I'm finished!! (with a long picture update)

Also too, I got the externship at Crema Bakery in SE Portland, I start the 7th woohoo!!!

Brooke snapping a picture!

Kayelynne and Kyleigh enjoying "Greg"

This picture is my favorite, even though Kellen wouldn't lift her leg, lol. From left to right- Kellen, me, Suzanne, Kayelynn, and Kyleigh

Alaina looking thrilled with Justin

Yummy, yummy watermellon

Suzanne, Chef Daisy and Dustin

Kyleigh enjoying "Greg", he was quite juicy.

It was snowing, you can't tell but it snowed for most of the morning.

Me and "Greg", you'll see how he got cracked a few pix down
Buddies

She wants more then just a little kiss...

Kayelynn and Brooke bowling, this is when one of the mellons got cracked
Max. capacity, 10. I think we were way above that, we were so crammed

My class, Chef Erica is front and center and Chef Daisy is a couple rows above her with the really long pigtails. From right to left, bottom to top- Erin, Constance, Alicia, Chef Erica, Brooke, Me, Ashley, Kayelynn, Kathleen, Alaina, Kyleigh,Heather, Kellen, Suzanne, Suzette, Chris, Dustin, Chef Daisy, Megan,Christine,Grant and in the very back Justin

Crammed in the elevator again on the way back up.

Last week of school!!

I can't believe this is my last week of school! I had my working interview at Crema Bakery yesterday, I had to make red velvet cupcakes, mexican chocolate cupcakes, and eclaires. I also had to temper white chocolate and make a parchment piping cone. I did great, I'd be really surprised if I find out tomorrow that I didn't get the externship. She was really impressed that the red velvet cupcakes turned out perfect, she said its a really tricky recipe and that a lot of people don't get it right on the first try. I was really nervous I would mess totally mess up on something but everything went so smoothly. So yeah I'll find out tomorrow aternoon if I'll get the position or not =)

As for my last week, we have been working on our sugar showpieces. I finished mine 2 day early yesterday. I originally was going to do a space theme, but then decided to go with a sailor jerry theme, lol. Here are the pictures, the mouse is from Suzanne's piece but I thought it was super cute.
The anchor, rope and banner are all pulled sugar, the rock on the bottow is rock sugar, the heart is hand blown, and the green sugar in the back is bubble sugar. We cook the sugar (isomalt actually) to 330 and work with it around a temp of 200-300 depending on what you're doing with it. Needless to say, my hand are sensitive this week.

Gingerbread

This gingrebread was a project to practice multiple techniques we have learned in out candy class. I decided to go with a farm theme, may favorit was the piggy!

Kell's Irish Festival

We went to Kell's Irish Festival yesterday, I thought it was quite fun it's supposed to be the #1 St. Patricks event in the states or something like that. Kell's is this awesome Irish pub and restaurant in downtown. At 5 it became 21 and over, so it was more like a HUGE bar scene which was fun but I enjoyed all the entertainment they had during the day, like the little kids Irish dancing and the bag pipes. I absolutely love the bag pipe, they give me the chills every time I hear them. Anyway here are some picture from the festival. Oh and I have to say my favorite thing about the whole event was the men in kilts, gerr! Especially if they had Irish accents, mmm so hot =)

Shout out!

Just a quick hello to my mom, and all her bunco ladies! Hope you enjoy the pictures =)

Do ya see that... I'm wearing a TSHIRT, yep it's been a whoppin' 60 degrees the past few days. Finally getting "warm" hahaha.

Wedding week!!!

Yep I made my first wedding cake!! Did pretty good, if I do say so myself, and I got a 95% woohoo! Its a pound cake with raspberry filling, and lemon butter cream, drapped with fondant. the orchids are all hand made and painted. On top there is a hand blown sugar heart (required on the cake somewhere). Also the squiggly lines are called cornelli lace, it's a line that venre touches or crosses over) and that was also required somewhere in some form on the cake. The things sticking out the edge of the middle tier, it's called extension lace, its very tiny delicate lace work made from royal icing (also required somewhere on the cake). Everything else was up to us =)

Kellen and I, being goofs!

Blown sugar heart, and pastillage butterflies.

Top view.

Alaina, Grant and I!

All of our cakes =)