Desserts. Today in Culinary Arts and Sciences hobby group, that was our topic. We began our session, getting our brains pumping and our stomachs growling, by discussing our favorite desserts, and articulating what about them drew us in. Among our favorites were cookies, brownies, cakes, the basics. We took a step up into more diverse and sophisticated desserts with a chocolate mousse trifle and a peach cobbler. Starting with the bottom up, the trifle included layers of crumbled chocolate cake, chocolate mousse, and chocolate chips, creating a delectable chocolate overload. The most involved part of this trifle was building the mousse, whipping eggs to stiff peaks, whipping heavy cream, and carefully folding in a chocolate-cream mixture, and some iffy cocoa powder, which may have been hot chocolate mix. The result, regardless, was delicious. The making of the peach cobbler was somewhat simpler. We began by chopping fresh, softball-sized peaches into chunks. A syrup was also made for the cobbler, using sugar, cornstarch, salt and water. Finally, all the elements were assembled with some granola and vanilla ice cream. Mmmm. What a delicious hobby session.
-Lily Ertischek
