August 2015 Baking and Cooking Classes

Spicy Nutty Rolls and Sinful Durian Rolls

August 8^th 10 to 1 pm

We’ve always had Cinnamon Rolls and this and that rolls so why not something a little bit more local.  You will learn to make;

1. Bread Dough
2. Spicy Nutty Filling
3. Durian Filling

Price Per Person: $100 (Class will commence once there are 5 students)

Mooncake Class

Saturday August 8^th 2.30 to 5.30

Learn to make Baked Mooncake and fillings.  You will learn to prepare;

Little Mooncakes

1. Mooncake Pastry
2. Homemade Lotus Paste – 2 different fillings
3. Durian Lotus Paste from scratch

Price Per Person: $120 (Class will commence once there are 6 students)

Jelly Mooncake

Sunday August 9^th 10 to 1 pm

Jelly Mooncakes are not too bad. After turning my nose up to it all these years, thinking it was quite blasphemous, I have changed.  You will learn;

1. Layered Agar Agar Mooncake
2. “Salted Egg” and Yam Agar Agar Mooncake

Price Per Person: $95 – Class will commence once there are 6 students)

 

Curry Puff Class

Sunday August 9^th 2.30 to 5.30

Learn to make two types of our favorite curry puff.

1. Malay or Indian Crispy Curry puff Pastry
2. Rolled Curry Puffs – Curry Puff Putar
3. Vegetable Curry Filling

Price Per Person: $95 (Class will commence once there are 6 students)

 Black Forest Cake

Saturday August 15^th 10 to 1 pm

I’ve always loved a good old fashioned Black Forest Cake.  And yet wherever I tasted it before it never tasted good because of the lack of ingredients.   So you will learn to make;

1. Chocolate Sponge
2. Cherry Filling
3. Cream Topping
4. Assembling the cake.

Price Per Person:$100 (Class will commence once there are 6 students)

 

Mutton Curry Bread

Saturday August 15^th 2.30 to 5.30

We’ve made Chicken Curry Bread, We’ve made Chicken Rendang Curry Bread and now let’s try Mutton Curry Bread.  Tender pieces of mutton curried to perfection inside the bread.  Just the gravy alone is truly divine.  And no such thing as mutton smell.

You will learn;

1. Bread Dough – slightly tweaked to suit the mutton curry
2. Mutton Curry

Price Per Person: $100 (Class will commence once there are 5 students)

Watermelon Bread

Sunday August 16^th 2.30 to 5.30

A craze in Taiwan.  I will make it with real watermelon juice so there will be no added sugar.  While many may fuss about the coloring. Well use good colors and you won’t have to worry about anything.  You will learn;

1. Bread Dough for watermelon
2. Bread Dough for outside –skin and all
3. Assembling the dough

Each person will get to take their own completed watermelon bread home.

Price Per Person: $75 (Class will commence once there are 6 students)

Nasi Dagang Class

Saturday 22^nd August 10 to 1 pm

Learn to make Nasi Dagang and its accompaniments.

You will learn to prepare;

1. Nasi Dagang
2. Ayam Percik
3. Gulai Ikan Tongkol
4. Sayur Loteh – A wonderful spicy sweet salad

Price Per Person : $110 (Class will commence once there are 6 students)

 

Colors of the Rainbow Leopard Print Cake

Sunday 23^rd August 2.30 to 5.30

A photo was sent to me and I just had to do this cake and the results were fabulous. Even my photographer gasped when we cut the cake.  You will surely love it.  You will learn;

1. Cake
2. Buttercream
3. Patterns and Coloring
4. Basic Piping
5. Assembling the cake

Price Per Person: $100 (Class will commence once there are 4 students)

3D old Fashioned Doll Cake Decorating Class

Saturday August 29^th 10 to 1.30 pm

I have been wanting to do this cake for a while now but cannot seem to find my photos.  It is the old fashion 3D doll cake about 25 to 30 cm in height.

Each person will decorate their own doll cake.

This class is opened to my students who have done the Buttercake and Butter icing class as well.

You will learn to assemble you cakes, mix colors and piping techniques.

Come with your creativity in mind.

Please bring your own turntable if you have one.  I will need once weeks’ notice of your attendance and all classes have to be paid upfront.

Price Per Person: $165 (Class will commence once there are 3 students, maximum 5 students in a class)

Borrowed Doll Cake Photo till I am able to take five gorgeous doll photos after class

French Macaron Class

Sunday August 30th

2.30 to 5.30

Learn to make these little morsels that everyone seems to either hate or love.  You will learn the fundamentals of making;

1. French Macarons
2. Chilly Cheese Filling
3. Salty Green Tea Butter Icing Filling

Price Per Person: $100 (Class will commence once there are 3 students)

 

Japanese Bread

Monday  31^st August 10 to 1 pm

This will always be my most favorite bread class.  Hard work but it always pays off in the end.  You will learn;

1. Japanese Soft Bread
2. Cheese and Onion Scrolls
3. Bread Loaf
4. Sausage Bread

Price Per Person: $100 (Class will commence once there are 6 students)

 

Puff Pastry

Monday 31^st August 2.30 to 5.30

Learn to make puff pastry from scratch.  You will learn;

1. Puff Pastry
2. Apple Strudel
3. Spinach and Cheese Puffs
4. Spicy Tuna Puffs

Price Per Person: $100 (class will commence once there are six students)  Max 6 students in a class.

 

Classes will be held at 70 Road 14/24 Petaling Jaya. 

Please call 016 6827465 or email cookingwithnicholas@gmail.com to book and to make any enquiries. 

Please check my blog www.nicholaspillai.wordpress.com

 

Fees are to be paid once you make a booking, if a class is canceled you will be refunded.  If fees are not paid, your name will be not be placed on the list.

 

 

June Cooking and Baking Classes

Tea Time Favorite 4

May 31^st  10  to 1.30pm

Tea time favorites seems to be doing quite well now that I am in the fourth segment.  This time you will learn to prepare;

1. Crème Brulee
2. Portuguese Tart
3. Bread and Butter Pudding

 

Price Per Person: $95 (class will commence once there are 6 students)

 

Another Tea Time Favorite

Sunday June 1^st 10 to 1pm

Today is tea time favorite day.  You will learn to make;

1. Chicken Curry
2. Pulut Kuning
3. Roti Jala

Price Per Person: $90 (Class will commence once there are 6 students)

 

Tea Time Favorites 3

Sunday June 1^st 2.30 to 5.30

Learn to make more tea time favorites.  You will learn to make;

 

1. Chicken and Mushroom Quiche
2. Apple Pie
3. Fruit Tartlets
4. Pastry

Price Per Person: $95 (Class will commence once there are 6 students)

 

Cookies for Festives

Sunday June 15^th 10 to 1 pm

Learn to make three types of cookies;

 

1. Rainbow Cookies
2. Milky Butter Cookies
3. Cornflake Cookies

Price Per Person: $95 (Class will commence once there are 6 students)

 

Rainbow Cake Class

Sunday June 15^th 2.30 to 5.30

 We will learn to make a big rainbow cake and cut it into slices instead of what we always see in photos.  You will learn to make;

1. Rainbow Cake
2. Swiss Buttercream
3. Assembling your cake

Price Per Person: $95 (Class will commence once there are six students)

 

Nutella Nutella Nutella

Saturday June 21^st 10 to 1 pm

 

Nutella, pronounced Noo Tell La has been in the forefront of being wickedly sinful in whatever it is used in.  So let’s have some Nutella Fun. We will start out by learning to make our own Nutella. You will learn to make;

 

1. Home made Nutella
2. Nutella Swirly Rolls
3. Nutella Stuffed Cinnamon Dropping Muffin
4. Nutella Crispy Rice

Price Per Person: $110 (Class will commence once there are 6 students)

 Tea Time Favorites

Saturday June 21^st 2.30 to 5.30

Learn to make these easy treats that we like so much and often never get enough when we eat it at restaurants. You will learn to make

1. Spring Rolls
2. Spring Roll Filling
3. Pie Tee
4. Pie Tee Filling
5. Chilly Sauce

This class is suitable for Vegetarians.

Price Per Person: $90 (Class will commence once there are 6 students

 

Gluten Free Bakes

Sunday June 22^nd 10 to 1 pm

 

Gluten Free seems to be the buzz these days with many of us suddenly becoming gluten intolerant.  These are some of the nice gluten free and easy to make cookies without special kinds of flour and stuff like xanthan gum and all.  These are easy no nonsense Gluten Free Treats.

Frankly I just do not like to use all the different types of flours they have for Gluten Free Treats as it often yields funny tasting end products.

You will learn;

1. Peanut Butter and Cashewnut Cookies
2. Flourless Chocolate Brownie
3. Lavender Shortbread

Price Per Person: $95 (Class will commence once there are 6 students)

 

Pavlova and Meringue Roulade

Sunday June 22^nd 2.30 to 5.30

 Learn to make Pavlova and Meringue.  You will learn to make;

1. Pavlova
2. Meringue Roulade
3. Decorating you Pavlova and Meringue Roulade

Price Per Person: $90 (Class will commence once there are 6 students)

 

Puff Pastry

Saturday June 28^th  10 to 1 pm

Learn to make Puff Pastry from scratch.  It is quite easy once you get the hang of it.  You will learn;

 

1. Puff Pastry
2. Sausage Rolls – the real ones
3. Tuna Foldovers
4. Old Fashioned Sardine Rolls

Price Per Person: $100 (Class will commence once there are 6 students)

 Foods for School

Sunday June 29^th 10 to 1 pm

Price of foods are just shocking these days.  Even I feel it when I go out.  So why not prepare stuff for the kids to take to school. It’s easy, it can be stored, and it can be used in different ways and it is much healthier as well.  And it can be packed for office as well.

 

1. Chicken Casserole
2. Meatloaf
3. Mac and Cheese

Price Per Person: $100 (Class is confirmed once there are 6 students)

 

Nasi Dagang Class

Sunday June 29^th 2.30 to 5.30

Learn to make Nasi Dagang and its accompaniments.

You will learn to prepare;

1. Nasi Dagang
2. Ayam Percik
3. Sayur Loteh – A wonderful spicy sweet salad
4. Gulai Ikan Tongkol

Price Per Person : $110 Class will commence once there are 6 students

Classes will be held at 70 Road 14/24 Petaling Jaya.  Please call 016 6827465 or email cookingwithnicholas@gmail.com to book and to make any enquiries. 

Please check my blog www.nicholaspillai.wordpress.com

 

Fees are to be paid once you make a booking, if a class is canceled you will be refunded.  If fees are not paid, your name will be not be placed on the list.