FLAVOURS OF ILOILO

Tinapayan’s Cake Decorating Contest surely rumbled our appetite as we witnessed different schools innovate their wondrous intricate details from a simple cake to mouth watering scenery. But don't fret if you missed that chocolatey episode last Friday for Tinapayan opens its 5-week chocolate festival today. Yes! A week filled with chocolate creations twisted with different flavours, also made us go loco over choco! And on its second week, Tinapayan will make you ask for more! Enjoy this yummy collection of chocolate creations. If you're a choco-mint lover then After Eight Torte is really for you. Enjoy the layers luscious chocolate cake and mint cream all embraced with a heavenly chocolate ganache. Indulge is this delicious combination - chocolate and caramel. Rich chocolate base topped with sweet caramel mousse  then smothered with more chocolate. Go loco over this Choco Caramel Bar. More chocolate goodness comes with this Triple Brownie square. Layers of ric...

The Tinapayan Cake Decorating Competition once again delighted mall goers at The Atrium on a jam packed afternoon. With six competing teams at the helm, t he much anticipated cake decorating contest in Iloilo City once again has thrilled Ilonggos young and old last Friday, Sept. 21. Now on it's 3rd year, the contest opens up the bakeshop's annual 5-week long Chocolate Festival which starts Monday, Sept. 24.   A total of six eye catching chocolate cake designs were created under the theme "Easter" that made the audience saw a lot of bunnies, eggs and other accents related to its modern celebration. Using plain chocolate cakes as base provided by Tinapayan, others were then transformed into beautiful and yummy works of art that one would regret eating them. This year, "technical" considerations were given as they contestants must incorporate ganache , as their final icing before decorating them fitting the occasion. Also, they must give th...

The annual chocolate festival most awaited by the Ilonggos is back as Tinapayan bakeshop brings Sinful Desires 2011 – a month long celebration of chocolates! Each week, Tinapayan tickles our palate with four specially made chocolate goodies ranging from chocolate desserts bars and squares to breads and everybody’s favorite - chocolate cake! And for the first week indulge in the chocolatey goodness of Tinapayan’s Cappuccino Bar, Chocolate loaf, Peterpan Bar and Choco Mallow Torte . Very rich in every bite is how I would describe the cake of the week. Made with layers of moist chocolate cake alternating with chocolate mousse sprinkled with mallows, chocolate and nuts then covered with a ganache of chocolate then topped with more chocolates. It’s truly an overload of chocolates inside out this cake as Tinapayan opened its chocolate festival with aptly big bang! Catch these Sinful Desires this week from Sept. 26 - Oct. 2 at Tinapayan bakeshops located at Iloilo Supermart branches at The...

The much anticipated cake decorating contest in Iloilo City once again has thrilled Ilonggos young and old last Friday, Sept. 23. Now on it's 2nd year, the Tinapayan Chocolate Cake Decorating contest highlights and opens up the bakeshop's annual month long Chocolate Festival which starts Monday, Sept. 26. Participated in by seven schools, a total of 10 eye catching chocolate cake designs were created under the theme "Chinese New Year" that made the audience saw a lot of dragons, characters and other accents that are of Chinese origin. Using plain chocolate cakes as base provided by Tinapayan, each was then transformed into beautiful and yummy works of art that one would regret eating them. The winning entry was from Colegio del Sagrado Corazon de Jesus which got a nickname "MOA Cake" since the the most visible topping was likened to the globe fronting the Mall of Asia. A simple and neatly done chocolate cake with more circles on the sides plus a fierce look...

Tinapayan's Chocolate Cake Decorating Contest is back to highlight it's annual Chocolate Festival coming this October. Expect another jam packed event at The Atrium mall this coming September 23, 2011 from 2-5pm, as culinary students from Iloilo City participate in this eye catching and mouth watering competition. With 10 teams expected to join, the crowd and mall goers will surely be enthralled with the amazing cake designs crafted right before their eyes. It's still more than a month to go but the excitement builds in - for me at least. So here's a first look on the poster, the rules and regulations, criteria, prizes and a lot more related to this upcoming event. Rules and Guidelines 1. A cake theme for this year’s competition will be announced via draw lots during the participants briefing. 2. A selection on the theme will be the following: Chinese New Year, Birthday, Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Baptismal 3. To prepare and presen...

It was a galore of chocolate cakes, having been transformed from a plain two-layer to works of art that would be regrettable when eaten. Like paintings, some can be considered masterpieces for they were done beautifully by steady and creative hands. Others were just regular pieces where just a passing look would be enough. Yet others were like abstracts – wondering why it is considered as art. As usual, here’s my personal assessment of these entries that became part of the first ever Tinapayan Chocolate Cake Decorating Contest held last month at The Atrium lobby. This is just limited to the appearance of the cake but speaks a lot since “decoration” is mainly for the eyes and not for other senses (but in this case - maybe sense of humor) Pink Ribbon One of the nearest cakes to the stage - where we were at, this cake is neither spectacular nor dull - it’s just plain. Its fondant base made it easier to decorate but the design was just blah and the execution was poor. Noticed how the pink...

No need for Trick or Treating this Halloween if you can have this themed cake apt for the season. Though it only placed third during the 1st Tinapayan Chocolate Cake Decorating contest almost a month ago, this is among the best looking cakes Iloilo City has seen so far. Very well crafted and made with finesse that made the winning cake the real "Halloween" cake - filled with HORROR . Just Google for " fugly cake " to see the controversial winner cake or click here .