Rise and Shine Cupcake!
Two weeks have gone by since the learning journey began and it has been sweet (trust me, like some serious sugar rush here). We started out with some basic soft rolls and are now slowly moving forward and picking up with some French classics as well as some decadent pastries like berliners, brioche, scones, fruit crumble, classic muffins, doughnuts, tea cakes, cassacks, sable, crinkles, danish butter cookies and various other classic quick breads and cookies (pssst...that's not all, I'm just sparing you the cravings). What if I told you that all the above mentioned pastries, cakes and cookies comprise of the same base ingredients? Or, if some of them can be made with just 5 ingredients or less? What if I told you that bakers are just "mad scientists" with an apron? "Bakers? Scientists? Are you for real now?". This is probably what you are thinking right now and that is exactly what I thought two weeks ago. It is the characteristic...