Koko's Kitchen

Category Archives: Culinary

March 4, 2010

A Fun Class- Plated Desserts!

This was a super fun week in pastry class. We focused on plated desserts. We were instructed to spend lots of time looking in books/magazines/online at beautifully plated desserts. As a class, we were told what we were going to be making- three desserts in total. We all volunteered to create one element of the... read more →
February 14, 2010

Mocha Torte

I thought I would share this cake with you all because it’s tasty and looks very pretty. It’s killer rich, and you won’t want toooo big of a slice, either The cake is a hazelnut sponge cake and it’s topped with a mocha Italian buttercream and some chocolate run-out decorations. Hazelnut Sponge Cake 50g egg... read more →
February 3, 2010

Pastry

You wouldn’t believe the amount of things I had to take home from pastry class this week! We had so much food! The long-awaited truffle torte finally came home, along with apple turnovers and meat pies made with homemade puff dough. We also brought savoury croissants- ham & cheese and plain cheese. We made a... read more →
January 27, 2010

Baking Class

We lots of delicious (unhealthy) food this week in baking class. Heavenly lemon bars, flavourful rosemary rolls, classic banana bread, unique carrot bread, and a new favourite- streusel kuchen. I will post a couple recipes for these, and if you ever want to the recipes for something I haven’t posted it for, just let me... read more →
January 21, 2010

Plenty of Pastry

This week’s pastry classes were extremely frustrating and stressful, but I made it through. We made a ton of stuff, which worked out great, as it was my brother’s birthday this week. We made a cheesecake that I haven’t tried yet, but it looks quite good, except for the crack on top. I’m going to... read more →
January 17, 2010

A Delicious Baking Class

This week, I had an absolute ton to carry home from my baking class…not an easy task while standing on a jam-packed skytrain, but everything made it home in one piece! I’m really proud of my Apple Pie that I made- it’s probably the best looking pie I’ve ever managed to make. I will definitely... read more →