After a fairly successful icing day in lesson 54, I came to lesson 55 ready to decorate. We were going to ice the chocolate cakes we made in the first lesson of this mod and right away I knew I … Continue reading
Lesson 54 was one of the scariest lessons to date. I’ve always found the thought of icing a cake to be completely daunting. Nevertheless, I entered this class with an open mind and got to work creating the lemon buttercream … Continue reading
Lesson 52 introduced us to the two-step, or high-ratio, mixing method. For this class we were making a fruit financier, high-ratio pound cake, and a high-ratio fresh ginger pound cake. A high-ratio cake is easy to recognize from its list … Continue reading
Before the Mod 2 practical, I picked up my binder for Mod 3, which was to be the cake mod. So far in the program we had yet to bake a cake, brownie, cupcake or cookie (other than the 1 … Continue reading
Recently I had the pleasure of receiving some cake pops from Veronica’s Treats to review here. The package arrived and as I unwrapped it, I was greeted by these beautiful pops. So pretty that I didn’t want to eat them! … Continue reading
Our our third day we visited Montmartre and walked by the famous Boulangerie there. After coming back to the center of town we decided to walk the Champs Elysees and wound up at a delicious chocolate shop called Le et … Continue reading
On our second day in Paris we decided to take a trip to Versailles, but of course had to stop to get food for the one hour train ride and we decided to go to La Boulangerie de papa in … Continue reading
This past week, I had the joy and pleasure of being able to travel to Paris for 4 days! What ensued was a truly gastronomic experience and I can happily say that I achieved my goal of stopping for a … Continue reading
Flour is forbidden during Passover which doesn’t make having good desserts after the Seder possible that often. But what do you do if it is a family members birthday? Matzah cake? Recently, there has been a new trend to create … Continue reading