Busy May..

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

Randomness...

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 ♥

1st week of April

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!