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Cupcakes & Cookies….

February 26, 2010 on 8:09 pm | In Baking/Decorating | Comments Off

this week i took two classes at the culinary school. advanced cookie design and upscale cupcakes. the cookie class was 5 hrs long and we made some amazing orange cream cookies then decorated them with white & dark molding chocolate, icing, fondant and some gold powder to paint onto the cookies. it was a very fun class. i see these kinds of cookies selling online or in bakeries for around $4-12 a piece. now i know why….they are very time consuming. the ultimate cupcake class was two days for 5 hrs each day. this class was amazing. the first day we made all the cupcakes, icing, molding chocolates, sugar flowers & marzipan. the second day (today) we got to decorate them . now this is the part i enjoy the most. just sitting down and taking my time to decorate so precise & beautifully. its a stress releiver for me believe it or not. then you have the cupcakes & cookies to eat when you get stressed LOL!