Wednesday, November 18th

Yesterday we made delicious coconut macaroons dipped in chocolate. Since I wasn't feeling well, I went directly home and they went in the garbage. We also made lemon Madeline's, and since NO ONE'S came out (including Chef's), those were trashed as well. We also made the cake that would become our petite fours, which we finished today:



They don't look like much, do they? Well Ill tell you what: they are tedious, time consuming and obscenely sweet. After making the cake, it is split into thirds and stacked between layers of really sweet jam, and then frozen overnight. The following day, the cake is cut into squares, diamonds, triangles, circles, whatever. Next, fondant must be made and kneaded to the appropriate and pourable texture, then colored if desired. Then fondant is messily spilled over the cakes (and hopefully yours don't fall over like many of ours did), and then the cakes must set. Finally, they are moved to a clean sheet and piped with chocolate on the top. Good luck on making them all look the same. For our final, we will have to create a dozen identical petite fours. I need to go to bed now.