This week, our teacher decided to have us cover a larger spectrum of baked goods as a class, and individually. Thus, he had us cover an entire section of our book this week, which included:

16 Types of Macarons

25 Types of Petit-fours (demi-sec; aka cookies, etc...)

15 Types of Voyage Cakes (trip cakes: pound cakes, fruit cakes, etc...)

We were able to make so many because each person was assigned two or three desserts each class, and the class as a whole covered all of them, and we would then compare all of them at the end of the class, set up as a display for everyone, and talk about what each person did. In this, we were able to cover a lot, and I was able to talk to each person and ask them what they had difficulty with, what they would change, etc... It was great, because I now have a recipe book not only filled with one of a kind recipes written by my teacher, but all with star ratings and changes to them, made by me. As most Americans don't like fruit cake, I simply don't fit the category, and we began making that Wednesday, and it will be done on Tuesday. That is something that everyone had to make, and I'm very glad, because it is SO good! Lemon Pound cake was incredible, as well as the "Weekend" cake, which, in reality was just a delicious pound cake with a thin layer of liquid fondant icing and apricot glaze. Talk about having a stash of goods to provide me for coffee and tea in the evening. The crazy part is the shelf life...a lot of them, un-cut, and un covered, had a 2-3 month shelf life. It's all the sugar, sadly, but I like to think it's because they all had some special characteristic which prevented time from destroying them. haha. Anyway, the Macarons were...incredible to say in the least. I had been waiting all semester to make them, and they were so fun! I was assigned Salted Caramel Milk Chocolate Macarons. The first batch of biscuit cookies for the shell didn't turn out, and the teacher said it must have been the caramel, so we re-wrote it and they were awesome. Our class made:

Pistachio

Salted Caramel Milk Chocolate

Coffee

Olive Oil

Amber Citrus

Raspberry

Passionfruit

Raspberry and Rose

Matcha (green tea)

Strawberry Vinaigrette

Chocolate

Chocolate Cherry

Lemon

Coffee Caramel

Mint

I feel like I'm forgetting some, but I think that is everything our class made. The other group made some of these, and a few others, including Cassis, Coconut, and Lavender. If I could have brought boxes and boxes home for the rest of the year, I would have, because they are about 1.50 a piece in Paris, and they are about an inch in diameter...I brought 25 home, and could have brought more, but the darn freezer is SO tiny! Haha. Ah well, I guess...better for me in the long run. Anyway, I will be loading pictures to Facebook on Tuesday or Wednesday. I edited them already, but forgot my recipe book at school...and although I TRY to remember everything, I simply cannot remember ALL of the names of the desserts from this week.