Life is short….Let’s bake a Cake

Life is short. Its short for all those small tiffs and quarrels that engulf our daily lives. Its short for those momentary span of sadness that sadden our bright days and it’s short enough for us to not to eat cakes! Cakes, yes, you heard it right. After all Cake are what happiness made of. So, celebrate those special moments of life with cakes, cupcakes and pastries.

Cakes are something which since the beginning of civilisation has been associated with celebrating everything good in life. The reasons may vary as why is it so? May it be wedding rituals or any auspicious occasion or a simple birthday celebration, no event seems complete without the cake cutting ceremony. Perhaps this has to do with the fact that sugar has the property to lighten depressing moods and a blend of cream and bread to this sugar is well….heaven.

Cakes, in fact have an interesting etymology. It is derived from the viking term ‘kaka’. The first cakes were made in pre-biblical times when butter, honey and nuts were mixed to bread. Soon as the heating system became more evolved, cake making more simpler and cakes became more sophisticated in texture, shapes and structures.

Fastforwarding to the modern times, there are various baking and cooking institute in India which teach the art of cake making to novices. These cake making institutes cater to the needs of the middle and upper middle income group people. These institutes teach the enrollees the knick knack of baking by complete hands on training. One can choose from the various cake making and decorating courses. These courses are specifically designed according to the different needs of the students.

Apart from the various long term courses one can choose from courses of short duration also which is ideal for those who have less time to spare from their daily routine. These short term baking courses are available with different fee structure.

One such institute which has all the aforesaid qualities of a good cake making institute is Academy of Pastry Arts. Here cake making is not just an Art , but a ‘passion’ the Academy  dwell by.