HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012!!

Assalamualaikum and a Big HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012 to you!!!

My oh my, how the days past us by. And it's already a brand new year today. 2011 had been good, very sweet for us and we're hoping and praying that 2012 has even more goodies in store for us.

How about you? I hope everything went well in 2011. Even if it didn't look too good, like I always tell my friends, someday, sometime from now, you'll be in a better place where you'll be saying the same thing I'm saying today - If the worst didn't happen, I won't be here, enjoying today. So I've learnt that nothing is bad or good, it's how you see it and go through it. So alhamdulillah for Allah's guidance.

Having said that, we've been busy closing the Year 2011 on a sweet note.

An Engagement cake for Hj Harun & Hjh Zah's daughter.

Engagement Cake

We also had our Dessert Class yesterday with Kella Zakaria. Hope you'll be making lots of these, Kella, and who knows where these sweet things might take you... We'll see you next month with other sweet things ok. For those who want to learn all these Dessert Cakes or Pastries, call 013-3554399 for inquiries or booking.

Our favorite Fudgy Brownie

Blueberry Pavlova

The Sexy Velvet

We told you something was going to happen on Wednesday yeah..

Well, we had Karangkraf shooting our pastries for their RASA Magazine ;)). They wanted 15 types of pastries themed Herbs & Spices to be featured for their March 2012 issue. So here are some them  photo that I manage to snap before the food vanished into thin air, ahaksss! We made, among others,  Rustic Chicken Pie, Rustic Apple Pie, Vegetarian Bruschetta, Sausage Rolls, Onion Buns, Ginger Cake, Prune Cake with Caramel Sauce and lots more. If you want the recipes for our pastries, wait for RASA March 2012. You can try them and enjoy them with your families.

To my dear friends and family who dropped by to show us your support, love you all!!

Karangkraf photographer, taking photos of our pastries for RASA issue March 2012. 

Our Rustic Chicken Pie, a delicious hit!

Styling the quiche with props for the magazine shoot.

Lemon & Blackpepper Macs by Yani

Mocha Macs with Cinnamon filling by our fav mac vendor - Yani of Kitchen Guardian

Beef Pie

Black pepper Cheese Sticks

Our rustic Apple Pie

Onion & Cheese Quiche

Sausage Rolls via Instagram

I have loads to do rolling into 2012. Do drop by THE DESSERT TABLE. We are opened everyday except Sundays and Public Holidays.

Here's what's in store for Jan/Feb 2012 :

BAKING & DECORATING CLASSES
* Basic class: Cupcake - Bake and Decorate your very own cuppies!
* Basic Class : How to make Sponge & Genoise cakes from scratch. It's so easy!
*Basic Class : Delicious butter cakes. every baker worth their salt should have good butter cakes recipes up their sleeves.
* Fondant 101 : Learn how to cover your cake with fondant and then style them pretty!

* SPECIAL DESSERT WORKSHOP BY GUEST INSTRUCTOR :
 - Hot Desserts Workshop - learn how to make 4 types of hot pastries and style them on plates like the professionals do.
- Cold Dessert Workshop - learn how to make cold desserts and how to serve them on individual platings.

SKILL BUILDING WORKSHOPS  :
* Food Styling & Food Photography Workshop - our 1st workshop with Pak Uda Ali was a hit! So we will be having another one for those who had missed our 1st workshop. Make sure you don't miss it this time yeah  :)


* Food Blogging for Beginners - you'll learn to set up you own blog using Wordpress platform. Our guest Instructor will help you design your own pretty blogs and how to generate traffic into your blogs. Bakers, beginners or not, you need this tool for marketing your lovely home bakes.

Watch out for the dates of classes and workshops next week!

FOR MORE INFO/ INQUIRIES OR ORDERS PLEASE CALL 013-355 4399 OR EMAIL farida71@yahoo.com.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Love,
Farida Ismail

Brownies & Cake Class with Sue Azmi

Brownies & Cake Class with Sue Azmi. Thanks Sue!

Chocolate Cake with Marshmallow Fluff

Salam and hi,

It was lovely to finally met up with Sue. Hope she had a great time and would come back to The Dessert Table again.

I have a new team mate who'd joined The Dessert Table since Monday. Welcome on board Miss R. Hope we'll have some awesome time creating desserts and cakes together.

Something is brewing for next week. But I can't let it out yet. Wait till Wednesday and insyaAllah I'll let you in all about it :).

Meantime enjoy this coming holiday weekend. Time to look for those school uniforms and books again!

Cheers and love,
Farida Ismail

Food Styling & Photography with En. Ali Mohamad Nor @ The Dessert Table

Single serving Blackforest Cake, in the background I made strawberry trifle, also single serving.
I made 4 of these babies especially for our Food Styling & Food Photography Workshop today.

Sweet sweet Macs :) I love passionfruit macs.

Aloy busy tinkering with his DSLR. On  his left is the table set up for styling and photography.

Pak Uda Ali explaining about 45 degree angle shot  using the tripod

Trying to make it look sweet :)

Another angle to add interest.

A shot I took at the workshop today. 

Food Styling & Photography Workshop with Pak Uda Ali @ The Dessert Table 17/12/2011
Thank you all for coming!

Salam and hi,
MasyaAllah, what a great day we had! The workshop was fun and very-very informative and so good!! Just look at my photos today and the ones on the side of this wall..what big difference!!

Now I know more about lighting and how to adjust the camera manual, with actual know-how instead of just guessing :) The hands-on session was really good as everyone get to try taking shots of the desserts from different angles and view.

Hahahaha..it was fun when now and then you hear remarks like 'ooohhh.. that's what viewfinder is' or 'oohhhh...i never knew we could do that....' and many more...lovely..just lovely!!

I hope everyone went back a button wiser than before..LOL!!

Thanks to Pak Uda & his crew, Zalina from Seremban, Azmi from Singapore, Fuziah from Melaka, Linda from Ipoh, Cik Mas, Renu, Sapiyyah, Marlina, Enn, Roza, anak kak Nurul and Rozita (sorry didnt get their names), Aloy, and Hellen from Bali.

For those who had registered and some paid, we will be repeating this Basic Workshop, insyaAllah early next year. We hope to see you @ The Dessert Table, armed with your DSLR, ready to shoot on target LOL!!

Credit where they're due:
Props were prepared and set up by Pak Uda Ali and his crew
Those yummilicious macs were by Yani
The chocolates by Renu
Chocolate Tart by Mastura
& lastly those cute little Blackforest cakes and Strawberry Trifle in those long sexy stem glasses - those I made this morning.

Take care & have a great weekend!

Farida Ismail

THE DESSERT TABLE - Soft Launch @ 10/12/2011

Alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah, all praise be only to Allahu Subhanahu wata'ala, the All Mighty that only with His Blessings and Mercy, had made this day possible for us.

Finally, THE DESSERT TABLE is HERE!!!!! We are so happy!!!

Last Saturday, 10/12/2011, we had our a small gathering of families and friends to commemorate our Soft Launch of THE DESSERT TABLE :)..

Nothing fancy, just a small majlis as a token of gratitude and to celebrate those who are dear to me, who had been standing behind me, with tremendous love and support, giving me the strength and courage to see this project through. Alhamdulillah.. Thank you all for your love and understanding, for there were times when I was so busy I can't attend to some of your needs, or for the times when I'm just to tired to get up and lend a helping hand when they need me.

A big thank you also goes out to The Dessert Table friends, Mastura of Chomel Cupcakes, Lyza Ghazali of Rollypops, Siti and Phahmy of Tytatreats, Anizah Baharudin of Deliciously Chocolates, Yani of Kitchen Guardian & my  newfound temp-maid, Rowena. Love, hugs & kisses to all of you for making it possible for us to have fun filled day with gorgeous and scrumptious desserts on our beautiful and sweet Dessert Table.

Welcome to The Dessert Table!!

Something to remember

THE DESSERT TABLE - CAKE BAKING & DECORATING STUDIO

THE DESSERT TABLE now offers you various classes on Sugarcrafting, Baking, Cake decorating and skill enhancing workshops like Food Styling Workshops, Food Photography Workshops, Food Blogging for Homebakers Workshops and many others.

Sugarcrafting Courses

Introducing our new offering, Scrumptious & Gorgeous & Sweet Dessert Table, a service where you can order a full range of Cakes, Pastries and Desserts for your events. Any types of cakes, cupcakes, pastries and desserts that tickle your fancies, just name it and we will do our best to cater them for you.

We will help you design the dessert table layout and color scheme to suit your events, be they Birthdays, Weddings, Corporate Launches, Annual Corporate Dinners etc.

We will provide the Backdrops, crockeries and framed Logo or Event Theme and fresh flowers/candles and all that are needed make the table gorgeous and beautiful.

We made this dessert table last week.

Dessert Table set-up for our Soft Launch

The Dessert Table

Candies for kids

Pavlova

Happy 15th Birthday to Didi

Family & friends celebrating our Soft Launch

Elegant cake with the events theme framed on the backdrop.

Fudgy Brownie

Macarons

Peaches & Cream Cupcakes

Delicious Eclairs

The Dessert Table
12A-1 Jalan PJU 7/16A
Mutiara Damansara
Petaling Jaya
Selangor

FOR INQUIRIES ON CLASSES & WORKSHOPS AND DESSERT TABLE SERVICE ORDERS, DROP US A MAIL AT farida71@yahoo.com or CALL 013-3554399. 

We will be publishing our January 2012 workshops and Dessert Table Menu soon! So watch out for this space!!

In the meantime, our FOOD STYLING & FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP which had been overbooked, will be happening this Saturday, insyaAllah. And for those who had to be KIVs, we'll have another one soon, insyaAllah.

Till then, take care!!

Love,

Farida Ismail

The faces supporting The Dessert Table's soft launch, big thanks from us!!

Mastura of Chomel Cupcakes, Siti & Farita of Tytatreats

Cik Mas, my semangat.

FOOD STYLING & FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP - 17TH DEC 2011

Assalamulaikum wbth & Hi!!

This workshop is OVERBOOKED!  Registration for this workshop is officially CLOSED. If you would like to attend our next Food Styling & Food Photography Workshop which, insyaAllah will be held again early next year, please email me (farida71@yahoo.com) your interest and we'll contact you with details of next workshop.

Thank you to those who had confirmed their seats with us.

See ya!!

Farida Ismail

WE WANT YOU!!

Image is borrowed from Plumbheavy.ca

THE DESSERT TABLE IS LOOKING FOR A SUITABLE PERSON TO BE PART OF OUR SWEET TEAM!

We are looking for a Dessert-loving person, who would love to grow sweeter with us, to be on our sweet DESSERT TABLE team.

Fresh graduates from local institution with a Culinary or Baking qualification or persons with experience in Baking & Cake Decorating are encourage to apply. Salary will commensurate with qualifications or experience. The Candidate should be between 22-35 years of age. Having own transport will be a plus. Ladies only.

Call/SMS me at 013-3554399 or email me your resume at farida71@yahoo.com and we'll arrange for an interview.

BASIC FOOD STYLING & FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP 17TH DEC 2011

Chef Ali Mohamad Noor or better known as Pak Uda Ali, at a Canon Pro Talk - Food Styling for Photography workshop

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A gorgeous composition from Pak Uda Ali

Another example from From Food Styling & Food Photography class by Pak Uda Ali

Assalamualaikum and hi,

I've got good news for you!!! DSLR NEWBIES, DSLRS FANS, YOU CAN'T MISS THIS!!!!

InsyaAllah, during the Workshop, we are going to have DSLRs promotions going on!!! InsyaAllah, CANON will be making their presence @ The Dessert Table AND you'll be able to purchase Canon DSLRs and/or lenses, at student's offer price during our workshop on the 17th Dec, 2011. Discounts, insyaAllah, will be between RM200-RM300 on Canon products, which comes with 1+1 year Warranty on all Canon original products , only on the Workshop day . Alhamdulillah, thank you Pak Uda Ali for making this possible!!

We are bringing the world's best to you @ The Dessert Table and places are limited. We only have a few more places available so don't wait no more! CALL/SMS US TODAY AT 013-3554399 OR EMAIL farida71@yahoo.com to book your place. A non-refundable deposit of RM100 is required to secure your booking with us or you can pay the full amount of RM250. Maybank acc : 5624 7812 9617. Let us know of your payment and Please keep the bank-in/transfer receipts and mail it/MMS it/bring it to us on Workshop Day as proof of payment.

Details of workshop can also be found in previous post.

SEE YOU AT THE DESSERT TABLE!!

Love,

Farida Ismail

BASIC FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP

A sample of Chef Ali's work.

Chef Ali

PHOTO BELONGS TO CHEF ALI MOHAMAD NOOR

PHOTO BELONGS TO CHEF ALI MOHAMAD NOOR

YOU WANT YOUR CAKES/DESSERTS/FOOD TO LOOK LIKE THESE PHOTOS?? YES? THEN READ ON...

Good news for all Foodie Bloggers and all the Bakers and Cake Decorators out there!!! Let's do justice to our delicious food/cakes/pastries. No more dull and boring looking photos of our products!

InsyaAllah, The Dessert Table will be having a BASIC FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP with Chef Ali Mohamad Noor at our place!!

Date  : 17th December 2011

Time : 10am - 2pm

Fees  : RM250 per person

Venue : The Dessert Table

Max no. of persons per workshop : 15

* Refreshments and light snacks will be provided throughout the workshop. In the interest of time, lunch will be provided at the end of the workshop.


Introduction

The workshop will be conducted for 4 hours with elements of theory, demonstration and hands-on approached. Participants will be exposed to basic techniques of food photography using available lighting/natural lighting. The following elements will be focused throughout the workshop:

* Introduction to basic food photography

* Purpose of food photography

* Setting up for food photography

* Basic camera setting for food photography

* Concept, object, props and styling

* Angle of shoot in food photograph

Who should attend this workshop?

Beginner in photography and those who would like to explore the food photography are welcome. Food enthusiast that love to snap pictures of their creation and anyone that feel food can communicate are equally welcome. In short, those who knows and aspires to be like Mowie Kay of Mowielicious Should BE HERE!!

What to bring along?

Bring along your camera preferably a decent DSLR camera (including lenses 18 – 55mm, macro lens, will help to get the most from the workshop), laptop (be sure you have installed your camera software), a tripod (bring extra if you got any),

*EXTRA : IF YOU WANT TO PERSONALIZE YOUR SHOTS PLEASE BRING THESE ITEMS OTHERWISE WE WILL BE PROVIDING THEM AT OUR PLACE : plate (white fancy plate to present your food), food product (dessert, cakes, fruits etc), linen of any color (table cloth, table runner etc), black and white mounting board, and any props that you think appropriate. 

Anything else? ---- Off course pen, pencil, notebook and your good self (please come with an open mind and you will be enjoying the session with us)

What are expected from participants?

Understanding of camera is essential, especially on setting up the ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed. 

Don't wait too long to make that decision folks! We have only 15 places available. Those without DSLR but only have a normal good compact are also welcome to join our workshop :)

A bit about Chef Ali Mohamad Noor : Chef Ali is a Chef by profession and currently is attach to UiTM's Culinary and Gastronomy Dept as a Senior Lecturer.

SMS me your details at 013-3554399 or leave me your comment or email me farida71@yahoo.com TODAY!