I really didn’t mean to not blog for the entire month of April but there just really hasn’t been much to talk about. We’ve been wrapping up the school year and I started finals two weeks ago. We had our practical baking and cooking finals, I got As on both, I’m glad to say. I’ve mainly been studying for the written finals, which started today. I (and everyone I’ve talked to from my class) failed our written cooking final but it only dropped my grade 4%, I still have an A so I’m not really worried about it. I’ve also registered for my fall classes and thanks to a mix-up at school I get to go both semesters next year instead of graduating in December, I had to register late and couldn’t get all my classes. I don’t really mind it but I was looking forward to being done. So in the fall I’ll be taking Classic and European Pastries and Quick and Yeast Breads. I’m excited.

Other than that, I’ve been knitting a bit. I started and finished Brooklyn Tweed’s Inversion Cardigan but I can’t get a decent picture of it. I knit it out of some of my handspun Shetland and it is warm and soft and cozy, perfect for the weather we’re having this week. I also knit a hat because I was bored and don’t have enough yarn to knit anything else.

Right now I’m knitting a Pagona out of some old handspun, it’s in the blob stage. I’m close to being out of yarn so I suppose it’s time to start the border and then I’ll be done.

And then there’s the food. In my savory class I’ve made fish (that picture is bad) and pork steak that I didn’t blog.

But in baking we made cakes:

This is a chocolate cake with vanilla American buttercream frosting, it was good but I didn’t like the frosting much, it was too sweet. I also made a carrot cake but it’s sitting, unfrosted, in my freezer because I forgot about it until just now. Whoops!

And we made cookies:

These are brownies, pecan sandies, snickerdoodles, and coconut macaroons. They were good.

We made ice cream, too, but I didn’t get any pictures of it. I made a rich chocolate custard base and added strawberries and chocolate chips, it was good. I’m going to miss being in the kitchens at school this summer but I’m looking for a job, I just hope I can find something, there isn’t much out there where I live. I am planning on going through my baking textbook and making up some of the recipes we didn’t do in class, I have to practice and keep my skills up over the summer, don’t I?

That’s it for me. I have to do some dishes and study for my Purchasing final tomorrow and my baking final Monday. I hate finals.