As the school year comes to an end, it's also the beginning of summer.
What's better than to have a cook off with frozen desert?
Our first battle was Sorbet
Luckily, after the class has voted, I won by one vote.
I probably just got lucky, but it gives me more motivation to make even better frozen desert for Round 2
For Sorbet, I chose to use Lychee
Though it was canned, you can still smell the aroma of this tropical lovely fruit.
(Fresh versions are a pain to eat due to the rough spiky skin)


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The Cake Unit comes to an end, finishing off with our own individual Tiered Cake
I decided to make a natural waterfall, using icing and fondant to finish off.
Though I was rushed, the final product turned out to be fine.
I really love my waterfall.
(Again, I apologize for the single photo post)


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Up next is the Pavlova, pretty much pure egg whites, no flour.
It's Folding Time!
We bought some fresh berries to serve with this "cake"
The lab after this was the Alaska Cake,
Which is a combination of Pavlova, Ice Cream, and More Cake
Unfortunately, I do not have photos for the lab.
Here, enjoy the only Pavlova Photo I have =P


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The Jazz Cabaret successfully ended, and we continue with our cakes.
Our second cake is Alton Brown's Coconut Cake with 7 Minute Frosting.
It was creamy and delicious and very coconuty


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As we continue with the higher level cakes,
We take a short pause for the school's annual Jazz Cabaret
In this period of time, all food classes help and work to bring together the food and snacks being served that night.


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After the delicious Cheesy labs,
We've started to make higher level cakes.
To begin with, we started with the Angel Food Cake
A light spongy white cake that's relatively healthy and delicious.


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After February, we went on a field trip to buy Cheese!
I love cheese.
I love the taste, the smell, the texture, and how it mixes with other food when heated.
For this lab, we each chose a cheese and made grilled cheese sandwiches.
Most people voted the cheese I used as the most suitable cheese for Grilled Cheese Sandwiches.


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February comes to an end with our chocolate lab.
In this lab, we melted down chocolate and "painted" them into molds.
We then cool them in the fridge and make them Art


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Anyone up for Thanksgiving Dinner? =D
It's a full Roasted Chicken.
Took a while but it was totally worth it.
The gravy and the juice of the chicken matched amazingly.


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For Valentine's, our lab was the Dark Chocolate Souffle.
It was time consuming but it was worth it.
It's like a molten lava cake, but more smooth.



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Opps, Nearly forgot... Our final brunch lab was to each research a recipe that covered all food groups.

Me: Strawberry Cream Filled French Toast
Wendy: Yogurt Smoothie
Alex: Fruit Salad
Joon: Eggs Benedict

We went overtime a lot, but everything turned out fine.
The food was kinda cold but I'm sure it'd be great if it was just fresh out.



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After Sauces, Soups.
This pureed soup was amazingly delicious and easy to make.
It was the first soup I have ever made that used a blender. (Not a lot of experience)


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Day 2 of our Sauce Series - Any type of pasta with Tomato Sauce.
We chose to do Gnocchi.
It was a really time consuming process, but I really liked the final product.
 
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Right after Brunch, we moved onto Sauces.
Working with mother sauces, we've came up with a recipe.
Lasagna with Buchamel Sauce.
Did I mention Lasagna is my Favorite Food? =D


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After our Fritata Lab, we went on a field trip.
Destination: Dennys.

Alex ordered: Steak Eggs Benedict + Cranberry Juice
Wendy ordered: Pancakes + Strawberry Flavoured Soda
I ordered: Grand Slam + Chocolate Milk

Fantastic Experience, would do it again if given the chance!
 


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After our Christmas Cookies, we've moved onto brunch.
The first recipe we tackled was a ham, asparagus fritata.
It was slightly overcooked, so the egg wasn't as tender, but it turned out fine.



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Day 4 - Chocolate Strawberry Stackers.
This is the last recipe for our Christmas Cookie Series,
Brought to us by our own Wendy.
It was a fairy easy recipe, but quite messy.
Here are the results.



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Day 3: Christmas Macaroons
This recipe was brought to us by our Joon.
However, it didn't turn out correctly like it should =(
We kinda rushed it because he didn't tell our teacher the equipment we needed.
Anyways, the shell was alright.
I wouldn't attempt this recipe again.
 Macaroons are a high difficulty food to make, and I'm too lazy anyways =P


 

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Day 2: Snowflake Cookies
I found a good chocolate chip recipe to work with, and created this Snowflake Cookie.
(Spent around 20 minutes cutting snowflakes was extremely fun but tiring)

After asking people how it taste, all of them really liked it. Would I make this again? Probably not.. The finalized dough was great to work with, but the whole kneading process took forever.
 
 
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During Christmas (Yes I know this is extremely behind)
We each researched our own recipes.
Day 1: Peanut Butter Nanaimo Bars

Results:
They were extrmely sweet, but I guess it's a great source of energy.
Perfect for pre-game snacks.
 



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 This recipe is amazing! A must share, and will post later.
I've never had Wellington before, but after this... I must make more!






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Can't believe we actually finished it!
Here it is Ladies and Gentlemen, Please enjoy =D

 
 


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We only had 2 days in total... Let the work begin!
 



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I call this, da ABC
It stands for Aero's Bloody Cupcake
It was supposed to have broken glass (sugar glass)
But, it didn't turn out correctly =(

Here is how Pure Vanilla Cupcakes get drenched in Blood-like Strawberry Coulis






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This is guided by our Wendy.
It took a while, but it was a nice experience.
It was extremely sweet though...



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This Halloween related recipe was guided by our Alex.
The first time, it sorta screwed up, but the second turned out alright.

This is me enjoying leftover glaze =P


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A recipe guided by our Joon!
These creepy short breads were so creepy that it might have helped increase my marks in other subjects =P

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Due to grade 12 stress, and a bunch of other things happening, I have officially lost track of time. Here's an opportunity to go Back in Time!

After the Cook Off for the Biscuits, we made Rice Pilaf.
It looked great! Except we forgot to take out the salt from the recipe.
Note: Broth contains sodium, when using a recipe that requires broth, Salt can be omitted!


Mmmmmm Cheeeeeese <3 Makes everything gooood =D

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Simon and Joon's Biscuits

Alex and Wendy's Biscuits

Both Biscuits - halved, on serving platters.
Left (Yellow) - Alex and Wendy's
Right (White) - Simon and Joon's

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Results:
Round 2 - TIED
Apparently, we had better structure,
However, Wendy and Alex's biscuits have more flavour?
(Someone added extra shortening -.-)

Score:
Simon: 1
Joon: 1
Alex: 2
Wendy: 2
(Tied = everyone plus 1)

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Left: Me holding the Chocolate Vanilla Swirl Muffin - By Joon and me.
Right: Alex holding the Pineapple Coconut Muffin - By Wendy and Alex

Both Muffins - Close Shot
Left: Chocolate Vanilla Swirl Muffin
Right: Pineapple Coconut Muffin

Pineapple Coconut Muffins - By: Alex and Wendy

Chocolate Vanilla Swirl Muffins - By Simon and Joon
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Results:

Sadly, we lost =(
But no worries, because it's just begun! >=D

Wendy: 1
Alex: 1
Joon:...
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Results:
It was supposed to be a spice tasting lab, so honestly, I did not enjoy it that much. My favorite one would be the cookie with "Vanilla", and my least favorite one, well as much as I love using "Star Anise", it does not go well in a cookie...

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It was a good start to the year, a not-so-complicated recipe to begin with. The people that ate it enjoyed it. I found it nice, but it's just not my style? I wouldn't make it because I'm not a fan of fruits in desserts. I like having them separately.


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