Homeclass - Steam Buttercream 19th February 2011

Hello again friends! Welcome again to another session of Norbaini Cakes! This time, Steam Buttercream edition! Have some 2 tiered Steam Buttercream cakes that our students made in the gallery below.

Kak Fatimah's creation

Haslina's creation

Siti Zulaikha's creation

Zana's creation

Since now we're done with the cake gallery. Lets move on to the pictures of the students at work! Haha.

And that pretty much wraps up this post for now. We have more to come. Seriously we do. Only they're somewhat delayed. Yep they're delayed.

With love, Norbaini Rahwi

Steam Buttercream Homeclass 19th January 2012

Hello there! Welcome to another edition of Chef Baini's homeclass with Kak Mala, Dik Nor and Iza. Today, we have ourselves a Steam Buttercream class, so without any further ado, check out below for the photo gallery

Dik Nor's Creation

Kak Mala's Creation

and finally...

Iza's Creation

And here's some bonus pictures of the diligent students at work

Unfortunately, that's all for now. See you again later with more cakes and stuff

With love, Norbaini Rahwi

HOMECLASS - STEAM BUTTERCREAM 1ST AUGUST 2010

Salam once more, dear friends!

Yes, yesterday's blog was on the same subject as today's , 

that it the 3 tiered steamed buttercream cake.

You see, Chef Baini's received too many requests for this

kind of cake so she had to have 2 classes in consecutive days

to accommodate the response to this class!

Chef Baini is none too proud a person that she will be

the first to admit that she learns from her students

as much as her students learns from her.

So much so that today's class went much smoother

and quicker than yesterday's! Chef Baini's husband, 

the Babams, observed this as he dropped in 

at the start and at the end of the class!

After all, teaching and learning is a two-way street!

Here are pictures of the cakes that were produced by

today's batch of students....

Liza

Suhaila

Dila

Kak Zakiah

Kak Rosniza

Kak Shamia

Umi

Kak Ana

You can also put an edible image on your cake,

like Kak Ana has done...

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Below are pictures of today's batch of students.....

Notice how the butter and cream is 

mixed together in the Bay Marie...

Its a low flame, too....

See how Suhaila pours the buttercream over the cake

and pans it to it spreads evenly over the cake....

Once the buttercram has cooled and settled down,

the decorations begin!

By now, the hard part is done.

Chef Baini's students are very adept

at decorations, so when this part of the 

class started, so did the usual chatter and banter!

It's a welcome break from the sound of serious silence

that pervaded in the first half of the class!

Girls will be girls, after all!!

(By the way, in case there are any men who happen

to be reading Chef Baini's blogs, please don't 

fall under the false impression that Chef Baini's

classes are for women only! 

Chef Baini's classes are gender blind,

as well as colour blind!

Men are most welcome to attend!

Especially if you can sing like

Micheal Buble! Sigh ...... )

Sshhhh! Girls will be girls, after all!

Love, Chef Baini.

HOMECLASS - STEAM BUTTERCREAM 31ST JULY 2010

Salam once again, everyone!

Chef Baini is delighted on present today's blog 

which is on Steamed Buttercream Cakes.

Today was another busy, busy day at Chef Baini's homeclass because

each student had to make not one, not two but three cakes.

Yes, today's class was preparing
three tiered steamed buttercream cake.

What exactly is steam buttercream, you may ask?

Quite simply, its a method of preparing the buttercream 

by way of a hot water bath, or a Bay Marie, 

as the french gastro-culinary jargon goes.

The butter and cream is mixed together in a bowl

on a hot water bath, continuously but not to quickly until the

desired consistency is achieved, it is

then poured over the cake and the cake is 

panned lightly so that the cream spills over gently to

 cover the cake evenly throughout.

Left to settle and cool, it is thereafter decorated once

the buttercream congeals to a workable hardness (or softness).

Lets look at the results of the students' hard work today....

Uji 

(picture of her cakes below)

Salmah (From Mantin)

Yanti

Kak Nor

Kak Faridah

Kak Susie

Isha

The steamed buttercream is a very delicate material

to work with. It is soft therefore it smears easily.

Extra care must be taken when handling the cake as

you don't want to smudge or smear the buttercream

once it has canvassed the cake.

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From the pictures below, you can see the students

diligently working to make their cakes..

One must give credit to where its due...

Chef Baini is very proud of her students'

dedication to details...it is a work ethic that 

will surely lead to distinction!

Its worthwhile to mention that the extra care in handling advice

applies to even when the class is over....

You have to place each cake carefully in

their respective boxes, then move them over to

your car, place them sparingly so that they will

not bump into other things that may

occupy the trunk (or boot) space,

 then drive home safely making

 sure to avoid any potholes on the roads or speedbumps

that may jerk the car upwards suddenly causing

the cakes unwanted dents!

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In any case, its always a good idea to drive carefully and safely!

With or without cakes in your car!

That's all for today, friends!

See you next time!

Love, Chef Baini.