Life is cooking and baking - Muffins

MUFFINS ARE EASY TO MAKE. I made these for afternoon tea one day.

My Home Kitchen

DAY OFF

MY COMPANY "RETIREMENT BY DESIGN" GAVE THE STAFF a company trip - to the Healesville Sanctuary last Thursday. We were bused to the Sanctuary and we had an enjoyable day. I had been to the Sanctuary before and so it was a bit of a bore.

The staff had to wear green - shirt, jumper, binnie, jacket; anything as long as it was green. Something different .....

I must say I enjoyed the pumpkin soup and the animals especially the koalas and the joeys. I was amazed by the surgery room at the Animal Hospital there and said, "it was like a real hospital surgery theater for humans!". Of course, animals have anatomy like humans.

I also liked the bird show and Auspilot asked, "it was like the live bird show at Jurong Bird Park?".

CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON AT HIGHVALE

HIGHVALE GAVE US A STAFF CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON

Second Cook Abby

CHRISTMAS IS COMING

NOVELTY CAKES

AT HOLMSGLEN WHEN I WAS DOING THE PATISSERIE COURSE WE LEARNED HOW TO BAKE NOVELTY CAKES. The process was elaborate and involved extensive design research, design selection, ingredient planning, ingredient purchasing, baking and presentation.

My Novelty Cake

My Novelty Cake was a 3-layer cake. It's quite feminine in outlook, with flowers, leaves, and seeds. I would say the design was "elegant"

My TAFE Patisserie teacher

Class Photo

My final result

Mary and her Spa Pool



The Spa Pool was done by my good friend Mary

COMMERCIAL COOKING CLASS

I HAVE SOME PHOTOS OF MY COURSE MATES AT HOLMSGLEN WHEN I WAS DOING THE COMMERCIAL COOKING CERTIFICATE. We completed the course in 2007. Time flies and it's now 2009. We are now more experienced in our roles as chefs and cooks .....
I wonder how many of them have achieved the goals they set out for themselves.

Holmsglen Commercial Cooking Teacher

Class Photo

BAKING CAKES

I LOVE BAKING CAKES. I LOVE TO SEE THE END RESULT. AND I LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE ENJOY EATING MY CAKES. It helps that I have done the Patisserie course at Holmsglen. It also helps that I can easily get the ingredients I need here in Melbourne.

I have some snapshots of some cakes I have made for different family occasions.

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