The last Cake

Since my mom’s birthday and a lot of other people I know birthday are coming up. I’ve to use the brownie recipe I got from baking and pastry. When my table and I made those delicious brownies, I was thinking when I should make them again. Now, I’ve found the perfect time to use this recipe. But, I’m kind of sad I think this will be my last blog post since it’s may and almost time for finals.

   I have to say a few things, when I first got to Baking and Pastry I didn’t know how to make a pie let alone a simple brownie. But through one semester and a lot of fun classes, good partners and helpful teachers, I can now melt chocolate, and fill cupcakes. What I mean to say is, Baking and Pastry has really taught me a lot. On Friday before my aunt comes to celebrate her 50^th birthday, I’m going to make a cake from scratch. But the one thing I have to say was the best thing to make in Baking and Pastry were the pretzels.

    They were amazing, tasted delicious and were so much fun to make, the doughnuts. They were fun too but there were a lot more to make. But making them, using the kitchen and enjoying time with my partners. They came out, amazing and we’re fun making them too.

   Now, one semester won’t make me a master at the art of Pastry making, but I’ve learned a lot. Even though I tend to add too much lemon zest in the lemon square, or sometimes I need a second opinion, but this class was amazing.

     I have to admit, I have to say this year has been great, even my phone thinks this class is great. I texted my friend saying I was in Baking and Pastry but, it turned into “Baking and Mastery”. So, even though I have about two weeks for this class, I intend to make them the best days, because now I can do so much more than before. Thanks Mrs. Hoagland, you’ve made this semester great! Now, to go bake a cake for my aunt using the skills from this class! Rory .S ~

Connor LeMay Today my group made macaroons and even though we didn’t get to bake them they were really good. To make them we had to whip egg whites into a meringue. A meringue is when egg whites are whipped with sugar until they stiffen and make almost like a frosting. I was really excited to make this because I tried once before to make meringue but I didn’t know what to do with it. I made a meringue then and added clove, cinnamon and nutmeg then put it in the oven to toast. If you do this they taste like marshmallows and it’s really good. This weekend I think that I’m going to try and recreate the macaroons and this time I’ll be able to taste them cooked not raw like in class. After class, I looked up more recipes that involve meringue and one that I really wanted to try is Baked Alaska. It’s an old dessert that was really expensive but it stopped being popular because everyone did it. Baked Alaska is cake with a scope of ice cream on it then meringue piped over the whole thing. To finish you take a torch and toast the whole thing, the tricky part is that if you don’t cover the whole thing then the ice cream melts and it is supposed to stay cold. This is a recipe I really want to make but I don’t think that my family would enjoy it and thatll be a lot of work.