On Saturday I finally met up with my mentor at her workplace, which in her case is at her house in Manteca. Once I got there I sat with her and showed her everything I have been working on these past few months. I showed her pictures of all the cakes and other things I baked, even the not so good ones. I also spoke to her about the problems I came across while baking. She gave me some great advice on using fondant, what brand to buy and where I can get the best bargains. She also gave me a tour of all her baking cabinets where she keeps her tools, fondant, and other materials she uses. After the tour we began to make animals out of fondant. We started with something simple, a monkey. She talked me through all the ways to make the different body parts and gave me different tools to use. The tools were so much more helpful then just using what I have around the house so I plan on buying a kit of my own. She showed me how to mix different color fondants to create the color I want, which wasn't easy. The monkey took me longer than I thought but in the end I was so proud of myself! I also made a little banana to go with the monkey which was a cute touch. Once I was finally done with that she asked me to make a bear on my own without her giving me a step-by-step instruction. I was a little nervous but if she thought I could do it then I guess it didn't hurt to try. Getting the right color of brown took me a while and I still wish I would have gone lighter. I made all the body parts similar to the way she showed me how to make the monkey so it wasn't as hard as I thought. I still needed some help here and there but for the most part I did it all on my own! As much as I wanted to keep making more animals, they each took up a lot of our time so we decided to move onto roses. She had me roll out the fondant as thin as possible and didn't let me stop until it was see through. Rolling out all that fondant was so tiring and took up so much time just for about 8 rose pedals, I can only imagine how long a dozen roses would take. We used a cookie cutter to cut out all the rose pedals to make sure they were all the same size. Making each rose pedal took some work and multiple tools but it was worth it. The rose came out looking so real I couldn't believe we made it. Working with my mentor was so much fun and I learned so much from her and all about what I was doing wrong. She gave me a few things so that I could keep practicing at home or create something new, which I will.
Time Logged for this session: 5 hours
Total Time Logged: 25 hours
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