Wedding Cake Massacre

You guys, it's been three weeks since I've been in a classroom.  Three weeks!?!  I haven't had time to miss it because, trust me, I'm getting plenty of quality bake time at my externship - which I love.

But I also just realized I never shared the beautious joy that was the wedding cake I made.  It was a huge project and one of the most social.  Oh, I made everything myself, but when you're sitting around making fake flowers by the dozen, there's not a lot else to do but chat with your neighbor.  I should note that I never had to bake an actual cake for this project; it was constructed on foam blanks because it took about 8 days from start to finish and a real cake wouldn't have been able to withstand that.

Without further ado:

And it came to pass that there was to be a wedding cake, and that cake would have three tiers, and each tier would be layered in fondant, and each layer would have a focus flower and each focus flower would beget a filler flower.

And it was good.

Julie Andrews Ate My Muffin

It's been two weeks since classes have ended at Giant Corporate Cooking School, how have I been spending them?

Working.

Or technically externing.  So far I kind of love it.  It's hard work and I'm still getting up ass early in the morning, but it's been a really enjoyable experience.  For one thing, unlike my stage at a certain other place, I actually get to do stuff.  Like make English muffins.  Yes, if I have to do it for years, I will either find it tedious or think of it as a physical white noise, just something I do without thinking.  But as for now, I've made the recipe maybe a dozen times and I can see how things like the weather and forgetting the salt alter the recipe.  I make decent English muffins right now.  By the end of this, my English muffins are going to rock.

Speaking of English muffins, a certain English rose enjoyed one of mind.  Julie Andrews came into the restaurant and got eggs benedict.  You guys, Mary Poppins/Maria von Trapp ate my muffin!  Only in LA.