Baking and Decorating Schedule

January schedule for Commercial Bread making is moved to 20 23 25
February is on 1 3 and 5 still. I am adding a cupcake class with decorating on January 22 29 and 31, only to give in to requests (i just hope they really mean it, because most often they don't)

Please, please bring your containers, a large 3-4 inch height rectangle or square any size, just not one of those mini tiny disposable plastic for left over foods. You are bringing breads you baked, you share them, you eat them while you go home tired and you take pictures of them. I don't understand some students who arrive without one even if they drive in cars, pretty easy to put them at the back of the seat, after all the promise of sharing your breads with your loved ones seems to me an irresistible proposition. ???

Christmas red Roses made with Royal Icing ( Day 2), the icing is old but i still managed to salvage this one, just not good to eat anymore.

Purple Buttercream (Italian Merengue)Day 1

The 260 something cupcakes i made last Dec. 26

Dinner Rolls ready for the oven.

Baked and waiting to be buttered.
This dough is basic, you can use this dough to make all kinds of breads from filling it up with Asado or Adobo, use it as Ensaimada, Donut, Pan de lito, soft buns and loaf bread. Just perfect the weighing, mixing and proofing, and you are good to go.

Same dough different make up.

I hope you can still make it to my class, i am going to miss it, the fun talking about breads, something that you love the most aside from the blue color is a privilege i am very grateful of. I was supposed to end the cupcake and decorating class but i still get inquiries so fine, let's have a few runs with it just before i leave. I just wish they would sell Tylose for the gumpaste because it is cheaper. I plan to scour the internet again for bargains of tools and gadgets for decorating and hopefully sell them when a student could not find one or two of these tools such as the plastic fondant rolling pin. I do not have that much space to store them so i will figure it out when i come back probably around September when the winter is due again in the East Coast. Dread the day.

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