2011/07/29

PME Royal Icing and Life like Sugarflowers

Salam and hi,

It's been a while kan? Maaflah kerana sibuk sikit. Nak cari masa duduk diam diam, edit gambar dan upload. Today am a bit free so here goes. Before that, Selamat menyambut Ramadhan al-Mubarak to all Muslims out there. What's the plan? For sure we're already thinking and planning of maximising our good deeds during the blessed month. May Allah make us among those who strive hard to get His blessings and make us among those who will get to meet the Lailatul Qadr. May Allah also make us among those whom will accompany the Blessed Prophet Mohammad SAW to enter Jannah, with our families. Ameen.

Well, before I continue with Royal Icing and Sugarflowers, I just want to share some gorgeous flower photos that I took during Floria 2011 in Putrajaya, recently.

Sea of flowers at Floria 2011...sangat menggeramkan. This is only the dunya. For sure the flowers in Jannah are more beautiful than this.
Up close and personal pink rose
Mom


Raindrops on flowers everywhere after a short drizzle
anak muda ku :)
posing depan bed of gorgeous flowers di tengahari buta @ Floria 2011 Putrajaya

Gorgeous rose, subhanallah..

PME Royal Icing Class June 2011
For this month's PME class, I had the privilege to teach these 3 awesome girls, royal icing. We had the most fun, that I actually missed them after that..ahaaakkss! It wasn't hard to teach them royal icing, but it was hard to keep a straight face while teaching. Always teasing each other, kelas yg menyakitkan perut kerana terlampau bnyk gelak. Anyways, congrats girls especially Ida and Renu for completing your Royal Icing and other PME courses as well. You girls are now Masters in Cake Decorating.

I was showing Hellen how to pipe the lace design correctly.
While we were so riuh rendah in the class, we managed to get the whole lesson done on time. I'll let the photos speak. 



Hellen's gazebo cake, nice

Ida's gazebo

Renu's gazebo cake. Cun!

Embroidery lesson

Basketweave and roses lesson


Sebahagian kek Ida.. cantikkan? You can do it too! Come and join us in PME courses and have fun learning while getting and learning loads from Wati Bakar and me.


Hellen dengan kek graduasinya, tahniah Hellen!
Happy sangat si Ida. She completed all 3 PME Diplomas and now holds a Masters in Cake Decorating. Tahniah Ida!!


Funny and very efficient and hardworking Renu. Congrats on your Masters in Cake Decorating as well!! Proud of you.
Lunch on the last day. We had such a great time during class. OMG! I don't mind having this group all over again.  Sweet Hellen from Bali, cheeky Renu and the quiet but wise Ida. I enjoyed the 5 days tremendously gals!!
Private Sugarflower class with Liza from KL
This week I had 2 classes at home. Sugarflowers and cupcakes but I totally forgot to snap pix of the cupcake class as time was so short.

Liza had some background doing sugarflowers which she said she had learnt from teacher youtube. :)). But knowing that she need to have a real person guide her, she approached Wati and was redirected to me. Liza told me she had always followed my blog, so we clicked instantly. Lagipun kita dua orang x-student MRSM. She MRSM Jasin, me MRSM Kuantan. So of course, something else in common.

It was easy to teach her since she had already tried her hands in sugarflowers. All I had to do was refine some of the techniques and here they are, gorgeous!!

Yellow Rose and daun puding in the background
Pink Rose, berries and lily by Liza
Am taking a break from class this Ramadhan. And insyaallah will continue after Raya. If you want to book a class either PME or Sugarflower or anything else, please let me know early so we can schedule them nicely. You can also order just bouquets of Sugarflowers for your cakes. Message me for price.

So, have a good and fruitful Ramadhan. May Allah accept all our deeds and help us improve our ibadah. May He also make us steadfast in our deen, ameen.

Love,
Farida Ismail
farida71@yahoo.com




2011/06/04

Peony Sugar flower

Salam and hi,

It's school holiday again!!! Busy time for moms I would gather. I heard friends talking bout stocking up the larder and fridge with plenty of food..hahahaha... nice!! I've been making tray after tray of brownies as I test all sorts of chocolate and cocoa powder I could find. The latest finding was Valrhona cocoa...woohoooo!!! I paired the cocoa up with the Madagascar Lindt choc and made fudgy brownies....my goodness!! Have it with scoops of ice-cream....sent me off to the neverland instantly :)

Few days back, my good friend Zalina ordered a bouquet of sugarflowers and she wanted the Peony flower and it's arrangements. So here they are, presented on a 3 tier dummy. She's making the cake herself and the wedding is in Perlis..woohooo!! Orang Perlis, kalu nak belajaq bunga ni mai tughun Kay El naaa..... jangan dok malu jangan dok segan...

Large Peony : Suitable for 3 - 4 tiers Wedding Cake
Peony arrangements and butterflies ordered by Zalina.
Thanks Na. Jangan lupa update aku noooo....


While doing the flowers ordered by Zalina, on a request by Mastura, I too conducted a private class for her, doing the same flowers. Well, it's a good thing for me coz I wasn't lonely doing them flowers. It was a crazy fun, hilariously therapeutic 3 days for me!! And her, maybe...hahahahaha...

Good job Mas!! Next she wants to learn how to make sugarpaste Roses, hydrangeas and it's arrangement and also a class on Decorating with Royal Icing.

 If you, like Mastura, would like a private class, please let me know. Mail me farida71@yahoo.com.

Take care!! To those who followed my blog, thanks a million!!!
Sugarpaste Peony flower and it's arrangement and butterflies.
Made by Mastura in the Peony Class . Nice!!
Mastura posing proudly with her work.
Congrats Mas!!!

2011/05/30

PME Royal Icing Module May 2011

Hi and salam,

3 girls signed up for this PME Royal Icing class and wow!! what a week fun it was. Liyana is a bit shy and asked that her photos not be published. Enjoy the photos!! FYI, next Royal ICing class is scheduled on the fourth week of June. Please call Sugarflours or email me at farida71@yahoo.com for details. 

In the meantime, I'm conducting a private class on Peony and its arrangement. Will upload the photos when the class is done. If you're interested in a private class in cake decorating or baking, please email me, we'll make arrangement that suits you.

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Nadia's Gazebo Cake

Nadia, congrats girl!!

All the techniques learnt were applied on these dummy cakes and the results were amazing!!
Congrats!
Liyana's Gazebo Wedding Cake

Liyana's embroidery cake ( the fondant are not supplied)

Anis' Gazebo
Nadia putting the lace onto her dummy cake

Anis' 2 tier-wedding cake


Anis from Anis Bakeri

Smiling lady
Have a wonderful holidays with your kids!!

Take care!!

Farida Ismail

2011/03/03

Singing the notes!

Hi and peace be unto you,

I first saw the word "Opera Cake' on the Taylor's College part-time course brochure sometime back. And ever since then I've never stop wondering, what on earth is Opera Cake. How would it taste like? Is it nice? Is it worth it? And I've yet to go to their advance course. Then after a while, I let it go coz looking at the recipes makes me wanna weep.

I recently bought some very very good pastry books and my curiosity got fired up again. I looked and I looked and I sized myself up. It's a challenge. It's not the recipe's how to, but to get all fired up over something indefinite, isn't something I want to do alone. But looking at the pictures made me longed for it, even if it's only for slice. I need an accomplice.

So, I braved myself for a class on Opera Cake and Pavlova, something I'm quite familiar with by now. Someone took the bite and went further as to request a Sugee (semolina) cake. I didn't even blink when I clicked YES on the send button. Sugee Cake is an old, old cake recipe, which only, older generations are familiar with. Plus, it's waaayyyy too fattening.

Needless to say, I've not only took up the Opera Challenge, but I've tripled the pressure in one day, by having it as a class plus the intimidating Sugee Cake.

Pavlova! What can I say?



Buttery and nice, the coarse texture of semolina and almond made it taste rather nice. To be taken with precautions!

Singing the to the Opera tune, at last. It's a bit smudgy coz we were impatient and didn't refrigerate before we cut the first two slices. Heavenly slices, yummssss!!!

Good job Cik Mastura!! 

We had a slice of each cake we did for tea after class. Those and cups of black, thick piping hot coffee. Mas and I were like kindy kids, giggling and laughing our heads off, high from sugar and caffeine rush.

I must say, eggs and sugar, they do make me happy.

So, now that I've conquered my fear over singing to the Opera tune, I'm opening more classes on these 3 lovelies. Only for those who has done basic bakings please!!!

Sing to me at farida71@yahoo.com

Have a nice weekend!!

p/s : After posting photos on FB, Mas got loads of orders for all three cakes! Wonderful!!!

2011/02/26

Flowers and Royal Icing

Assalamualaikum and hi,

Oh my God!! What a fun, hectic week!!! I've been busy with 2 classes recently, the 1st was a 3-day porcelain flower course which ran from Friday till Sunday. And then I continued teaching the PME Royal Icing Diploma course. I've been asked to come up with a fresh module for the Royal Icing Course, and they were ecstatic with the results. I would definitely want to improve further on the module.

PME Royal Icing is aimed at all levels i.e so Beginners need not be frightened. It's quite a breeze. Come and challenge yourself to do something fantastic!!

Wowww!! What fun! I made some new friends and also got re-acquainted with my students from PME Sugar Flowers Dec 2010 intake. 

Enjoy the photos!

Announcement!!!
PME Intensive Royal Icing Class will run from 14-18th March. 

Flower Class  Roses, hydrangea and foliages (make and arrange) 
8-10th March 2011 (Sugarflours Bangi)
23-25th March 2011 (Sugarflours Taman Desa)

Flower Class - Peony, hydrangea and foliages plus a fantasy butterfly ( make and arrange)
29-31st March 2011 (Sugarflours Bangi)

Check out www.sugarflours.com for complete schedule.


Puput, making her extensions, she sometimes stopped breathing :)

Suli, piping her extensions on her Swan Cake

Puput

Suli from Bangkok

Suli adding the lace to the extension

All that were learnt, the girls must apply on the dummies  and it came out quite beautifully.

My dummy cake. I made it while showing them how to piping using various nozzles and techniques


Roses in baskets


Puput's Swan Cake

 Suli's Swan Cake


The products of 5 days PME Intensive Royal Icing Course with me.

Suli's 2-tier, gorgeous!!

Puput's 2 tier, beautiful ain't it?
Smiles all around on the last day

Shahidatul or Puput was very proud when she finished her PME Diploma in Royal Icing

Suli (from Bangkok) was all smiles when she received her PME Diploma in Royal Icing
The girls with all their cakes deco for PME Royal Icing


Clay Flower Roses, Hydrangea and foliages arrangement 18-20th February Class

Sugar / Clay flower Class - RM850

This class was a havoc!!! It was like a reunion of school girls, what with the chatterbox and giggling and laughing...Oh My God!! Seriously...I can't stop laughing or smiling... the girls are so sporting!! I'd  like to have u gals back in my class... missing it, seriously.

Thanks to Roza Ngah, Enn Abdullah, Sue Ixora, Kak Shimah and Zaimah for coming to my class and showing serious determination to give it your best. Well done girls!!
Kak Shima's
Zaimah's



Enn, Zaimah & Sue
Kak Shimah 
Roza Ngah






Sue's
Roza's
Sue's Rose

Roza's Rose




InsyaAllah, I'll be having baking classes on the 3rd and 12th March. We'll bake and make Opera Cakes, Sugee Cakes and Pavlovas...emmm emm emmm...yummmssss!!!

In the meantime, have a gorgeous week ahead!!

I can be reached at farida71@yahoo.com.

Take care!!!!

Love,
Farida