We have heard about people who have left our shores to settle in foreign lands but here is the story of a lady whose family migrated to Tampin Village, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia where she was born and brought up but she then returned to India to study and later get married here.
Such an interesting personality is Susheela Stephen who returned to India in 1968 to study at the Teresian College, Mysore and then got married to settle down in Kumily during 1974. What is all the more interesting about her multi faceted personality is her passion for baking and how she has made her passion an entrepreneurial activity.
Yes, Susheela Stephen is a home baker par excellence who undertakes orders for cakes and pastries not just from around Kerala but from other parts of the world as well. During festivals such as Christmas, Susheela receives bulk orders from Cochin, US and other places and prepares over 500 plum cakes for Christmas.
Besides being a home baker Susheela also sells spices online and is currently a Director of Amaana Plantation Resort which is owned by her family.
Susheela is strongly supported by her husband in all her activities. She has two children; the Son, who holds an engineering degree, manages the family’s resorts while the daughter who is a dentist lives in Dubai. Incidentally, Susheela also has six grandchildren whom she loves dearly.
According to Susheela “cooking and baking is my passion; my inspiration for cooking and baking was from childhood and school”. She has also studied Home Science as a subject and has also been a beautician though she now focuses only on baking which she started doing commercially from 2010.
Susheela also conducts baking classes and workshops on a regular basis and interested individuals can contact her through the number given at the bottom of this article.
Susheela’s designer cakes are baked in her kitchen at Chottupara, Periyar PO, and if you ever feel the urge to have a yummy designer cake on special occasions such as birthdays or anniversaries just pick up your phone and dial: +91 98951 32177
