Baking Happiness at Bakespace!

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Published on Apr 01, 2024

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Scrolling through my folders today to delete old files to clear some memory space, I bumped into this folder named Bakespace. Oh, goodness, I have not edited the videos so I immediately imported the video files into DaVinci Resolve and made my way to compile one which is an 8-minute video.

I realized, we didn't take photos of the experience so I grabbed some stills so I can create this blog but you can watch the video as well.

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My Cebuano friends recommended that we bring Matti here because it's a delightful experience. I couldn't go until last December when we visited Cebu for my husband's company Christmas party. Also, coming here requires an appointment first and our preferred date was full so we had to get the evening one instead which was at 7 PM, this was their last session of the day.

There are different packages, we availed the solo which was worth Php 699 (at that time), this includes 1 adult and 1 child for 3 bento cakes. Today, upon checking, it looks like they have increased their pricing.

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Other packages are here below:

Premium 6 inches red velvet cake
Premium 6 inches Rainbow cake
Solo - Php 1099
Duo - Php 1759

Premium 6 inches vanilla cake
Solo - Php 1049
Duo - Php 1649

6 Inches Classic Cake

Solo - Php 899
Duo - Php 1429

4 inches 3 Bento Cakes
Solo - 739
Duo - Php 1219

1 Dozen Cupcakes
Solo - 739
Duo - 1219

9x12 inches Dedication Brownies
Solo - 539
Duo - 849

1 Dozen Chocolate Chip Cookies
Solo - 439
Duo - 649

They got corporate and group packages as well. Check their Facebook page for more!

Coming in, we were greeted by the number of ovens and mixers. We arrived a few minutes before the scheduled time as recommended so there were still guests from the previous time session who were wrapping up and taking photos of their cakes. I was excited to see them happy and they sure looked like enjoyed the baking session. I can see Matti was also happy and excited although he was already a little sleepy.

We were handed aprons and were advised to wash hands before we start. The tables were cleaned and our materials were placed. We were around 30 minutes late as the previous batch took a lot of time but it's fine, we were just excited and didn't mind.

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It's cute that they provide phone stands for the bakers so we could document this experience with our phones. It was a small thing but helped a lot because everyone wanted to get photos and videos of them baking. Matti and I had to take a video the phone while my husband was also taking videos on his camera.

The session finally started, there were supposed to be 8 groups in that batch, but one didn't arrive. And so we started by introducing the ingredients. As you can see on the photo above, Matti's delightful face knowing that we were going to start baking!

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The first step was cracking the egg! We only have one egg for our bento cakes, the others had two and for the cookies, the egg is not needed.

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We were provided with everything necessary to bake, the mixing bowls, spatula etc. One by one, we put the ingredients in the bowl and Matti was super interactive at this point. He was the most energetic and he would also talk to the head baker whenever asked. You can surely see that he was very invested in this.

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And now we were asked to go to the mixer and mix our mixture. I understand that baking or cooking in general is therapeutic, this is the reason why most cooking or baking videos are a hit on several streaming platforms. I also understand why the rate is this high because we were given a chance to use mixers and ovens which are not cheap equipment.

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There is only a specific number of times that the mixture is being mixed with the machine, we were even asked to count with the instructor and stop at once when we reached 30. Then we had to prepare the molders.

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Matti brushed some oil into the molder to avoid the mixture sticking to the bottom but for some reason, he included the back side. We laughed at him for doing so.

Then he placed the parchment papers into the molders and I did the honor of pouring the mixtures. Since we were baking 3 bento cakes, we had three molders.

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It was also necessary to eliminate the bubbles so we had to tap on the table a couple of times and then we had to bring the molder with the mixture to the oven for baking!

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Matti was enjoying this process as you can see by the look of his face! I am now thinking of bringing him to South Farms too soon for their pizza-making activity as well. I believe he will enjoy that too!

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While waiting for the cake, we proceed with making the buttercream! At this point, assistants were coming to help us further while the main instructor had gone somewhere.

The buttercream is just simply the butter and cream mixture. We were given just enough amount of these for our cakes. All the ingredients provided here were already premeasured so what we did was really putting them altogether. It was still fun though.

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And the cakes were ready! A lady staff helped us cut the top part of the bento cakes, this was ready to be designed! So, we were thinking of what design should we make, we tried looking at the toppers available and the sprinkles but we ended up with a simple design instead of the "We Bare Bears"

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For me, this was the most exciting part because everyone could decorate their cakes to whatever design they liked and it was just fun to mix colors and design the cakes.

Since we were doing Three Bear Brothers Grizzly, Panda, and Ice Bear, we mixed brown, red, and black food coloring into the buttercream mixture.

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It was at this time that I realized this isn't easy. It was challenging to manage the buttercream to fully cover the bento cake. I salute the bakers out there who are good at this. I understand it takes a lot of time to master the art. But I tried my very best to get our three bento cakes a clean surface.

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And now the piping part, this was hard but fun! Matti was already bored because I was not letting him help me anymore as I didn't want him to ruin the buttercream cover. So he was just roaming around. Many other kids had joined that time but Matti was the youngest.

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Ladies and gentlemen, presenting to you my bento cakes, Grizzly, Panda, and Ice Bear aka Mama, Matti, and Papa!

It was time for some pictorial! I am so happy that the staff were also very accommodating to take our photos. Thankful for this experience. It took more or less 2 hours from start to finish and it was few minutes before 10 that we finally finished everything and went home.

Our bento cakes were boxed and after we went home happy with smiles on our faces. We then had a problem finishing the three bentos as they were too many for the three of us. We eventually decided to give to our friends and some neighbors!

Thank you Bakespace for such a delightful experience which I believe Matti will never forget! I hope to bring some of our children's cousins and nieces and nephews so they can also experience baking!

This is highly recommended, even adults can try it because I see the adults who were with us at that time enjoyed it too and I can personally say it is worth it!

Find Bakespace on Facebook and book a schedule soon! Their location is in Paseo Arcenas, R. Arcenas St., Banawa, Cebu City, Philippines. This might be the start of your baking obsession!