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There is such a thing as too many of those???!! They look FANTASTIC! Where does one find them?

A little bird told me AK may be a bit more than your average baker.

:oops: Thanks :wink:
There is such a thing as too many of those???!! They look FANTASTIC! Where does one find them?

There is unfortunately. I have such a sweet tooth ... can't help it ha ha ha

:smackbottom: I'm a pastry chef ... can you imagine.I work with temptation all day .... Looking at the devil in the eye for 8 hours a day :pfft: ....

One of my personal favorites ... Walnut and chocolate... With white mouse layers / filling....

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OMG - you are lead into temptation almost every day!!

PS - are you single? (lol)

Ha Ha Ha... yeah. Maybe I should carry some with me when I decide to go out clubbing :pfft:

Flamer... He's mine! catfight.gif lol.

But OMG, those look amazing !! You have mad skillz 8)

P&W Thanks :D ... You always have the funniest smileys!

The last one I will post ( after all its a training journal ...)

Gluten free Chocolate caramel cake... Enjoy.

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Week #15

(A) Incline dumbbells: 4 sets of 3 @ 95s (lb) 2 sets of 6 @ 85

(B1) Seated cable rows 4 sets of 8 @ 75

(B2) Crazy bells 2 sets of 6 @ 90 / 2 sets of 10 @ 80

(C1) Face pulls...

(C2) Guns...

(D) negative only BP 1 @ 135

* Done in 70 minutes. Got my whey protein in the mail today, will put it to good use.

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I have also been a bit slack with my food choices in the last 2-3 days...been having to many of these... I should stop ha ha ha :^o

OMG drool drool, my husband just said 'is that porn for body builders?' they look amazing!! I haven't seen cakes like that anywhere!!! :notworthy: yum yum

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I have also been a bit slack with my food choices in the last 2-3 days...been having to many of these... I should stop ha ha ha :^o
OMG drool drool, my husband just said 'is that porn for body builders?' they look amazing!! I haven't seen cakes like that anywhere!!! :notworthy: yum yum

"Porn for Body builders..." :pfft: Sooooo funny ... Thank you for the kind words :oops:

i dont even like chocolate and im drooling over that choc/caramel cake mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm :P

Appreciate it :oops:

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The only thing missing from that gluten-free cake would be a nice whisky sauce and it would have all my fave things in it =P~

Mind you, the incline-DBs are none too shabby either...guess you could stand-in for the power-mixer when the electric prices go up!

I make a decent Chocolate almond cake that has whiskey in it as one of the ingredients :nod: ha ha ha No picture... maybe take one next time.

When I was doing my apprenticeship ... Being young and silly as you do :naughty: ha ha ha ... One of my "punishment" was to fold big blocks of pastry with a rolling pin instead of our trusted (electronic) sheeter... :pale: I had to do it a few hours a day. First thing I did after work is hit the bed for a few hours of afternoon sleep... Probably never slept so deep since than. :pfft:

Put some size on the shoulders and forearms tho :wink:

Thank you for the compliments.

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um wow, where have I been!! Your cakes look AMAZING!! But I must never come back here again haha. I always wanted to make a layer cake like that with caramel but I try and use um... sweetened condensed milk caramel which is like super sticky and hard and wayyyyyyyyyy too sweet .. not like that stuff... what is it?! Tell me your secrets :D

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um wow, where have I been!! Your cakes look AMAZING!! But I must never come back here again haha. I always wanted to make a layer cake like that with caramel but I try and use um... sweetened condensed milk caramel which is like super sticky and hard and wayyyyyyyyyy too sweet .. not like that stuff... what is it?! Tell me your secrets :D

Not sure if I'm ready to share secrets ha ha ha :snooty: but I would like to help ..... So let me tell you this:

You can make some nice caramel out of sweetened condense milk.

Assuming you cook or bake the condensed milk till it caramelizes?

If its hard after cooking and once it cooled down to room temperature you probably "treated" it with heat for too long.

The longer you expose it to heat the harder the end product will be.

I don't use a candy thermometer, but if you have one you want to take it up to about 120 degrees celsius... it should do the trick.

One handy way to test it I found, is to have a cake tin bottom in the fridge and when I think the caramel getting close to the firmness or color I desire, I drop few drops of it onto the cold tin and it makes it settle in a matter of a few seconds ... Than just press on it with the fingers and see if its firm enough. This cuts done on guess work and time...

Up to this part it would be still your average so so caramel and one little trick I found that makes it more palatable and easy to work with is once its cools done to a bit over blood temperature to fold in some

unsalted butter. Somewhere between 25-50 % of the weight of the caramel. ( Up to your preference...) Let it cool done to room temperature and than beat it with an electric mixer until fluffy and full of air. Voila a caramel that is soft to work with ( but still firms up enough in the fridge to hold its shape...), reasonably light and the butter will reduce the sweetness effect...

Recap:

*Treat it with heat but be on cautious side ( a little less is better than a little to much) butter will firm it up in the fridge anyways.

*At a bit over blood temperature, work your (softened, unsalted) butter in...

* Let it cool down to room temperature ( or it is likely not to hold as much air) and beat it till fluffy...

Hope it helped... Had a quick look on your site. You decorate cakes better than most ( including me :cry: )

If you make , we want pictures... good luck!

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Week #15

(A) Speed BP off pins : 10 sets of 3 @ 67.5

(B1) Seated dumbbell shoulder presses 4 sets of 8 @ 40s (lb)

(B2) Seated cable rows 4 sets of 8 @ 80

(C1) Low trap stuff

(C2) Triceps...

(D) 15 minutes of summer stuff ... traps/guns.

Session took me 55 min.

I added 2.5 lb to the left side on the dumbbell presses. I will try to force the left side to adapt. I was happy with the speed work again,it has progressed nice.

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Week #16 De-load...

(A) Incline dumbbell presses: 2 sets of 4 @ 100s (lb)

(B1) Crazy bells: 2 sets of 6 @ 80

(B2) Seated cable rows: 2 sets of 12 @ 60

(C1) Shrugs

(C2) Lateral raises

(C3) Biceps

Session took me 40 min...

I enjoyed the crazy bell experiment. I think its a valuable exercise to have and rotate into the program once a while.

No negative BP today... its de-load week.

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Week # 16 "Extra workout"

(A) Power snatch from knees

(B) Chin ups

© Chest supported barbell rows

(D) Shrugs

(E) External rotations

About 45 min or so ...

Nothing too heavy, it was only an extra workout...

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Week # 16 De-load week.

(A) Speed BP off pins: 5 sets of 3 @ 60 than worked up to a single @ 125

(B) Seated cable rows

© Guns

(D) Lateral raises...

(E) some forearm stuff..

I think it took me about 60 min or so.

The single felt good. I think the sticky point shifted ( Good stuff...) and there was some more in the tank for sure. The rest was just to get a little blood flowing.

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Week #17 Monday

(A) Close/Medium grip Incline BB BP: 7 singles @ 110

(B1) Close grip BP: 8 @ 90 / 2 sets of 8 @ 100 / 8 @ 90

(B2) Chest supported BB rows (High) 2 sets of 8 @ 60 / 2 sets of 8 @ 55

© Guns...

(D) Shrugs...

65 min give or take a few. Inclines felt good... will up the weight next time...

Loading creatin. Feel like a whale :pfft:

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Week # 17 Thursday

(A) Speed bench 10 sets of 3 @ 55

(B1) Close grip floor press 5 @ 100 / 5 @ 105 / 2 sets of 5 @ 100 / 2 sets of 8 @ 90

(B2A) Single leg leg press 3 sets of 10 / side

(B2B) GHRs 3 sets of 10

© Pistons 3 sets of 10 / side

About 45 min...

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Week # 17 Extra workout.

(A) Chin ups: 6 sets of 3 @ BW + 10kg

(B) Chest supported T-bar rows: 5 @ 40 / 45 / 50

© Kelso shrugs...

(D) Shrugs

(E) Guns

(F) Single leg squats (hip dominant)

Done in 60 minutes... Mainly high rep stuff.

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Week # 18

(A) Close grip incline BB BP. 5 singles: 2 @ 115 / 1 @ 117.5 / 2 @ 115

(B1) Close grip BP 2 sets of 8 @ 100 / 8 @ 102.5

(B2) Chest supported BB rows (high) 3 sets of 8 @ 60

© Shrugs... mainly Kelso

(D) Guns

Some light cardio...

Session took me 70 min plus cardio time.

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