Why Red Velvet?Wow! We are 10 weeks into Genius Hour. That is insane to me. It was blown by and I can’t believe we are this close to finishing. At the beginning of this project I was worried about the workload and if I would have time and I thought it would stress me out. To my surprise, I have enjoyed this project and I am so happy I got the opportunity to learn how to enjoy baking. With that being said, this week I made red velvet cake. It was extremely stressful. This was the first time I have made a cake and it is a lot harder than everything I have done so far. I needed to challenge myself this week and I for sure did. In the end, it kind of worked but it was a process getting there. The StruggleThis week I chose a recipe that looked pretty good and the ingredients were easy to find. Before I started cooking, all I looked at was the ingredients. I quickly learned that I need to read the whole recipe before I start. If I would have done this I would have noticed that the recipe was not good. It was not specific enough and was not worded well at all. For example, half way into the cake I had to make a buttermilk mixture. The next step is to mix dry ingredients into the butter mixture. First of all, WHAT DRY INGREDIENTS. Second of all, I have 2 butter mixtures, which one? So I added what I thought was the dry ingredients into the buttermilk but turns out I picked the wrong butter mixture. At this point I was at my breaking point. I had a minor breakdown but then when I got myself together I decided the best plan of action was to dump everything in the bowl and start mixing. It looked pretty mixed so I put it in the oven and made the icing. After this everything went pretty smoothly. The cake tasted nothing like red velvet cake but it tasted really good. What I Learned?This week was a very big learning experience and was one of the first weeks that actually stressed me out. The reason I was so stressed is because I was too worried about what the cake would taste like and not the process of making it. I think this is a lesson learned for me. I learned that no one really cares what it tastes like besides me. They will eat whatever I put in front of them and if it's not good they won’t. Not everything I make is going to be amazing and that’s okay. You live and you learn and it’s going to be okay.
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Ashley Santos
5/11/2022 07:52:58 am
I love how you stay positive even when things don't go your way! Hoping next week is better. Good luck!
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