I never used to get over-excited about birthdays. I’ve seen my friends going crazy about it, arranging parties and all, but it never bothered me much. Now as I am blessed with two lovely kids, the ‘child’ within me sometimes craves for birthday cakes. For celebrating my kids’ birthdays I’ve been ordering cakes from the top bakers like Mr. Baker, Coopers, Nutrient, Shumi’s Hot Cake and others till now. You know how smart kids are today and every time they demanded themed cakes based on their favorite cartoon characters. I relied on Mr. Baker most of the time and they did the job pretty well. But they couldn’t make those small edible cartoon characters and I had to put toys instead as toppers. One day I heard from someone that many bakers sell birthday cakes on Facebook and they make edible cartoon characters as well. I visited some of the pages and was completely stunned. Over the years baking business on Facebook in Bangladesh grew and now there are countless numbers of talented bakers around. Many of them even take professional baking classes.

I became interested in baking seeing these pages. I attended a couple of baking classes and the first class I took was with ‘Cook and Dine with Saima’. Ms. Saima is a dentist by profession and her baking skills are certainly praiseworthy. Looking at her cakes, it seems that she has just painted the most beautiful picture on a canvas. Her cakes make you realize that baking is an art and a passion too. Each of her cake is a masterpiece. I attended a couple of baking courses of Hawai Mithai also. Ms. Naima of Hawaii Mithai is a talented baker and her journey into becoming a professional baker will inspire you.

Well, for me, I’m still struggling with baking, trying to experiment and remember what was taught in those baking classes I’d attended. Ingredients and measurements are the most important things in baking. You need to use the top-quality butter, baking soda, food color, and other ingredients. No wonder why birthday cakes from a good shop are so expensive. Once you learn the basic cake making, the decoration is completely your imagination. You can use different types of butter creams, fondant or chocolate modeling techniques to decorate the cake. If you want a short cut way of baking, then you can buy cake mixes, icing, cooking chocolate and use sprinklers, and other items for decorating the cake.

Now that I’m into baking, I find that baking can give you joy. It’s not only something that I do for my kids but also for myself. Baking can help to relieve your stress and help you unravel that hidden creativity in you. A lovely cake can make a lot of people smile. No experience is needed at all to try out your skills in baking. So, if you are someone who thought baking is not your thing, just try it and you will see what happiness it brings into your life.