Cupcake Mosaic

To try and further our icing techniques we were asked to design and construct a cupcake mosaic using between 12 and 24 miniature cupcakes. With a lot of thought and effort, my partner and I decided to make a mosaic of the one and only Gary the snail, from Spongebob Squarepants (who doesn't love Gary?). I was very pleased with our outcome although next time I would like to try a more difficult design perhaps.

Gingerbread

Yes, it's that time of year again where Christmas carols can be heard in department stores even though Christmas is still a month away! To help get into the Christmas spirit we made gingerbread houses that will be put into a display at the Hyatt hotel. I decided to make a simple gingerbread house pattern and decorate it in the colours of Christmas: red, green, and touch of white. I enjoyed this project as it was very fun to be involved in the whole processes of creating the pattern, baking, building, and the decorating of the house. I look forward to seeing my house on display at the Hyatt when our class goes on a field trip closer to Christmas.

Pumpkin Carving!

As a Halloween lab we carved pumpkins in Food Art class. The only directions were: be as creative as possible! I carve a pumpkin every year when Halloween rolls around and I usually end up doing the classic jack-o-lantern with triangle eyes and a few teeth in the mouth. This year I decided to do something completely different and I created a happy Jack the Skeleton, from The Nightmare Before Christmas. I was very pleased with the way it turned out and I really enjoyed seeing everyone else's carvings as well.

Spider Web Cookies

Halloween was only a few weeks ago and in Food Art we made some festive cookies for the occasion. We made spider web chocolate cookies and iced them with black and white royal icing. To achieve the cob web look of the icing we first made a dam with the white icing, then flooded it. Quickly adding black spirals atop the white icing we then used a toothpick to simply drag the black icing along the white. I quickly learned that the last step had to be done quickly, for if the black icing started to dry it didn't give the same final effect. These spooky treats would be a great addition to any halloween party.

Cupcakes with Buttercream Icing

To practice our icing techniques we made yellow cupcakes with classic buttercream icing to decorate them with. I used my 3 cupcakes to practice lettering, star borders, and shell borders. I thought they turned out pretty well, and they tasted great as well! Here were my final products:

Rainbow Cookies!

In the past few weeks of Food Art 11 we've made many delicious treats, one of my favourites being rainbow cookies! After making about 80 cookies the rest of my day was filled with rainbows and sunshine (not to mention tasty cookies)!