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Lior

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  1. Hi Alex. Thanks for the input! We are familiar with the teacher-apple connection, however I am not entirely sure the staff will figure out why my cake is or has an apple. Oranges will not go either as they will get that cute substitute(no pun intended). That is why the open book idea came about. I am still open to ideas as carving an open book may not be so easy... and then there is the issue I raised in my last entry.

  2. now I am getting confused! Such good ideas! Alcohol,tea,citrus...apples...

    I could easily do a ganache flavored with orange liqueur like grand Marnier, but then what cake would match? Perhaps a plain sponge flavored with orange? Do most folks like this flavor? Sounds nice. I looked at pictures of open book cakes and found that there are trays to make this-but I dont think I can get one here. I guess it is just cutting it into that shape.

  3. While I am not thrilled with all of my youngest (and only one left at home) daughter's 8th grade teachers, I still thought it correct to bring a cake into the teachers' room - as some do desreve it - in mid June to wish them all a good summer holiday. I am quite capable with chocolate, any ideas of how to make a cake with perhaps a glaze/ganache etc? What shape/flavor?

    Thanks!

  4. Thanks Steve and Gap. Steve didnt you once make your own fabulous banana bonbon? I wonder because I get stuck on a certain recipe that I invent and then am always on the lookout for ways to perfect it...

    I guess I will order the book. Here I cannot go to my bookstore to take a look, nor order it through some amazing library system...

    On a related topic:

    How do you remember what you liked in a certain book? I get confused and then spend hours going through my books looking for something I remember vaguely in one of these books. Then I go off on tangents of course, which is why it takes hours. Any good system?

  5. I also believe that one should have as much knowledge as one can. When you know and understand something then you can choose what to do and what is best for you. How aqnd why certain things extend shelf life,etc is important to know even if you choose not to use something. It is choice by knowledge and not due to the lack of it. I constantly find I am thirsty to know more and more and then the more I know the more I feel how much more I do not know... So I buy the new book, this book, that book, read, think etc.

    You may all want to visit me in the asylum for insane AMATEUR chocolatiers. We can discuss sugars...

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