so myself! Our final project for advanced baking was to create an MUW themed Gingerbread house using all edible ingredients (i.e. no hot glueing things together!) I was…
Wassail Fest
Today we are preparing for Wassail Fest around town! Unfortunately, the W is not doing its normal Wassail Fest celebration, so instead of doing a showpiece for that, we are taking the food truck to main street and passing out Wassail and sugar cookies instead. The original plan was to make hot cocoa, cookies, and…
Croissants -Oct. 7 & 14
CROISSANTS. Who doesn’t love croissants? Especially homemade ones! Last week and this week, our baking assignment has been croissants.. because they are very time consuming, but definitely worth it! This has been our midterm grade, and I think I actually did pretty great for my first time making croissants. On Oct. 7th, we did about…
Loaf Bread & Bread Pudding – Sept. 23
Bread pudding and loaf bread.. You can say it was another great day in class! I retested my bread pudding from last week with toasted bread. Last week, my recipe had great flavor, but the bread was too fresh and absorbed too much liquid so it became a bit dense. However, with toasted bread, the…
Cinnamon Bread Pudding – Sept. 16
Mmmm. Bread pudding. I love bread pudding, and today in class, I experimented with my own Cinnamon Bread Pudding with Caramel Whiskey Sauce. It was good. Not just good. It was pretty great. Everyone today made a different bread pudding recipe, but there were a few rules to go along with it. Number 1, it…
Vanilla Bean Scones with Orange Butter – Sept. 9
I LOVE scones. I love all things bread, really, and today in class we made scones and biscuits! I was so happy, and now, I am soo stuffed. The first thing we did was head to one of the classrooms to listen to a brief lecture with PowerPoint from Chef Mary Helen. We learned about the…
Bakeshop Basics – Sept. 2
Today in Advanced Baking I, Chef Mary Helen went over some baking basics with the class. For starters, she had us all collect one cup of flour and put it in a zip lock bag. When we all had our bags of flour, she asked us to weigh each one and write them on the…
Introduction Day -Aug. 26
This is my very first blog post ever, and I am already extremely excited about this project. My Advanced Baking I instructor, Chef Mary Helen Hawkins, has asked my class to compile either a journal or a blog to commemorate our projects, mess ups, and learning curves. I have done a fair bit of baking…
allie in wonderland 