Posts by LotusCakeStudio

*chiming in a bit late* I love MySpace. I've found a TON of old friends who I never thought I would talk to again. And it's a great way to keep in touch with people. I was never very good with keeping in touch with my cousins, but...

Hey Jeff! Good work! I just took the same class a few weeks ago when he was here in Philly! I still have to upload my pics. I had been very, very sick up until the day before classes started so I wasn't used to walking, much less...

I'm going to a chocolate class with Albert Uster's Corporate Pastry Chef on Monday. I'll ask him about this and get back to you.

Can you give me examples of the kind of ingredients you commonly use in the classroom? I ask this because a young friend of mine who's like a little sister to me is in the pastry program at the Art Institute... she's been telling me...

It appears that the problem is SOLVED! I tried every combination of what could be contributing to the problem and I am very happy with what came out of the oven 30 minutes ago. I used lot less lemon juice (2/3 less) and to compensate,...

That sounds yummy. I'm going to try that.

I would give a follow-up call. When I worked in pastry at Whole Foods, we would hire as a team and applicants who made a follow up call won points, as well as people who took the time to get to know our product. One of our trick...

Almost missed your post! I'm using a vegan egg replacer. It actually works surprisingly well once you get to know it (the suggested ratios are worthless). I did toy with mixing times and nothing seems to work. Hmmm... excessive...

Hi Jeff, This recipe is based off of another recipe and it called for APF. I tried to use cake flour and it never turned out. I used to use pastry flour, but I'm not able to get it unbleached/unbromated white pastry flour anymore...

Opps, forgot all about this! I made it once and reduced the baking powder and it helped A LOT. The layers weren't as high as they used to be, but the texture was like old times and at least it didn't turn into a flat piece of rubber. ...