Abigail Sitlhou – Bake for You
Akhrienuo Kire
Dimapur| May 19
This story is about a young inspirational woman Abigail Sitlhou from Kohima who during her childhood days spent most of her leisure time in the kitchen baking cakes with her mother. She along the way saw baking as her profession and she shares her story on baking confectionaries and cakes decorating through determination and hard work. She got more inspiration for baking by watching TLC and other culinary shows and Fabulous Cakes being her favourite show.
This determinate young lady, after meeting with failures in her academic discourse, stepped into a short-term course in baking confectionaries and cake decorating at Exotic School of Cooking in Dimapur in 2012. Following her training, she started taking small orders for families and friends but nothing was official until then. She now has a page on Facebook named “Bakeforyou,” that is when more people came to know about her works. She caters for every occasion, from birthdays to wedding, family and corporate events.
“Successful women entrepreneurs in this field in Nagaland and outside have been my inspiration... I also have always been interested in doing business and that’s what boosts me,” she shares as an inspirational thought to start her business. She adds her upbringing always taught her to be grateful with anything.
“I stumbled upon cake decorating merely by chance and while I encountered baking along the way, it never occurred in my mind as something I would want to do.” Her business is home based and besides baking, she is keen in cooking for family and friends.
With a strong mindset, she illustrates that baking is both art and science; there is certainly room for creativity. There is much about baking, which has to do with right measurements and proportions of ingredients, how to decorate, and being physically capable to do it.
She conveys profound gratitude to her family and friends for their constant support since the beginning and shares that she now loves her work even more “today by God’s grace I have many clients and who support my work so much.” This young woman encouraged women by sharing, “Baking is very feminine and I believe every woman should know the basic of baking.”
Abi being motivated by her profession, has set a big plan for her future that at present she has been offering baking classes on basic courses alone and soon she will start with advance cake decorating cake as well. “I have plans for my business but that will happen gradually with time and for I ought to give double effort and work tirelessly to satisfy my customers. My accomplishments so far made me realised my potential and abilities. If I continue this journey ahead, good things await and I will have so many stories to share.”
Abigail believes in the motto of – “Practice makes a man perfect.”
The writer finished an internship with The Morung Express.
