It's Been Too Long/Why Not Watch This Anime

          I know, I know, I haven't posted anything in a WHILE, but this is because I simply had no ingredients. That's right, I ran out of ingredients and money. We had to use money for the necessary things and I was only allowed to shop for the essentials and this did not include chocolate chips, craisins, eggs[we don't really eat eggs unless it's in something baked], flour, etc.

          My main 2 issues were: no eggs, no chocolate chips. I couldn't even make chocolate chip cookies... My baking essentials include: eggs, flour, butter or margarine, vanilla extract[never essence] chocolate chips, cherry flavored craisins, pecans, sugar[white & brown] and a couple spices: cinnamon and nutmeg.

          Today, I was able to get a couple of those though and I've already got 3 things in mind to make, 2 this week and the other next week. I'll be making the simplest one later today. It's something that brings me back to my childhood but I've made it my own now and I'm excited about sharing it on here!



          Baking is just one of my many passions. I love watching T.V., drawing, painting, coloring, making things with duct tape, knitting[once in a blue moon though lol], crocheting, photography and reading teen novels, reading manga books and watching animes. Now, I haven't forgotten that this is a food related, better yet, a baking related blog... which is why I want to let any anime fans out there about this particular show: Yumeiro Patissiere.

          I am a sucker for shoujo manga/animes and this one is definitely one of them. I love animes that are based on teens in high school with their everyday teen problems and romances. They're not quite realistic, but maybe that is why I enjoy them so much.

          Yumeiro Pattisiere is about a young girl name Ichigo Amano, who attends LOVES cake and anything in the dessert category. She attends a Sweets Festival and eats lots of different desserts, one being the following:

          This particular dessert takes her back to her childhood, back when her grandmother was still alive and would make her this to make her smile when she was sad. She had to find out who made it. There she met Henri-sensei:

            Henri-sensei is amazed by this girls incredible palate, being able to distinct what ingredients were used in desserts. He encourages her to enter St. Marie Academy, a pastry school. This girl knows nothing about desserts besides eating them. She is a total and complete beginner, so she is very surprised to find out that she was places in the A group, the best group of all the students in her grade. Of course, she becomes the talk of the school amongst the students, a new girl, who shows obvious signs of not knowing anything about pastry making, has landed in the A group with the well known Sweets Princes.

          Each of them have their own specialty. The blond one, Kashino, specializes in anything and everything chocolate. The green haired one, Hanabusa, specializes in candy sculptures and flower-based cakes. And the last one, Andou, specializes in Japanese sweets. All 3 eventually become quite overprotecting of Ichigo. They help her quite a lot along the way, through out the year but she does work hard and sometimes overnight practicing over and over. I really liked that about the character.

          If you looked closely at the first picture, you may have noticed 4 little characters in there too. These are Sweets Spirits. They pair up with a human patissier/patissiere of their choice and help them with whatever trouble they may come along.

          The one dressed in red is Chocolat, she is naturally Kashino's spirit. The one dressed in orange is Caramel, she is Andou's spirit. The blue one is Cafe, he is Hanabusa's spirit. And finally the blond one dressed in pink is Ichigo's spirit.

          I really like how they make real desserts and how well drawn they are:

          So, here Ichigo is, at this new school, being bashed by her classmates who don't really believe in her after she attempts make a Mille Crepe:

          After a whole lot of trial and error she was finally able to make this one. Once she is done making ANYTHING that is a dessert that she makes, even if it is outside of school, any kind of good progress, Vanilla waves her magical spoon-wand and sends a picture card to the Queen of the Sweet Spirits, who keeps track of everything they do together.

          Most of the episodes revolve around the dessert that is being taught that day. As the story progresses, the episodes start revolving around the competition they enter together. They face challange after challenge and this is of course how they become closer to each other as a group and as close friends.

          There are of course a number of other supporting characters, including, Rumi, Ichigo's roommate and best friend at the school. There's Miya, whom people call "The Heiress". And lastly, Tennouji, the Student Counsil President of the school and Henri-sensei's favorite student. They all have sweets spirits as well, all except Rumi.

          I do recommend any pastry/anime lover to give this show a try. Go ahead. Find it at lovelyanime.com