Friday, May 18, 2018

May 14 ,2018 volunteer work for Civitan Services



      


May 14, 2018  I got to help serve food at Civitan Services annual golf tournament. I got to serve with my friends and classmates. I had a blast plus it was a very hot day. We got to serve food and drinks to the people who where golfing. The food was catered by Riverside grocery. It was a very neat and fun experience to have.    

 


Saturday, May 5, 2018

Cake & Sugar Show 2018


  

Today I had an amazing day. I got to go to the Rock Sugar Show!!! It’s was amazing!!! Now here are the top 3 Showcakes: Rebecca Hughes (Lord of the Rings), Rebekah Brown (To Catch a Thief) and Yamam Saleh (Moana), and Best in Show to Tracie Yarberro for her sugar cookies.


   



      



  







Here  awesome very awesome cakes done button very good artists and culinarians . 



































 I hope that I'm able to compete next year in this!!!

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

May 2 ,2018 Finals week and Oreo Cheesecake mini's recipe



     Hey there it's Alisa here!!!!  This week is finals week .  We are getting everything done at the end of the school year.  There are only two weeks left of my culinary school first year !  During this week I got to make Oreo cheesecake mini's.  they actually turned out really well better than when I actually expected that I could do .  I am so got to see  my mentor Donnie Ferneau . He came to try my cheesecake.  



         
 



It was very asome to see him. I always enjoy being able to see him. This week he was a judge on our finals.  He gave me a good feedback on my cheesecakes. 

Here is the recipe for the Oreo cheesecake mini's ( pictured below) 




 Here are your ingredients that you will need .  Before you make this recipe you sent out all of the cold ingredients to make it room temperature 

. 1 1/2 cups of Oreo cookie crumbs ( About 23 Oreos finely Chopped) 
. 2  tablespoons butter , melted , plus more for the pan filling. 

Filling 

. 3 (8 ounce)  package,  cream cheese at room temperature 
. 1 1/2  Cup sugar 
. 5 large eggs,  at room temperature 
. 2 tablespoons Vanilla extract
. 1/4 teaspoon salt 
1/4 cup of  AP flour (  all purpose flour ) 
. 1 (8 oz )  container sour cream , at room temperature 
. 6 or more Oreo cookies  for the better and for the top of the cheesecake 


Tools you will need: 

 . 24 cupcake liners 
. Cupcake pan 
.  Mixer with a paddle 
.  Heat resistant spatula 
. 1  medium sized mixing bowl - to melt the butter and mix the chopped cookies into 
.  Food processor 


 Here are your instructions .

Crust- get oreos and put them in a  food processor .  Use a food processor to make fine like graham Cracker sized  crumbs.  Leave in the fillings of the cookie. 
 In a mixing bowl ,  add the melted butter and Oreos together mix well . 
 Spoon in the Oreo mixture into the cupcake liners . 
Press down light to make the crust. 


Filling 

.  Set out called ingredients first to maximum at room temperature before you begin 
.  Beat cream cheese until light and fluffy(  you can add 1 cup of butter is listed as an optional  ingredient ) 
.  Keep mixer on and I was setting during the mixing and beating process 
.add sugar gradually and continue beating  Cream cheese and herb mixture through 
.  Add eggs one at a time and continue to be until blended 
.  Measure the vanilla salt and flour pour into cream cheese and egg mixture and beat until smooth 
( Don't mix too much air into the mixture you don't want to air rate this type of mixture it won't work right ) 
. Add the sour cream and beat well 
.  Turn off the mixture and add the six  coarsely  cookies and stir  in with a spoon 
.  Spoon in the mixture into the cupcake liners two scoops per liner to fill in to the top 
.  Sprinkle on top of the mixture Oreo cookies family chat but not as big as you did the crust make sure it's cookie chunks
.  Put in the oven for 20 minutes let cook 
. Let cool for 10 minutes 

Top of the cheesecake mini's 

.  Use a piping bag and put it in chocolate ganache 
.  Cut the end of the piping bag but make sure it does not drip 
.  Drizzle  the ganache on top of the cheesecakes then put in the  refrigerator for cooling 
. Then put the cheesecake on a plate for  presentation  then serve them 

Enjoy!!!!


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