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Athens, Ohio, United States
I work in the library at Ohio University. My hobby is almost any kind of cooking. I love to make bread, I am learning to make artisan chocolates and I am the Dessert queen of the library. Interestingly, I don't particularly like sweets myself, I just love to make them for others.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Chocolate Blogs and Lemon Wikis

I had a great time working and planning for the kickoff of Learning 2.0. I thought most people understood what we were trying to do and that it could be both fun and educational.
And I hoped that attendees would find our chocolate blogs and lemon wikis delicious as well.

7.5 Habits


Habit 3:
I have a tendency to view problems as PROBLEMS and get frustrated by that. On the other hand, one of the best ways I learn is by fighting through to make whatever assignment work the way it is supposed to. I have however, known people who get more angry than frustrated, leading to the electronic version of road rage, i.e. computer rage.

Habit 7 1/2:
This is the easiest as I am having great fun learning all these new and exciting tools.

Thursday, June 7, 2007

New Variations

Once I began making the filled cupcakes, I decided to see how many variations I could come up with. I made a dark chocolate cupcake with chocolate mousse and topped it with whipped chocolate ganache. I also tried a Key Lime Mousse with lemon cake. Light and delicious!

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Creating Mousse Filled Cupcakes

May 1, 2007

For a friend's birthday, I decided to make a Boston Creme Cupcake. I used a simple yellow cakemix for the cupcakes and after they were baked and cooled, I used a melon baller to remove the center of the cupcake which I then filled with a vanilla pastry cream. Then, I made a simple whipped chocolate ganache, using chocolate, cream and butter. I then iced the cupcakes and refrigerated them until serving. Then I thought that there were many ways to vary this simple idea. The next thing I tried was a strawberry mousse filled cupcake topped with a chocolate covered strawberry. Delightful!