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Dear all,

Pre-book your favourite cookies now!

More than 60 varieties to choose from, includes 16 types for vegetarian.

Savoury or sweet, healthier version or classic favourites, light or crunchy, so many choices, its just no way to miss your favourites.

Special prices for early bookings
(cut-off date: 30th Jan 2010)

Hampers are available too. Will post hamper photos soon.

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Available at East Coast Malaysia, Sabah (012-9588113) &
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Macro Shots on Cake Decor (Part 2)

These are the various shots doing the "stringwork"... Royal Icing & a tight round nozzle were used to pipe this kind of work. The goal is to pipe in a straight, thin & consistent manner.

Royal Icing dries fast, and breaks easily.

This entire process not only tests one's patience, but also your eye sight. If any lines were broken, you have to start all over and pipe again.

In other parts of the world (western), cake decorators charge them by inch.

So if the cake its done beautifully, it can turn out quite exquisite.

Breathing is compulsory...

Thanks for viewing.

Macro Shots on Cake Decor (Part 1)

I love taking macro shots, and looking at it, on food especially. Mastering the art of photography is an entire world by itself.

However, i am not discouraged by the whole "mambo-jumbo" of handling the camera.

I hope you enjoyed the photos...

3 Tier Wedding Cake

A very elongated 3 tier cake, with pink, white and soft green color selection.

Hand made the sugar roses. I love the cornelli lace, its on the second tier, where you see
free-hand moving piping; looked elegant from far. Its the untidiness that makes the whole cake presentation appealing.

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for wedding cakes, celebration cakes quotation

Gold & Ivory

This one i did for a special friend, its her wedding. i could have done a 3-tier for her. Much more elegant.

But that's not important...

I wish her well and happy.

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World Diabetes Day!

Hi all,

Its been long time no posting, have been busy with orders, duties, intensive cake decorating workshops & classes.

I thank God for what He provided, for being able, for good health, for supportive family & friends, for innner strength, for patience, for the guts to take this order.

I still find it impossible to believe that my family & I, finally fulfilled thousand over cookies.
THOUSAND over...!

I must thank God, God is great, for He has always been there for me & my family.

The time spent sourcing for supplies,
the rejections,
the sensations of last minute changes,
the jam on the road that we have to endure,
the painstaking process for rolling the dough, repetitively for more than thousand over times, the numbness on the heel,
the soreness of my palms

its incredible, i can't believe its finally over ...

But i believe that there will be more to come...

In conjunction for World Diabetes Day, we made these cookies based on the logo design. Visit http://www.idf.org/ for more info.

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For custom-made cookies for annual dinner, Xmas gatherings, Year 2010 parties or Chinese New Year.

White Fondant-covered Cake with Sugar Roses & Fillers

A quickie cake done for retail display.

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Red Roses for a birthday guy...

Happy Birthday Chapman! may peace of God be with you...

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Mini Cake with Sugarpaste Bear

Simple cake for simple occasion. Made this for a belated birthday boy, aptly named Ben.

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Butter cake with Deep Violet Sugar Roses & Butterlies

Thank you for viewing...

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Simple Low Fat Yoghurt Trifle with Peach Slices

ANYONE CAN DO THIS ...

This recipe is so flexible, you need not need to worry about the measurement, just indulge and serve as you like.

The idea is the layering process of the whole presentation.

The original recipe for Trifle are rich and hearty.

My version are light, refreshing & fuss free, perfect for warm lazy Sundays.

Recipe:

1. Low fat plain yoghurt
2. Chiffon cake (cubed)
3. Peach slices (or any fruits you like)
4. Granola (you may substitute with chopped roasted nuts for extra crunch)

Tools:

1. clear bowl or Martini glass
2. spoon

Method:

1. For simple plating, place fruit slices at the bottom of the bowl till all gaps are covered.
2. Pour in low fat yoghurt until all fruits covered. Use spoon to even the yoghurt layer.
3. Layer the cake cubes.
4. Add in granola , spread evenly.
5. Repeat Step 1 - 4 until bowl are full.
6. You may decorate top layer with fruit slices for nice presentation.

For a sexier presentation, replace bowl with Martini glass, only this time smaller quantity.

Served chilled. Enjoy

Kiwi Cake

Looking at the batter texture, i really wanna swim in it, and get slimey-ed (if there is such a word).

I wanna marinate so long till my whole body smell like it.

Fetish i guess.

Lemon & Pepper Chocolate

I tried this chocolate, absolutely headache-y.

Packaging was nice, recyclable material with pastel lime green & black color.

Smell like maturing cheese, i accept it with an open heart. I kept on reminding myself its chocolate, and not cheese.

Tasted smooth, and cheesy (its chocolate hello), must be the white choc & lemon combo, with hint of peppery shot to the tastebuds.

I miss those spicy chilly-choc sensation.

Mariah Carey...

I absolutely adore her, since the beginning of her career.

Despite the her current fashion sense, she gives me inspiration, BIG TIME...till now.

My favourites include Vision of Love, Love Takes Time, Fly Like a Bird...and now today, i wanna add this new song to the list I Want to Know What Love Is.

The beginning part of the song sounded very worship-y, like how i used to practise in a worship session, melodic piano opening.

With wide vocal range of hers and imaginative interpretation of the song, this beautiful song just brings back memories.

From Foreigner to Tina Arena, Flash Dance era, me waiting for my dad to pick me up from baby sitter...

Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS_ZJj79-9M

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

Steamed Choco Cuppies with logo picks

One final post for May 2009. I have got a surprise cuppies order. Steamed Choco Cuppies, which supposedly and initially was just an experiment to test out the silicone ware. I ended up saying YES,accepted the order, and bought 2 sets of silicone ware, in cuppies shape. I am loving this product...

As i slowly progress and brave myself to accept more big orders, i thank God for His blessings. How He especially blesses me with the strength, patience, talent, and joy while doing all sorts of preparation to get the orders fulfilled.

My mind kept on feeding me with all sorts of obstacle ideas, while my heart kept on telling me to do otherwise...

Accepting orders is not as easy as it seems, as alot of aspect needs to be taken care of, so that the end product satisfy both the customer and the critic in me. Sketches of cake designs, sourcing for ingredients, budgeting, marketing, and the "CLOSE-the-SALE-IN-CONFIDENCE" has lead me to open up my eyes to possibilities, where i never laid my eyes on before.

Having to juggle my current serious day job with my nightly effervescent "cakey" persona, the word "time management" has really brought a whole new meaning to my life, now...

Enjoy the photos. I like taking macro shots. I once visualised myself being an ant in a blown up strawberry farm.

Sugar Daisy Flower Fondant Cake

Another project i did. Words like fun, child-like, sun shine, sweet, innocence cropped up in my mind.

What's yours?

Gerbera Daisy

This project i have incorporated flower arrangement to act as a topper for the cake. I loved the vibrant color with its contrasting effect and texture to compose the entire cake. Though i would pretty much prefer the leaves at the backgroud to be brighter green.

BLACK RIBBON w/h SILVER LINING on WHITE CAKE

I challeged myself to cover the cake. Was really excited about it. I expected it to be of smooth finishing with no breakage.

It turned out well, without breakage at all four corners, and ended up with some 'orange skin" effect.

"Orange skin" effect were much more pronounced especially today, as i think the weather might have contributed to it.

Tied the cake with a beautiful satin black ribbon with silver lining.




I liked it because of its color combination and different texture. Its sort of like simplicity and elegance all roll into one piece of art.

As i was making this, the word "fashion" comes to mind. Chanel especially.

If i ever show this piece to my friends, and ask for comments, they probably roll their eyes, and like "what"? Might be way-too-simple to them.

"Why want to complicate things?"

Below is the dressed up cake I did few days ago.

Enjoy

Hand Moulded Chocolate

I attempted to try my hands on some hand molded chocolate. I certainly needed to practise more on the moulding.

Enjoy the photos.

Cupcake with Fondant Ribbon

Made this as well. I can imagine how cute it is if these are in hundreds or thousands. The kids and children-at-heart will all drool over them, with lots of photo snapping, with the ooohhhhsss and aaaahhhhhsssss...



Can't wait to get these all up displayed.

New Cupcake design for April

Textured Rolled Fondant, with Dragees

Made few designs using textured rolling pin. The last time i went to Singapore for a convention, i got to know that a particular brand uses bullet-proof material, to produce the pins, as this material is less susceptible to breakage.

Enjoy

Whimsical Mini Wedding Cake

I tried doing this for fun actually. Since I have some extra sugarpaste, why not eh?

I was thrilled today as i recieved a call to enquire about Kek Hantaran. Very happy...

Thanks for viewing.

I also want to share with you my other cupcakes collection.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35971814@N07/

Hand Crafted Sugar Roses

Requires early preparation to allow petals to dry.

Once these are dried, calyx (or rather, sugar calyx) were incorporated to complete the look.

Later, it will be positioned on fondant covered cake.

Granulated Honey Comb

Love this shot too.