The ProcessThis week I made a banana creme pie in Hawaii. This was for my aunts baby shower and my other aunt wanted me to help her make the pie. She gave me the recipe and came to our house to help me. This week was a lot easier because my aunt bought all of the ingredients for me and brought it to me with all of the utensils I would need. Even with this though this week was kind of a failure. I'll explain that in a minute but it was very interesting. One thing I realized this week is that baking with someone else in the kitchen with you is a lot more fun then doing it alone. So, How did we do it?We had to make three things for this recipe. The crust, filling, and the whip cream. We started with the filling because it had to sit on the stove for a long time so we figured we would go ahead and get it out of the way. One thing to know about me is that I hate ovens. I am a very big fear of being burnt. So trying to get this filling to boil was a process. My aunt helped me a lot but I feel like working with the stove helped me conquer a lot of my fears. The crust was really simple and I did it all alone and finished it in a few minutes. After that things took a turn for the worse. We began making the whip cream. When you make whip cream you are supposed to watch is really closely because it is really easy to over whip. When you over whip it, it becomes chunky and it is really hard to fix. That is exactly what happened. We attempted to fix it with powdered sugar and milk but that just made it worse. Eventually we gave up and went and bought cool whip. After that we had to let it sit in the fridge for 24 hours before we could eat it. Besides the almost sour cream whip cream, the banana creme pie tasted delicious and I was satisfied with the product. Picture 1: Attempting to boil milk Picture 2: Curdled whip cream Picture 3: Final Product Final ThoughtThis week was very much a learning experience. Once again, I have to pay more attention to what I am doing and constantly watch what is happening to whatever I am making. Also I realized that my fear of ovens wasn't actually that bad and once I just did it, it didn't seem that hard. Overall this pie tasted amazing and my family thought it was a success also. I am really excited to see how I use these lessons I learned this week, next week.
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Zander Richardson
5/4/2022 06:05:09 am
You're baking is amazing and this is a great project. Keep up the good work!
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5/4/2022 07:35:13 am
It sounds like your cooking skills are progressing and you are learning a lot. Keep up the good work!
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