Friday, June 26, 2009

Thomas the Train Choc Cheese Wave birthday cake for Rooney

I decorated my first Thomas the train cake for Dolly this morning. Dolly wanted a grand (2kg) Choc Cheese Wave cake as a present for her nephew, Rooney, who is in Kota Kinabalu. Iced with chocolate vanilla buttercream, I hope the cake will sit safely on the plane to KK. Enjoy the photos!



[my little pink wonky bunny]



[and a couple of wonky fences too!]

Kim said I should have taken a close-up photo of the tree, which I didn't. I'll get that sone and upload it later =)

Nice simple cakes

I've been slightly under the weather these couple of days so have been slacking with cake photo uploading. Anyway, here are some simple orders I took during the week.

[Dark Temptation for Edah]

Dark Temptation is an absolutely rich and moist chocolate cake made with real good quality chocolate with a generous spread of chocolate ganache filling between cake layers and then covered with more ganache all over! A must-try for those chocolate sinners!

[Caramel Apple Cheesecake for Sara]

A plain cheesecake sitting on a lemon sponge base and top with fresh apple pie filling. It's then drizzled/top with a generous amount of caramel sauce and more fresh apples!!

Monday, June 22, 2009

Days off baking announcement (11th July 2009 - 25th July 2009)

Just thought that I should announce my absence (again!) from my kitchen much much earlier this time. I will be away from 11th July til the 25th July 2009 - spending two weeks in my hometown, Kota Kinabalu. I can say that I've almost reached the maximum capacity in terms of cake orders for what my two scrawny hands can handle, in other words, almost fully booked til the date of my departure. Nevertheless, should you want to make an order, it's still worth checking a I usually will try my best to accommodate especially for simple orders =)

Ira x

Sunday, June 21, 2009

A Cheesecake for the Don

Cappuccino Velvet Cheesecake is a creamy cheesecake with a lovely velvet texture that is bursting with the richness of coffee. Sitting on a vanilla-lemon sponge base, *quoting customers* "it's a melt-in-the mouth cheesecake to die for"!

I baked my husband's all time favourite, the Cappuccino Velvet, for Jay's dad. It was meant as a belated birthday gift as well as a father's day gift. Happy father's day to all loving fathers! =)



[perfectly baked, crack-free cheesecaek]



Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Petite Choc Cheese Wave & Toblerone Dark Temptation

Choc Cheese Wave consists of a centre layer creamy cheesecake, sandwiched with two layers of melt in the mouth chocolate brownie-cake

The Toblerone Dark Temptation is another version of my existing Dark Temptation cake except that it contains bars and bars and bars and bars...of Toblerone both in the cake and ganache! This cake has a generous amount of Toblerone ganache between the layers of Toblerone sponge cake plus more all over!

I had a wonderful diving trip in Tioman Island last weekend. But before I took off to the island, I last minutely baked these two petite cakes for Li Oi and Hajar. My husband was surprised as to why I accepted the orders as they were quite last minute. I said to him "I don't get orders for simple undecorated cakes everyday". I truly got to enjoy the pleasure of just baking! I find satisfaction in baking cakes for people whom I know, appreciate good cakes and just want to dig in without minding how well decorated the cakes are =) So I baked these two petites in less than 12 hours =)

[Li Oi's petite Choc Cheese Wave]

[Hajar's petite Toblerone Dark Temptation...I found it tricky to photograph this cake at night. I keep seeing light reflection on the rich ganache so I had to hold the cake in one hand, camera in the other and find a suitable spot to take a shot]

Friday, June 12, 2009

Danish's #1 Choc Cheese Wave candle cake

I made a #1 Choc Cheese Wave birthday cake for my good friend's son. It'll be his first birthday - hence the #1. My friend, Diliana, made it very clear that she wanted a #1 shaped cake. So I walked the whole stretch of Jalan Tar in KL in search of a #1 shaped pan in the cake supplies shop. I found other numbers but not #1. I was already mentally prepared to carve a #1 cake if this special pan can't be found. Until finally Nancy in Jaya One found a #1 pan which she kindly saved for me! It was the last pan available. I must say, Diliana's son was VERY lucky! She wanted the cake to be as colourful as possible! So here it is, enjoy the photos!


[a 2kg Choc Cheese Wave]

[a candle flame, stars and streamers]



Days off baking

I will be away as of tonight for the weekend, therefore will not be taking in any orders. I will be back in my kitchen on 18th June. I wish everyone a very happy weekend ahead! I'm sure I'll have a wonderful time diving the waters of Tioman! =)

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Toblerone Dark Temptation

The Toblerone Dark Temptation is another version of my existing Dark Temptation cake except that it contains bars and bars and bars and bars...of Toblerone both in the cake and ganache! This cake has a generous amount of Toblerone ganache between the layers of Toblerone sponge cake plus more all over!

I've just finished experimenting on a Toblerone chocolate cake this morning with success =) Kim had the first bite and our little Emille got very excited just by the sight of it! I'll bake a proper one for Kak Hawa tonight perhaps. I reduced a lot on the sugar department as I know that our families are not huge fans of sweet sugary stuff. The Toblerone cake is as usual, very moist, loaded with bars of Toblerone chocolate in the cake itself and in the ganache. One would think that it might be overly sweet but its not. Just nice and dark =) I shall call it the Toblerone Dark Temptation. Enjoy drooling =)

[please excuse my lack of tidiness. I simply couldn't wait to put a slice in my mouth!]

[The Toblerone Dark Temptation has layers of Toblerone ganache in it with more Toblerone ganache all over!]

I discovered the best time to eat it was after it was freshly coated with ganache with just about 15 minutes of chilling in the fridge. The ganache consistency is perfect and the cake is still nice and soft =) Of course, I would always advise friends to bring it down to room temperature or let it sit in on your kitchen counter for about 10-15 minutes before eating the cake. This way, both cake and ganache would have soften a bit.

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Nurul's Dark Temptation engagement cake gift

Dark Temptation is an absolutely rich and moist chocolate cake made with real good quality chocolate with a generous spread of chocolate ganache filling between cake layers and then covered with more ganache all over! A must-try for those chocolate sinners!

A Dark Temptation engagement cake gift ordered by Nurul. I made this version of the Dark Temptation for Fara a few months back in purple. Nurul wanted the white/silver/pink combination. She later text me to say that the bride and groom to be and their families enjoyed the cake! That made my day, so enough said. Enjoy the photos! =)







Tomorrow I will experiment on a Toblerone chocolate cake for a cousin, Kak Hawa, who sounded quite desperate to get hold of one in Kuching! I shall rebake the proper cake for Monday's collection. I just LOVE experimenting and am a very happy bunny today =)

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Sara's Choc Cheese Wave wedding hantaran cake

A petite Choc Cheese Wave wedding hantaran cake for Sara. I was thrilled to find out that Sara was hooked when she had a taste of the wedding Choc Cheese cake and Caramel Apple Cheesecake I made for Ayu. She wanted the same for her akad with white/pink/moss green to play around with. So here it is, Simplicity & Elegance! Enjoy the photos!