Cake Course

Basic Foundation for Layering, Masking and Decorating a Cake

Description

You will learn the appropriate techniques to divide a cake, 

as well as layering and masking it in a uniform way, 

so it is ready to be decorated.

During the course, we will be able to discuss every

single doubt that you might have about time management

and cake production.

At the end of the course, you will be able to

take home the beautiful cake you have made to share it

with family and friends!

General Info

Level: Beginners

Number of students: 4

Duration: 4hrs incl. Break

Language: English

Dates:

Sat. May 30th 2015

Sat. June 13th 2015

Time: 13.00 - 17.00

Cost: 150.-

(Must be payed 72hrs after confirmation of place)

Address

Nayma Mazloum Cakes

Im Feld 2b

5452 Oberrohrdorf

Finally!!.. Cookie Decoration Course!!

Create beautifuly decorated festive cookies!

This class is the perfect one for those who are looking to master the technique on how to ice and decorate biscuits with elaborate details, while practicing your piping skills.  Learn while having fun, and getting into the festive spirit.

At the end of the class you will take home a whole range of Christmas cookies!

This class includes:

Demo
- My favourite sugar cookie recipe

Decoration

- Cookie design

- Working with food colours to achieve the perfect shade for each part of your design
- Royal Icing preparation

- Piping technique

Date: Sat. 8 November

Time: 13.00 - 17.00

Place: Zaehnteschuer Oberrohrdorf

Skill Level: Basic to Intermediate

Class size: 10 - 12

Fee: CHF 130.- to be paid in advance

Registration: 0788079560 / or by email

OVERBOOKED

Food & Drinks: Snacks, coffee, tea and water will be provided throughout the afternoon free of charge.

Kitchen attire: Aprons will be provided by Nayma Mazloum Cakes for use during the day. You are required to wear comfortable shoes.  Due to health & safety regulations, you are required to have your hair neatly tied back at all times, not to wear jewellery.

Ingredients, tools & equipment: All tools and equipment required will be provided by us and must be returned to Nayma Mazloum Cakes.

Transportation boxes: To be provided by Nayma Mazloum Cakes.

..Hurry and register to avoid dissapointment!!

Party on!!!

The best part of my job as a Cake Designer, is definitely having the opportunity of taking part in so many special days in people's life.. Couples promising eternal love to eachother, kids growing up, babies being born.. it's such a blessing to be able to collaborate in making all these events a bit sweeter.

These are some of the cakes I've been working on..

...Have a sweet week.. and Party on!!!

let them eat cake!!

last week, i had the great pleasure of spending a very sweet time with the dream makers of any bride.. the wedding planners!






luckily, i could connect with Evelyne Schaerer, the president of VUSH {Association of Independent Swiss Wedding Planners}, and founder of Your Perfect Day.  she helped me contacting some of her colleagues  {or should i say dream makers} ..and the most special and sweet night was born.






saying that it was only a tasting wouldn't be fair..






it was a time to walk togetehr the sweet roads of dark chocolate, vanilla beans and salty caramel.. an opportunity to speak the romantic language of weddings.. and a moment in time when the only thing that mattered was to feel, smell and eat cakes!

Have a sweet week everyone..

music to my ears..

the part i enjoyed the most during my pastry studies in chicago, was staging at Cake Chicago.  i did not only learn about techniques on cakes and pastries, but also, i learned an awful lot about work ethics, team work, and that there's no cakeing without music.. 

yeap!..

 you read it right!.. 

the first thing we would do when stepping into the kitchen was turning on the radio!

we would work weekly  in so many, and so different cakes, that it's nearly impossible for me to pick a favorite one..  however, since i'm such a sugar flowers lover, i must say that this orchid cake is the number 1 for me.

take a look..

 isn't it beautiful?


..there's always a cake that makes a chef work double shifts!.. Mary, from Cake Chicago had the vision, and at first we couldn't really see what she wanted to achieve with the design, but then.. it came to life.. and it was a total winner.

by the end of the year, and after spending afternoons and some Saturdays with Mary and the Cake Chicago team, i finally felt confident to design and work on my own cake for the final project of the course at The French Pastry School Chicago. 

..hope you like it as much as i did!

..i must say that now there are two kinds of music to me.. the one that plays in the radio; and the one that comes from the heart of a bride when she sees pure love expressed in a beautiful cake!


have a sweet one!

hello 2014!!

i don't know how you guys feel about this, but i still can't get over the fact that Christmas is over...

i consider myself such a Xmas junkie, that i spend the whole year thinking, dreaming and waiting for Christmas... Could it be because it's that time of the year when everybody gets into a love-mood?.. and who doesn't want to live in a love-world?

i know i do!

..so, for those of you that might feel the same way as me.. here are some sweet Christmas market pics for you to enjoy!

...doesn't get any better than this... a kid, Santa, and a cupcake!!

have a sweet 2014!!

let's dance..

Sometimes I feel like I'm constantly waiting for something to happen..

..to get that bigger house I've dreamed of
..for our winter vacations
..for my big project to finally develop

I'm just waiting.. waiting.. and waiting some more..

I just tend to think that when I get everything I'm waiting for, then I will finally get the life I want..

but..

..what would happen if I just LIVED this second, when I have so much, but appreciate so little..

My son Marco, is 4, and is the most sensitive, romantic, and sweet boy I have ever met.. really, he is just this little person that enjoys with extreme pleasure my wedding video, and he could watch it over and over.. and even shed a tear, or two..

He loves dinosaurs, and dragons, rockets, minions, and the "wreck it Ralph" character, like any other kid; but whenever he has the opportunity, he would as well play some love stories with his playmobil knight and princess..

So, just this past Sunday, we were playing a board game, and it came to a point where we had to dance.  He immediately ran to me, made a reverence, and said "would you dance with me?".. my 4 year old.. asking me to dance..

..that was just pure gold!

I gave him my hand {and my all, for that matter!} ..and we started dancing..  when the song ended, he kissed my hand, and said: "you are my princess", with the greatest love in his eyes..

That's a moment I will treasure in my heart for the rest of my live..

..and the second when I realized that the amazing life I've been waiting for is already here..

Let's all start appreciating, be thankful.. and dance!

...on brotherhood and cupcakes...

as a parent, i'm always so focused on what i teach to my kids, and how i do it.  it is so important for me to get them to be polite, and responsable kids at school, that i tend to forget that the biggest lessons come from them to me every single day. 

 

 

the other day the kids asked me to have a cupcake stand, so they could sell their own cupcakes.  and i thought, "this is gonna be the perfect math lesson ever, they will have to sum, and count, give and take money.. let's do it!" ..so i helped them, and we ended up with the most perfect, and sweet cupcake stand ever.. they looked so cute selling their cupcakes, and playing grown ups, that i promised this was the first from many-many cupcake stands to come.. but, the most extraordinary part of the afternoon for my kids, was when they saw their best friends coming to join them with their "cupcake sale".. they were not happy, but over-the-moon-happy, they hugged, and laughed, and even played a bit of star wars while selling cupcakes.   for them it was not only an opportunity to play a bit while they had this cupcake stand; but they had the chance to share a whole experience with their "brother-friends"..

this brotherhood helped me understand {once more}, that it's not the place, it's the love that surrounds us, what gives us happiness.. what keeps us warm.. and makes our home..

to brotherhoods, sisterhoods and cupcakes!!

have a sweet week!!

playing by the rules..

I have two big rules when designing a cake..


The first one is: "Flavor comes first".. You see, it's very easy to get all wrapped up in "design-world".  Not to give flavor the importance it has, is the same as sentencing the cake to be forgettable.. I know that first impressions always last, but insight beauty is a deal sealer!

...and the second one is: "less is DEFINITELY more".. For me, a cake should make a statement, but be subtle and delicate at the same time.. I love fireworks, but in the sky, not on a cake.

Have a sweet weekend!!

a spoonful of cake..

Although I absolutely love and treasure my Mom's recipes, and I even find them charming, they kind of unsettle me, since they are so "flexible".. a spoonful of this {and it can be any spoon that is closer to her at the moment}, a pinch of that {man, how I hate that!}, and a little bit of those... I mean, for me, that kind of recipes are like the "dark side" of the culinary world.. and that's the reason why I feel so comfortable baking, because it is so precise.  There is very little room for spontaneity, I mean, don't get me wrong, of course I can always improvise a bit, but any variation must be well calculated, so the recipe is not negatively affected.. because, at the end of the day, pastry is purely chemical.. that's where I find its beauty..

So there!.. one big difference between savory and sweet, is that people who enjoy cooking savory dishes, have this easiness to change any recipe however they feel like at that very second, I like to call this "freestyle-cooking".

I have this very dear friend, Sole, and she is for sure another perfect example of a "freestyle-chef", she does not only have this easiness to manipulate any recipe that lands in her hands, and I mean, ANY recipe... {she has even changed a lot of pastry recipes.. I still can't get over it!}, but she lives a totally freestyle life.. For her, there's no rush... EVER!!.. She doesn't plan almost anything.  Her days, just flow.. and what I love the most about her, is that this way of living her life, gives her an "everything's-alright" aura..

So, her birthday is here, {yes, freestyle Sole's b-day}, and I wanted to make her a cake, that was not only beautiful, and delicious, but also fun, since we love so much laughing together.. and that's how I came up with this.. I hope you find it fun too!!

She came up with this idea {of course it was HER  idea}, of eating the cake directly with a spoon.. yeap.. cake by the spoonful!!

Happy Birthday Sole de mi corazon!!!

For the cupcake case, I tempered dark chocolate, and molded it using the same pan where I baked the cake.. so it'd be a perfect fit..

That's a wrap... or an "unwrap" I guess...


Have a sweet weekend!!

I ♡ Macarons!!

If there is an untouchable French sweet, I have to say that it's hands down Macarons..

I don't know what it is about them, perhaps the fact that there are 32 steps to get a succesful macaron shell, as the almighty Pierre Hermé says.. or the fact that there are indeed 32 different ways in which these heavenly french cookies can go wrong.

The thing is that I made March the "Macaron month".. And the fun starts right now {even though it's still February, but that's how messy I can be sometimes!}

So, fasten your seatbelts.. We are driving through Macaron Lane!!