PinkZeebra

2010 Cakes..

2011-05-08T21:01:00.001-07:00

Before my leave of absence this is what i got up to..

These cakes were made about a year ago now.. This one was for Safrina's lovely daughter Saarah Rania who'll be 3 this year- Happy Birthday!!

This one was for my dad's big 60th birthday and his company's 25th Anniversary (i have to look for the nice shots Chee took for me, to upload.. hehe)

And this was seriously the last cake i ever made for 2010!! This was a made up cake for my lil'brother.. who wanted ninja's, a waterfall, rainbows.. can't remember what else.. but we had fun making it =D

Well HelloOoo... (if anyone still visits this blog!)

2011-04-21T20:29:00.000-07:00

It's high time this blog is resurrected from it's "maternity leave"! Yes.. it's true.. there is now a baby Zeebra and she's 2.5 months old now and a bundle of joy ♥

Big apologies to everyone we had to cancel on last year- it was very sad and a very happy time all at once. I was very happy to be having a cupcake of my own being baked in the tum.. but very sad that it made me unable to bake any other types of cakes foreveryone else..for what's been almost a year now?!

Anyway.. i've recently returned from a trip which has inspired me to dream about cakes again.. i used to have dreams about different flavour combinations and wonderful designs i'd love to do.. Well i haven't gotten to that stage yet- but i'm getting there =D

So we're coming back into business... Just not yet.. But Soon!!!

Though this year will be different to when we first opened for business. We had good fun taking orders as and when customers ordered cupcakes and cakes. . this year unfortunately we won't be doing any cakes just yet- need to get really settled with babyZeebra first, cakes need just as much time and loving as well!

So what we will be doing is opening a couple of days in a week and selling one or two flavours on different days..bookings will be placed days before actual pick up.

Twitter will come alive again soon too for notifications and alerts ~ @pinkzeebracakes

On another note we will be coming with a healthy range of cupcakes/muffins too! Our brother is starting up a fitness centre.. not sure of the name as of yet- let's call it Monkey Gym ;D for now....

Makes perfect sense to us to have 'healthy' cupcakes/muffins available for all his health conscious clients.. It'll be like having a bite from heaven without having the sinful guilt! <-- better start practicing to make those words come true!! hehe

Till the next post Ta~~

Orders will resume End of JULY!!

2010-06-08T00:04:00.000-07:00

Hello... Apologies for having not updated recently. I will put those pictures promised up-eventually. But more pressing news is that PinkZeebra will not be taking any orders from now until the end of July or even till August. Will update though if i'll be taking orders before then.

Real sorry for those who have been asking for orders and i've had to say no to.. Hopefully you can understand PinkZeebra is having an extended break and will be Back soon! =)

Busy May..

2010-05-23T19:03:00.000-07:00

May has been such an exhausting month for me! And there's another week left!!

But it's been a good month. Lots of challenges and exciting new cakes hehe Don't get me wrong I love making simple cakes but every once in a while i like a challenge.. but this month i've had like too many! I've done a fairy castle cake, my Dad's big b'day cake, engagement cupcakes, last minute cakes- where i have to come up with my own designs!! Ugh thats too much pressure cos i worry that the receiving end of the cake might not like the design!!

I Apologise in advance for the poor photography!! huhu but i have a treat!! (for the next update hehe) I got my very talented photog friend- Chee to come by and take shots of my dads cake- so there'll be some pleasing to the eye images ;p I've only got a few though (the ones i nick off his fb heehee) more will come, eventually =D He's really really talented!! If anyone's looking for a photog you can msg him on his fb 'SChee Mistar'

Okay on to the pictures.. which is what most ppl look at ;p

By the way.. i have my phone back =)

This was lemon vanilla cake.. Highlighted their names with a touch of glitter!

I loved this one. The colours, the hearts and most importantly my client knew what she wanted. Thanx ;)

The castle cake was for baby Azra Bassamah's first b'day! I loved making this.. although i think i need more practise! Little fairies were scattered around the castle. Had a lil'duckie in a pond and jellybeans as gravel.. So cute!!

This was chocolate mud cake. For my lovely sis-inlaw. I was clueless for a design! In the end this is one of my fav cakes! I hardly ever use black in my cakes. But it gave it a bit of a much needed edge to the girly pink and white..

These cupcakes were for Ben and Jojo's engagement last week. Congrats guys! The box had a lid of course.. but i didn't get a nice picture of it hehe...

Finally, my dad's birthday was last week too.. This was the simple cake i made when we had our family gathering. I was also testing out my new cake stand-loved it! The bottom cake was carrot cake, middle was Just Janes cupcakes with strawberry fillings and the top was the same cupcakes surrounded by brownies-Yum! Something for everyone..

So upcoming in the next update will be my dad's other cake-that took 2days to make! My youngest brother's 'random' birthday cake and my cousin's Nikah cake (or first wedding cake).

Till next time. Have a great week! xx

PinkZeebra has no PhoNe?!

2010-05-13T22:46:00.000-07:00

I'm very sorry (and embarrassed) to admit i've left my phone in Singapore over my short break. Must of been too relaxed hahaha

I was hoping it would be here tonight (and save me from confessing !!) But looks like i'll only get it Sunday *fingers crossed*

Please contact me through email if theres an urgency. And if anyone has called or texted, my apologies the phone is off. It should be back to normal by Monday 17th May =)

On the bright side my long awaited oven has finally arrived...Yay!! But i can't work it yet till i get an electrician in to sort out the power thingy... But Yay!! =) My mom must be so pleased hahaha

Now i've got to get ready for my cakesessss for this weekend.. Update soon xx

Mother's Day and Birthdays! and Birthdays!

2010-05-09T20:55:00.000-07:00

Happy Mother's Day to my Mom, Aunts, Nana, Nini and to all the mother's and mother's to be out there!!

Above: Original Brownie with a little touch to make it prettier for mother's day with carnations. I loved how the carnations turned out.. If i'm not mistaken thats the 'mother's day' flower.

Below: This was an order for a client who wanted handbags, shoes and jewelry on the cake... I have to confess- i suck at making lil'bags n shoes n jewelry.. Note to self: to practice making them!! But i'm really happy with the turn out though. I hope my client liked it too!!

Bothe tiers were white chocolate mud cake. Top tier had strawberries smothered in white chocolate ganache for the filling.. Yum!

Below: This cake is one of my best so far.. I really loved making it for hubby's cousin and nephew!!

It's a double celebration cake: Wafiq turned 5 on Sunday and his daddy's birthday is the day after. "Happy Birthday!!"

Round cake is chocolate mud cake and square cake is chocolate fudge cake.

The figurines are of Rahimin on the phone (as usual... haha) with his sons Wafiq and Hazeeq in Manchester United outfits with their names on the backs of their tops- their daddy's favorite team! And lil'presents filled the top of the cake because it was a little spacey... hehe

Note: I think the cake would have had more fab! if the cakes were actually a little bit taller..hmm... i think i like tall cakes... huhu.. Gives me an idea for my dad's cake.. but still lost on the design side... sigh... ...

Below: Wooow... i almost forgot about this one!! Remember the '1' tin i blogged about previously?! Well a client came up with another fabulous idea.. {Okay i admit when it comes to certain things like football, cars... i get lost! But the good news is.. theres Google =D } So she said why not use the '1' cake because her bf is a goal keeper (so his jersey is #1) Woohoo!! Another reason to use the tin!! And he supports Barcelona.. Once i googled thattt... *BAM* i thought of this design below.. And she said she really liked it *Yay* Thanks again babe! =)

So i've had quite a few enquiries about pricing for cakes and figurines and modelings etc...

Here's a quick brief to give you a rough idea of what pricing is based on. I know for some of you, you wonder why some cakes cost a lot.. I used to wonder this as well- back in the day when I was clueless about cakes and cake decorating!

Cake prices vary from the size/flavour of the cakes, the design, time it takes to make (it's very time consuming), other variables for the designs effects- like sprinkles, frostings, fillings etc...

Figurines are something else all together. They are cute and add characteristics to cakes. They depend on the individuals and are quite unique in their designs and details. Quite time consuming as well.

Modeling on the other hand like animals, fairies, toadstools etc.. depending on their sizes and how much detailing goes into them, colours used, time to make... etc..

I hope this gives an insight into pricing and isn't too confusing.. Best thing to do is email me/call me =)

Quick Note! =)

2010-05-06T18:53:00.000-07:00

Just a quick notice for ppl interested..

Saturday 8th May 2010- Morning onwards..

There will be a Charity Bazaar happening at the Kuwaiti Embassy's Residence which is in Kiarong.

There will be lots of goodies available- some PinkZeebra tiny cupcakes and brownies and mini raspberry coconut cakes.. but there'll be lots and lots of cakes i hear and clothes and stuff.. It's for a good cause so if anyones free..or hungry.. hehe

Orders have stopped this week!!

I'll only be taking orders for the 14th of May onwards.. You can still email me orders before then.. Just not baking till the 14th. You could say i'm taking a quick break huhu.. I am FLAT out this week!

Will update this blog next week too.. Just havent had the chance just yet.

This is just a quick note =)

Have a great weekend everyone!! xx

Randomness...

2010-04-28T01:14:00.001-07:00

hello...

So i've been kinda slack the last week and this one hehe.. I've been busy with stuff- other than cakes ;p

But i've still been taking orders and i've got a new item to add to the menu- Raspberry Coconut cake- my brothers in-laws are already fans *YaY* I think i need to add more fruity cakes to my menu.. but i'm not a big fan of them hehe.. i only bake cakes i know i'll eat- apart from fruit cake.. I make that because my nini and my aunts love it.. ♥ (everything else is 'manis' for them) hahaha

May is coming up.. and i've got my dad's big 60th b'day coming up. We had a conversation that sorta went like this:

Me: What kinda cake would you like this year Dad?

Dad: Why do you make those other cakes the way you make them?

Me: Huh?! Cos.. thats what they asked for.. ..

Dad: Yes, thats because you don't know them.. But you know me, So make a cake how you feel best represents me! How you feel about me.. (and then walks away)

Me: *Jaw DropS*

This is why i like to get as much details of how a client wants their cakes to turn out or descriptions of the person the cake is for..

My dad also went on about how a design must have meanings and themes..etc.. can't remember how it went exactly but i got the picture!! I'm feeling totally pressured now!

And my mom helps by going 'Why don't you do the IBB building (now BIBD) in Bandar, since it was one of your dad's first buildings?'- Mom i've never made a building out of a cake before!!!!!!

To top that off.. it's my youngest brother's birthday at the end of May.. and i asked him the same thing-'What cake would you like?' and he goes 'i want a cake with random things on it'--Ooookkaaayy...another descriptive person in my family!!

I swear my family members have to be the hardest clients to please-and they don't pay me!!! *hmmpf*

Except my mom.. she knows what she wants =) (she also reads my blog) kekeke

So wish me luck on those endeavors, we'll see how it turns out.. i am open to suggestions by the way =)

I was playing around with some extra icing and decided to try out a piped rose.. it's easy, everyone does them- yeaaa.. till u do it yourself.. took me a while to get a hang of them.. they turned out pretty.. so i randomly stuck them on a cake my ordered for her dinner party hehee..

I got a request to do a rocky road brownie for a birthday.. and the birthday girl's description was: she's a girly-girl who loves fairies, pink, butterflies, flowers- stuff like that..

Okayy... You'd think a brownie was a brownie right?? Wrong!!! hehehe not when i have anything to do with it!

I think this must be the prettiest brownie i've ever seen/made- i am so in love with the frog prince ;)

It was really fun making these figurines.. i call it the Fantasy Forest theme.. Happy Birthday Jojo =)

Oh yea and there were cupcakes too.. Mimo lemon cupcakes!

Ps: Yes Zat, ur cake will totally be awesome this year!! With LOTS of ganache ;p ♥

pushing boundaries..

2010-04-18T06:47:00.000-07:00

Another busy week.. but i loved it :)

Okay so...i'm a bit of a dork cos i love making, baking and decorating cakes! Uhuh!

It's only taken how many years to realise this..

So this week..

Was my wonderful Mom's birthday..

Happy Birthday again Mom! xx

Earlier in the month, i showed her all these books to help her make a choice on what kind of cake she wanted, and this is what she chose.

It's a vase of flowers. And she loved it =)

People kept calling it 'a pot' of flowers haha which was fair enough.. The chocolate mud cake turned out well too cos it sorta looked like soil huhu..

It was really quite a tall cake.. about 9 layers of delicious chocolate mud cake.. was quite hard to cut too hahaha...

(i can laugh about it, i'm just the baker :p)

How coincidental is it that my brother's b'day and my brother in-law's b'day both fall on the 19th of April??... and they both have names starting with 'A'?? hmm...

Anyway my hubby requested this...interesting cake for his younger brother (for fun!)- and i was up for the challenge ;) The cake is white chocolate mud cake with white chocolate ganache.. The design is Debbie Brown's.

A Bodice Cake

Happy B'day Bg =)

After the big cakes were all done.. my cousin had an order in for around 200 cupcakes and tinies for my niece's b'day party.. Man.. she is the luckiest!! I had to wait till i got married, to have my name iced on cupcakes- as a give away gift! (I should put those pictures up one day.. i trained all my cousins-well the girls anyway to ice around 600 cupcakes for my nikah huhuhu....i had workshops and everything... i should of known from then i loved making cakes!)

Back to the image below.. these were put in lil'containers for individual gifts for the guests.

Happy 5th Birthday Nabilah =)

My brother isn't here for his b'day (he's over in Brisbane, studying hard.. ..) But i promised to email over the picture of his b'day cake that i made for him (even though he's not here).. My mom actually came up with this idea and said.. 'why don't you just photoshop his name on?' .. and so i did hehe.. (u gotta love Ps)

Happy B'day Rif.. love you lots!! Made this especially for you *winx*

ps: don't tell dad i did this ;p

If Zat was here she'd probably yell at me for using so many font colors.. (she does all the technical stuff for me like.. make the blog, design it, etc..) But she's not here..Oooh well!

Is it weird that i'm sleep deprived cos i think about cakes? How to cut them, bake them, decorate them, the colours... oh it goes on.. yea... it's sad i lose sleep on this.. but i really really love it!!

I was going through designs with my sis in law today and realised i really wish ppl would order more fun cakes for baby showers, kids b'days, baby arrivals, weddings and all sorts of fun occasions.. cos there are just so many many many designs i'm itching to try out!! hehe..

( i can wish :p)

I can't wait for June. . I'll be off continuing on the 2nd part of the course i attended last year in Oz *woohoo* Something i am looking forward to very much!

OKay i'm babbling now.. Good night!

1st week of April

2010-04-11T18:30:00.000-07:00

I have seriously had the hardest time uploading pictures today :(

Anyway last week was very interesting. I tried out a couple new things, which was fun..

This post will be brief, i'll just elaborate on the images *lazy* huhu

This was for a cousin-in-law... who's ankle i Accidentally landed on during one of our family games.. who would of thought that.. .. .. hehe

~ 'Sorry' brownies covered in chocolate frostings with fondant letters, and Beautiful Bianca cupcakes (banana chocolate chip)

This is a carrot cake covered in multi-coloured cream cheese frosting with buttercream squiggle designs on top, made this especially for someone dear to me ;)

Left side: 2x rows of chocolate ♥-shaped cakes covered in chocolate frosting and a row of vanilla ♥-shaped cakes covered in vanilla frosting- this was for Fidz!

Happy Belated B'day sweetie!

Right side: ♥-shaped brownies covered in chocolate ganache covered with ♥ sprinkles. Sitting on an icing covered ♥-shaped board, i did for fun.. just because it looked prettier this way!

Hope Didi n Andi enjoyed them :)

Another cousin-in-law, Busera (who i didn't injure) had a brilliant idea for her son's 5th b'day. She got me to bake around 60 cupcakes to bring to her son's school. And she brought along lots n lots (i'm imagining there were lots, because i wasn't there but i told her to bring Lots) of different kinds of sprinkles and lollies for the kids to decorate at whim! I can imagine the chaos of creativity that went on that morning.. Hope they had heaps of fun! =D

Pink Desserts Day!! I attended the Pink event yesterday.. I dragged my hubby along because i hardly knew half the ppl there...He was not happy with the humidity yesterday!! hehehe

It was a great turn out tho! I was very impressed, not only were there tons of yummy desserts (some were even in pink) they also had their merchandise ready for sale. Items included aprons, t-shirts, polo shirts, reusable bags, towels and badges.

So what they're actually doing is compiling original recipes on desserts from anyone and turning it into a recipe book. All profits will go to the Breast Cancer Support group-hence the colour Pink!

i submitted my Beautiful Bianca recipe because it's a real favorite of ours at home. And hope who ever bakes them enjoys them as much as we do =)

But i swear mine was the simplest looking one yesterday, everybody had their desserts on pretty plates/stands or decorated really prettily... sigh.. mine looked like the above! Oh well.. you can't win them all ;p ( i hope Rano doesn't read my blog ;p)

Last but not least, Happy Birthday Ben!

His lovely sister ordered this brownie walnut cake smothered in dark chocolate ganache for him! Unfortunately her sister-in-law (ie: me =] ) has itchy hands and made ducks and sharks hahaha... i hope he doesnt mind!

Till the next update, which should be quite interesting because it's my mom's bday this week and she's already decided on her cake!! Take care everyone!

Number 1

2010-04-05T19:42:00.000-07:00

Wow.. what a whirlwind the last two weeks have been.. the Good kinda whirlwind though =)

So i think i've gotten over my 'thing' with portugese egg tarts now. I had the renowned Lord Stow's egg tarts in Hong Kong.. and yea... was not all that- for me!

Then i moved on to Singapore where i had my daily dose of soy latte's and multi grain bagels with cream cheese *bliss* I really should learn how to make my own soy latte as milk is not that great for me =/ And then i went to Bangkok and had daily doses of fruits hehe ok so i didnt try all that many desserts as i said i would but i did.. they were just the usual chocolate cakes, cheesecakes.. nothing to WoW about... but i did buy lots of books... lots and lots =D so i'll be trying out some new decorating techniques (new to me ;p)

During my travels i bought this '1' tin.. Cos i knew i'd be making this special cake for lovely Sarah Imani's first birthday.. So please don't order for any other ages than 1, 11, 111 and maybe i could do a 10 but it'd be a round '0' haha... unless u tell me way in advance- then i'll try to order the numbered tin in ;)

Back in business 5th April 2010!

2010-03-25T20:37:00.000-07:00

Hello ppl... Big Apologies for running out of the country last minute.. I literally bought my tixthe day before i left.. Hopefully there will be more scrumptious treats to offer when i'm back =)

I'm out getting inspired in three different cities in Asia. Trying out all the delicious desserts they have to offer..ie: not holiday- Research! ;)

As always if you've got the cravings you can email me for any orders from the 5th onwards.. Cheers!!

Blonde blondies

2010-03-18T20:52:00.000-07:00

Hello... Just a quick post. These are blondies (white chocolate brownies) with macadamia nuts in blossoms and bubbles.. These are slightly more pricey because of the macadamia's- normally they have with almonds. But this was a special request, sorry about the wait hee =)

After this i will update the menu because i've had a few comments on it-seeing as i haven't added my latest goodies.. But if you have any special requests that aren't on the menu, feel free to just txt/email me and i can let you know if i can make them or not soon after..

This was for my favourite customer..

I've been doing a lot of browsing ie: googling for ideas on cakes lately and there are sooo many amazing and talented cake decorators out there making crazy cakes!! I wish i had half the talent that all these ppl have- is that greedy?! keke one can dream..

Have a great weekend ppl.. i'll update again next week because (it's not confirmed yet) i might be flying out again next weekend.. =) *fingers crosseded*

The last minute Mini..

2010-03-11T17:35:00.000-08:00

Okay i've been very slack about updating this week.. hehe.. I've been baking brownies and cupcakes all week and experimenting with portugese egg tarts and lamingtons -finally huhu!!

Below was a very very last minute order.. and this is what i came up with in one afternoon.

This is a lamington cake with jam and cream filling..Mmm.... with Cheeky Carrie (carrot) mini cupcakes all around.

This was for Bg Adi who loves loves lovessss Mini's hehe so i made him a miniature one of the one he has.. So Happy 20th (+15) Birthday again Bg Adi =D

Hello...Happy March!!

2010-03-03T23:39:00.000-08:00

The last week of Feb was fantabulous for me.. I hope you guys had a great week too..

Bangkok is definitely a place i'll return to! I had a surprise cake from my new family- and someone reads my blog!!! They made it a pink-zebra themed for me... i think it was my lovely sister-inlaw Tiyah ♥

Made by none other than the amazing Cits.. of www.citscakes.blogspot.com she does really amazing cakes!

Made these before i left for a birthday, 30 heart shaped brownies...who can resist having just one?! hehe

This week i've been obsessed with Portuguese egg tarts.. first trial came out okay but i wasn't happy with the outcome. Second trial i tweaked the recipe i had and it came out absolutely DELICIOUS!! heehee My brother who doesn't really like too much desserts-ate 3!! Huhu.. i'll post a pic tomorrow..

Tomorrow's adventure-Lamingtons! =)

Short break from 22.02.10 till 01.02.10!

2010-02-20T20:10:00.000-08:00

We'll be open for orders on the 1st of March... Deepest apologies for any inconvenience and any cravings gone unsatisfied! It's just a week.. heehee

I'll be off to Bangkok for a few days and its My Birthday weekend!! Woohoo....

To all my loved ones, i don't ask for much butttt...... This is the cake i want!! Just like Rihanna's by Planet Cake... but in pink with black stripes...thanxxxx (I'm probably dreaming here....)

Have a Fantabulous week ahead everyone... i know i will ;)

♡ Zari

Baby Shower Cake

2010-02-20T18:10:00.000-08:00

I was chatting with my Emma about cranberries.. and it led to her friends' Meg and Michelle's baby shower.. So then we browsed and came up with a bunch of ideas- cos baby shower cakes are so cute you want everything on them! But thats not realistic! Soo.. we came up with this..

The teddy bear sitting on top of the cake opening baby's present (very cheekily).. While baby is stuck on the bottom cake looking up at baby's presents being opened Awwww...... :(

Which brought them to be surronded by Cry Baby Cupcakes...... hehe

hehehe i loved the cry babies... each one was special...

LV Belt

2010-02-20T17:37:00.001-08:00

This was an interesting cake, my first attempt at making a real-life-size-thing! And it was fun in a challenging way! The LV belt buckle was spray painted in edible gold paint to give it that look. I hope the girls that ordered it for their teacher liked it =)

Happy Birthday Dada =)

2010-02-16T06:10:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Dada!! I hope you had a wonderful lunch with us.. unfortunately i didn't get the group shot.. but i captured lots of you =)

Your now the model for the Raspberry-berry Cheese Crumble!! Which was uber-delectable if i say so my self huhu!

x.o.x.o.

There's something about orange..

2010-02-15T00:40:00.001-08:00

This 2-tier fondant cake was for Wawa's special occasions: 2 birthdays and a wedding anniversary.. 'Happy birthday... and Happy anni!!' I'm sure it was a big party ;)

Top tier was white chocolate baked cheesecake and the bottom tier was chocolate mud cake.. covered with blossoms and some hearts.. i hope they enjoyed it..! I really enjoyed making it.. Thanx for ordering =)

♡ Zari

Happy Anniversary..

2010-02-14T02:13:00.000-08:00

An anniversary is reason for celebration.. What better way to celebrate than with a cake thats bursting with love, surprise, hope and.... stars..?! hehe This was a really speacial cake as it was close to home.

Happy 25th Anniversary AI!!

♡ Zari

We're back..

2010-02-06T00:20:00.000-08:00

Hello.. back from a quick trip to the other side of the world- Oman and Dubai.. was a really memorable and amazing experience!

PinkZeebra news:

One new item for the menu: Brownie blossoms and/or hearts.. with icing. Min. order of 5 pcs for $8.00

I think they are really cute! And you can have them in the colour of your choice =)

Below is the view from the world's tallest building of the moment- Burj Khalifah.. was really an experience. We went up to the 124th floor to the observatory deck but the building itself is about 160++ floors.. Eeeks!!! You can see on the left part of the Dubai Mall- world's largest mall (at the moment) Where i spent a considerable amount of time, walking (4.5km per floor)!! Not only is there every shop you'd ever need, they've even got an underwater zoo, theme park, ice skating rink, vast choices for food selection, and even Bloomingdales is there! *Bliss*

♡ Zari

Valentine's Special Offer.. 8th till the 21st

2010-01-26T02:07:00.000-08:00

Valentines is fast approaching, so what do we have in store?

Well first up we've got a new flyer to promote the new designs :)
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[click to enlarge]

Next we've got the new sets, in detail, that are up for offer.

The first set being these sweet Love Tokens:
Vanilla frosted in 4 pastel colours with sweet sayings.

In the above picture you can also see the packaging the cupcakes will come in.

Next we have set number 2 Hugs and Kisses:
Butter cream frosting in an array of designs.
And last but not least for set 3 we've got Little Hearts:
Chocolate frosted cupcakes topped with little hearts made up of white chocolate. Yum.

You can also mix and match flavours!
Choose from a mix of vanilla, chocolate or carrot cake.

These Precious Cuppies come in sets of
5 for $8
or 12 for $18

Also available are our Original Brownies
6" for $8
9" for $15

and Rocky Road Brownies
6" for $10

This offer is available from the 8th till the 21st of February.
Please pre order by text or email.
Orders will open from the 2nd of February.

Please take note that the kitchen will also be closed this week.

Many thanks and a Happy Valentine's Day to all in advance.
To all our chinese readers a very Happy New Year.

Valentine's is almost here..

2010-01-24T07:57:00.001-08:00

Wow Valentine's already? Time flies... Apologies for not updating lately. But we have been up to a few things.. Not sure if you've noticed we now have a Pinkzeebra fan page on facebook *Yay*

We have come up with a couple of designs for our new Valentine series.. to be posted up very soon for pre-orders for that special someone of yours! ;)

More updates tomorrow with a lot more pix!!

Nyte ♡

New news~

2010-01-07T11:15:00.000-08:00

Not only is there a brand new layout! (which i hope you all enjoy, you too Zari ;D) but now you can also see pictures of most of the cupcakes by clicking on their names in the Cupcake Menu (to the right)!

You can also become a fan of PinkZeebra on facebook! As well as follow PinkZees tweets @pinkzeebracakes for those of you on twitter. Check in regularly to get your hands on the goodies of the day!

So show us your support and don't forget to leave comments and feedback to the posts so we know what you think.

More improvements soon to come and of course more escapades of PinkZees baking adventures!
♡Zat

2010 Here We Go...!!!

2009-12-31T20:12:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year =)

Today is the first day of the new year: 01-01-10

Congrats to Amin & Fadlina on officiating their marriage this morning.. Fadlina's dress was Gorgeous!!

And an advance Congrats to Wajihah & Azmi, who were officially married by this afternoon!

What a wonderful way to start their year!

So.. my last cakes of 2009.. i hope that 2010 i'll be a bit bolder with flavours and really stretch my creativity on designs- i guess thats a resolution ?!

Mas's birthday 30.12.09 cupcakes were Mars Bars Rice Krispies Cupcakes- Surprisingly Yum!

I couldn't resist putting these images up hee hee... Yes it is a nose, made by Zat.. does it really need explaining why we made nose's for him?! hehe..

I spent the last day of 2009 making a special wedding gift, for my childhood friend Ghah.

I hope they like it =)

This is the detailing on the back...

is open...!

2009-12-26T18:31:00.000-08:00

Hellooo peeps.. Had a great holiday! Hope everyone is having a great long weekend!

PinkZeebra is now taking orders for tomorrow onwards..

Happy Holiday Season!! Enjoy it with some sweet desserts ;)

Cakes.. and bye bye 2009!

2009-12-17T03:21:00.000-08:00

Helloooo ppl..

Just thought i'd put a quick update of the cakes i've been making lately.. I must say i have enjoyed making the cakes and hearing feedback from ppl.. I'm actually in Singapore at the moment (on my way to Bali..woohoo!) and have super duper fast internet- thats why i'm updating ;p

This was a special chocolate cake i made for my sister.. she insisted it be pink with a pink elephant.. i won't mention her age ;) xx

Another special cake i made for my brother's wedding, as part of the 'hantaran'. I can't take all the credit though, i just made the cake. My very talented friend Diet arranged the flowers- tq =)

And another special choc mud cake (all my cakes are special, incase you wondered ^-^) This was an order from Ka Honey.. and she wanted the text to be in kids writing.. no problems there Ka ;)

Hope to start off on more new and exciting cakes next year for my family, friends and you random readers.. and myself of course!

Wishing you all a Merry Xmas and a very happy New Year filled with scrumptious cakes, of course!!

♡PinkZee xoxo

Fruit Cakes for Xmas.. And the Holidayss!!

2009-12-01T20:01:00.000-08:00

Hello ppl.. it's been a gloomy couple of days.. but still beautiful!

Fruit cakes are back.. And they'll be packaged similarly to the brownie goody bags below. Great for gifts for the upcoming holiday season! One loaf size is approx: 8" x 3" and is $30 including the wrapping ;)

Orders may be placed from now until the 16th of Dec for collection before 25th-Xmas!

After 16th you can email your orders to pinkzeebracakes@gmail.com for collection after the 30th of Dec.

Reasons being.. because i'll be away (ie: closed) from the 17th until the 28th of Dec for my brother's wedding.

Wow what a weekend! First time for goody bag orders. And i had two for the same weekend!! Below is what the finished product looked like with 4 slices of brownies inside each bag.

Happy Birthday Muhdiyyah!! My sweet lil'sister-in-law.. hope you liked your cake and your presents!! ;) It was her b'day on Monday (i know i'm very slow in blogging..)

Also Happy Birthday and 1 Day to my best friend Ronnie, who's b'day was also on Monday hehe

Ultimate chocolate fudge cake.. so they say!

2009-11-25T18:14:00.000-08:00

This is the cake i was going on about in the previous blog.. It was not as easy as i expected it to be.. but in the end it turned out to be some what presentable! Unfortunately this is the best pix i've got at the moment, still waiting on some better images (hopefully).. I love the lily though :) This was for Mak Long's birthday- one of her many cakes.. hope she liked it!

Now about that chocolate fudge cake..

Wow.. i made my hubby's dream cake come to life.. well it was alive till it got gobbled up-by everyone else! hehe

This was a special cake for my sis-in-law's birthday last monday- Happy Belated! =)

The cake was super Nyumm! I was really happy to hear from both sides of families that they loved the cake.. Yay!!

Below is what it looked like when it was all done.. (sorry images by iphone =/ )

PinkZee ♡

back to baking i.e. reality..

2009-11-16T00:29:00.000-08:00

Hi guys, i had a gooood break..

My course was really great and really insightful! And it opened me up to a lot of things. Like now i know why my wedding cake cost a 'bomb'.. there's just so much hard work, care/love, attention to detail etc, that goes into decorating cakes.. but realizing this.. i'm still excited to make my special order for this week. I'm so thankful to Kaka A for placing the order =D

It's going to be similar to this cake i made during my course (i hope...*fingers crossed*) but just a single tier and with a lily instead of a magnolia..

Spent the weekend getting back into baking for some orders. This wkend i plan to experiment with a couple of flavours and recipes with a cuz. I'll update again soon with more pix..

PinkZee ♡

closed from 22nd Oct till 12th Nov..

2009-10-20T03:54:00.000-07:00

Yayayayayayyy!!!!!
i'm finally heading off for my cake decorating course in sydney (been waiting for months, sooo excited!) I hope i learn lotsa new tricks.. i mean skills.. to serve u better desserts of course..

the course is only a week long but im taking extra days off to join hubby on his trips, to relax..*bliss*

i havent been updating---still new to this blogging thing! Hello!! Someone asked me today 'do u blog everyday?' errrr.... was i supposed to?! haha i think the answer is at least more than once a month!! ;p

I HAVE been baking tho.. just havent taken many pictures that im happy to show, or they have been the usually orders of bella donna's etc.. and u can scroll down to see what they look like :p

So what's new?

Brownies

I have been experimenting with brownie recipes..still working on flavours so for now i have the original brownie (fudgy w no nuts) or a more cakey brownie (w nuts on top) and blondie (w almonds)- i know this is a bit blonde but i didnt knooow why they called them that... but now i do ;p it's the white choc factor haha...*slow*

Cheesecakes

I do make cheesecakes.. i had a couple at our open hse for raya and ppl have been ordering them since then, here's a sneak peek at the mango cheesecake:

hopefully once im back i'll be making more and put their pix's up *promise*

and i'll put the flavours in the menu..

Last but not least i made an extra batch of Bella Donna's for my best friend who had a baby boy over the weekend.. Cong-rats once again Ronnie & family, he's a lil'angel!! - yes nanti i make ur favourite cupcakes!

(yes.. i need to work on my writing skillsss..hence the course ;) )

till the 12th then..... i'm outta here!

ps: you can still email me your orders in advance and i'll reply asap :)

PinkZee ♡

Congratulations Emi & Nina

2009-09-23T21:18:00.001-07:00

My cousin got engaged recently and i was so happy when he told me, i said i'd make him cupcakes as part of the offerings/hantaran- sorta on the spur of the moment. So, i did the best i could and this was the first time i made fondant roses on my own. And i'm really happy with the turn out. The cupcakes were Just Jane's with a very soft Memo swirl of pink and white, decorated with fondant roses.. i hope they liked it, they never actually told me.. hmmpf!

Selamat Hari Raya to everyone =)

2009-09-23T20:37:00.000-07:00

Hello....!

Selamat Hari Raya, maaf zahir batin to all muslim friends & family. Hope your Eid to full of family reunions, joy, laughter and of course desserts ;)

Okay, I will be back to baking at the start of next week 28th Sept, please place your orders in advance (at least 4-5 days notice). I'll be taking orders until the 22nd of Oct only because i'll be going away on a short course and will resume again in Nov, hopefully with more varieties for you.

These are snaps of what i made for raya at my house on the 1st day. Unfortunately, I was running up and down the kitchen to refill these all day n night that i didn't really take much pix, so i don't have much to choose from. Anyway, these are Just Jane's (vanilla flavour) and lemon (the yellow frostings) cupcakes and i've done them in a rainbow swirl which i like to call 'The Memo Cupcakes'- inspired by my lil'sister.

I also made a rocky road version of Bella Donna (chocolate flavour) it's got marshmallows, chopped walnuts and cherries- which hasn't been named yet.. But it is really yummy if you like different textures in your mouth at the same time-soft, chewy, crunchy..MmMmm...

Raya orders & Hubby's cake

2009-09-10T02:51:00.001-07:00

Hi.. i've been very slack at updating-sorry!

Firstly i need to thank my fabulous photogs who came over late one night and took all the lovely shots of my cupcakes.. So thanks guys =D

Sooo.. now you'll be viewing amateur pix that i take from my simple camera.. please bare with them.. (unless the fab duo come over again that is ;) )

Secondly, orders for Raya.. I'm sorry i'm not taking any this year. The cupcakes only last for up to 3days, and i don't want to be in the kitchen baking during Raya- well not for the first few days anyway.. But i will update when i'll be back in the kitchen, so watch this page!

Lastly, this cake was made for my wonderful hubby on his bday. The cake itself is Beautiful Bianca, smothered in dark chocolate frosting and it's surrounded by Bella Donna & Alluring Ella cupcakes.

Unfortunately, i forgot to take pix of the Just Jane's and Beautiful Bianca's that were served earlier on in the night. Oh well, i guess i'll have to make more seeing as Em and i reckon having ones just not enough ;) and remember to take the pix before we eat them!

PinkZee ♡

Fruit Cake for Hari Raya!!

2009-09-02T06:06:00.000-07:00

This fruit cake i'll be taking orders epecially for Hari Raya.

Size approx: 8"x 3"

Price: $30

Beautiful Bianca

2009-09-02T04:19:00.000-07:00

Delicious banana & chocolate chips with a touch of chocolate frosting.. it's all about the beauty.. on the inside ♡

Cheeky Carrie

2009-09-02T04:03:00.000-07:00

It's carrot cake with a nutty walnut crunch on the inside and smooth cream cheese frosting to top it off..

Alluring Ella

2009-09-02T03:00:00.000-07:00

Ultra chocolate with scrumptious peanutbutter fudge frosting..MmmMmmm.....

Magic Melody

2009-09-02T00:53:00.000-07:00

A zesty lemon cheesecake with a surprisingly crunchy top..

Bella Donna

2009-08-31T21:50:00.000-07:00

A rich chocolate with chocolate frosting for the chocolate lovers..

Just Jane

2009-08-31T20:53:00.000-07:00

Just Jane is a vanilla based cupcake with a soft vanilla buttercream frosting..

Start of a beautiful beginning ♡

2009-08-14T00:57:00.000-07:00

Testing :)

With a little sneak preview of some of the cuppa cakes soon to come

Some basic Beautiful Bianca Cuppies

And Yummy Bella Donna Cuppies

More to come soon!
xo

How to Order

2009-01-01T21:35:00.000-08:00

To place an order kindly email your order 5 days before the collection date to
pinkzeebracakes@gmail.com

Or call/text between (10am-6pm) on
8198272

The collection address will be emailed/texted to you once the order is confirmed

Cupcake Menu

18 per dozen

Bella Donna
Rich chocolate with a sinfully rich chocolate frosting
for the chocolate lovers

Just Jane
Traditional vanilla
with butter cream frosting

Beautiful Bianca
Delicious banana & chocolate chips
with a touch of chocolate frosting

22 per dozen

Cheeky Carrie
Carrot cake with a walnut crunch on the inside
& cream cheese frosting to top it off

Alluring Ella
Ultra chocolate
with scrumptious peanut butter fudge frosting

Magic Melodie
Zesty lemon cheesecake
with a surprising crunchy top

Brownies Menu

Original Brownies 15

Rocky Road Brownies 22

Blondies w Almonds 17

Blondies w Macadamias 20

Blossom/Heart/Bubble Brownies 1.50 a piece (min order of 12 pieces)

Blossom/Heart/Bubble Blondies 1.80 a piese (min order of 10 pieces)