Hello and Happy American Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends! This week we learned about petit fours. It was only a three-day week because of the holiday so it was very busy. Because of this I didn't manage to get as many pictures as I would have liked but I got a couple. This week we made a total of 13 different products from cookies to tarts. All the things we were working on made me realize how much I miss baking. The timing for this unit was perfect because we got to take everything we made home so everyone in my class had ample baking to take home to their family's for dessert on thanksgiving.

Here are some pictures of the products we made. The 13 different pastries we prepared included four kinds of tuiles, three types of cookies, three bite sized cakes, two different chocolate cups and one variety of tart. Some of the products were fresh and had to be eaten within a day and some could be frozen. I wrapped up some of the pastries and put them in my freezer so I can bring them home for Christmas. 

Chef created a display of all the products we made throughout the week. From left to right we have Coconut Sesame Seed Tuiles, Coffee Hazelnut Tuiles, Orange Almond Cocoa Nib Tuiles, Pistachio Poppyseed Cigarettes, Chocolate Diamants, Almond Bread, Vanilla Sable Cookies, Chocolate Fondant Cakes, Exotic Cakes, Hazelnut Cinnamon Sour Cherry Cakes, Chocolate Caramel Espresso Cups, Strawberry Banana Green Tea Cups and Lemon Cream Tarts. The dark drown cakes at the end are Canelé's. We didn't actually make these but Chef did a demo on how to make them and we got to sample the finished product!

All in all it was a very fun and crazy week. Everything was delicious and I can't wait to make it all again! Next week we will be doing even more baking in the Cake and Taste Building unit. Until then, thanks for reading.

Happy baking,

Kayla