A Baby Shower Cake

This a grand Choc Cheese Wave cake for a surprise baby shower for Aliah's friend. The decoration request of the cake (blue and pink) was specific - a nappy bag, pacifiers, shoes, a pram, a ball, a bottle, and blue & yellow stars at the sides of the square cake. Aliah was overjoyed when she came to collect the cake. I hope the mum-to-be and friends will enjoy the cake =)

Iftar full of cakes

Amal, a friend of ours when we were studying in Bristol, ordered the Caramel Ruffle Brownie and a petite Choc Cheese Wave frosted with chocolate vanilla buttercream - one for her sister and one for her brother who both share the same birthdate yesterday =) I hope Amal and family enjoyed the cakes during their Iftar =)

[Caramel Ruffle Brownie]

[Petite Choc Cheese Wave]

AKN Cappuccino Velvet Cheesecake

I received an order for a petite Cappuccino Velvet Cheesecake a week ago by Datin Kimi, as a surprise birthday cake for her beloved husband. Datin Kimi wanted me to draw a logo of her husband's company (thank goodness it didn't involvle a head of a lion or something of that sort! LOL) with a simple message on the cake. Very minimalistic, my kinda cake =) I delivered the cake on a Monday morning to the office in Shah Alam. I usually look up delivery addresses on google maps and was confident enough that the address Datin Kimi gave me matched the location pointed out on google maps...until...I ended up at the Airforce base! Yes Google directed me to the Airforce base with the AKN's office address. I ought to email google maps to update that error before somebody else, looking for AKN's office gets directed to the TUDM (Airforce base).

Anyway, I always drive with a map in hand and a gps on my phone so getting the correct location wasn't so difficult after Datin Kimi gave me landmarks to look out for that lead to the office. I was there nice and early when I delivered the cake to the Secretary.

Graduation cake went wrong

I finally have my own laptop which I've decided to name, Pocket =) It's red, it's light, it's so small, I can literally carry it everywhere in my handbag with me =)

Yesterday, I delivered two cakes to Putrajaya for a high school friend Vivien. Vivien ordered the petite Choc Cheese Wave for her sister's graduation day so I made a Karate woman graduate as the cake topping. I went overboard with estimating the size of the woman so ended up with a slightly overweight karate woman graduate. When Kim and I reached her place in Putrajaya, The Karate graduate was already lying on her side!!! aarrgghhh I felt so annoyed with myself for being so careless on the road trip! I should have brought another person to help me hold the cakes.

I gave a generous discount for the cake and was thankful enough that Vivien didn't quite mind since it was just for their own consumption. Next time, I'll literally assemble figurine-cakes on the spot to avoid accidents like this in future! I hope that Vivien and sisters enjoyed their Choc Cheese Wave and their Caramel Ruffle Brownies!

[when the cake was still perfect]

[my 'orang batu' Karate graduate]

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 =)

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]

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]

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]

Aliah's Sister's Chocolate Orange Volcano Birthday Cake

A birthday cake for Aliah's sister - Chocolate Orange Volcano

[mini accessories]

[Jay's Mint Slices ordered by Ayu...I may need to reduce the amount of sugar in the Mint Slices]

Baby Joseph's Safari Choc Cheese Birthday Cake

I've just 90% finished decorating a grand (2kg) Choc Cheese Wave cake ordered by Mrs. Yeoh for her son's first birthday, baby Joseph. When I received a call from Joseph's mum, about a week ago, she requested that I make the KLCC Twin Towers and the monorail. To be honest, I was quite taken aback as we all must admit it is a rare choice for a 1-year old. I couldn't promise Mrs. Yeoh that I'll be able to take the order with that extravagant decorations as I only had one week to make everything on top of the existing orders I've already taken from other customers. However, at the same time, I was excited about it as it would have given me the chance to further test my humble construction skills. I had already planned a city theme for the cake with buildings and all in my head while strolling along the corridors of Bangsar Village. Even my husband got a little excited! LOL

Anyway, I didn't think I'd hear from Mrs. Yeoh again, but she did call me the next day and confirmed that she wanted me to bake her son's cake with baby animals on it. Since I just bought a #1 cake pan for an order in June, I suggested that she has the #1-shaped cake with animals on it. So I came up with more or less a Safari theme. I tried introducing as many colours as possible as I know babies Joseph's age would appreciate that. This was what happened when I let my brains run a bit wild - a pink monkey, and a supposedly Zebra but actually looks like a cross breed between a cat and something else. My husband calls it Wolverine! LOL Plus a couple of palm trees and ladybugs and snakes.

I really hope both mother and son will enjoy the fun decoration and cake. Looking forward to delivering the cake over to their house tomorrow! =)

[this is still a work-in-progress cake. It's missing the pink monkey and 'Wolverine' plus other finishing touches. I'll add more photos of the finished cake tomorrow]

[The completed Safari cake]

[the rare species...a pink Ape and my cross-breed Wolverine]

I just received a call from Mrs. Yeoh. They love the cake and decorations! =) Only problem is, it's too big a cake for just two adults and a baby! She said even Joseph was still half asleep when asked to blow the candle LOL Bless! =)

A Birthday cake gift for mama

These are some photos of the unfinished cake for Aliah's mum specially for Aliah and family's viewings. The cake is missing a sitting lady, numbers 6 & 0, and some ladybugs, which I will put on just before pickup.

[a petite Choc Cheese Wave covered with freshly whipped cream and Vanilla buttercream leaf & floral borders]

[Just one quick snap of my busty lady while Aliah's sister was waiting downstairs!]

The Diver and his Boat Cappuccino Velvet Cheesecake

It was my husband's, Kim's, '23rd' birthday yesterday. We had an initial plan to go up to Cherating and have some sort of BBQ with friends. However, Kim's mum and aunt wanted to make Sarawak Laksa for the birthday, so we canceled Cherating and did like a small gathering amongst family at home.

I last minutely baked Kim's all time favourite cake, the Cappuccino Velvet Cheesecake with a sail boat topper. Since we just got out diving license, I decided to put a diver's flag and name the boat Kim's Divers just for fun =)

I also made some Inside-Out-Profiteroles. I must ad mit that I didn't enjoy the profiteroles a single bit as I changed the type of chocolate to this new one that I found in PJ. It really made a huge difference in taste! I'll go back to using the beautifully rich and dark chocolate I'm used to (even though it's slightly more expensive). Anyway, here are some photos of the cake and pastries and my boat which looked like it belongs to a dive centre in Perhentian Kecil LOL.

[the cake and our daughter, Emille in the background mixing ice-cream!]

[my not so satisfying Inside-Out-Profiteroles. Lesson: Do not substitute good quality chocolate for inferior ones]

[the birthday Papa and his daughter =)]