Cupcakes for the office

So I was told that my colleague's little boy has been asking for some cuppies. Perfect reason to make a little more cupcakes and pass them over. Yes I know they are meant for a little boy and the colours look relatively girly but hey I think they look nice....(and I had extra pink icing)......

Silver and Pink Cupcakes

Love the colours. An order for pink and silver themed cupcakes. I did initially thought of taking the easy way out and bake those cuppies in silver foil cupcake holders but I ran out. Also, I was not going to run out to the shops to buy a stack of 100 silver cupcake holders for just 16 cupcakes. So we improvise. I had some silver dust and dusted the little flowers with those.

To be honest, I am always a little nervous when I am given only 2 colours to work with. Somehow there needs to be a balance, too few colours will render a boring and monotonous design ( unless it is just one design like a corporate cupcake, then it will look uniformed and neat), too many colours, hmmm the kiddies may like it but for adult cupcakes, a no-go, it will look very messy. So to give me enough "colour space" to work with, 3 - 4 colours is best and let me know which colours can dominate.

Rock Star II

Scary how fast time flies. Remembered making Noah's pirate cake last year and another year has come to bake this time a rock star themed cake with stars, notes, electric guitar and michael jackson's glove. Was told that the birthday boy was thrilled! A request for plain buttercream without colouring. This cake was fun to make

Happy Birthday Sara!

Sweet cupcakes for a little girl's 1 year old birthday. So sweet.......wouldn't mind having one of these for my own birthday.

Boys and Girls

Ben 10 chocolate cupcakes for the boys and little butterflies for the girls. I hope they like them, I certainly do. The fun feel definitely there.

ACE of Spades

The plan is to have an Alice in Wonderland tea party. A last minute request but managed to accomodate an ace of spades cake and some corresponding "card" themed cupcakes. Would have liked the red to be more prominent in the buttercream but decided to play it down abit as many know I am not a big big fan of garish, too much colouring type cakes unless it is absolutely necessary. Anyways, hope the party is a blast.

Drum Roll

Some birthday cuppies for an accomplished drummer. I had made some sugarpaste drums earlier on in preparation for this order. I had a feeling that they were a little too big for the cupcakes and looked a little overpowering. Hmmm did not follow my gut feeling and went ahead. When I placed the drums on the cupcakes, horrified, they looked like they were going to topple anytime. Thank God I had time to restart the modelling process again. These "new" drums - so cute!

Flamingo Cookies

Pink flamingoes for a birthday party. Love these! Admittedly a little tricky to make cause of their fragile necks and legs but these came out ooo so nice.

Farmville

Yes, I am a big fan of farmville on facebook. Admittedly my dedication to my farm has died down a little but I still maintain it.Had a friend's surprise party today, meant to be a farmville theme cake. It was to a certain extent, note the pink triangle on top of the sheep which means "click to collect wool", I made the lost lonely cow at the side and a golden chicken at the other side which I did not get a chance to take a picture of. Must say birthday boy was pretty happy with this:)

Banana Pumpkin Seed Chiffon

Could not bear seeing some very ripe bananas going to waste. Made a chiffon last night and sprinkled some pumpkin seed on top. this was a perfect chiffon. Tasted lovely too.

valentine's

Cupids flying, hearts visible everywhere. Moving away from too much pink and red, have made 2 sets of valentines cuppies with lots of fun and love. Hope the recipients like them.

Marbled Beauty

I went into baking mode yesterday evening with orders up for valentines and chinese new year loaves as well. In between beating eggs and sugar, I was watching Twilight again..... it is embarassing the number of times I have watched that movie. Am definitely an Edward Cullen fan. Hot hot hot!

Anyways back to baking, I had some extra butter cake batter and since I already made a butter blackcurrant cake yesterday, decided to make a simple marble cake which turned out to be fantastic. Moist and beautiful!Some pictures to entice eh....

Whimsical Teapots

I had less than 24 hours to complete this..... the cake turned out pretty decent I must say. The request was for a butter cake with a teapot theme. Love the pink teapot. Some angles of the cake....

LSE

Was asked to make a cake for the London School of Economics Anniversary party a couple of days ago. The logo is so simple and yet bold.

Barney cake

Happy Birthday Mishya Mei! This is the second installment of her Barney themed birthday. I reckon with this I can now put a tag for Barney cakes. This was also slightly tricky especially when lifting the royal icing plaque to the cake. Had to add the white fill ins so the design won;t break. Phew it was all ok.

Barney Cupcakes

Yes revealing my latest project, Barney and friends cupcakes. I do apologise the the poor quality of picture as this was taken at 6am this morning while I was still half asleep. Cupcakes for a special birthday girl. Decided not to go the sugarpaste way but to try create these characters on royal icing. Painstaking effort although the characters appear to be quite simple.....

Barney 3D

Suddenly a surge of cakes with 3D characters on it. This is a cute Barney 3D cake for a cute little girl. Happy Birthday Gwen!

Thomas the Train

I spent quite a bit of time on this train. It looks simple enough but getting it right so that Thomas is identifiable is not as easy as it looks. Anyways, this was a joy to make and I am glad it turned out nice. Happy Birthday Ben!

Bollywood

An order for a bollywood theme cake. I was given a sample picture to follow but had added some additional design here and there. Love this one!

Missing Handphone

My handphone has gone missing and I have suspended my line. Please email me at eejuen@yahoo.com should you need to reach me. Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

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Chocolate with Cream Cheese

A request for chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting. As the chocolate cake is already quite rich, I decided not to coat the whole cake with the cheese frosting for fear that it may be too much. Very chic this one.

New Year Cuppies

Some cuppies I was asked to make for corporate clients in the corporate colours. Was happy with these, simple and nice. Not too fancy.

Fire Engine

A friend of mine had passed me a wilton fire engine cake pan to bake a birthday cake for her son. I tried to follow almost exactly to the sample given in the cake pan instruction sheet, just changed the colour a little bit here and there.

Aina's hantaran cakes - what a beauty!

I posted Aina's hantaran cakes a few posts before this. I made a base cake and she put the finishing touch i.e a few shocking pink gerberas on the top of the cake. This is a photo of the "finished" product. Fantastic! a beauty!Thanks Aina for the picture.

Little Baby James

We had a thanksgiving dinner for my nephew, baby James. These were the table gifts I made. Was feeling a little under the weather at that time so the cupcake was a simple one.

Superman

Superman cake with superhero cupcakes. Ooooo this scream boyssssss!

Karine's DIBO

This was interesting to make. As I seldom make 3D models I was given a chance to try my hand a sculpting Dibo. I must saw this was not the exact replica of the other purple dinosaur but I think it came out recognisable. Side profile nicer I think....

Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year to you!!! It has been a pretty good break back in Ipoh for the past 2 weeks. Had spent some time with my family which includes little baby James, the newest addition to the family. Cute little bub, good natured and happy ( most of the time). Anyway it is the new year and back to the usual routine. Sometimes routine is good.

Have been thinking about the past year and also how I want to move forward this year. I may be taking a little step back this year in order to move forward. I intend to travel a little more this year, enjoy a little more time with loved ones and live well. This means that I will not be taking as much cake orders as last year but I am definitely not going to quit baking so please call / email / sms me and if my dates are not booked up yet will be happy to oblige.