Desserts for charity

In class we got the honor of making many, many, many finger sized desserts for a charity event held in downtown Atlanta. But it was also a learning experience for us as well. We made for the first time chocolate mousse and raspberry mousse. It was also the first time I messed up making whipped cream. Fun fact : if you over whip heavy cream it separates to butter and buttermilk.
We got to make éclairs for the first time too, which were a lot easier than I thought they would be. The chocolate glaze was easy and fun to make, plus licking my fingers was a bonus. For all this I got the honor of being chosen by my teacher to do all of the piping for the class. Meaning I had to pipe the mousse into the tartlet shells and then pipe cream on top of that. It felt like I did hundreds, but it was worth it. There is nothing better than to have an entire class watch you work and tell you how good you are for a real big confidence boost.
Hopefully you will all have a chance like this for some charity in your area. But always keep it mixed up.