Chocolate mmm~
Welcome to the Chocolate Party!
Haha jk... kinda. Rather, welcome to my Intro to Chocolate class final. I've got pics of all but one person's final (his was in a plastic bag, wtf).
WELL THEN. Let's get started with mine, since this is my journal so I want to go first~
It's flourless chocolate cake with dark chocolate ganache, chipped chocolate, and cherries on top. I got most of my points for appearance, 'cause the taste was only so-so (it was edible and he didn't make faces at it, at least). He said it was "interesting" tasting. Whatever the hell that means. o_o He didn't say it was bad though, so I'm not complaining.
Before the final actually started and I was taking a picture of some of my friends' "behind the veil" cakes. Let's lift the veil now, shall we?
First of all, these were from some guy from the Wednesday class who missed his and came to ours. These are truffles and supposedly they were acceptable, however they are not the same size and he lost points for that. They were also bitter, but other than that pretty good.
The truffles that blew everyone else's truffles away. They were to die for, really. The croquant (the blocky looking things around the edge) was okay, but you could taste the flour and that really took away from it. These were Annette's.
Shipley's truffles. I didn't actually get to try these, but Chef said that they were delicious. They were gone by the time I got over to them though.
Chocolate souffle. Not... exactly fantastic. There's a reason Chef told us not to do souffles for the final. They sink very quickly and don't usually survive the car/bus trip to school. They had also, apparently, been out for a while so Chef was worried about tasting them. I didn't taste them either, so I can't tell you if they were good tasting despite their appearance.
Strawberry-Chocolate Mousse Parfaits. This was actually pretty good, excepting that the girl who did these froze them overnight so her homemade whipped cream wouldn't deflate. They were very good though, despite the strange texture in the mousse created from the defrosting process.
A very nice-looking mousse bowl. The design was very cute and the mousse was tasty. Unfortunately, there were small bits of chocolate chips in it that did get her marked down.
Nice Strawberry-Chocolate Mousse. I wanted to try some but the guy who made them disappeared after getting graded. :\
I don't even know. This guy was kind of insulting when he showed up with just that little bit and Chef didn't even bother tasting them because they looked bad and it was like... nothing. I think he said it was a nut cluster, but I'm not sure.
These... were supposed to be cookies. They were kind of epic fail and even Amanda knew that. XD; She didn't exactly pass, but apparently she was moving and had like nothing to make them with? That's what she said anyway.
Chocolate brownies! I got to take one home because the girl who did them packaged them neatly individually. They're very cute and look delicious. I'm waiting until I'm less chocolated-out to taste it, but Chef said he would recommend them.
Chocolate-chip Creme Brulee. It was... alright. It was very egg-y tasting and while I'm aware that creme brulee is made with 12 minimum eggs (20 minimum if you do the overnight method), usually it blends well with the rest of the flavors. The egg was very prominent in this, so I didn't particularly like it.
I did like this creme brulee better though. Not 100% sure what this girl's name is, but her creme brulee was really delicious. The raspberries looked cute on top of it as well. I was sad I got such a poor picture of it. :'(
Chiffon Cheesecake iced with ganache and covered with oreo cookies. I wanted to try it but everyone said it was very rich and rich cheesecake, while delicious, has a tendency to make me sick so I passed.
I believe this was Sylvester's. Chocolate Mousse Spongecake with almond-pecan spattered on the sides and shaved chocolate on top. 'Twas very yummy.
The other flourless chocolate cake in the class! His turned out more correctly than mine did, excepting the ganache. No one is quite sure why his ganache got bumpy after a while...
I believe this was Gerry's. It's a mousse cake, though I believe the actual cake is yellow cake (with chocolate mousse filling/icing) along with almond slivers and chocolate shavings.
Chocolate mousse cake. Many suspected it of being store bought, but apparently it wasn't and she just has mad chocolate piping and icing skills.
Red Velvet cake with cream cheese icing. Chef Pierre said she couldn't use artificial coloring, so she used beet juice to color the inside. o_o Kinda strange, but if it works it works.
Chocolate spongecake with buttercream icing and raspberries. Chef Pierre tasted the cake but he wouldn't touch the icing because she used the Crisco recipe.
And... I think that's everyone! It was a fun day. :D I enjoyed.
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