i phone

its the trend... to own a blackberry of an iphone. this cake is especially for a recent iphone owner.

TQ terah, for ordering this cake his beloved brother :)

Cake is a 2.5 kg choc. cake covered in chocolate ganache. chocolate overload... YUMMY!

the icon apps are made of fondant and gumpaste while the writings are of white choc.

All the decorations are edible down to the icons :D

See you in a later post.

XOXO :D

cake class

Salam All.....

How have it been for you? Yesterday was 10.10.10....... THE DATE to settle down for many couples.... wedding invites, engagement parties, open house invitations to fulfill... meaning theres FOOD, FOOD and MORE FOOD! ... the effect? SLEEPY EYES on 11.10.10... ahahhaha

Anyway, I would like to tell you about this cake class i attended while i was in KL. The class was conducted by Kak Lyana of loveliana-online.blogspot.com. Kak Lyana is such a lovely lady and extremely kind... even her daughter Adinda is very chirpy and friendly... :)

I joined her intensive class which was meant to be conducted within 2 days duration. When i arrived for the first day of class, Kak Lyana asked me whether i would like to compress the whole 2 days of lessons within a day.... and i answered "SURE!"

So, Kak Lyana started the lesson with me measuring buttercream ingredients and so forth and then we start crumb coating before the actual cake decorating session.

There were 9 cakes to be done and i was all HYPED UP! *comeon aza.... takkan tgk 9 biji kek utk di decorate dah suka kot?*

12 hours later, all cakes were done. Who says baking and decorating is easy peasy? it takes time you know.... I started the day with energizer bunny energy and i returned home as limp as KIMCHI! I dont even have the strength to bring in all my cakes inside the house... i just leave them in the car for the nite...

see??? im so beat up dat i dont even care to look good in my pic... nasib baik gamba ni kecik jer from Kak Lyana's FB

Seriously...... 12 hours of lesson was so worth it. everyone loves the cakes. more, my hubby's niece and nephew *for whom i decorated a barbie cake and a ben10 cake* could not stop oooohhhh and aaaahhh-ing their cakes.... They were sooo excited and claimed it was their best cake ever... hahhaha.... kids are easy to please arent they...

balqis cant stop staring at her cake.... as i told her CAN SEE BUT NO TOUCH... and she actually listens... hahahha

learned many things and i am so excited to actually be home and bake cakes for my dear family, friends and customers :)

Till next post

*muahs*

Salam All.....

Its the 18th day of Syawal.... I wanted to upload several pics regarding Aidilfitri but something had been really wrong.... i seem to be unable to upload my blog... i wonder why :(

Anyway, last Aidilfitri, i baked 2 cakes for an uncle who wanted to make "kepalak meja"which roughly translates as "head of the table"... LOL....

This "kepalak meja" is actually a whole cake put on your table on 1st day of Syawal and not to be eaten untill after the 7th day of Syawal...it can only be cut on the 7th day of Syawal. So, in the mean time, guests are served with other cakes and delicacies. im totally clueless on why the oldies did this... hahhahaha...Its a tradition being carried out until the late 80s i think because i've havent seen this tradition all my life. hehehhe

As I've mentioned, my uncle ordered 2 cakes (mind you that in the old days the "kepalak meja"is usually steamed cakes/ layer cakes. no fondant as what i did for my uncle... hehe).

The first cake was for himself at his own house whilst the other was for his lawyer son who will be having many VIPs coming for raya visiting. (again, mind you, my uncle is a bit of a show off... but i still love him)

For his son, who is also my cousin, I decorated his cake with something simple minus the figurines... It took me hours to carve the SELAMAT HARI RAYA from black fondant. But overall finish was not bad *to me lah.*

My dear uncle is a joker and is dear to my family. He can talk and tell u stories for hours or till u dozed off... hahahha....His wife is a sweet lady and is very fair...

For his cake, i decided to make two figurines of them... atok and nenek... both giving out duit raya :)

Total time for me to decorate both cakes is almost 24 hours non-stop *padan muka tak ready figurines awal2*... but, i love the outcome of both cakes....

Till next post....

TATA :)

selamat hari raya :D

Hye all.......

Ramadhan is coming to its end in a few short days.... Im a little sad that this year's Ramadhan seems to be passing by too quickly... I feel like im not fully utilizing this blessful month to its max... but syukur alhamdullillah, i managed to complete reciting the quran after a year of reciting the holy book... alhamdullilah....

The end of Ramadhan means the unfolding of Syawal.... Syawal is a joyful month as Muslims celebrate this month with glorious foods..... Not to mention us Sarawakian.... this mean sugar frenzy as delectable cakes and cookies will be served.... not to mention carbonated drinks... *memang sugar rush tauuu*.....

What i love best the coming together as a whole family..as for this year would be waiting for dear hubby to come home.. one big extended family will come together and gather at the eldest member of the family's house.... In my case, the first day will be the gathering of our families at my grandmothers house while the second day, my father will be swamped by his step-siblings *yess... my dad have over 12 step brothers and sisters*

Where there are people, there will be food.... my fav would be lemang and curry and of coz, kuah kacang and nasi impit... yummmssss.....

Whoopsss.... lets have a peek on what i did today... its a 25 pieces of chocolate cuppies covered in fondant for HARI RAYA!!!! The customer requested 6 figurines which made up the whole family... Enjoyyyyyy



Important elements during Hari Raya: lemang, ketupat, kek lapis and of course our orang tua (parents/ grandparents/ aunties and uncles)

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

the 25 pieces of cuppies with Raya theme

when a little boy gets greedy.....

hi uollss...... selamat menyambut ramadhan hari yang ke-17 :)

last week, an old fren of mine msg-ed yours truly thru fb asking about fondant handling tips.... after much discussion, it turned out that she was asking me all these questions because her son's birthday was around the corner.

i was all hyped out because she was planning her son's cake. i keep throwing ideas at her and the next thing i know, she wants me to make the cake. HARHAR.... i LOIKE :)

i asked her what would her son want for his cake... and she answered "he wants a helicopter cake, thomas the train cake and bob the builder cake"

hahhaa..... how greedy can a 3-year old boy can get?

sooo....not to disappoint the birthday boy, i think the best solution is as below :

there it is...... all three things that ajmil wants for his birthday :)

there is the helicopter

theres ala-thomas the train

theres the truck in bob-the-builder

and....... theres bob-the-builder and his blue cat

it was a one-and-half tier blackforest cake which weighs i think no less than 4kg.

apparently birthday boy lovess his cake so much that he kept visiting his mommy's fridge before his birthday party. cutenessss

thats all for now folks... till next post :D

Results!!!!

Salam Ramadhan :)

Today is the second day of Ramadhan... am home alone and VERY EARLY at the office. Am at the office at 630 am! WOW! usually am at the office by 9 *sheepish*

Rite, remember i told you how i was missing my lab and was experimenting with cake flavors and stuff in my last post? Well, today i'll be revealing the results!

EXPERIMENT 1: BLACKFOREST CUPCAKES!

*sorry folks... my cake looked massacred here :(*

Description: Blackforest cake (chocolate cake with cream cheese and cherry fillings)

Results : 6/6 lab rats commented that the cake is yummy.

Conclusion: YAAY!!!!

EXPERIMENT 2: APPLE CRUMBLE CUPCAKES!

*the before and while being eaten cupcake pics*

Description: Apple cake with crumbles... vewy BRIT-ISH i must say (the haughty brit aristocrat tone)

Results : 4/7 lab rats commented that the cake is yummy.

2/7 lab rats said the cake is a little too sweet

1/7 lab rats said need more apple to add contrast to the cake sweetnes <--BRAVO!!

Conclusion: maintain recipe but needs a bit of tweaking :D

EXPERIMENT 3: ITALIAN TIRAMISU!!

*tiramisu is truly a FEEL GOOD dessert. i personally loved this*

Description: Mousse-y feel cheesecake with coffee tang and the classic italian lady fingers!

Results : 3/7 lab rats LOVED this cake.

4/7 lab rats said the cake is good (as they are more partial to my apple crumbles)

Conclusion: excellent recipe to be kept and served during fancy2 occasions :)

EXPERIMENT 4: PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKE!

*peanut butter cuppies!*

Description: peanut butter cupcakes with a little chocolaty flavor

Results : 6/6 lab rats not really are not heads over heels in love with this

Conclusion: yeah... the cake is rather bland and not peanut-y enuf. Ill be improving this recipe as it held potential. perhaps some peanut butter fillings would do the trick ;)

EXPERIMENT 5: CRANBERRY CRUMBLE!

*cranberry crumble cake.... can u spot the cranberry?*

Description: heaps of cranberries in the cake batter with crumbles

Results : many lab rats loved this *lose count coz brought it to nina's party*

Conclusion: yeah... the cake taste is BETTER than apple crumble... but again the cranberries

are

rather expensive :D

EXPERIMENT 6: CRANBERRY CHEESE CUP

*cranberries in cheesey batter-ala-mousse*

Description: since nina piled me with lots of dried cranberries, i decided to make this. cheesy mascarpone batter with cranberries.

Results : many lab rats loved this *again, i lose count coz brought it to nina's party*

Conclusion: oklaaa.... i would prefer my tiramisu though... heeeee

EXPERIMENT 7: RAINBOW CUPCAKE!

*orange buttercream topping and rainbow cake*

Description: Orange buttercream and rainbow cake (very my-little-pony, under-the-rainbow, dont u think?)

Results : dont really get any feedback but the cakes were gone in a blink at nina's party

Conclusion: i will make this again for fun ;D

so thats it folks... i wont be holding any more experiments during puasa... but, will be baking some raya biscuits and cakes. stay tune if u wanna know :D

note: credits to amer for some nice pics of my cake. TQ amer

credits also for nina for providing cranberries for my experiments. TQ nina.....

salam ramadhan :D

hye uolls,

first of all i would like to wish u guys SALAM RAMADHAN.... semoga ramadhan ini akan memberikan ketenangan dan keberkatan untuk kita semua mengabdikan diri kepada-NYA. Insyallah.......

Last weekend, my parents held a "kenduri Doa Selamat"for my sister who will be flying off to Yogjakarta this Sunday. After all the trials she went thru, she finally made it to a uni. Good luck SHIDA!

Anyway, for the kenduri, my mum commissioned me to bake some cuppies for the guests. 50 lil cuppies to be enjoyed by the guests. my little cousins were all excited and happy to see the cuppies :D

Thats all for now

TATA :D

FACES! FACES!

Hey all!

Salam Jumaat to all my Muslim frens. :)

Let me talk about my latest project.

It was and 8 piece FACES cupcakes :D

Ive been eyeing on making faces cuppies eversince i stumbled upon several pics of them on the net.

This order was from my sister, Shida. Shida is still on vacation waiting to enroll into the Medic Faculty of ermm... some uni in Jogjakarta. *heeee..... i dun remember the uni's name. sorry *

Ok, about 2 weeks ago, i stumbled upon a post of a fren looking for part timer to teach english to some Korean students who are currently in Kuching for holiday.

Naturally, I was interested but the working hour isn't flexible. So i offered shida to the job. Besides, shida isn't doing anything punn....

so, these cupcakes are from shida (song-sheng-nim : teacher in korean) to her 8 Korean students. all topping represents the students faces.

anyone else wants me to make faces cuppies for them? :D

experiments!

hey all......

i miss LAB... yes ppl... lab as in L.A.B.O.R.A.T.O.R.Y. you see, im a science student and basically i love science. especially life science. talking about life science, it is again divided into many fields. did you know dat? and each field is divided into another sub-field, and the sub-fields have its own sub-sub-fields. how complicated can it be? SUBHANALLAH, ciptaan ALLAH. :D

Being a scientist for over 4 years (after my degree, i became RA and research MSc student a.k.a free labor) give me so much joy. yess, its not easy. it can be mentally depriving and physically exhausting but the result is so satisfying. I'm so glad my ex-supervisor was a very very very good mentor + teacher.

anyway, as i was saying, I MISS MY LAB :(

working in the management field is not the same as being the 'crazy einstein' in the lab.

therefore, i decided to merge my passion and interest :D

IVE DECIDED TO HOLD CAKE EXPERIMENTS ... yyaaaaaayyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wad do i mean by cake experiment?

ill be experimenting with different cake flavors, different baking technique, different ingredients, different decorating techniques and moreeeeeeeeeeeeeee......

how do i analyze the experiments?

there will be the ease of baking (of coz), the price of ingredients, the costing, and definitely the appearance and the taste

how do you rate the taste?

i will be conducting sensory tasting! which is good news to whoever volunteered to be my lab rats. they will taste and comment. and the idea of them consuming the cake in the future

weeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

im gonna have so much fun. there will be lots of research to be done to understand the history of the cake so that we can bond with our creation. HAHHAHAHHAHAH

keep coming back as ill post reviews from my lab rate .........

talk to yew lahterrrrr.........

hey INDIAAA

This cake was for my sister's fren. they had been good frens since kindy, middle school, high school and now goin to uni. Ziqah got JPA's offer to study fulltime in INDIA in dentistry. so looks like in 10 years i know which dentist to visit :D

Anyway, it was choc cake with buttercream icing. The usual stuff. Deco was INDIAN inspired. Its actually a farewell gift from me to her. Lets looks at the photos :D

fair fair Ziqah in green saree :D

tooth to reprent Ziqah's life for the next few years *GRINS*

Bon Voyage in Tamil :D

This moment, Ziqah is settling in INDIA. and i think she started her classes already.

Hope she would enjoy her student''s life before slaving checking people's teeth. HARHARHAR

Thats it folks...

Till next post :D

forgetful me :(

Hi All,

I just realized that many of my post do not have tags :(

also, i just realized that i didnt take pics of the latest cakes i baked and decorate :(

so....

ill try to remember to tag every post :)

ill try to organize my time better so i can remember taking pics of my cakes :)

ALSO....

im trying my hands on new recipes for more selection of cupcake flavors :D

im trying to be a better person, a better fren, a better daughter and the best wife :D

be positive and stay positive (mcm pernah ku dgr quote ini... tp dimana ya? )

Salam nisfu syabaan u all.

chelsea cupcake

hey all....

i know its been a while. im not gonna whine how busy ive been or how bad the internet connection here ... BOOOOOO.....

anywya, i just thot ill upload some previous cupcake done by yours sincerely today.

Its a chelsea themed cupcake with a figurine. Its for a birthday boy with a cool name.

I love how the cake turned out and i especially love how the green and blue looked in the picture.

LOVE! LOVE! LOVE!

the order was made a week earlier from the birthday boy's birthday. just because ill be away during his birthday. the mummy was so happy to receive this cake that tthey decided to celebrate ryan's birthday a week earllierr.... awww... mummy, u make me happy. Thanks for the support and thank you nina for blabbing bout my cupcake biz.

nowww.......enjoy the pics :D

boy figurine holding a football

chelsea jersey

awww..... aint the boot adowable?

the finished 25 pcs of cupcakes :D