Written Final

Well I've had some of the family asking what kind of questions are on the written part of my finals so I thought I would post a few sample questions that were on my test today. Quiz yourself and see how much you know!!
1. What is the difference between a Genoise cake and a Chiffon Cake?
2. What temperature do you cook the simple syrup to when making an Italian Buttercream?
3. Name the two types of pastry dough that can be used when making a Napoleon?
4. What do you add to pastry cream to make a Mouselline?
5. Name two natural leaveners
6. Name two chemical leaveners
7. Name the four types of Buttercream frostings
8. To what stage do you cook creme anglaise?
9. What piece of equipment should always be used to heat chocolate?
10. Name the mixing method in making a chiffon cake






Answers:
1. A Genoise cake is a whole egg sponge cake while a Chiffon cake is spong cake using only the egg whites
2. 240 degrees
3. Phyllo and Puff Pastry
4. Whipped Cream
5. Yeast and Steam
6. Baking Powder and Baking Soda
7. Simple, Italian, Swiss, and French
8. Nappe Stage
9. Double Boiler
10. Separated Sponge Method

So how did ya'll do?????

FINALS!!!!

Well, I can't believe it but I already made it to the end of another quarter. I still have another week of school, but they decided to do the finals the second to last week of school. (No idea why, pretty retarded if you ask me, but whatever!) This was our final project. It's called a Buche De' Noel. It's a traditional Jewish holiday dessert, that is made to look like a log. Normal people call it a Yule log, I'm sure many of you have seen them in christmas catalogs. But since it's not christmas, I decided to make it look like an easter log!! I wish the picture was better though. The final went well though, I got an A, YEAH!! I guess the hardwork paid off again. Tomorrow we have the written final, I just hope I do as well on that one as I did on the practical final today.

Buche De' Noel

Or in my case Buche De' Easter!!

Catch up on last 6 months

MY FIRST DEER!! One of the top 3 highlights of my life so far!!!
I was christened "A Deer Slayer" that day, with blood from my deer!

At an old fashioned village on Long Island
Cookies I made for a friend in the Marines
Damilyn and me at the Christmas Tree in Rockefeller Center
Damilyn took me to see the Radio City Rockettes for my birthday
It was the 75th anniversary for the Rockettes

Some friends and me at a New York Giants football game. Coolest thing ever!!
View of NY from across the Hudson River
Taken from on top of the Empire State Building
Amy and me in Central Park
Lighting of the Long Island Christmas Tree

I feel really bad because I haven't exactly been the greatest at keeping my family up to date or sending pictures of what I've been doing. So I am going to post a few pics of a few of the cool things I've done since living here in the big city.

First Blog Entry

Bread Pudding and Roasted Mango
Yes I know, the uniforms are SOOO not flattering.

Last quarter's kitchen final. (which I got an A on thank you very much!!)
Chef Conte and me

Italian Torte
Birthday Cake

Bavarian Cream Cake

Well my sisters have all started doing a blog and have been trying to get me to for a while, so here you go girls! Although I must warn that it may be somewhat boring because being single and all I don't have a lot of pictures and great things to say about a husband or the kids I don't have. The most exciting thing I could post would probably be pictures of the things I'm making in class, which is fun and exciting for me but probably not for everyone else. Oh well. So I've posted some pictures of a few of the things I've made so far.
For those of you who don't know, I am attending pastry school in New York City. I moved out here at the end of September 2007, so I've been here about 6 months. Wow, I am now an official resident of New York State. Never thought I would ever be able to say that!! It's funny where life leads you. I really love my school and everything I'm learning, and I enjoyed the city for a while, but these country roots just won't go away. Luckily I have a second family that lives in upstate New York, not too far from Albany and they are nice enough to let me come stay with them on weekends occasionally so I can get away from the city and do some real work for a change, like loading hay and chopping wood. I love it and am very grateful for them.
That's the other new exciting news. As part of the curriculum for school, we are required to complete 200 internship hours the last quarter of school and I will be starting my final quarter in April. They normally don't let you go more than 50 miles away from Manhattan but I convinced the school to allow me to do my internship at a cake shop upstate that I really want to work at which is about 250 miles away from the school. They finally agreed and then I was able to get the owner of the cake shop to agree to take me on as an intern. YEAH!! So now I will be able to spend more time away from the city and then once I graduate in June, move upstate permanently and work at the cake shop.
Everything is just falling into place. The Lord has truly blessed me, and taken care of me throughout all of this. I am so grateful for the gospel and the guidance we receive from it.
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