June 29-July 2, 2010
I destroyed something. I feel powerful. Important lesson #10: Destroying things makes me feel powerful.
I was making coffee cake... and working very hard on it. After I had slaved over it all day hour, it was ready to go in the oven. It decided to go on the floor instead. All I can say is at least it wasn’t as bad as the time I ruined fifteen pounds of sugar at school.
So far, this is the only time I’ve really destroyed something here. But I thought I ruined something else this week. I was making joconde and I was supposed to put melted butter in it. I put the butter in the microwave, and someone must have opened the door when it was finished because I forgot all about it. Important lesson #11: If you didn’t set the timer, don’t turn it off without notifying the person who did set it.
The joconde was used to make some interesting... things. I’m not even sure what to call them, but I really wanted to eat one. The joconde (which was decorated with orange decor paste) was cut into rectangles, brushed with a little bit of cocoa butter, and used to line metal tube molds, with a round piece of joconde covering one end. Rice pudding and orange mousse were piped into the middle, then they were frozen, removed from the molds, and garnished with some cool-looking candied orange peel. I also ate candied orange peel for the first time ever. I was shocked that it actually tasted good. Important lesson #12: Candying things makes them taste good.
I’m glad to know I wasn’t the only one to make mistakes this week. On Tuesday I was given a list of cupcakes to make, which included carrot cupcakes. It turned out we were a whole kilo short on carrots. I seem to always be the one running out of ingredients. Conspiracy? Maybe.
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