Selamat Hari Raya, Maaf Zahir & Batin to all and a safe journey back to your 'Kampung'. Do listen in to traffic updates and plan your trips well ahead of time.
Orders are still being accepted for all cakes, cookies and desserts. We in the F&B industry work our hardest during the festivities and I for one don't plan on slowing down.
On that note, I wish you all well and look forward to your special orders.
What makes for a good dessert on an oh-so-hot day?
Temperatures are definitely rising, this part of the world and a hot dessert just isn't going to cut it. Although.. it has rained at night for the past couple of days.
Desserts are something you can whip up using your imagination but there are also those recipes which you have to follow. Not everything turns out 100% right all the time but this is due to the fact that we are only humans.
I got a review the other day about a cake of mine that my client said was too dry as opposed to it being moist. For a person who doesn't take criticism easily, it was definitely a blow to my ego. She was nice in telling me about it. No harsh comments or anything like that. Although so, I was upset.
After a while, I consoled myself with the thought that I am after all only human and while I feel awful that they had a less then perfect cake, I realized that there are 2 lessons I can learn from this experience.
Adapt it into our daily lives:
1. We can try our best and there are those who will still be unhappy with the outcome of the situation. All we really can do in the end is to be ourselves, do the best that we can do, be the best that we can be and be content with our achievements.
2. We have to learn to accept the fact that we make mistakes but we have to be bold enough to admit it and act accordingly.
The very best velvet is made from silk, woven on a special loom that weaves two pieces of velvet at the same time.
The cakes we make are recipes passed down from our mothers, grandmothers and aunts - the grande dames of cake-making where we come from. They are vintage tastes which we remember being lovingly prepared in warm kitchens, but remain secrets carefully guarded by our families.
It's time to share their delicious desserts in the same way they prepared it. We strive to keep to the same old fashion methods of preparing cakes, using a gas oven as one example. Go on.. tell us if your taste buds are tickled.
