Birthdays are a significant milestone for most of us because we get to celebrate another year and gladly thank those who contributed to our struggles and successes.
As I celebrate another year, I want it to be a different one from what I've been used to. This time, crafting my cake is on my top list, in one of the newest baking shops, together with other birthday celebrants in Cebu - Bakespace.
I booked ahead of time for a birthday promo in their shop for two. I will ask my close friend to go with me, and we will make a chocolate cake for my birthday. It's a little bit costly, Php979.00 or 17.08 USD for a single booking, cause the other person will be free of charge for the birthday promo. The price may seem a little bit higher, but for me it's enough because they will provide all the needed ingredients and the utensils for us to make our cake a memorable one.
When we arrived at the place, we had to pay for our booking schedule at the cashier. While they were preparing the space and the utensils needed, we were directed to stay on the second floor of the establishment, where other celebrants were also waiting for their turns. You can book a solo, trio, or duo. And it's up to you what cake you will choose from their available options.
The space is spacious that can occupy for more than 10 celebrants in a given time. It's very classy and elegant to look at. The color combination of colors around makes the establishment looks very aesthetic and relaxing space to go. The tools and other equipment are well arranged and very tidy to look at.
Our session will last for two and a half hours - the preparations, baking, and cake decorating. First thing we did when we started our session, the staff assigned to us in our spaces fronting us were the baking utensils and ingredients for our cakes.
Next, we were told to wear our aprons to avoid stains on our shirts/dresses. Then we were given the mixing bowls for our ingredients. It's good to try this baking session because we have encountered some expert bakers and some first-timers at the place.
As we started mixing, there were staffs member who would be assigned to instruct all the bakers on what to do. When the mixture was ready, we were told to look for an available electric mixer for easing mixing.
My friend, who is a first-timer in a baking session, was glad and loved the idea of baking, plus the staff members were very approachable to our needs. As we looked for an available mixer, our mixer encountered trouble, it won't work! So, they instructed us to transfer to another available electric mixer because some of my co-celebrants had used the mixers.
It was a smooth transfer, though we were delayed for a second, but the staff were always ready to assist with whatever we needed. After mixing our cake mixture, we divided it into three small-sized baking pans. Those three baking pans will be layered into a three-tier small cake for my chocolate cake design later on.
Then, after a while, the oven started to heat and was ready to bake all the cakes and cupcakes.
While the cakes were baking, on the other hand, we also started to create our smooth butter icing. All the ingredients were given and prepared on time.
From the given instruction on what to put first down to the last, we were all excited to make our delicious and fluffy icing. The excitement could be felt from within. Some were excited about what to design, some were excited about how the cake would look, and we were also excited about the different colors to mix and the decorations to put on my birthday chocolate cake.
After cooking the chocolate cake, it was placed on our plates, and when the cakes were not hot, we started putting our different color combinations of icing.
If you don't love baking, then in this store you will surely love baking. The staff were readily available to help you anytime you needed them, but if you want to learn something new, then you should try doing it yourself and just ask for assistance if there are any changes. Just as my friend experienced it here, and loves baking already.
It was fun and exciting at the same time! You will also get pressured on what design you want your cake will come out. For us, we decided to color it with pink and purple - a mixture of those colors will surely make an adorable and cutesy cake for my birthday.
It took almost an hour of designing and re-decorating my cake. It was slow, but we made sure that the cake would look good when we got home.
Finally, the cake looks very elegant. We were very happy about the outcome. We did not realize that what we had in mind would surely look great as a result.
It's our first time in the place, but we love to be here again. The memorable experience we had will always be treasured forever. All my co-celebrants were very glad about the different outcomes of the cake. And gladly to know that there were couples who had their anniversary during our booking, and reminiscing about those days that they also had it on Bakespace, their wedding proposal. Such a lovely day for us!
That's all for today's blog, my Hive friends. I hope you love this baking session. I do hope that whatever we do during our birthdays, let's always keep in mind to make it a memorable one.
Have a nice day everyone 😊