My First Ever Teaching Experience!

Exciting.

Fulfilling.

Something I can do over and over again... (I think!)

Honestly, I didn't know I had it in me to teach. But last weekend, I had the opportunity to do so when I taught a series of classes in Bacolod over at Chefs and Bakers. And wow, it was loads of fun! 

I would like to thank Jenno, JP, Hillary and Ely of Chefs and Bakers for the huge amount of blind faith that I can pull the whole thing off despite my lack of teaching experience (first time teacher here). You guys are the best! And thank you so much for taking good care of me while in Bacolod.

I'd also like to thank everyone who attended the classes! You all are the best students ever! You made the whole experience fun! Love how you made the classes very engaging!

Thank you so much for those who came all the way from Cebu, Ilo-Ilo and to those who traveled hours just to make it the classes. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.

A special shout out to all who made an effort to come and meet the person behind Bake Happy the blog, especially Girlie, Liza and Tita Melanie. You just don't know how happy you made me. Meeting you all was the highlight of my trip! It was really heartwarming to know that the long hours, the effort in documenting every step for every post, the passion I put into baking is very much appreciated. I would love to hug you over and over again :)

Want to know how the classes went? Here it goes!

There were a total of four classes I was scheduled to teach that weekend. First up, the fashion themed toppers class. Here I am explaining how to make my version of Marshmallow Fondant. Don't let my stern face fool you, I am nervous! :)

 Here's one of the students - making a fondant shoe. 

 Our finished products!

 Saturday afternoon was dedicated to teaching the fondant animals class. Here are some of the students' works. Aren't they amazing? :)

 All of us hard at work!

At the classroom, there's a mirror on the side/top! You can see all of us in the middle of making a cute version of a giraffe in fondant. 

Then on Sunday, it's back to back Cupcake Baking for Beginners Class. Here we are making some red velvet cupcakes. Recipe here :)

 Everyone helping out filling the pans with liners.

 And they also tried their hands at piping frosting into the cupcakes! This must have been the most fun part! The students even came up with their own very impressive designs!!! So cool!!! 

 Here I am helping out piping frosting into the cupcakes :)

 Here's a pic from the afternoon class, we're making Red Velvet - the second batch for the day.

 Time for some group picture!!! With the morning class :)

 And with the afternoon class!

 Look at the amount of cupcakes we made in just a few hours!!! So many! :)

Sa uulitin!!! :)