New Year's Resolution

It's a new year and its time to make sure that within the first 2 weeks of the year, you don't break your resolutions. 
So, given that I've decided to go to Paris for a month in July to learn all about patisseries, my goal is to practice and practice, so hopefully my skills won't be too bad when I start my class!


To start, I know it was considered as a 2011 bake, but it was one that I was looking forward to, and it turned out decently alright. 


And here is my 2011 Christmas Tree... The Croquembouche

So.. its looks decent, not that great. But it did taste pretty good! 
The decorations didn't turn out as great as I had imagined.  The toffee started to harden up, and I was getting a little too lazy to heat a new batch, hence why I left it like that. 


Here are some others from Christmas 2011 time. 


1. Rose Macarons

2. Postre Chaja - South American Pavolva

Back to 2012 ...
7-8th January - Cinnamon Scrolls

Tasted so good when it was fresh out of the oven. Only problem is that since i need bread flour to make this and the only size available at Woolies was a 5kg pack.  I now need to search for some more bread recipes that actually use bread flour.  And brioche doesn't need it, damn.. 


Shall report what I make this weekend soon. 
Plan: Isaphan (Pierre Herme) and Vanilla ice cream (David Lebovitz) 
Lets hope either one turns out. 


xoxo Mich