A land of castle, cookies, tarts and rolls...

It is part of our syllabus to work on patisserie projects. In this semester, there'll be a group project and an individual project by the end of next semester. During brainstorming, I suggested that our group to make a fairytale inspired showpiece, incorporating all the elements we learnt the last few weeks...it got lukewarm response which I am not surprise. My group members are unfortunately a scaredy bunch who are afraid to challenge themselves. Finally, someone proposed that we make a castle out of cake (I'm always interested in fondant and pastillage so I quickly agreed) but our chef felt like it will be too simple and recommended each of us make another 3 different recipes from 3 different lessons. So I've decided to choose the followings:

1. Chocolate Chips Cookie (Week 2)
2. Frangipane (Week 3)
3. Cinnamon Rolls (Week 4)

Of course I am not going to make exactly what we learnt without challenge myself with a few tweaks on recipe and presentation. For the choc chips cookie, I am planning to create a 'yinyang' effect. The frangipane, I am planning to make a miniature version tops with different fruits (peach, strawberry and blueberry). Finally, the cinnamon rolls which I incorporate a recipe found from http://www.allrecipes.com/ and a recipe recommended by my chef. Hopefully, they will be a standout and taste good at the same time.

I hope to post pictures of the work in progress as well as the final presentation.