Cartoon Artwork Class with Yatt

I attended this class a long time ago. About 2 months before delivering Ziya. Kira masa pergi class tu perut dah memboyot lah. That explains the simplicity of the cartoon design that I chose that day. Simple habis. Ada Pooh seketul jek. Kira senang nak lukis, cepat siap so takyah berdiri lelama. Honeypot tu pun aku tambah freehand sendiri. Cos dah terlampau kosong sangat.

If you have been following this blog long enough, you'll noticed my sifu there in blue. The class was conducted at her place in Sungai Buloh. But we were actually taught by Yatt; the one wearing white tudung in this picture below.


That was my Pooh with its honeypot dah siap trace on wax paper using melted chocolate. Habis gigil. Clearly, I need practice.

And that was Yatt trying to demo on how to transfer our cartoon artwork on the cake.


My Pooh was safely transfered on the cake yang dah siap dilepa dengan buttercream at the beginning of the class. Together with the honeypot.


After transferring the image, we painted the cartoon with piping jelly. Which is made from sugar. Love the orange gila. Sebijik macam Pooh kan? But my cake obviously need more. It looks so empty.


So I came up with this walk-in-the-park theme for the background. Tambah butterfly atas hidung Pooh lagi. Now dah nampak penuh sikit kan. See the 2 tones sun?? Aku buat sendiri tu...


All in all, I had fun attending the class. Learning a new set of skills in baking. So, senang lah nanti kalau ada customer order kan. Takde la panic tak tentu pasal.

This design is particularly suitable for those who does not want to use fondant figurine on their cake. Sebab fondant figurine bila dah keras, takde pulak yang nak makan kan. So, your money go wasted di situ. And if you are the type who does not like excessive buttercream on your cake, this would be a perfect choice for you too.

So, tunggu apa lagi? Email me at izzybakery@gmail.com for order yeah!

3-tier Wedding Cake Class with Azie

Saturday was filled with a baking class at no other than my sifu's place. Hubby was kind enough to drive me all the way to Sg. Buloh. So here's a snapshot of Ms. Kecik posing di tempat kejadian.

She has now shifted to a baking studio, which is much more spacious and convenient. This time, the class was not taught by her directly. Instead, she imported another sifu, all the way from Johor.

The class started with us learning how to cover the sponge cake with buttercream and ensure smooth surface. Siap ajar how to clean off the unwanted crumbs and divide the cake into 3 layers; where each layer were filled with buttercream "kotor". She also gave us recipes for easy sponge cake and buttercream that were being used for the class.

Then, Azie showed us how to decorate the cake. Demonstrating few different possible techniques and patterns using the same buttercream. Lepas dah tengok macam-macam patterns and tools, we had a short break for lunch and solat Zohor.

Lepas makan Laksa Johor yang sangat yummy, we continued with decorating all the 3 cakes using colors like white, purple, green etc. Then, came the highlight of the class which is my biggest fear (no more!) in cake decorating. Iaitu making a rose from buttercream. After few practice, think I have come up with decent roses, finally.

Lastly, once we all done with decorating, Azie taught us on how to stack the cakes. I decided to put them all on tiers instead of stacking, like most others did.

Class finishes with us camwhoring with our own cakes, classmates and cikgu.

The Weekend Activity

This was what we did last weekend. The first weekend at home, after a 4-day training in Lumut. A bonding time between me and Ms. Kecik, while En. Abah was having his own 'me' time.

It was actually a recipe for gingerbread man cookies which Ms. Kecik saw from one of my many kid's baking book. But we altered 'em a bit since I don't already have the gingerbread man cookie cutter. This was from IKEA instead. I also put the adunan in freezer for a little bit so they are less sticky while am pressing the cutters in.

The recipe called for cinnamon powder but I don't have them in stock. Luckily I have rempah kek lapis in hand, so use them instead. This was the cookies before going into the oven, in a variety of shapes suka-hati-mak-nenek jek.

They are so easy, it did not even take half an hour to bake. If I was not mistaken, they just need to be baked for like 1o minutes, perhaps? Or less. Tu pun ada iras-iras nak hangus dah.

Verdict? No frills baking and sedap. Especially for tea time. We had to bake 3 rounds as my tiny oven can't fit 'em all in one go. Ms. Kecik could not wait for the 2nd round to finish baking, the 1st batch dah abis.

Guess that tell 'em all, eh? Think we'll be baking 'em as sugar cookies for Ms. Kecik's party pack as well.

Macam menarik jek...We'll see.

Special class for X-Student by Lynn Hassan

Tak cukup dengan class hari Rabu lepas, I attended another class with Lynn Hassan. This time, the attendees are all otak gila2x. Asyik dok gelak sakan je.

The class started at 11am, abis at 4pm. It was a 'baking' class, unlike the other classes that I attended previously. We learned how to bake bistro-like cupcakes, tell u semua sedap2x belaka. Highly recommended. Sila la gi belajar. If not, sila order saja.

Masuk2x class, I was surprised to find Nad Farannie was there. She's a friend of a friend. Ordered cupcakes twice from me. I always know that she has this thing for baking, and a very2x sweet tooth too! So, bila nampak tu...happy je cos dah ada gang kan.

Bake, bake. Deco, deco. By the end of the class, I ended up with 6 new friends - Tini, Ana, Kak Pah, An and the ever so famous Cupcake B'licious. Who would have thought??

Apa2x pun, I had great time learning. And sharing stories. Now only I know, baking soda is actually soda bicarbonate. Thanks to Nad for asking that question during class!

Adios!

Basic Fondant Class With Lynn Hassan

So, I attended her class last Wednesday. All the way in Saujana Utama. Took me about an hour drive. But kuatkan hati jugak, this is for my biz.

The class was supposed to end at 5pm. I tell u, nasib baik Lynn tu penyabar. Layan borak and buat roses dengan sangat slow-nya. Abis class at about 8pm. Driving back home is a big challenge. Cos jalan semua dah gelap takde lampu. Kuatkan semangat lagi, that this is for my biz. Tambah knowledge, insyallah tambah rezeki.

So, what have I learned?

Roses-making process

Cake with buttercream

Cake covered with fondant

The final product

Mek Cewi saying's cheese!