More cake!!!

Yep, the second week of cake. It was even BETTER than the first week because we got to finish what we’d started and EAT THEM. OH yes. And they are just scrumptious!!

Yeah, I go to class to get some of THIS (it’s VERY important to taste everything ;) hee hee):
 
But first, my whipped cream story. Well, basically, Eva and I over-whipped our whipped cream. I don’t even remember what we were making, but we didn’t really want the cream that whipped to begin with. Hm. I think it was for the mousse. Anyway, I was at the stove and Eva went to do dishes…and for the moment, we forgot about it. Oops. Over-whipped the cream. We weren’t sure if we could save it or not, but I got the lucky task of taking it up to Chef Sebastien and asking if there was anything we could do. So I took it up there, and asked. Chef said that we’d have to do it over, there wasn’t any way to save it for the recipe. He picked up the whisk, and messed with it for a second, got this look on his face and asked “does it smell funny to you?”, as he sniffed it. He held it out for me to smell, I leaned in (like a gullible goof) and he shoved the whisk into my nose! So i got whipped cream up my nose. Lovely, I know. He started laughing and told me to cover it, put it in the cooler and to do it again. That’s what I get!! Later he was kind enough to point out that that’s the oldest trick in the book. And I fell for it. Yes, thank you Chef ;)

The over-whipped culprit
 
But all the rest of the week…I’m pretty sure he was out to get me…;)

Anyway, this week was finishing. We finished all the cakes that we made layers and inserts for. We all got to taste Chef’s cakes and they were AMAZING. The ones we made turned out pretty good too! And now, for your viewing pleasure…(try not to drool, I know, it’s hard)

Chocolate Cake
Le Frasier (Strawberry) Cake
Almond/Lemon/Peach Cake (LEMON CREAM!!!!!!!!) Obviously, this one was my favorite :) :) :)

These weren’t like any cake I’d ever had. And it has changed cake for me forEVER. So yummy.

We were evaluated on our frosting and covering skills. My frosting wasn’t the greatest, the frosting was a different consistency than I am used to, so it was difficult for me to work with it, but I didn’t do too shabby.


We were also evaluated on covering the cakes in marzipan and fondant. And I actually did a really good job!! Even with the fondant! And, like a goof, I forgot to take a picture. And then my cake carrier’s bottom fell out on me on my way to the train station, so my fabulous job on fondant fell to the ground and got dented anyway. Just my luck. Oh well.

I was so excited to put together the almond/lemon/peach cake and take it home. Yes, it’s mostly because of the lemon cream. When we put it together, there was left over lemon cream stuck on the parchment paper…and well…I was hungry…
Okay, so I might be totally slightly addicted.  

Anyway, we got so much done this week, that we got a couple of extra recipes in. We also watched Chef make butter. (Using MY over whipped cream, by the way. Remember? The stuff he shoved into my nose? Yeah, it got turned into butter…) This is Chef washing the butter, once the butter and buttermilk had separated. Have you ever seen that happen by the way? It’s pretty crazy.
    
And that was pretty much my week! The fridge and freezer are now STUFFED with cake that I brought home and I know you all wish you were here eating it with me ;)

Random news. I won another online giveaway!! hee hee! love it! Remember when I won reuseable bags? Yeah, that was really awesome. And last week I won Bakerella’s new Cake Pops book and a starter pack of Mod Podge!! SO COOL.
I can’t wait to try these. 

More random news. We’re speaking in church tomorrow. And I didn’t remember until Thursday. Oh man. But I’m all prepared now. I’m just forcing myself NOT to think about the fact that I’ll be speaking in front of a large group. I’m NOT thinking about it. NOPE. Not thinking about it!

Random thought. Is it just me, or is everyone obsessed with owls these days?