Orange & Violet-themed Cupcakes

This order was made based on the color theme, with hand-made sugar roses at the bottom of the cupcakes layout.

These were then delivered all the way to Penang.

Hope the recepient impressed with the gift...(and love).

Cupcakes were chocolate, with dark chocolate buttercream.

Basketweave Cake with Royal Icing Flowers

Another work i have done recently.

Royal icing are basically made of egg whites, icing sugar & water to adjust the consistency.

A variety of colors can be added in to pipe out all sorts of interesting flowers & figure designs.

In this post, i have piped out quite a number of flowers (violet, violet leaves, apple blossom, primrose, pansy, just to name a few...)

The basketweave effect u saw are painstakingly piped out (single lines by single lines, vertically & horizontally) using buttercream icing.

Instead of just slather with buttercream, cake design can be wonderfully enhanced by using this technique, thus create a pleasing effect.

Enjoy!

Steamed Durian Cake

I have made it finally!

Survived!

I present to you, Steamed Durian Cake!

Durians.....

my mind kept on thinking about durians...

NO I AM NOT A BIG FAN OF DURIANs! it's sharp! and not forgetting the smell, it can kill!

no way...

(but my heart kept on wanting my hands to make Durian Butter Cake...)

(my nostrils gonna have a tough time...)

nose :" My Queen, please don't do this to me...please...:( "

heart :" my Queen, so many your heart want to try, you see, got Durian Puff, Durian Cheese Cake, Durian Ice Cream, Durian Chips, Durian Crepe, Durian Swiss Roll, Durian Egg Tart, and they even have Durian Jello (!)"

pause and awkward silence...

heart :" and...and... Roti Canai with Durian!!!"

Queen think :" Wahlao eh..!"

eyes :" look...look... Durian Oreo Cake also got...!"

Queen analyzing & imagining whether profile of these two ingredients matches...

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(maybe...and maybe not.)

(its disturbing... i mean of all the ingredients in the world, why Oreos and durians?)

Queen:" my heart, let me think about it, i will come back to you..."

nose:" ooohhh my Queen, once started, there are no turning back...have mercy..."

Tattoo and cupcakes

This is "Pull Apart Chocolate Cuppies with Fresh Lemon Buttercream" did for a brother for his company product launch.

So exactly what's this got to do with the word "tattoo" you ask?

One technique in common between these cake decor and tattoo-ing is that these two different world, uses "Pattern Transfer", which is a very common technique, and is widely used by the tattoo artists.

Its usage is simple and straight forward. Basically you traced a pattern or a piece of art onto the tracing paper, then the traced art work will then transfered onto the desired canvas (skin or cake for that matter).

So, if you looked closely at the photo cupcakes i have captured above, this is the first time i am applying this technique onto cake decoration, and am quite happy with the end results.

I am beginning to itch, to try my hands on doing a Japanese floral art work, calligraphic type.

Thanks for viewing.

Chocolate Cuppies with Bittersweet Chocolate Buttercream

Bittersweet buttercream were slathered generously on moist chocolate cupcakes. A simple design for a simple family. The father wants to give these to his young daughter. Simplicity at its best.

Chilled Lemon Cheese Cuppies

~ Love
~ fresh lemons
~ Lite butter
~ chilled
~ cuppies & 8" round spring form
~ Orange Sugar Flowers

creamy+smooth+tangy+chilled+macro shots