Edible Type
After discussion with my partner for this task Joe we decided to sway away from the festive theme and think more conceptually. We decided on creating an edible typeface for to represent different regions.
After some discussion we decided on the regions and there most well known typefaces:
Italy - Bodoni
Switzerland - Helvetica
United Kingdom - Times new roman
Germany - VAG rounded
We figured that to represent each typeface the first glyph would be presented in edible form. We decided on meeting this typeface with a flavor that represents the traditional sweet foods of that country.
Bodoni - Coffee & dark chocolate to represent the Italian expresso and the richness is strengthened through the dark chocolate.
Helvetica - Toblerone is culturally accepted as the most well known swiss chocolate in its commercial form, we used this as our flavoring to represent Helvetica and added pecans for added texture and flavor.
Times new roman - Strawberries and cream is as traditional as you can get with British deserts we emulated this through the use of strawberries and white chocolate.
VAG rounded - German apple strudel was the influence her using flavors of fresh apple, and cinnamon to create an essence of the popular german dessert.
Bellow is the step by step process we went through from start to finish.
Bellow is the step by step process we went through from start to finish.
Ingredients ready!
Flavorings prepared, chopped, grated and broke up.
1 tablespoon of cinnamon for VAG.
Condensed milk added.
Butter weighed out.
Sugar weighed out.
Ready to mix!
Cream butter and condensed milk.
Sieve in sugar.
Mix and cream in sugar.
Weigh out flour.
Sieve in flower, nice and fine.
Final mix ready for addition of flavorings.
Greased up the baking tray to stop sticking.
Addition of apple gratings.
Addition of cinnamon.
Ready to bake!
Little bit more garnish.
Cut out from stencils bellow.
Same process used for other 3 glyphs, placed cookies into format with a brief description of ingredients, influences and type layout and color inspired by that region.
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