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Bake With Me – Baking Workshop A Recap

A recap of our amazing Bake With Me – Baking Workshop!

And finally Sin-A-Mon takes another big step, a step towards the dreams getting fulfilled. Yes, we held our first commercial baking workshop. I have been teaching baking for sometime now to friends and have been asked many a times from a lot of people to conduct proper workshop.

Some part of me always wanted to do that and some part of me was a little afraid as we all are when starting something new. The excited nervousness that helps us push ourselves, the excited nervousness that helps us perform well. At least it does to me, if you have gone through it, you know what I mean ๐Ÿ™‚

So with this nervousness, I posted the content and the registration details of the workshop and was super surprised to see it getting full in about a week and with that the pressure was back on me to perform ๐Ÿ˜€ To deliver what I had promised.

So one fine Saturday morning I reached Chaipatty early to get things ready for the workshop. Set up my ovens, the mixers and the likes. The participants the lovely girls who joined me in the workshop. Introductions were made and we realised that 5/7 girls are IT folks (surprise surprise ๐Ÿ˜‰ he he!  We started with the introduction of the ingredients, the oven, the equipment required and other details.

 

baking workshop

 

And post this session when loads of doubts were clarified we moved on to the hands on part. I was very clear in my mind on two things when I designed this workshop. One that I want everyone to have hands on experience with baking and hence get over their fear of baking. Gain more confidence and go home all full of happiness. Secondly there should be recipes that work 100% ๐Ÿ™‚

So all through I made sure people did the baking along with me or rather I taught them standing there how to do and they did it.  We made double chocolate muffins, choco chip cookies, Chelsea buns, cheese and pepper loaf and I loved how I was able to pass my love for bread baking. At least two of the participants have already been experimenting with the dear ingredient yeast and that makes me a very happy teacher.

Here are the results of day 1.

 

 

We started the day 2 a little early and made corn chilli muffins, bran & whole wheat muffins, savory cheese bites, pineapple upside down cake, apple crumble.

 

 

And after we baked it all, we moved on to the frostings, whipped cream, chocolate ganache and buttercream to get over the fear of frosting.

 

 

The yummy almost black forest cake we made yeah yeah almost black forest because I forgot the cherries ๐Ÿ™‚ and I have had my learning which will be implemented in the next classes

 

 

Also made was some yummy cheesecake and apple crumble. Two of my favourite desserts.

All in all, I had a great time at the workshop, sharing what I know and baking with more fun girls. This is what some of the girls had to say about the workshop.

Pallavi Puri says.

“Monika’s classes are full of interaction, love for baking and enthusiasm. One shall for sure take away her infectious energy and smile. I loved every bit of the 2 day workshop and would love to be a part of similar workshops again. Thanks for the best weekend ever.”

Caroline says.

“A relaxed, fun weekend with Monika who taught us the basics of baking in her enthusiastic exuberant style. She let us get hands on and coached us as we followed her recipes and turned some beautiful looking and tasting cakes, cookies and breads. I also came away with a lot of tips and tricks about baking that you usually only learn from experience. All in all, it was a lovely time and im really glad i went!”

Chitra Prasad says.

“A fun weekend. understanding more about baking.. not just the theory alone.mixing,grating, kneading for breads, whipping cream (therapeutic :-)) and lots more. Thanks to Monika the “teacher/facilitator” and the lively set of new friends and a great setting in the form of Chaipatty . Overall a great experience”

Sunanda says.

“It was the most wonderful weekend I’ve had in my entire life in Bangalore so far:)”

Shruti says.

“I rarely venture into the kitchen, and hardly ever bake! So this was my first. And Monika did not disappoint us. Read the full post here and also here

Thank you ladies for making the class special and good luck to you all for future baking experiments. And below is all of the participants along with our lovely host at Chaipatty.

 

 

For all pictures of the workshop check out the FB Album

For more information on baking workshops and registrations visit here : Bake With Me Workshop

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  1. Aarti says

    February 1, 2012 at 5:45 pm

    your like the Indian version of Rachel Allen, Mon ๐Ÿ˜€

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  2. Shruti Artsycraftsymom says

    February 1, 2012 at 5:49 pm

    and we made our first batch of choco muffins!!! ๐Ÿ™‚
    Thank you monika..

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  3. sakshi says

    February 2, 2012 at 6:23 am

    Wow that sure was a yummylicious account of the fun you all had ๐Ÿ˜› If I ever land in Bangalore in the near future, I am definitely gonna bake with you ๐Ÿ™‚

    Congrats Monu and all the best for all that success to come your way.

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  4. Chirag Chaipatty says

    February 2, 2012 at 12:07 pm

    Loving the start and hoping it carries on. A great teacher knows the essence of “Simple”. You sure are doing full justice to the mind, heart and tummy cravings of all those who attended the class. Wishing you a truckload of followers beri beri soon ๐Ÿ™‚

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  5. Srivalli Jetti says

    February 11, 2012 at 5:48 pm

    Congrats Mons, that’s sure was a wonderful account!…wishes for many more success to you!..now where are those recipes..:))..if they are eggless I am most interested you know..

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  6. Saarika Joshi says

    February 14, 2012 at 11:38 pm

    Thank you for the simple receipe Monika!!

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  7. lotuschocolate says

    March 8, 2012 at 5:27 pm

    That sounds interesting! Spread the happiness of cake baking.

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  8. Jyothi R says

    September 15, 2012 at 5:52 pm

    Hi, the link you have provided for registrations for your workshops is not opening. Would it be possible to pass on another link? Else, I would be grateful if you could provide some details regarding your baking workshops. I love baking and I am a newly wed housewife. We stay in Kanakapura Road. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Thanks, Jyothi

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Monika is an ex-IT person turned into a food blogger, consultant, home baker and an amateur food photographer. She loves music, writing, food, and travel, but not necessarily in that order ;)

Sin-A-Mon Tales is a canvas for her food memories. Apart from Sin -A- Mon Tales, Monika also writes for many online websites and publications. She's an avid reader and can always be found with a book in her bag, which mostly is as bright as her. She's an obsessive traveler and is always looking for the next food story. Read Moreโ€ฆ

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