{"id":48288,"date":"2024-05-22T13:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T13:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/?p=48288"},"modified":"2024-05-22T13:52:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T13:52:08","slug":"i-would-rather-be-happy-and-enjoy-what-i-did-culinary-arts-student-madelyn-design-wedding-cakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/2024\/05\/22\/i-would-rather-be-happy-and-enjoy-what-i-did-culinary-arts-student-madelyn-design-wedding-cakes\/","title":{"rendered":"“I would rather be happy and enjoy what I did” | Culinary Arts student Madelyn design wedding cakes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From multiple layers to decadent piping and icing, Austin Community College District (ACC) Culinary Arts students showed off their final projects for the wedding cake class. The program hosted a free community tasting on Thursday, May 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the final project, the students were tasked with making a wedding-style buttercream cake, but were challenged to use a nontraditional wedding cake style. Decoration themes included under the sea, succulents, R2-D2, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of those students was Madelyn. She started at ACC as a Graphic Design student but changed to study Baking and Pastry Art, which she expects to complete this fall. Her cake was inspired by the 70s aesthetic and shag carpeting. <\/p>\n\n\n

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    Why did you choose ACC?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It seemed like the most affordable option. I never wanted to go to university, and my high school mentors highly recommended ACC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What made you want to pursue culinary arts?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    When I started ACC out of high school, my main motivator was getting a degree that could make me money. I liked art and being creative so graphic design is what I went with. Over halfway through that degree plan, I realized that I would rather be happy and enjoy what I did in life rather than worry about how much money it would make me. I always loved to bake, so I took a stab at the Culinary Arts program, and I’m glad I did. I’ve learned more than I could’ve ever learned and met so many great people in my classes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Can you tell me a bit about this class, and your cake? What was the inspiration behind it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Wedding Cakes is exactly as described: a class about decorating wedding cakes. Half of the semester was spent creating a “dummy cake,” a styrofoam cake covered in royal icing (see photo below). The last half was about buttercream cakes, which would be our final. Ironically enough, it couldn’t be themed as a wedding cake, so I went with the 70s. Specifically, “shag carpet.” I wanted a cake with a lot of color and texture, and although the colors didn’t come out as I had planned, I think the theme still translated well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What has been one of your favorite experiences at ACC?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Everything about the pies and tarts class\u2013and don’t tell her I said this\u2013but Chef [Stephanie] Herrington greatly impacted me this semester. She helped me find my confidence, and I’m so glad I learned from her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What are your future career and educational goals?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Not to sound clich\u00e9, but I never really saw myself graduating. Not that I couldn’t do it, but it felt like one of those things I would never attain. Only during this semester did I realize how close I was to finishing, seeing all my hard work and long hours pay off. I’m hoping to work somewhere I love and where I can bring a smile to others’ faces. Everyone deserves a bit of kindness, and I went to help spread it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What would you tell someone considering applying for college?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Apply for scholarships and financial aid. There are so many scholarships out there that can help you achieve your goals without breaking the bank…mostly. A lot of them are just never applied for!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Be kind to others, believe in yourself, and always aim for happiness. You only live once, so make this life one for the books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    From multiple layers to decadent piping and icing, Austin Community College District (ACC) Culinary Arts students showed off their final projects for the wedding cake class. The program hosted a free community tasting on Thursday, May 2. For the final project, the students were tasked with making a wedding-style buttercream cake, but were challenged to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":48291,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[557,558,559,396],"class_list":["post-48288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-student-stories","tag-baking-and-pastry","tag-cake","tag-culinary","tag-culinary-arts","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}