Fainaz Milhan
A cake decorator and teacher in Colombo, known for her realistic sugar flowers and for classes that start from the very beginning.
"I've had students who've never touched a single baking utensil or ingredient before come to my class and absolutely outdo themselves."Fainaz Milhan, Life Online, 2022
Fainaz designs her classes to be easy to follow and fun, full of the tips and tricks she has picked up over the years. Beginners are welcome in every class, and many of her students have gone on to start cake businesses of their own.
Alongside teaching, she makes cakes, sweets and favours to order for weddings, nikahs and celebrations, and every Eid she dresses a table around a theme.
Her story
More than forty years of cake.
- Age ten
Starts baking, watching and learning from her sister.
- 1986
Passes Modern Cake Decoration as a pupil of Mallika Joseph and earns her Teachers Certificate, part of the Diploma in Home Science. A Special Award follows in 1987.
Teachers Certificate, 1986 
Special Award, 1987 - 2016
Launches Fainaz Milhan Cake Design and begins teaching classes from her home in Colombo.
- 2018
Studies sugar flowers with Robert Haynes of Sugar Flower Studio in London. Realistic sugar flowers become her signature.
Her sugar rose, 2018 - 2020
Takes her classes online during the lockdowns, and has taught both in person and online ever since.
- 2022
Featured in Life Online's series on home bakers.
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