Tuesday / Tiramisu...

Made tiramisu today... I guess I was bored... put that dumb smiley face on it. Also, made those decorative roses... tough to make... the chef did accept them.

Monday / St. Louis Torte...

Made a St. Louis torte today... almond flour w/cocoa powder cake... with layers of chocolate ganache and French praline buttercream frosting... excellent!!!

Friday / Joconde Biscuit... Lemon Curd Tart...

Finished my Joconde biscuit (almond flour w/sugar)... made a mold (sponge strip and bottom), poured Bavarian cream vanilla into it... topped with apricots and raspberries. Next... made a tart with lemon curd (the best)... with a Swiss meringue topping... then made a caramel cage and put it on top of the tart... turned out pretty well!!!

Wednesday / Savarin/Baba...

Made babas today... spongy with spiced rum, apricot glaze, whipped cream and a raspberry on top... tasty. Finished off our pastillage (hard powdered sugar)... tons of effort... that is the best centerpiece I could do... then made "poured sugar"... sugar bowls!!!

Monday / Eclairs...

Eclairs today... damn good.

All Good...

So... all good so far at LCB... made the honor roll... ha! and got a community service award too... which I received that cheap medal... the two pins are from the school president... 4.0 honor roll. I won't make 4.0 this third term... got a "B" in Meat/Seafood... plus working too... and goofed up in Advance Baking already... fun!!!

Friday / Chocolate Mousse & Baked Alaskan...

Today... we finished off our baked Alaskans... it is crème anglaise (like vanilla bean ice cream) with a toasted Italian meringue topping. Then... we made a chocolate mousse torte. Also, finished off our Swedish meringue... made tiny designs to put on stuff.

Wednesday / Napoleans...

Made napoleans today... tasty!!! Finished off our mini cheesecakes with an apricot topping... I goofed around and stacked a few together... then frosted-off the pâte sucrée... that whipped cream is amazing tasting too... gave them all away!!!

Tuesday / More Chocolate...

We finished off our 3-layer chocolate cakes with chocolate buttercream frosting... with a "ganachar a glacer" topping. I received only a "good" score... too much topping... you can see the chocolate dripping between the cut slices. Also finished off our pâte sucrée... filled it with our chocolate cream filling... it is dome-shaped... received a "very good" score. Also... made mini cheesecakes... we'll finish them tomorrow. Ah... the cake... I gave it away... way too big, too much to eat!!!

Chocolate Day...

Finally back to cooking... baking to be exact. Made a chocolate cream filling and a chocolate french buttercream frosting. We also frosted 3-layer cakes today... finishing them tomorrow. We even made pâte sucrée (sweetened dough)... probably use our cream filling with the pâte sucrée.