I am back!!
As you can see, there has been a lot of snow in NY lately, quite a bit actually. I woke up this morning I this is what it looked like. Stacey and I went out, took a few shots, and got splashed by a car that drove past. It was like one of those movie scenes, you know?


Since I'm done with all my tests for this semester, I focused on making flowers for the Advanced Pastry class. We all got an imaginary scenario and my team has to make a cake for the 30th year Anniversary + 5 types of mignardises (tiny, bite-sized desserts).



Since we didn't have time to finish the flowers, I made them this weekend, which was very relaxing and fun to do. Gumpaste flowers are really one of my favorite things and it's crazy how real they look when they're done. Once you get the basic technique, you can do any flower you think of. I have this fantastic book by Alan Dunn, which gives you step by step instructions for these wonderful creations.



Once the cake and mignardise are done, I will do a post on it! ;)
Until than, stay warm!