Cupcake Workshop at Shermay's Cooking School

I'll post the pix after we've 'processed' it. Had my first cooking class (not counting the days of secondary school Home Economics) at Shermay's Cooking School at Chip Bee Gardens. The workshop was conducted by Joycelyn Shu, the lady behind the KUIDAORE flog. This was one class which was sold out way before it started. There's a long waiting list for it.

The recipes were pretty easy and it was obvious much thought had gone into baking the selection. Not only were we treated to a free flow of iced tea by the Gryphon Tea Company but we got to take home a dozen cupcakes.As part of the hands-on portion of the class, we iced and decorated the cupcakes. The vanilla ones had been prepared by the school while we mixed the chocolate ones ourselves. I had heard about the class in early Jan and had gone to register pretty early. I am glad I did as the classes (even the Level II one) is full. Though additional classes were added for April and May, think it's at waiting list. Not surprise considering Joycelyn's desserts are too die for and that there is a cupcake craze in Singapore now.

I've also parted with about $140 to buy baking stuff like Varhlhona cocoa and good quality vanilla bean paste. SIGH! Now I gotta bake more to make it worth my while.

POSTSCRIPT 12 Mar - Here are some pix of my maiden attempt at cupcake icing. Rest on Flickr!




We've just shared one of the vanilla cupcakes. 7 to go...the math don't add up right? Whilst we were busy clearing up after dinner, sONIC figured out how to open the side of the cake box and stole a cupcake, licked the frosting off 2 of them. Had D not turned around, he could have finished the whole box. That Cocker Spaniel of mine really gets up to mischief at times.Though i WAS A LITTLE mad at him, you have to admit it was pretty smart of Sonic to get to the cupcakes the way he did. OH WELL!