Long ago when I came to Canada I was told that bakery items are not Halal here, especially cakes and It was kind of torture.
We were new with less resources and very basic knowledge of Halal & Haram because who cares about those details when you are living in a Muslim country. When I tried to figure it out with the people around me there were no clear answers. Some people hesitated to share their opinion probably because of fear of judgement & again cause of not having the proper knowledge. Some just ignored it & sometimes a few people got angry on this kind of questioning and came up with the attitude keh “Pakistan main konsa sab Kuch halal Hota hai” & it left us more Confused.
I still remember someone told us that there is a new veg friendly bakery opened .There was dawat at our home & it was far away but we drove there hoping & thinking about the same flavour of traditional Pakistani style, fluffy, fresh cream pineapple cake, but We came back tired & disappointed. It was a nice bakery but with all the eggless products, You can imagine the taste of the cake when the main ingredient is missing . For the initial two years, we only ate home-baked cakes.
I feel sad sometimes whenever I think about our initial days but It taught me that Allah made the things easier for us ,it’s the people who make it hard ,Also how important it is to have a right company and knowledge.
Although there is much more in our city now & there is a whole lot Verity of cakes available but whenever I need a special cake for an occasion I call no other then Cupcakes&more by Amna
Here is her Instagram page in case anyone is interested
https://www.instagram.com/cupcakes_more_by_amna/
I must say she put her heart in Yahya’s Lego Ninjago cake and came up with the best in terms of both taste and look.
I am not a fan of fondant so I asked for fresh cream cake. The top layer of cake was finished with buttercream so it can handle the creativity & the inside has fresh cream with pineapple chunks.
The Fire Ninja, swords & Lego bricks were amazingly done by the finest magic of fondant . It was hard for me to distract my little one from taking those away till cake cutting.
Check Birthday boy’s excitement
& Cake details,
Did you Have any similar experience when you were a newbie?
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