Saturday, March 27, 2010

Almost home...filming done

Hello all!

So filming finished last saturday, and now we are on to the daily grind. It will be a literal grind next week! We have about 12 caeks to fill, ice and fondant....they will probably be wedding cakes. I only know one of them. Haha.

I finished my first cake all by myself this week! It was quite awesome. I found it to be really pretty...a simple, yet elegant Tiffany Box. The lady, Nazi wanted it to be blinged out! So i got the priviledge of putting all of the rhinestones on it. haha. yea...that took a while! But it ended up to be a very gorgeous cake!



I also made a keyboard out of chocolate and chocolate fondant. It is going to go with our Steam Funk( i think) cake. It is quite a cute cake! Unfortunately I am not able to put pictures of the finished cake up. Sadly...But here is the keyboard!



Did you know that there is Gelatinous Mutant Coconut? Yea, we went to a Filipino market haha...I got to get my Ube Spread, Marjie all of her favorite childhood food and then we feasted on yumminess! :) I shall have some yummy Ube Toast tomorrow! Woot! haha

Now...I'm listening to UFC fights in the background and my cousin's Ohhhh!!!! and Oooohhh!!! and ....mannnnn..haha...so entertaining..

Things I learned today:

1.) Chris runs an asian sweatshop! haha not..haha
2.) Steaming leaves without wires sucks cause it steam burns...

Monday, March 15, 2010

good weekend :)

SO this weekend was much needed. After the long week of filming, i don't think sleeping in has ever felt better! Ahh the life of a foodie :) Aren't I right? haha.

So I ate In 'n Out on sunday. I'm not sure if i was as impressed with it. It wasn't all that people cracked it up to be. Or maybe I blew it up in my mind larger than I should have? I am not quite sure which it is, but everybody should be happy...I ate a hamburger and I have eaten In 'n Out.

Tonight I made a yummy dinner :P It was Grilled chicken, Spinach/Avocado/Tomato/Zucchini salad, Sweet potato fries and aioli. Then for dessert...Grapefruit curd with fresh blueberries and granola. Super delicious and fresh!



Things I learned today:
1.) 3D glasses are funny
2.) Believing you are strong is a hard thing, but that is what God's shoulder is for.
3.) 80* feels very nice :)

FUN FACT #21: i come home in T-minus 4 weeks!!!! I cannot explain how happy that makes me!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Day one...

So we started the treachery today! No, i'm just kidding. It was filming, day one!
not too bad. Allot of bodies, but not too bad. The film people are nice, and entertainig.

My espresso cookies are beginning to be quite popular! Which makes me happy. I might do what Chef Mullins told me to do when i was in school. Make a chili pepper oreo! I took these and put chili in instead of espresso! It worked and they loved it! haha. Just wanted a cream filling.

This time I am sticking to the originals cause that is what were ordered! :)
But they are loved and it makes me happy that they are!



Tomorrow is day two of the filming! should be interesting ahaha. I have more hydrangea's to make. All well, practice with working with gumpaste, so i'm glad i get that experience!

Things I learned today:

1.) Stressing isn't the key to everything
2.) Blushing sucks
3.) you must learn to run to God because running to people is only temporary.


FUN FACTS #19: Rachel Ray does annoy people.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Vegan...hmmm...

So last night I was supposed to make sticky buns with Zoe, but didn't because i got home a little late! So..we made cupcakes! I searched my favorite foodie website, www.tastespotting.com, for a recipe. Found a vegan one!

It was interesting. I used vinegar. Took me a sec to figure it out, but you know those volcanoes you make in school? Well, the same effect here! Except with delicious chocolate batter wrapped around the gas bubbles!

The came out gorgeous! Moist, but not too dense, i was very happy with them. I am going to try and make vanilla ones next. Just so that my sister can have them. and maybe she will have an egg-less cake! :) we'll see what happens!




Then at work today, i made like...a billion hydrangeas. Then Chris got back and said, i want more purple. Woo! Oh well, I suppose i'll be extremely good at making them by the time June rolls around and I make my cousin's wedding cake!
Hydrangeas aer easy, but you gotta be careful cause they break real easy!!
I broke more than i wanted to.

But that's all good.

Things I learned today:
1.) being in a bakery is fun
2.) my life is just crazy, but super fun!

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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Oh so tiring.

THere isn't much to report, but that I did get to go to the beach again this weekend! That was very nice. AND i tried a different church. That was nice as well! Just like my other church at home! Goodness I miss Calvary! You guys have no idea!
Funny that I want to travel more, eh?
Not that I have funds to.

I did make sticky buns, but they ended up all going to the Larsons rather than home..haha. At least they got eaten! NOw i feel like cookign again, but i don't know what. I should have a plan though cause..haha..it is best if i don't just cook on a whim.

I did alllmost kidna sorta get four cakes done. Kinda not really. Got them all filled and iced! One got fully scraped and one alllmost fully scraped. I did only ok. Last week was definitely better. But that is ok. It feels like it will be a good week. Though I'm a little tired.

I got some really beautiful pics at the beach yesterday! So here they are!






Things I learned today:

1.) I grip the steering wheel really hard when i think while i drive. (ouch)
2.) I actually like the smell at the beach.

FUN FACTS #18: Psalm 29:4 is a good verse to read and remember.