Baby Onesies

Two "thank you" cakes for friends who had given well wishes on the birth of a baby boy. I was given free hand to do the cake as long as it is "baby" related. I always love onesies, so cute.

I sincerely apologise for the bad lighting as like the rose cake 2 post before, the colour is not great at all! pale yellow and pale blue are the colour themes.

marble bundt

a recipe my younger sister posted on facebook recently was this marble bundt cake. Was instantly drawn to it because the recipe was a little different from the usual marble cake. This turned out very rich. The chocolate part was incredibly moist, maybe a little too moist. Very tasty it was. Will tweak it abit to see whether it gets even better.

Little Roses

Inspired by Peggy Porschen, I decided to make a cake with little roses. Simple, country and romantic. It's just that she made hers using sugarpaste and I just wanted to use buttercream. The cake is covered with pale pink buttercream and lipstick pink roses piped onto it.

Ferrari in a rush

I had earlier planned to bake a birthday cake for a friend's son today but due to the activities that came up during the week, the moulding of the ferrari took a backseat until yesterday. I knew I did not have much working in favour of my car because usually the body of the car needs time to dry before i put on the tyres. Since I did not have time, I had to take the risk and put everything together. I think it does look a little like the ferrari that the little boy so loves but could be improved further. Certain contours I did not capture. I reckon I will be practicing car moulding when I have the free time. I hope he likes it. Happy Birthday Ryan!

Fruit and Nut Loaf & Lychee Butter Cake

I was pretty stressed up at work yesterday and decided to take my mind off things. Out of so many recipes that I have marked to try I decided on these 2, a fruit and nut loaf for those who crave for a burst of flavour and a lychee butter cake. The fruit and nut loaf is made out of a cinnamon batter filled with chopped apricots, prunes, raisins and walnuts. The recipe did call for walnuts but I had some pecans at hand so I just replaced it. Brilliant! this loaf cake was brilliant! moist and full of flavour. The texture, interesting, its crumb is not as soft as that of a butter cake, but sits well in the mouth. Love this.

When I was growing up in Ipoh, we use to have a fresh cream ( it was the rage then! thank goodness we had progressed from the disgusting oily icing)Lychee cake. It was light and fresh. Moving away from fresh cream, people becoming more health conscious are making a pass on the cream and more on the substance. This cake is interesting, light pink lychee flesh peaking through the butter cake. I think if you are looking for something different, this could be it. Will be fiddling more with this recipe. I have ideas.....

Confession of a shopaholic

This was the themed of the cupcakes given to me with a request to include some little cupcakes on top. NIce!

Mango Buzz

I am slowly overcoming my aversion towards making tarts and pies. Somehow I have this preconceived idea that tarts and pies require too much work, having to make the pastry, then the filling, then the topping..... but I have now found joy in making them. Have mastered the All American Apple Pie, here comes a Mango Tart which has a custard-y mango-ee filling. Topped with some angel flakes. Love it! would have been better topped with some pomelo. Darn! I knew I should have taken the pomelo my mum offered me yesterday back in Ipoh. Oh well.

Cupcakes for the New Year

There was a new year celebration over the weekend and I had a request for some Mr & Mrs Jones cupcakes in a different colour. Was advised not to do colours that are overtly feminine so decided on blue and orange. The stand managed to accomodate approximately 70 cupcakes. Nice.

Passionfruit Chiffon

A light and immensely fragrant chiffon cake made with fresh passionfruit. Only problem I had was that it was so soft when it cooled that I had difficulty removing the cake from the pan. I have thought of a solution to that already. A keeper!

Sony PSP

My first attempt at cake modelling. Armed with numerous equipments from carving knives to paintbrush, this was interesting to make and am glad the way it turned out. Of course there are areas where there wordings could have been clearer but I think this is good considering it was the first time I was doing this.

Happy birthday Nasha! the owner of the red PSP!

Oreo Butter Cake

A sinfully moist cake with chunks of crushed oreo cookies. A nice treat for tea.

Pirates

I had the priviledge of making a pirate cake for another birthday party this weekend. I got the idea off the internet but added some of my own style into it. Love the cake!

Cookies

More cookies I made for a little girl's birthday party over the weekend. I really liked what I did and I heard the kiddies enjoyed it too. As easy as it may seem to make these cookies, they are incredibly labour intensive.

Buttons

Cupcakes made with short notice. Simple and appealing.

Superheroes

Some superhero themed cupcakes for a surprise birthday party today! Hmmmm riding on the dangerous side posting the pics before the party.

Confetti

A last minute design I came up with for a funky friend who loves butterflies and lots of colour. Happy Birthday Jamie!

Gorjes Me!

A friend asked for some good luck cupcakes for a fellow blogger - gorjesme.blogspot.com. Her logo is extremely cute - the cat. I think she will be amused.

Swirls

Some simple pink and purple mini cupcakes. However simple when put together in the box, becomes a real feast for the eyes.

Tea Lover

A fabulous tea loaf that can be eaten for breakfast, tea or supper. It is made with tea leaves giving the loaf a speckled look and a tea glaze. Almost feels like you are eating tea as opposed to drinking it. A keeper.