Cakes, its a Like Hate Sort of Thing.

Cakes continue in Pastry 1. We have two more days and then the exam! And then...on to level 2! I've discovered I like non-french cakes, like today we did coffee, carrot, and chocolate cupcakes. That was fine, I didn't love it, but I liked it! Tomorrow is more French...we'll see how it goes. I was reassured when the vast majority of students agreed, cakes are not their favorite either...But we're almost done, and it's been fine. I'm getting really excited for the next section which involves breads and nutrition lessons!!
It was also great to get to share a few of my pastries with my family who visited over the weekend! I never take anything home, so I was excited I had someone to take a whole cake to!
So here are all (or most) of the cakes from the past couple of days.
From Top to Bottom Left to Right:
Coffee Dacquoise (layers of coffee buttercream and meringue), Pear Charlotte Russe (Ladyfingers, pear bavarian), Chocolate Cupcakes, Carrot Cake (marzipan carrot decore), Coffee Cake, Fruit Miroir (the cake on the cover of our book!), Jaconde (pistachio bavarian, with jelly rolls on the outside), Chocolate Mousse Cake, Marjolaine 7-layer cake, Lemon Cake.