Since school started in the summer of 09 I have had many people genuinely ask me how I was doing, so with some encouragement (thanks Lara) I decided to start a blog. To everyone who wants to know what LeCordon Bleu is like… this one is for you!
Every three weeks I am in a new kitchen with a new Chef and a new subject. I have taken classes from bread baking to cake decorating. My last class was cake decorating techniques, we worked with fondant and modeling chocolate. In this class I had to make a child’s theme cake. I made mine after the book The Rainbow Fish. The fish are hand made out of modeling chocolate. The waves, scales and seaweed are made out of pastillage and painted with cocoa butter. Pastillage is the same thing as Necco Wafers, or the valentine candy hearts. The cake itself is Styrofoam and covered in chocolate fondant. My next big project in this class was my wedding cake. It is covered in fondant and the flowers were hand made with gum paste. The bottom tier has a faint paisley imprint. The middle tier has silver strips of fondant, and the top tier has dots of royal icing. The inspiration of this cake came from my parent’s wedding cake.
Every three weeks I am in a new kitchen with a new Chef and a new subject. I have taken classes from bread baking to cake decorating. My last class was cake decorating techniques, we worked with fondant and modeling chocolate. In this class I had to make a child’s theme cake. I made mine after the book The Rainbow Fish. The fish are hand made out of modeling chocolate. The waves, scales and seaweed are made out of pastillage and painted with cocoa butter. Pastillage is the same thing as Necco Wafers, or the valentine candy hearts. The cake itself is Styrofoam and covered in chocolate fondant. My next big project in this class was my wedding cake. It is covered in fondant and the flowers were hand made with gum paste. The bottom tier has a faint paisley imprint. The middle tier has silver strips of fondant, and the top tier has dots of royal icing. The inspiration of this cake came from my parent’s wedding cake.
WOW! What a great job Hannah! Both of the cakes are beautiful. In this house, we love the fish one best (go figure!). Keep up the great work!
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