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I've been going through some pictures to see what I still have to post about from school. There's a ton. But I found some more from one of my first classes on bread. This other post didn't seem to cover all of the variety we actually did in that class.

For only being in this class for 3 weeks, I probably made 30 to 40 different things.

Below: focaccia, foccacia pizza, apple turnovers, palmiers, cream horns, pretzels, pretzel sandwiches, sesame bagels, raisin bread, bear claw, schnecken, fruit danish, feta and spinach croissant, ham and swiss croissant, broccoli (?) croissant, danish loaves, cheese braids, cheese and cherry braid, cottage cheese dill roll... (hang on I have to catch my breath).... olive roll, bialy's, and cinnamon raisin bagel.

geez.

Feeling Sleepy?

Recently I took a trip to Disneyland. It's the happiest place on earth, but it's the perfect place to take naps.

http://mysleepydayatdisney.tumblr.com/

A lot of other people get really sleepy at Disney too. That picture of the girl is not me. It's an open blog, so feel free to post any incidents of a tired day at Disneyland.

Pure Cane

So most of you have probably heard about sugar sculptures. They've had challenges on the Food Network before where people have to create massive showpieces. Sugar sculptures are large pieces of artwork made entirely of sugar. There are three techniques for this: blown, pulled, and cast. Cast sugar is when you get some sort of mold and pour the sugar solution in and let it set. You can basically use any sort of mold as long as it withstands extremely hot sugar. Pulled is when you take pieces of sugar, and while under a heat lamp, you work with it and make it into whatever your little heart desires. Blown sugar is by far the most difficult technique to master. While the sugar is warm and pliable, a small hand pump and hose is attached to the sugar and you physically blow air into it so it expands like a balloon. If somebody is really good at it, they can make anything in 3D. It is really difficult to just get a nice sphere.

We spent some time doing these techniques in school. It was one of the hardest techniques we learned. It's definitely time consuming, and it tests your patience. However, once somebody gets really good at it, it's really pretty amazing. I saw some things that would blow your mind.




So the first two are examples of cast, pulled, and blown sugar all done by me. The last photo is of a swan my chef made. This utilized the pulled and blown methods. He made the ribbon by pulling different colors of sugar and putting them together, and the swan was blown and shaped as the air was blown into it.

Where was I Wisconsin?

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=711&sid=9383251

So this guy was all, "I think Rocky Mountain High gets me high." And then it was all he could do to keep himself from freaking out.

I can't say that I haven't sung Grandma's Feather Bed out loud in the car. Going to Jackson Hole. With my in-laws.

omg. And to think all I needed was on Craigslist

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http://saltlakecity.craigslist.org/zip/1560853619.html

http://saltlakecity.craigslist.org/grd/1561124569.html

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It came and went rather quickly

So what do you think? Chances are I'm going to be changing the picture up there every now and then. I tend to get bored.

So a couple of weeks ago I was able to do a wedding cake for a lovely girl who got married on New Years Eve. I was so flattered that she was excited and took a chance on a recent graduate. She had a really great idea for this cake. She wanted chocolate cake with a hazelnut filling. I didn't have a recipe for that, so I got to play around come up with one. She wanted buttercream, not fondant, for the covering. I threw in an extra 8 inch cake to make sure she had enough for all of her guests.

I just have a small kitchenaid mixer, so 4 days, 5 times the chocolate cake recipe and 6 times the buttercream recipe later I had a cake to deliver. I was told later that people went back for seconds. That's all I needed to hear. Success!




He was a complete life saver. He's got a smile and everything.

it's anonymous

Alright, the votes are in. This blog is getting an overhaul. By the way my vote is the only one that counts.

Stay tuned.