Congratulations for the amazing entries & award of Gravity Defying Cake competition, hosted by Cakesdecor.com the winners are http://cakesdecor.com/entries/1767-and-the-winners-are
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Entrepreneur's main target is to invest in their own start up business whether its product, service, quality, staff, website, SEO,
machinery etc because it is the main image of any established business.
I agree with all the above mentioned, however many fail to forget to
invest in a solid non destructible investment for a long decades.
Supporting registered charity events is a great investment for any new
start up business as well as established ones. http://www.r77agadelight.co.uk
Don't get me wrong about supporting charities, definitely its not a
marketing tool or hard selling stall. Basically its building your
reputation by supporting the community in any beneficial event & you
are member of this vital community. This is a crucial investment not only for entrepreneur's but for any person to invest & bank some money for any unforeseen circumstances, no one knows who is next to be affected by CANCER. Macmillan Cancer support & Breast Cancer awareness are very beneficial charities not because they support those who are affected by cancer, but your guaranteed support for the rest of your family.
Charities like Help for Heroes is
close to my heart as they are the Gold shield of protecting &
guarding this country from any unforeseen circumstances, therefore they deserve a BIG recognition from all of us. As a foodie addict person, couple of years back I decided to organise a charity event to raise money for Help For Heroes. Therefore, I came with an idea of International Food Day at Marks & Spencer. The reason behind this idea was that I used to take my traditional lunch with me at work & when I start eating the staff around me will be asking me, Ragaa what are you eating today? it smells so delicious! OKI say, but I don't like to share my food!http://www.facebook.com/R77aga
Everyday my lunch would be a different traditional Sudanese/Eritrean/Egyptian/Mediterranean well spiced food including Sudanese Falafel (Tahmeia), Foul (broad beans), zigney (Eritrean) with Kisra, Moulkya (Egyptian), Kousharey (Egyptian), Barbecued Kebab (Mediterranean) etc You get the picture!!! http://www.twitter.com/RagaaFakhouri
My mum's traditional falafel with peanut butter chili/garlic sauce was the main dish as it was lent & I had to make sure there is vegan food for me as well. Other traditional food was introduced as well such as Colonoley, Macarona with Krema, Samboksa & dessert beside the cake there was a traditional Sudanese style BASTA filled with salty peanuts.Of course I persuaded all my family to create one of these dishes !! Other staff found this event very interesting & got involved by bringing as well their favourite dishes whether its Asian, Indian, Irish, Scottish, Chinese etc. http://www.instagram.com/r77agadelight
All these investment is really worth the great effort as it comes with a fruitful outcome:
This is one of my favourite picnic or even parties savoury nibbles. Ingredients are as follow:- Dry Ingredients
2 1/2 cups of flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp fine ground cardamon
1/2 tsp fine ground Mahaleb seeds
1 sachet of yeast (7 g) http://www.facebook.com/R77aga
Wet Ingredients
2 medium eggs
2 tbsp oil
2 tbsp Butter Ghee (melted)
1/2 cup milk http://www.twitter.com/RagaaFakhouri Filling
350 g Feta cheese (preference Bulgarian goats cheese) stronger in flavour & texture. Drain from water crumble roughly then add around 70 grams of sun dried tomato's (drained & dried), grilled peppers.
Additional to taste I add three green seedless chillies finely diced & 1/2 tsp salt. Final ingredient is one beaten egg (egg wash) for brushing on top & sesame seeds or black cumin seeds.
Preparation sift all dry ingredients, then add your liquid ingredients of 2 beaten eggs with oil & butter ghee. Mix & while mixing add warm milk just above body temperature with yeast & pour it to mix. Start kneading the dough as on a flat surface with a bit of flour until soft & stretchy. In you bowl rub the surface with oil & put your dough cover with a rub of oil & seal it with cling film tightly & let it proof for at least 45 to one hour until the dough has doubled in size. http://www.pinterest.com/r77aga
Cover your baking trays with parchement or greaseproof paper to protect your tray from sticking egg wash. After the dough has doubled in size its time to fill with your fillin, take small balls & flatten/stretch to fit your filling. Seal at the bottom firmly making sure no gaps & round it to become a ball.
Once you finish with all, let again the dough to rest then with brush cover the top with egg wash & sesame.
Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees as for fan oven preferable 180 c. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden in colour & remove. http://www.instagram.com/r77agadelight
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My own abbreviation to PPI is definitely not Payment Protection Insurance! PPI is a core gold target to any Start-up business trying to establish the structural solid foundation to their new developed business. The gold core share for success is due to 85% of pure PERSEVERANCE, determination with positive attitude to achieve your target. http://www.r77agadelight.co.uk
What is perseverance? Is it 20 hours a day or more of continuous hard labour? The answer is hard work by itself is not enough! You need to have a combination of smart tactics with hard work. Simple tactics could be consistent promotion of your business with a stable manner, linking & networking with the right people. Always review the level of engagement with your potential customers via social networks, enquiries, conversations etc http://www.facebook.com/R77aga
Influence is a key skill to sell your product, therefore observe what is their most fancy product they buy. Why attracts them most to this product, is it stylish design, wow display, quality, location, value, service etc Establish all these unique factors then start playing your cards right & deliver the same or even beyond the desired expectation. http://www.twitter.com/RagaaFakhouri
Finally let the mechanism of Achieve, Delight & Excel do its magic work of influencing your customers & drive them to be your marketing agents. http://www.instagram.com/r77agadelight
#marketing #business #target #perseverance #influential #tutorial #cake #chocolate #gold #startup #money #structure
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Are you an experienced cake decorator or even a hobby artist decorator? Then this is a chance for you to glow & shine with your exquisite talented designs at CakesDecor.com Awards Entry is officially opened & will close on 24th October 2014. http://cakesdecor.com/awards/fall_2014
Are you an experienced cake decorator or even a hobby artist decorator? Then this is a chance for you to glow & shine with your design at http://www.cakesdecor.com & their fantastic Awards for Gravity Defying Cakes, entry is officially opened now & closing day 24th October 2014 http://cakesdecor.com/awards/fall_2014
Please note that is my entire analysis to Business Definition composed by Ragaa Fakhouri (Copyright 2014 +R77aga Delight ) http://www.r77agadelight.co.uk
My simple analysis to the word Business is divided into three joint non separable words:
1. HEAD (BUS) 2. BODY (IN) 3. FOOT (ESS)
You might think that the head (Building a unique structure) is the most important factor to a successful business, however regardless of its importance it can not function efficiently by itself. Yes it is the start of your dream, but it should be acting as a leader to the Body & Foot. Therefore independently scribe your business idea with a robust plan & check list to identify what needs to be actioned in a prior order. Do not rely on anyone to do that step for you as it is "YOUR BUSINESS"
otherwise it becomes automatically their business.http://www.facebook.com/R77aga
Take so much time writing & drawing your dream down to visualise the future of your business but don't dream too much without an action, otherwise it will be all wasted time talk!!! Start your market research of your product, cost, equipment, service etc and start planning how this business will be perceived in the competitive market & how would it be unique to stand out from the crowd.http://www.twitter.com/RagaaFakhouri
Home business, small business & even established companies have one aimed target "Consumers" Marketing your business requires a lot of tricky techniques, one of them is by using a multichannel method to reach out for potential customers. By influential sales skills you can convert these potential customers to loyal consumers. http://www.instagram.com/r77agadelight
Since you have established all the above, now you will figure out that the mechanism of strategy is the back end of generating your desired result.This is why the head (Bus) can not act by itself because its relying on the body (In) to move, unfortunately they both depend on the foot (Ess) by sending signals for actions to be implemented. http://www.pinterest.com/r77aga
Please note that is my entire analysis to Business Definition composed by Ragaa Fakhouri (Copyright 2014 +R77aga Delight ) http://www.r77agadelight.co.uk
#business #strategy #october #2014 #excel #achieve #delight #cake #chocolate #entreprenuer #businessisgreat
My
name is Ragaa Fakhouri, known as (R77aga Delight Gelato), married with
two kids. This article is not only about my challenging business venture
& how I was inspired to launch it, but its about my NEVER ENDING
STORY! The story was living within me since I was a teenager who
loved eating sweet desserts & high quality fresh food. My addiction
to food was influenced by my mum (Elen Abdel Malik) who was a great home
cook for five kids & their dad (Shakir Abdalla, RIP) who did not
like resuarants foods beacuse he was a fussy eater.
Day by day in SUDAN, my mum would cook for all of us different dishes
plus all the business parties that my dad will host at home for his
overseas dealers, suppliers, bank managers, friends & family
members. My mum uses all the fresh ingredients to bake different
cookies, bread, patisserie etc, the house would smell awsome &
neighbours were always delighted as they had a share of her good cooking
& baking. Not only two ovens in the kitchen we had but my mum
insisted to build two outdoor traditional brick wood-fired ovens , this
was a great idea but at the same time extra work as her friends would
come by to learn the skills of baking on all kinds of cookies especially
in Easter & Christmas plus other occasions.
No guest has been invited to our house without being overwelmed with
my Mum & Dad's extra generous hospitality of high quality food. The
kitchen was operating nearly 18 hours a day plus we had extra food
storage in our bedrooms where we treat ourselves & sneak at night
when we are hungry! By nature I am always hungry & craving for
different types of food & desserts, therefore it is a priority!
Living in a hot country (SUDAN) my dad would only treat us to a special
farm (KHAFOURI) where they produce the best quality organic ice cream
with different unique flavours. Yes, you quessed it right, this is when
my addiction of ice cream has started & never ended!
Living in the UK did not stop me from eating ice cream in Summer,
Autum, Spring & Winter. My freezer would be loaded with different
flavours of ice cream & only branded ones. When I have guests in my
house they would be served ice cream for dessert but with bits of extras
like cake, biscuits, toppings etc.
IN 2011 one of the Bishops from Egypt (Anba Fam El Fayoumy) visited
our house, of-course I served him ice cream for dessert & he loved
it. Suddenly he said to me since you love ice cream why dont you produce
it yourself! At that time I was researching to set up a business for my
husband not me! In no time I started making my own home made ice cream,
but while researching I decided to make Italian ice cream (Gelato) as
it is intense in flavours & is only produced with high quality fresh
ingredients as well as less fat content. After all the courses I have
attended, I made a final decision & set up my business R77aga
Delight Ltd in 2012 but wanted to be unique with artisan themed &
customised gelato cakes.
I recieved a great support from my family i.e. my sisters who were my
first customers, colleaques at work (Marks & Spencer), families
from around the world including my husband's family, different
communities from my kids Roman Catholic schools, Coptic Orthodox church
community, Liberal Democrate councillers, Entrepreneurs etc.
My customers then requested more products like cakes, cupcakes,
patisseris etc Therefore I started using my mum's traditional methods
of baking but modifed some recipes to suit the modern taste buds &
presented it with a unique way of packaging.
Working in Marks & Spencer (Brent Cross)
has supported me a lot when I have organised many charity events including Macmillan cancer support & Breast Cancer Awareness,Help For Heroes, Food international day etc & brought so much of our products to sell to staff which has been very successful by raising nearly £3000. This has converted my colleagues to be my existing customers who are always keen to see my products in these charity events.
Since it is a business within the food industry, I have completed the
required food hygiene certificate, insurance & registered with the
Food standard & Safety management Health Environmental authority
where they rated us last year with 4* As it is a challenging business I
am always developing, progressing our products with innovative ideas
& recipes. Listening to customers feedback always drives your
business forward, plus it builds a great reputation for the business
& this is a strategy which I have implemented & will continue
doing it.
My passion to food has driven me a long way to establish this
business of R77aga Delight http://www.r77agadelight.co.uk. Market
research is always on top of my list searching for gaps in the market,
therefore I have created a new light sponge cake filled with fresh cream
& fruits topped with unique passion fruit ganache or pomegranate
ganache. Another top & most popular flavour was Ferrero Rocher with
Baiyles/Biscotti flavour gelato cake, also unique cupcakes topped with
chocolate hazelnut/baileys ganache.
We produce varieties of flavoured buttercream topping of filling for
cakes including pina colada, pink guave, mango, pistachio etc. I love
thoroughly producing Gelato, baking cakes, cupcakes & patisserie.
The most delightful time when I am decorating cakes for special
occasions, because a well designed cake would always leave a remarkable
& unforgetable memory.
#business #startup #launch #entrepreneur #woman #strategy #businessplan #innovation #perseverance #determination #gelato #italian #cake #cupcakes #desserts #delight #patiserrie #chocolate
How do you celebrate Autumn 2014? Everyday there is a new celebration wether its a birthday, engagement, wedding, christeneing, graduation & more. Its life circle & there is no ending to it, therefore lets take advantage by making it unique and enjoy every second of it. Life is too short & even if we live longer when we get old the joyment of celebration would not taste the same. http://www.facebook.com/R77aga
#autumn #celebration #cake #gelato #chocolate #sweet #dessert #birthday #wedding #christening #food #foodporn
As requested by many, how did R77aga Delight
Ltd has started. Our first tutorial is a guide but not the full insight
details of how we launched our business. The dream has been ignited 5
years ago with lots of education &
many courses on business research, development, management, marketing,
plans, skills etc.
To set up your own business is one of the biggest
challenges & risk taking. Therefore I started with a check list
& scribed exaclty what I need to plan & achieve:-
1. Bussiness
Plan
2. Business Forecast
3. The Business
4. Management Skills
5.Marketing
6. Market & Competitors
7. Operation
8. USP
9. Pricing
10. Promotion
11. Potential & Existing Customers
12. SWOT Analysis.
My first priority to achieve was Business proposition which included
what was the purpose of the business, products, targets & structure.
To achieve all this I had to establish a unique strategy which will be
the engine to drive the business more efficiently, although they are
simple key words of DELIGHT, ACHIEVE & EXCEL but in the real world
of planning there is more emphasised details of how to implement this
strategy.
Hope this tutorial is beneficial to your start up business
until the next one of THE BUSINESS! If you have any question, please do
not hesitate to contact us. #business #secrets #plan #strategy #proposition #delight #excel #achieve #benefits #profits #gelato #italian #cakes
Blessings of HG Bishop Sarabamon, Bishop of Attbarah & Oumdurman (Sudan) & his visit to UK Coptic Orthodox church St. Mary & Archangel Michael " Golders Green" A warm welcome with an exquisite rich chocolate cake with flavoured rum syrup filled with chocolate cream topped with chocolate ganach sided with salty peanuts. Vanilla sponge cake filled with vanilla pod cream & pineapple syrup, fresh fruits including strawberries. #cake #chocolate #Bishop #fruit #strawberries #rum #dessert #food #celebration #Sudan #Attbarh #oumdurman
As it is my first attempt to blog, I will start with my latest Chapter 340 of Never Ending Story. It's all about the delights that reflects our daily stories & this one was about Saturday Blue Night Club. كما أمها اول تجربة في كتب مقال فإنني وابتداءباللذي كأبتة مواخراً في قصة حكاية بلا نهاية احاح ٣٤٠ وهو عن النادي الليلي الأزرق
في عطلة يوم السبت
#cake #chocolate #dessert #blue #bailyes #cigars #ribbon #fruits #dessertporn
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