High School Graduation!!

Hello Readers,

 On June 25th I took my last steps as a high school student off of the stage and to my chair. I had never felt so loved by anyone on any other day, because my entire family was there to cheer me on and take photos. I appreciated all of the support and love that I had that day and continue to have in my life from my mom especially. I was so proud to have achieved my diploma after four years of struggling, drama, identity crisis, and overall learning. 

For This Celebration I made two cakes...

1 Guaranteed moist gluten free carrot cake with toffuti cream cheese frosting, and    1  Homemade "peaches 'n cream" vanilla cake filled with vanilla mousse folded with fresh raspberries and peaches-- crumb coated evenly with homemade buttercream.

What I've learned...
This graduation cake is the first one that I've done independently. Although I am proud of what I did on my own, I think that I could improve my work in many ways. I know that in the future (when I get my degree in pastry arts) I will look back and laugh at the job that I did, and see the growth that I 've had since then. From doing this cake, I have learned that I need to give myself extra time to perfect everything. I would also have a concrete set of recipes that I know will turn out reliably, being that I had to make an extra batch of cake and switch from italian buttercream to basic buttercream. I also realize that there is never enough butter and eggs, I will need to buy extra of them on hand so I won't have to make multiple stops at the grocery store. Overall, I now know the time and comittment it takes to make a masterpiece.