With Twinkle Eyes and Poppy Love

Valentine's day is near!!!! Some say it's a commercial stunt, some can't wait for this day to see what their loved ones got them or how they will be surprised. It's like Christmas for lovers! There is the festivity (not with garlands and Christmas lights, but with red hearts and pink roses everywhere), the smiling faces accompanied with the blushy cheeks when one receives a rose.

For this event, I joined forces with a friend of mine and we are bringing you Valentine Cheesecake. She owns 'Koekjes van Thuis" and I started my own " Poppy Love". But why I used 'Twinkle Eyes' to indicate her is because she always end her letters, posts and any writing with" Met twinkle ogen en een brede smile" meaning with twinkle eyes and a big smile. For more information, I'd like to refer to her blog http://eenlijstjevan5.blogspot.com/.

Poppy Love came as a homophone(words with the same sound) reference to Puppy Love. Remember the first time you fell in love? I hope my cakes taste so good that every time you eat it, you have the walking-on-air feeling. And next to that, the Poppy flower stands for beauty, magic, consolation, fertility and eternal life.

made by Philip Beck

So we're calling our cooperation 'With Twinkle Eyes and Poppy Love'. I was not even aware that the combination was so suitable for Valentine's day!!

My friend has been in the cookies and cake business for a while, but done at a small scale. I on the other hand am in a similar situation. We both have our jobs and the pastry business has been more a ' on the side' thing.  And this is something we both want to change.

In Suriname, it's very rare that people in the same business can work together, because they see each other as their competition. This initiative is partly to show that cooperation is possible and based on the following concept:

- we both have our own clientele and we both make different pastries, so why not group together and reach a bigger market
- everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. We're trying to complement each other to present the client with a better service and a better product.
- since we both have our jobs and it's not always possible to accept big orders, working together will create a smaller workload and a more often 'YES' as answer to any requests.

So, this Valentine's project is our first run.
We will be selling Valentine Cheesecake: A heart-shaped NY Cheesecake on a cookie-cake crust.

we stand for 'what you see is what you get', so this is made with a simple mobile camera to give a realistic projection.

The price is SRD 50,-.

If you want to order or receive more information, please call:
Amy 08735365
Aisah 08770680

You have until Tuesday February 11, 2014 to place an order