English 1106
06-17-13
Descriptive Essay: The Making of Edible Art
As a pastry maker we are delighted to make our clients special requests come true, at affordable prices, guaranteed freshness and taste. As you may imagine making a cake or a cupcake it’s like making a piece of art. It takes time, patience, and design skills. The first step towards making a cupcake its gathering all your ingredients, such as three eggs, water, oil, and the cake mix. Once, you have them all you can mix them all for about 5-10minutes. Following the first step you clear your oven and preheat at about 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Next, gather your cupcake pan place cupcake cups on every single cup (12 count) and pour the cake batter to the half way mark. No more than half mark, because it can overflow and burn. Finally after having all twelve filled, you may now play in the oven. Patience is key to the second step, now while you wait for 15 long minutes smelling that delicious smell clean your area, prepare your cupcake filling, buttercream. When the 15 minute mark comes up grab a butter knife open the oven pull the cupcake tray out and carefully poke one of the cupcakes if the knife come out clean it’s done. If not leave for 5 more minutes. Design, it’s really important it needs to look tasty and beautiful to meet costumers expectations and appetite. Please remember to let the cupcakes sit for 1 hour so they can cool down. After they cool down fill a pastry cream bag with butter cream with color of choice and make a swirling signal on top of the cupcake, it’s like filling an ice cream cone. Now it’s starting to get its shape and look nice. Now let’s make this extra special, let’s do some fondant flowers. Grab your fondant, roll into a ball with a toothpick smear the fondant with special pastry coloring of your choice and start rolling the fondant until it reaches its desired color. After that process place into a flat surface and roll with a special fondant