So It's Been a While...

I have actually had a busy week, though there were plenty of opportunities (i.e. rainy weekends) when I could have posted but didn't. Now, however, it is the end of the halfway point of the pâtisserie course, and I feel like I should catch up a bit. My favorite recent creation was Black Forest Cake, simply because I love cakes--the creation, decoration, and dégustation...haha. I gave most of it away to willing tasters, and here's the leftover.Then I made choux pastry for chocolate éclairs, coffee réligeuses, and chantilly swans. I should probably start taking photos before bringing my food home, for I'm afraid that after my swan was crammed in a box and re-assembled, it looked quite sad (but eating it took away the misery).

On Friday, we made Petits Fours Secs, or little cookies--cigarettes (I had to roll thin cookies around a spoon just when they came out of the oven--ouch!), madeleines (I piped the batter into molds and they look like seashells), and palets de dames (little round discs, plain and with raisins). They turned out pretty well, but what a relief it will be working with cakes again this coming week!