June 2017 Class Schedule*

 

Hi there!

Today I am posting June Class Schedule. Prior to Hari Raya at the end of June, I am holding a couple of Raya Special classes! For special macaron class, I will be teaching four of my favourite flavours. Please take this opportunity to learn caramel factory’s signature macarons^^.

 

 

<June 2017 class schedule>

1. Raya Special! Cafe Noisette (18cm x 9cm size) & Cafe Viennois – Special Class – 

Haezlnuts dacquoise cake, hazelnuts feuillantine, 

chocolat ganache and cafe chocolat blanc mousse

Crispy Viennois cookie with coffee flavour

DATE:       June 7th (Wed.) 11:00am-3:00pm – FULL

                    June 10th (Sat.) 11:00am-3:00pm

                    June 18th (Sun.) 11:00am-3:00pm – 1 more seat left!

FEE:           RM250 (RM198 for members)

 

2. Raya Special! Macaron Class (4 flavours!) – Special Class –

* Japanese Green Tea macaron

* Raspberry macaron

* Chocolat macaron

* Vanilla macaron

 

DATE:       June 3rd (Sat.) 11:00am-2:30pm 

                    June 22nd (Thurs.) 11:00am-2:30pm – FULL

 FEE:           RM250.-

 

 

3. Fraisier (French style Strawberry cake) & Financier au the *Request* – Premier Class –

French style Strawberry cake with biscuit genoise (sponge cake),

creme moussline, strawberry and strawberry nappage

Financier petit gateau with earl grey tea flavour

DATE:      June 11th (Sun.) 11:00am-3:00pm 

    FEE:     RM210 (RM169  for members)

 

4. Paris Brest & Eclair au Chocolat *Repeat*  – Premier Class – 

Popular choux pastry in a ring form with hazelnuts praline cream inside

Eclair with chocolate cuustard cream

DATE:      June 17th (Sat.) 11:00am-3:00pm 

   FEE:      RM210 (RM169  for members)

 

To register for the class, kindly email me at caramelmoko@gmail.com (Tomoko).

Thank you and I am looking forward to hearing from you!!!

 

Cheers,

Tomoko

 

Choux de Noel & Tea Snowball Cookie*

Our 2016 Christmas Lesson #1. is Choux de Noel, a Japanese style cookie cream puff in wreath shape filled with earl grey tea creme patissiere (custard cream) and pistachio chantilly. We will decorate it with some strawberries and blueberries.

The key for this class is to make cream puff grow nicely, and you will be learning some tips to make it successful. Hope everyone’s choux becomes nice shape^^!

The crunchy cookie on top has a hint of cinnamon so that the combination of tea x cinnamon spice will remind you of hot chai and Christmas spice cookies and cakes.

Another recipe for this class is Tea snowball cookie. It’s an earl grey flavored cookies coated with icing sugar, and if you like you can also add some cinnamon spice to its decoration.

Let’s enjoy the last month of year 2016 with some nice cookies and cakes!

Here is the schedule for this class;

DATE:   December 3rd (Sat.) 11:00am-2:30pm – FULL

               December 18th (Sun.) 11:00am-2:30pm 

   FEE:    RM200 (RM159 for members)

Thanks for your support and I will be looking forward to hearing from you!!!

December 2016 Class Schedule*

Today I would like to post December 2016 class schedule. Thanks for waiting!

Christmas season is coming and I am excited to introduce some Christmas style cakes and cookies to you! “Pistachio x Red berries” is my theme for this year’s Christmas. We will make this combination into Choux wreath and Entremet layer cake. I will also be repeating some popular classes from the past such as Strawberry Short Cake and Raspberry Cheesecake. Of course, gingerbread cookie too. I myself cannot go through Christmas without baking those items!

Here is the class schedule;  *Kindly refer to Class Calendar as well.

1. Choux de Noel ~Earl Grey Tea x Pistachio~ & Tea Snowball Cookie – Basic Class –

Wreath style Cookie Choux (Earl grey tea flavour)

with Earl grey tea creme patissiere & pistachio chantilly

DATE:       December 3rd (Sat.) 11:00am-2:30pm – FULL   

                    December 18th (Sun.) 11:00am-2:30pm 

    FEE:       RM200 (RM159  for members)

 

2. Entremet de Noel ~Framboise x Pistachio~ & Sable au Citron – Premier Class –

Entremet layer cake with pistachio dacquoise, pistachio pain de gene,

raspberry mousse & vanilla mousse

DATE:      December 10th (Sat.) 11:00am-3:00pm – FULL    

                 December 15th (Sun.) 11:00am-3:00pm

                  December 23rd (Fri.) 11:00am-3:00pm – 1 more seat left!

    FEE:       RM210 (RM169  for members)

 

3. Strawberry Short Cake & Pate de Fruits Framboise *Repeat* – Basic Class –

Japanese style Strawberry Short Cake

Pate de Fruits, a French style jelly, in raspberry flavor 

DATE:        December 17th (Sat.) 11:00am-2:30pm 

    FEE:       RM200 (RM159  for members)

 

4. Raspberry Cheesecake & Ginger bread cookie *Repeat* – Premier Class – 

Non-baked type of layer cheesecake with sable, biscuit joconde,

and raspberry coulis in between

DATE:       December 20th (Tue.) 11:00am-3:00pm – FULL

    FEE:       RM210 (RM169  for members)

 

5. Caramel Nuts Tarte & Sable Mandian – Premier Class – *Request*

Caramel Walnuts Tart

Sable Mandian, using cassonade sugar and various nuts!

DATE:        December 7th (Wed.) 11:00am-3:00pm 

    FEE:       RM210 (RM169  for members)

 

For registration, kindly email me at caramelmoko@gmail.com (Tomoko).

Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you!

Eclair au Cafe & Eclair au Caramel*

 

 

Hari Raya holiday is coming soon! So what is your plan for this holiday? Visiting family, relatives, travelling… or baking ^^*?

As for me, I will have classes till this weekend and will close shop from next Monday to Wednesday! I don’t have any plan during my holiday but sure will have some relaxing time with my family between my classes.

By the way, this Sunday we have Eclair au Cafe & Eclair au Caramel class! I have done many choux pastry classes in the past, but this one is specially focused on eclair making. Eclair is very similar to cream puff making, but the difference is in its long shape and slightly harder texture. It’s slightly more difficult to make but if you follow the right steps you can make a beautiful and delicious eclairs!

 

 

 

We will make 2 kinds of eclairs in the class: Eclair au Cafe, eclairs with coffee cream and coating chocolate. And Eclair au Caramel, eclairs with salty bittersweet caramel and crispy hazelnuts on top. This crispy hazelnuts was a big hit among my family and friends who have tried them out!

You get to bring back Eclair au Cafe (7 pcs) and Eclair au Caramel (8 pcs), both in 12cm length.

 

Here are the class schedules;

 

DATE & TIME:    July 27th (Sun.) 11:00am-2:30pm – FULL

                                August 22nd (Fri.) 1:00pm-4:30pm

FEE:                       RM195.00 (RM149.00 for members)  

 

 

If you are interested in joining class, please contact me at caramelmoo@gmail.com (Tomoko). Thanks for visiting my blog and I am looking forward to hearing from you!!!

 

 

 

April 2014 Class Schedule*

Hi there! Today I would like to post April 2014 Class schedule!

April is a month that the new school and work year begins in Japan. We start everything fresh in April. It’s also a “Sakura” season around this time, when the season changes from Winter to Spring and the tree buds start to bloom. April is a month that we feel fresh and new!

For our April class, we continue to bake cakes with green tea and for our new class, I would like to introduce you a fresh mango mousse tart together with simple and delicious coconuts cookie!

Here are the details of schedule.

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<APRIL 2014 Class Schedule>

1. Tart au Mango & Coconuts Sable – Premier Class –

Tart crust, Creme legere, mango mousse and fresh mango!

DATE & TIME:    April 12th (Sat.)    11:00am-3:00pm – FULL

                                April 16th (Wed.) 11:00am-3:00pm – FULL

                               May 1st (Thurs.)   11:00am-3:00pm *Labor Day – FULL

FEE:                       RM210.00 (RM169.00 for members)

2. Green Tea Dacquoise & Fondant Chocolat au Maccha – Basic Class –

Almond base cake with geentea ganache!

DATE & TIME:    April 23rd (Wed.)  11:00am-2:00pm

FEE:                       RM195.00 (RM149.00 for members)

*For details of this class, please refer to my post Green Tea Dacquoise & Fondant Chocolat au Maccha. 

 

 

3. Saint Honore Caramel *Request Lesson* – Premier Class –

Pate foncer (pie) at the bottom, creme caramel and cream puff tower.

DATE & TIME:    April 5th (Sat.)    11:00am-3:00pm

FEE:                       RM210.00 (RM169.00 for members)

*For details of this class, please refer to my post Saint Honore Caramel.

4. Kyoto Green Tea Chiffon & Rich Scone *Request Lesson* – Basic Class –

Green tea chiffon cake with white chocolate

DATE:        April 9th (Wed.) 11:00am-2:30pm 

FEE:            RM195 (RM149 for members)

*For details of this class, please refer to my post Kyoto Green Tea Chiffon Cake. 

 

5. Green Tea Strawberry Rollcake & Maccha Madeleine *Request lesson* -Basic Class-

DATE & TIME:    April 19th (Sat.)    11:00am-2:30pm

FEE:                       RM195.00 (RM149.00 for members)

*For details of this class, please refer to my post Japanese Maccha Rollcake.

6. Opera Maccha & Green tea snowball cookie *Request Lesson* – Premier Class –

Green tea opera with a hint of lemon flavor

DATE:        April 26th (Sat.) 11:00am-3:00pm – FULL

FEE:            RM210 (RM169 for members)

*For details of this class, please refer to my post Opera Maccha.  

 

7. Coffee Making and Macaron Master Course: Master The Fine Art of Coffee Making and Macarons

This 3 day course is designed to provide the skills and knowledge of coffee and macaron making, focusing on Japanese hand-dripped style of coffee making. It is known as the best way of making coffee and all participants will learn hands-on the techniques of how most coffee is made in cafes in Japan and Korea, as well as a detailed history and the characteristics of beans from different regions around the world.

The course is also intended to immerse you into the mastery of macaron making. Participants will be taught more than 10 kinds of macarons by both French and Italian meringue. The course is fully hands on and baking materials and ingredients are all provided. All participants will receive a certificate of completion from Caramel Factory!

Course Details

<COFFEE>

– Introduction To Hand-Dripping Coffee

– History of Coffee: Arabica and Robsta

– Countries and Roast grade

– Step by Step of Making Hand-Dripping Coffee: Make your own Coffee by HARIO method

– Comparison of different kinds of coffee beans (Brazil Santos, Guatemala, Kenya AA, Ethiopian, Papua New Guinea, Blue Mountain, etc.)

– Iced Coffee Making (Cooling method) 

– Introduction to Other Coffee Making Techniques: Syphon, Espresso machine and Mocha pot

 

 

<MACARONS>

Italian meringue: Belgium Chocolate Macaron, Apricot Chocolat Macaron, Caramel Macaron, Vanilla Macaron, Green Tea Macaron, Royal Milk Tea Macaron, Blueberry Cheesecake Macaron

French meringue: Lemon Macaron, Mango Macaron, Raspberry Macaron, Passion Fruit Chocolat Macaron

 

Here are the class schedule;

DATE	DAY 1	DAY 2	DAY 3
January	26th (Sun.)	–	–
February	15th (Sat.)	16th (Sun.)	23rd (Sun.)
March	–	1st (Sat.)	15th (Sat.)
April	11th (Fri.) &13th (Sun.)	18th (Fri.) &20th (Sun.)	25th (Fri.) &27th (Sun.)
May

*January & February class are finished.

FEE:                       RM1,290.

*6 students maximum.

For details of this class, please refer to my post Coffee Making & Macaron Master Course.

To register for the class, please email me at caramelmoko@gmail.com (Tomoko). Thank you for visiting our site and I will be looking forward to hearing from you!!!

 

Saint Honore Caramel*

February and March Premier class menu is Saint Honore!

Saint Honore is one of the traditional French choux pastries. Did you know that the cream puff that you are familiar with is actually created in Japan and they almost do not exist in France? Instead, the puff pastries you see in France are mainly this Saint Honore, Paris Brest, and Eclair.

Saint Honore normally consists with pie crust (or pate a sable), 3 mini choux and cream.

Our Saint Honore will be; pate foncer (salty pie crust), mini choux with caramel patissiere and caramel cream. The brown color part is caramel.

Saint Honore has various flavors and I also tried a few in the past.

Saint Honore a Caramel @ Arnaud Larher Paris

Ispahan Saint Honore @ Pierre Herme Tokyo

I was quite fascinated by its beautiful shape and have always wanted to create a recipe. I tried out many flavors such as chocolate , rose, and caramel and liked caramel the best. So I’m going to teach it to you in the class!

This class is also good to learn and practice making cream puffs!

Here is the schedule for this class;

DATE & TIME:    March 8th (Sat.)    11:00am-3:00pm – FULL

                               March 23rd (Sun.) 11:00am-3:00pm

FEE:                       RM210.00 (RM169.00 for members)

To register for the class, please email me at caramelmoko@gmail.com (Tomoko). Thank you for visiting our site and I will be looking forward to hearing from you!!!

March 2014 Class Schedule*

Hi there!

It’s been a very busy few weeks for me and my family, so sorry for the late post! I have been focusing on developing a new course, along with perfecting the Coffee Making and Macaron Master Course. Along the way I’ve also designed a few new classes for the coming months.  

Here (finally) is the March schedule! Since it’s a beginning of Spring season in Japan, we are going to use many green tea ‘maccha’ and strawberry this month!

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<MARCH 2014 Class Schedule>

1. Saint Honore Caramel *choux pastry! – Premier Class –

Pate foncer (pie) at the bottom, creme caramel and cream puff tower.

DATE & TIME:    March 8th (Sat.)    11:00am-3:00pm – FULL

                                March 23rd (Sun.) 11:00am-3:00pm

FEE:                       RM210.00 (RM169.00 for members)

2. Green Tea Dacquoise – Basic Class –

 

DATE & TIME:    March 16th (Sun.)  11:00am-2:00pm

                               March 21st (Fri.) 11:00am-2:00pm

FEE:                       RM195.00 (RM149.00 for members)

 

3. Green Tea Strawberry Rollcake & Maccha Madeleine *Request lesson* -Basic Class-

DATE & TIME:    March 26th (Wed.)    11:00am-2:30pm – FULL

FEE:                       RM195.00 (RM149.00 for members)

4. Strawberry Pistachio Tart *Request lesson* -Premier Class-

DATE & TIME:    March 19th (Wed.)    11:00am-3:00pm – FULL

FEE:                       RM210.00 (RM169.00 for members)

5. Coffee Making and Macaron Master Course: Master The Fine Art of Coffee Making and Macarons

Caramel Factory is pleased to announce our new intensive course for all pastry and coffee aficionados! This 3 day course is designed to provide the skills and knowledge of coffee and macaron making, focusing on Japanese hand-dripped style of coffee making, known as the best way of making coffee. All participants will learn hands-on the techniques of how most coffee is made in cafes in Japan and Korea, as well as a detailed history and the characteristics of beans from different regions around the world.

The course is also intended to immerse you into the mastery of macaron making. Participants will be taught more than 10 kinds of macarons by both French and Italian meringue. The course is fully hands on and baking materials and ingredients are all provided. All participants will receive a certificate of completion from Caramel Factory.

Course Structure

<Day 1>

1. Introduction To Hand-Dripping Coffee

    History of Coffee: Arabica and Robsta

    Countries and Roast grade

2. Macaron Making (Italian meringue): Belgium Chocolate Macaron, Apricot Chocolat Macaron, Caramel Macaron, Vanilla Macaron

                               

 

<Day 2>

1. Step by Step of Making Hand-Dripping Coffee: Make your own Cafe au lait (by Kalita method)

    Comparison of different kinds of coffee beans (Brazil Santos, Guatemala, Kenya AA, Ethiopian, Blue Mountain, etc.)

2. Macaron making (French meringue): Lemon Macaron, Mango Macaron, Raspberry Macaron, Passion Fruit Chocolat Macaron 

 

<Day 3> 

1.  Introduction to Other Coffee Making Techniques: Syphon and Espresso machine

     Iced Coffee Making (Cooling method)

2. Macaron making: Green Tea Macaron, Royal Milk Tea Macaron, Blueberry Cheesecake Macaron

Here are the class schedule;

DATE	DAY 1	DAY 2	DAY 3
January	26th (Sun.)	–	–
February	15th (Sat.)	16th (Sun.)	23rd (Sun.)
March	–	1st (Sat.)	15th (Sat.)
April	11th (Fri.) & 13th (Sun.)	18th (Fri.) &20th (Sun.)	25th (Fri.) &27th (Sun.)
May

*January & February class are finished.

FEE:                       RM1,290.

*6 students maximum.

To register for the class, please email me at caramelmoko@gmail.com (Tomoko). Thank you for visiting our site and I will be looking forward to hearing from you!!!

 

Classes*

We had macaron class today! We made Caramel Factory’s best selling two flavors – Chocolate and Vanilla flavors! Students macarons all turned out nice and I was happy to see them excited, rushing back home to practice before they forget the procedure. Yes, it’s best to practice immediately after you learned! Macarons are a bit tedious to make and you might need a couple sessions before it turns out successful, but please don’t give up.

By the way, we have Japanese souffle cheesecake and Japanese cream puff classes this weekend, both Caramel Factory’s specialty! For Japanese cream puff class, I am going to teach you another recipe – Eclair au chocolat, either demonstration or hands-on depending on the time (most probably hands-on). So for those who are joining Sunday class, please look forward to it!

The class schedule is;

Japanese souffle cheesecake & Diamant vanille:  August 10th (Sat.) 11:00am-2:30pm

Japanese cream puff, Eclair au chocolat & Vanilla viennois:  August 11th (Sun.) 11:00am-2:30pm

Have a great Raya Holiday!!!

Tomoko

Paris-Brest * March Premier Class

In March Premier class, we will learn one-step advanced choux pastries; Paris-Brest & Eclair au Cafe.

The name of Paris-Brest came from the bicycle race, tour de France, which is held every year around June. The cyclists race between the city of Paris and Brest, and the shape of this pastry represents the cycling wheel.

For this Paris-Brest, the cream is normally butter cream base combined with creme patissiere (custard cream) and hazelnuts praline. Hmmm yummy~. We make a large ring choux about 7″ size and decorate them with roasted almond slice, praline butter cream and mini choux.

Another menu for this class is Eclair au Cafe (4pcs each). We will practice baking choux in Eclair shape and fill them with coffee flavored cream.

So for those of you who wanted to learn choux pastries, this is a great opportunity for you to practice them! And for those who has learnt the cream puffs before, this is a great chance for you to master them and to also add into your new recipes!

Here are the class schedules;

DATE:         March 17th (Sun.) 1:00pm-5:00pm —> FULL

                         March 28th (Thurs.) 11:00am-3:00pm —> 1 more seat left.

FEE:              RM195.00 (RM149.00 for members)

If you are interested in joining class, please contact me (Tomoko) by email: caramelmoko@gmail.com. Thank you and hope to see you soon!!!

Cream puff and Eclair class available on Groupon!

Hi there! Thanks for visiting Caramel Factory blog! We are a baking school located in Shah Alam (please find our location details here). Today we have an exciting news for you, especially for the new customers!

We will be conducting classes under Groupon Malaysia next month! The deal has just launched on their website today. As you can find the details there, during 4 hour hands-on classes, you get to learn three items; Japanese cream puff, Belgium Chocolate Eclair and French vanilla cookie called Vanilla Viennois for RM99.00 (RM94.50 for 2 persons)!

*Sample picture of my class.

I’ll explain you the details of each item later, but to begin with… All our classes are hands-on workshop style and you get to learn everything from the scratch. We prepare all the tools and ingredients (we use fresh and high quality ingredients), and the recipes are provided as well. So all you need to bring is yourself and apron and pen!

At the end of the class we have tasting sessions with the cakes and a cup of tea I’ve prepared. For all the cakes you’ve made in the class, you can bring back home for your family and friends^^.

Here are the details of the items we will be making.

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1. Japanese Cream Puffs

Learn how to make Japanese style cream puff. We will bake them in mini size with delicious custard cream inside. On top of the choux there will be crunchy biscuit, which makes this cream puff special.

2. Belgium Chocolate Eclair

Eclair, a French style choux, is the origin of Japanese cream puff. Using similar method as cream puff, we will further master our cream puff making. We bake long eclairs, fill them with Belgium chocolate custard cream, and finally coat them with chocolate.

3. Vanilla Viennois

Vanilla Viennois is a French style butter cookie. Using high quality French Vanilla paste, this cookie has nice vanilla flavor and texture that melts in your mouth. It’s easy to bake so you get to bake in many coming occasions!

To register for this class, please go to Groupon Malaysia website and purchase class from there.

I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon!!!

Thanks,

Tomoko

h/p no.: 012-352-3106

email address: caramelmoko@gmail.com