BLog #14: Independant Component 1

Literal:

A) I, JD Pabon, affirm that I have completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.

B) Janelle Copemen/ Cake Mama's #: (626) 335-4999
 Ask to speak with my advisor, Ashley.

C) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgvBrtYSqMR6dEUyMjZZWDZJTzlBWXpuNmVqaTBjQkE&usp=sharing

D) I have helped the bakery with close to 10 orders since I have started, learned how to make some of the batters and buttercreams, how to properly use gum paste and fondant, and also acquired the knowledge of new techniques and technologies in baking.

Interpretive:

The fondant discs I had to separate on my first day. 

 This is just one of about 6 trays of fondant discs I had to cut out.

This is a side view of my mentor Ashley teaching me how to use a new piece of tech that I had never seen before.

This is just the first week of my working log. I still need to obtain the newer week log.

This is the Somerset, which we use to reconstitute fondant to a more pliable form.

Applied:

- I feel like this first Independent component had helped me tremendously because i know get an understanding of how Cake artist work, the amount of work that they do for the variety of orders, and the complicated works that they have to create. I have actually had hands on experience with how fondant works and how long it takes to make the certain shape that we have to make almost every single order. I have felt the pressure their is because the bakery is so poplar, their are always people coming in with event orders, and the expectations they have the workers because of the title we had obtained at Cupcake Wars as champions. So I now have a bigger appreciation of Cake Artist than I had before.