Assessment #2

This was one hellish week at school. We started off with a practical test and ended with one. Yesterday, we were required to make a Sachertorte, which is this chocolate sponge caked wrapped in chocolate ganache and then enrobed in another layer of chocolate glaze. The first time we made ganache in class and we're graded on it, along with marizpan roses and leaves.

The hardest part of the exam was finding a cool enough location so that the chocolate would set. We needed to pipe it as a filling and spread it like frosting, so it needed to be firm, not liquid. Unfortunately for everyone, as soon as the chocolate set in the fridge and we would take it out to use, it would almost immediately revert back to its liquid form.

Chocolate went EVERYWHERE!! It was so hot, everyone was soaked from sweat and someone's hat slipped off their head into their chocolate! Eventually, we finished and everyone got a grade for their melted pile of ooze, taking into account the heat.

Finally the weekend is here! This morning I went to Borough Market again for some sausages, artichoke hearts and a brownie. On the way back, I bought the 4th harry potter book to try to catch up with everyone else. The salesman was very pushy about me buying the next 2, saying that the price wouldn't be that good for long. But, i declined saying I would steal them from my brother when I got home.

As I was just about home, I ran into two classmates who asked me to a movie later. So, I think i'll probably be seeing Wedding Crashers, which I don't know if I really want to see, but I should go anyway, to be social. Tonight I can't decide whether to go to the Tate Modern Museum or to the Globe to see Pericles. I was thinking of the Globe tomorrow to see the Tempest, but I can't decide...and the Tate is open late tonight, which might make it more or less crowded, i don't know. Too many choices. Hmmmm.