SAMPLES OF MY WORK - Publication in the Avon Aidilfitri 2011 Catalogue

AVON ADILIFITRI 2011 CATALOGUE

Salam, dear friends!

Here are cupcakes that will be featured in 

the upcoming Avon Aidilfitri 2011 Catalogue....

Look out for it soon!

Love always,

Chef Baini.

AROMA MAGAZINE MARCH 2011 ISSUE SELECTED CHEF ARTICLE

Salam once again, dear friends!

You may not have heard of nor seen the AROMA magazine in the newsstands. Neither had Chef Baini when the magazine first contacted her a few weeks back. This magazine is a publication that is new to the market; Chef Baini was pleasantly delighted and grateful when the magazine's editors invited Chef Baini to be a part of the March 2011 issue. The magazine offered Chef Baini four pages of which two must be dedicated to Chef Baini's recipes for cakes.

The magazine is a sort of culinary tabernacle (or perhaps wikipedia would be more appropriate in today's jargon) where it features recipes and cooking techniques contributed by fellow epicureans.So Chef Baini decided to contribute her Prune Orange Cake recipe and the traditional Kebaya cake for the magazine's readership.

For the featured article, Chef Baini made the Prune Orange Cake in the form of the Sirih Junjung engagement/ wedding cake, which has become very popular recently. And of course, the ubiquitous Kebaya Cake in Chef Bani's style is extracted from the magazine's pages in the picture below.

The second part of the deal is a two-page spread as the Selected-Chef-of-the-Month feature. Its a short bio on Chef Baini's fledgling career up to today.....

Chef Baini's story is condensed on these two pages; minus all the nonsensical parodies that were in Chef Baini's first retrospective blog naturally!

That's all for today's blog post, dear friends, Chef Baini's hopes that you had fun reading it. Do look out for the magazine, friends; there are a lot of recipes in there for you to have a go on; its not just about Chef Baini, you know.

Its all about sharing, and caring enough to share.

Take care, until the next post,

Love always,

Chef Baini

SAJI MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2010 ISSUE

Salam once again, dear friends!

Today's blog post is one that Chef Baini is very pleased to share with all of her friends, for today's post showcases Chef Baini's work that is currently published in an award-winning local magazine! Yes, its the December 2010 issue of SAJI, which is now available at most news stands and bookshops throughout Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. Chef Baini recalls starting to read this magazine over 10 years ago when she first ventured selling cakes and cookies for Eidul Fitr. Today, she can count this widely read monthly as one that published her work!

The cover of this month's issue is tinged with a gentle hue of pink, and Chef Baini finds it most appropriate! The page where the table of contents is places a highlight that is Chef Baini's work. Can you guess which one?

If had guessed the wedding cake, you would be right! You see, about two months ago, the magazine contacted Chef Baini about doing a spread on her works. It came as a pleasant surprise and naturally, as you can guess, the whole family is excited over the prospect of seeing Mom in the magazine. What else can Chef Baini do but say yes!

As you know, December is the end of the year school holidays and here in Malaysia, it means wedding season as well. SAJI magazine wanted to feature wedding related features and this issue hosted a few wedding related business from wedding planners to caterings to fruit carvings to costumes to platforms and dais to cakes and gifts; in short, the whole enchilada!

If this had been Mexico instead of Malaysia, then the magazine probably would have featured enchiladas as well! Weddings cakes are the showpiece of the occasion and Chef Baini is honoured to have been selected to display her creations for the wedding cakes segment.

So here is the spread, on pages 60 and 61:

Chef Baini hopes to see in the near future one or more of her friends' work finding their way to print! Too bad the scanned pages do not show the intricate details of the cakes; Chef Baini hopes to get the Jpegs from the magazine quickly so that she can publish them in her blog; that way you can better appreciate the fine details and textures that characterize the cakes.

 ****FLASHBACK****

Well, this isn't the first of Chef Baini's publishments; last year Chef Baini was also featured in NUR magazine. But because that was before the NORBAINI CAKES blog came about, that spread never saw publication here. So for the benefit of all our friends, here is the spread from that magazine, the September 2009 issue.

As you can see below. the feature was on cookies for Eidul Fitr. The two page spread had cookies and their recipes that were contributed by Chef Baini. Well, to be precise, Norbaini Rahwi because at that time, she wasn't known as Chef Baini yet!

That's all for today, dear friends! Thank you for visiting today's blog post. Maybe there will be another blog post on another publication in the near future, who knows? ; )

Until next time,

Love always,

Chef Baini.