IMPROVING MY BAKING SKILLS

I was very busy this morning because I was going through my cooking notes or my baking notes from the culinary school. I have to prepare myself because I will be joining a baking competition this end of December. I am studying to bake several cakes and breads that I will be submitting this to the board. I have to prepare myself for the event. I also got some help from my classmates in the culinary school. They lend me some of their precious notes and I have to read these notes.

I also thanked my chef friend for allowing my to use her baking equipments. I have few of these in my restaurant because I focus on dishes and not on bake goodies. The whole day I was in her bakeshop. She also taught me some baking strategies and dough preparation for the breads that I will be baking in the contest proper.

In the icing department, I approached my baker friend and he told me some pointers in the icing making. Icing make is easy to see but hard to do. It is because you need a steady hands in the decorations. According to the committee that the board will not allow ready made flowers in the icing. They want made it on the spot. Few more days to go before the contest proper. The restaurant dishes are now handled my assistant chef in the restaurant. I also look after the food presentation even though I am preparing for the baking needs.