LET THEM EAT CAKE

My daughter has just finished her final course, Professional Cake Decorating, to earn her certificate from the Culinary Department at Long Beach City College for her Baking Certificate.

I thought I would share with you some of the cakes she has made during this semester and the last couple of years. I am having trouble getting the photos in the proper sequence so they are out of order date wise.

Her cakes not only look good but they are yummy as well as everything is made from scratch using the best of ingredients.

This carrot cake was for friend's birthday June 27, 2006

This cake was made as part of her Introduction to Chocolate class April 27, 2006

A birthday cake she made for me to take to school on April 5, 2006

The filling was real whipped cream with cherries

One of the girls in her baking class asked her to make this cake for a party she was having on April 21, 2006

This cake was made on April 25, 2006 to thank a couple who had been helping with the college group at her church and they were going into a different ministry.

This is a closeup of how she makes roses. She took two semester's of Work Service classes for credit at Rossmoore Pastries which is a very well known local bakery in the area and that is where she learned to do them.

More of the roses

This is one of the first cakes she made this semester in the professional cake decorating class and they needed to learn these techniques. January 30, 2008

On February 27, 2008 they learned the basket weave

April 3, 2008 they worked with fondant

The final exam was to make a wedding cake. The inside of this cake was dense chocolate with chocolate chips, whipped cream filling with sliced fresh strawberries. The frosting on the outside is French butter cream made with lots of real butter and sprinkled with eatable gold which does not show up well in the photo.

She also hand dipped large fresh strawberries (purchased at a stand not the grocery store) in dark chocolate and then drizzled the white chocolate over them.

The staff at my school was the recipient of most of the cakes she made in class. They were complimentary of them all but especially this last one. One teacher said it was the best cake she had ever had.

I am very proud of her. This is the only photo I have of her in a chef's outfit as she does not like having her picture taken. This was from when she worked at a summer camp a few years ago and she is the one on the right.