Belated post of final projects

We graduated! How exciting is that? Actually, it happened over two weeks ago, but I've been away. Our final was to make a tart or cake, a viennoiserie item, bonbons, and a petit four item, along with a showpiece to hold the tart/cake, the bonbons, and the petit fours. The theme of the showpiece was to be our favorite place. Some of us took it quite literally and others (myself included) stepped a little outside of the box. So here are (almost) all of our final projects, in no particular order:


Paula


Krystal


Claudia S.


Rachel


Ryan- his broke. It was originally a tribute to his frat


Claudia O.


Jess


Amy T.


Meghan


Kelly- hers broke, it was originally her car


Sofia


Sheron


Troy





Violetta


Josh


Kristy


Kristyn


Mine: A chocolate violin! I had a lot of fun doing this one. I love chocolate, and I love my violin, so it was perfect. The entire thing is chocolate- white, milk, and dark. Though it's not very apparent in the picture, there is woodgrain on the violin itself. I had some challenges making it- primarily in making the strings, which I unfortunately left to the last minute. In addition (After this photo was taken) the front piece of the violin came off, then broke in two overnight- whether it broke itself or someone touched it I don't know. I was fortunately able to repair it so it wasn't completely hideous for it's display after the graduation ceremony.

Wedding Cake Woes

These, in no particular order, are most of the wedding cakes made by other people in my class. Pastry II, the class below us, gave us a presentation detailing a wedding of their own creation, including all details but the design of the wedding cake. The wedding took place in St Petersburg, at the Peterhof. The colors of the wedding were deep red and white.









These are the nesting dolls on top of Claudia's cake- they did actually come apart, and did have dolls inside






Amy's cake- the middle tier is based off of the Peterhof, where the wedding took place
















Kelly's cake- the piping is based off of the bride's veil





And mine:




I felt very pressed for time, but I did complete it, and I'm mostly pleased. The bottom tier is based off of a Faberge egg, called the Lilies of the Valley egg- look it up online, it's quite beautiful. The very top is a miniature sugar paste replica of the bride's bouquet.
The cakes for all of them were the same- hazelnut sponge with creme d'or, and wildberry mousseline

Today we took our written final exam, and started our practical. Only 3 more days and then we graduate! I'll have one more round of photos when we've finished our showpieces.