In the beginning of the course, there were many, many cookies
to be baked. One of my new favorites was the Birdsnest cookie.
Cookies
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Filling Catering orders for VCC, we made chocolate dipped
shortbread fingers, chocolate chip cookies, sugar cookies and sand
cookies. In a later course, we moved into special order sugar
cookies.
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Breads and Buns I was really excited to gain experience with
yeast dough's. Bread was something I had always wanted to learn
more about and practice. I loved working with the dough, learning
different ways to shape and mold the loaves. Having the chance to
use the bun divider was a great time saving lesson that has already
come in handy at my work experience placement
Slide 5
Coffee cakes, Cinnamon buns, and Cinnamon Knots
Slide 6
Braided Challah Bread and Fancy Buns These were some of my
favorite bread products to learn, in terms of new techniques.
Learning how to braid the dough was a bit of a learning curve, but
I loved how the loaves looked when baked. The different knots that
could be used for the fancy buns was also a great skill to learn.
Our group decided to sprinkle the buns with rosemary, and coarse
salt, they were DELICIOUS! I filled my freezer with both
products.
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Individual and Group Projects Above, are the tarts I designed
as part of an individual project, for a potential food truck/ pie
shop ( A lemon, feta, and asparagus quiche, a peach raspberry and
ginger tart, and a passionfruit orange and guava meringue tart). To
the left are the grain free, sugar free dog cookies I designed with
another classmate for our merchandising project. We decorated the
bakery with puppy pictures, had a draw for some dog toys, and
donated a portion of sales to a local dog rescue society. (The
cookies are decorated with carob, and totally dog safe)
Slide 8
French Pastries, Tarts and Individual Desserts
Slide 9
Chocolate! So much work, but so rewarding.
Slide 10
Cake Design and Piping Practice makes perfect they say, and boy
did I ever get a lot of practice! (Angel food cake, Buttercream
Cakes, Mousse Cakes)
Slide 11
Classic Yule Log, and a Chocolate, Banana and Peanut Butter
Mousse Yule Log, with decorative sponge Christmas Baking
Slide 12
Cheesecake, Mousse Cakes, Full-slab Carrot Cake, and special
occasion Fondant Cakes
Slide 13
Wedding cake design Royal Icing Only, and Fondant with Royal
Icing borders and Fondant flowers