Founder of Delectable by Su in Kuala Lumpur Huen Su Yin (born 12 September 1985) is a

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ger and cake designer. She is known for her sculpted

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s, which use cake,

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and

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to create characters and themes, including her

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cake. She is also known for her face cupcakes.

Early life and education

Huen was born in

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, Malaysia. She attended an all-girls convent school until she completed high school and went to college in

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for one year. She then enrolled as an International Student at the

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studying a Bachelor of Construction Management and Property 2004 to 2007. Between January and June 2008, she studied at the Notter School of Pastry Arts headed by Ewald Notter.

Career

Su Yin's blog was originally started in April 2006 during her time in

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. The blog was originally started to chronicle her cooking adventures and culinary experiences, but gained a wider and larger audience when she began creating sculpted cakes. After a year of blogging her blog was ranked within the top 25 Australian Blogs and the top 10 Aussie Cooking Blogs, later reaching the top five of the latter. After returning to Malaysia, Huen opened a store in Kuala Lampur, Delectable by Sue, to sell baked goods. In August 2008, Huen established her company 'C.A.K.E' and its brand Delectable, which sells cakes, cupcakes and other baked sweets. In the latter half of 2008 she catered for

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, participated on

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Asia for a ''

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'' promotion and created special seasonal cakes for Christmas. She also released an array of cookie compilations for the 2009

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. In 2016 she wrote a book, ''How I Built My Cake Shops: A Delectable Story''. While Su Yin did not invent the face manner of decorating cupcakes, she is well known for them. Her method of using fondant to cover a cupcake then creating a face on the top was featured in ''Girlfriend'' magazine and various non-cooking related web sites.

Gallery

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cake SuYinEwaldNotter.jpg, Su Yin and Ewald Notter at her graduation

References

External links

Cooking is my passion blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Huen, Su Yin 1985 births Living people Malaysian bloggers Malaysian women bloggers People from Ipoh People from Perak Malaysian people of Chinese descent University of New South Wales alumni