Independent Component 2

1. 3/16: Paul Frank cake- 5 hrs. 3/19: Cupcake pops, mini cupcakes, cake balls- 7 hrs. 4/1: Boxing cake- 3 hrs. 4/19: Sesame Street cupcakes- 3 hrs. 4/24: Cake pops- 2 hrs. Total: 20 hrs. Remaining hours done with service learning- Saturday's 8am-12pm.

3. LIA:
Literal
(a) I, Amy Gracia, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.

(b) I baked and decorated cakes and cupcakes for birthdays. I tried something new which was making cake pops, mini cupcakes and small cake balls. I also put them together and organized them in a decorative way.

Interpretive
The overall process of baking can be really precise. From the actual baking, to the decorating and display. When baking, the little details may be stressful, but they make a difference in the final product. For example, the mini cake balls is cake that I shaped into mini cupcakes. Figuring out how to shape them and cover them to look like cupcakes was a challenge. The Sesame cupcakes has different detail to make the characters come to life as much as possible. All this detailing took extra effort and time.

Applied

Each time I bake I go through trial and error. I learn what works, what doesn't work, a better way of doing something. The more you practice something the better you are going to get. This has helped me further define what a quality product is. In addition, I realized how important consistency is. Each time you make something you need to be able to do it the same way next time. This is the only way to know how to improve your product, by knowing what you did and what you need to change.