el azucar...hazlo

My work of sugar art is complete. And no (additional) body parts were injured in it's completion! I actually had a ton of fun creating different designs, sugar cages and flowers this week and managed to glue the whole thing together without drizzling hot sugar anywhere it shouldn't be drizzled. Here is what I have entitled "el azucar...hazlo."

As the proud designer, I paparazzi-ed the heck out of it. Here are the close-ups, views from above and behind, etc.

 

Honestly, I took so many pictures in class because I was fairly certain "el azucar" was not going to make it home in one piece. And I was right. The pieces in the last photo plunged to their sugary death before I left the kitchen. Luckily, I had already received my grade and praise from Chef P.

I am finished with another term of pastry school and will begin my last - that's right, LAST - term in the kitchen this weekend. It's terrifying yet exhilarating at the same time. After this term, it's internship time! But let's not get ahead of ourselves. The first four weeks of my final kitchen class are all about architecture and design skills. We'll be creating a gingerbread house and a wedding cake. I'm obviously more excited about the gingerbread house...

p.s.  In case you're dying to know, my work of sugar art is entitled "sugar...do it" in English. Hazlo is a Spanish command that I was taught a few terms ago so I can yell at cooks in the kitchen. Or in my case, for myself when I was burned with sugar and hesitant about working with it again. It was definitely worth the end results.