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!!!

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 Liyana is a bit shy and asked that her photos not be published.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

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!!!

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