A sweet venture

Dessert Corner, Ratmalana the place where anybody can order fresh desserts will open an outlet in Colombo and launch their website next month.

Nadeeka Fernando the owner of the sweet venture said `My husband Nirosh Fernando loved sweets and desserts and has a very sweet tooth'.

Therefore, I wanted to give my husband nothing, but the best and to learn the art of making perfect desserts.

I went for classes and also learnt from books.

I did my best because I wanted him to savour the best desserts.

A mother of a two year old baby girl, Nadeeka left her job as a teacher after she got married.

Educated at Holy Family Convent Bambalapitiya she devoted much of her time for the family. My husband one day suggested why not allow other people also to enjoy my desserts. This was the beginning of us going commercial.

First we placed an advertisement in the paper to get a feed back and the response was really good.

Since then there was no looking back and we started on October 4, last year. My first customer was a person from Nugegoda.

The range of desserts at the Dessert Corner include Chocolate Mousse, Cheese Cake, Pineapple Bavarois, Chocolate Shouffle, Blackforest Gateaux, Biscuit Pudding and many more varieties.

We at Dessert Corner mainly make on order as we want to give a fresh product to the customer, but some of the desserts can be kept for upto two weeks.

Orders can be placed one day before, but for the coming season we would appreciate if orders are placed early.

She said there are three pack sizes as well as individual cups and the prices are very reasonable.

We do free delivery in a limited area, but takes a nominal fee to deliver to other areas.

My husband is a tower of strength and all the credit should go to him and I am really happy that I have a loving husband. My family as well as his family supports me to make this a success. Nadeeka said that she is planning to launch a range of puddings next year and also go for ISO certification and most importantly learn new techniques and desserts to make everybody happy.

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