Academic & Professional Portfolio
Fathima Mafaza
Eleven years at the intersection of sugar artistry, food science, and curriculum design. Internationally awarded. First-Division graduate. Visiting Professor of Pastry & Bakery.
At a glance
- Years of practice
- 11+
- Competition medals
- 4
- Masterclasses completed
- 6
- Degree
- BA · First Division
Practice areas
- Luxury cake engineering for formal commissions.
- Competition-ready sugar floristry and showpieces.
- Academic delivery for masterclasses and pastry training.
Education
Courses & Workshops.
Professional pastry education — from beginner certificate courses to advanced master classes and specialty workshops.
A comprehensive 6-month professional diploma covering advanced cake making, decoration, and sugar artistry. Approved by Universiti Geomatika Malaysia.
A 1-month certificate course covering cake baking fundamentals, levelling, crumb coating, fondant application, and basic decoration techniques.
A 1-month certificate course in sugar floristry — learn to craft stunning edible roses, blossoms, and floral arrangements using gum paste and isomalt.
Portfolio Highlights
A luxury visual archive of sugar flowers, chocolate sculpture, painted cakes, and live teaching.
Selected Honors
A decade of competition-grade pastry, recognized on national stages.
Artistic Pastry Showpiece
Lily International FHAM 2025
Artistic Pastry Showpiece
Wedding Cake Structure
Lily International FHAM 2025
Wedding Cake Structure
Sugar Flower Artistry
Dilly's Cake Awards 2023
Sugar Flower
Edible Painting
Dilly's Cake Awards 2023
Edible Painting
Bio
Eleven years of pastry, distilled into pedagogy.
Ms. Fathima Mafaza is a distinguished Pastry and Bakery Artist whose work embodies elegance, precision, and world-class culinary craftsmanship. She is also serving as a Visiting Professor in Pastry & Bakery at Universiti Geomatika Malaysia, following her official conferment by the University in 2026. With over a decade of professional excellence, she has earned recognition for her mastery in luxury cake artistry, advanced sugar floristry, chocolate craftsmanship, and contemporary pastry innovation.
Read the full biography →Education & Credentials
Academic foundation behind the craft.
Editorial & Teaching
Public writing and academic storytelling around pastry, structure, and craft.
Follow on Instagram
Behind-the-scenes process, competition moments, and daily sugar artistry.
