Monday, June 27, 2011

Next post.....

to actually do this ?  don't know, date day time to be confirmed.  when the time comes, I will upload my collection of cupcakes, most if not all that I've done lately....

another would be my macaron collections.... again, tbc.

appetizers,

 



Sunday, June 26, 2011

more cakes, cupcakes, and being grateful....

On certain weeks, I get more orders that I thought I could handle, but I would still accept. I feel bad, turning down people. Put yourself in their shoes... how would u feel?  Besides, its bad to 'tolak rezeki'. Opportunity don't come easy, right?

Last Friday, 24/6/2011, another office friend, colleague order an RV cake, for another colleague of hers who was too shy to contact me directly! What the? Kalau malu nak jumpa, hantar je email... hehehe, jangan malu dik, nanti sesat jalan! Anyway, made this for her. And personally, I'm so happy and proud of this design. My girl said it looked like fondant! Wah, kembang sekejap... :D



 


The week before, Molly another colleague of mine, ordered some cupcakes and a special birthday cake for her mom ! Somehow, gambar cupcake hilang ! Disappeared during the transfering of the pics from my old phone to my new iPhone4. :(

On the same day, another colleague orders some macarons for an evening class. And I decided since I have an extra carrot cake, to sedekah this cake for this special religious class. I'm very grateful for the rezekies that I've been getting this past year. Alhamdulillah is all I can say. Syukur kehadrat Allah swt for all the rezekies that he has so generously bestowed to me thru my cakes, cupcakes and macarons sale. Thank You Allah swt.
Hmmm.. the macarons for KIAM seems to be missing too!

    


And for one particular Saturday (Father's day eve, 18/6/2011), I made one set of cupcakes and 4 cakes! Tiring but looking at the results, it was really very satisfying..


I made this birthday cake (Red Velvet) for a friend's sister.

Mother''s Day cake for Linda.

 

Other birthday cakes, that I'd made for the past few weeks before this......
Its wonderful to be able to be this creative. Upin Ipin and the  MM cakes were chocolate cakes. I'm happy to do them.
 

  

Another Carrot Cake, birthday celebration ordered by a office training partner, Jarien.
 

 

 


 

 


 

...and a special birthday celebration

Moms will do anything to make their children happy. My colleague made me promise to bake a cake and a set of cupcakes for her daughter's birthday, 2 months ahead of  the date !  She's going to be 13 then and is a big big fan of Justin Bieber !  Theme color is purple...  the day before the  birthday party, mummy added another cake, mesti ramai invites nih.. hehehe



   
 

Carrot cupcakes with Justin Bieber purple theme!




Father's Day Celebration - 19 June 2011

The Special Day for all Daddies in the world....

Father's Day is quiet and just a family affair. After all the cakes that I'd bake for the night before and then all the icing work that I had to do, I was too tired to bake another. I thought I just get a cake from Secret Recipe after all, my  own daughter is working there now. And guess what? All the nicer cakes were sold out! So in the end, I decided to make our own No Bake Cheesecake instead, which was by the way was an instant hit with us all !  Presenting my impromptu Father's Day cheese cake for dear hubby.  Happy Father's Day!



Earlier in the week, I'd bake a Red Velvet cake for my good friend Nana's early Father's Day celebration, and another 2 daddies got cakes too on the Father's Day week.  One a Red Velvet for another close friend and a carrot cake for a friend of a friend ! Word is getting around.... I loikkkkkkkee hehehhee

The Fathers got these,

Red Velvet Cake for a dad who works all the way in China.

Another Red Velvet cake for #1 Dad in Bukit Jalil ! Yup, he's happy to get this medal in his lifetime!


 This dad got himself a carrot cake to celebrate is day.







I added grapes to the bottom of the cake. As seen in bottom picture.



 

Monday, June 13, 2011

Tepung Pelita

I had a lot planned to do today.  I wanted to go to Shah Alam and visit a friend in hospital. Then since I would be in Shah Alam, I'd also planned my sis's grave (my sister passed away last year.).  But hubby said that since he's at ESQ training today, I should go and do marketing in his place. Normally, I would go to the wet market weekly and get our weekly supply of chicken, meat, fish, vegetables, all the wet things basically.  Hubby will do the dry marketing, buy rice, tissues, sauces, eggs, cat food, etc etc... he'd go to Tesco. So, after a quick visit to the wet market, off I went to Tesco. By the time, I came back, it was already past 3 pm.... and it rained ! Dah la letih, terus kemalasan. So tak jadi ke Shah Alam, terus decide to make tepung pelita. Ni pon selepas tengok gambar posting my friend at FB. Dia gi belajar buat tepung pelita kat sifu somewhere in Kelantan.

The resepi cukup senang, tapi getting the texture right is quite tough, kukus pun tak cukup lama jadi, gula kurang bersira. Tapi tetap sedap, itu yang sangat penting!

Ni, bahagian badan dia tengah nak dikukus...


Below is the finished product....
Presentation mesti ada babe!

Just in time for hot tea.....



Wednesday, June 1, 2011

1st June 2011

Wahhhh... its been so long!  Half the year has gone by..
I'm baking macarons now !
Happy happy !

My macaroons, ladies and gentlemen !

fresh baked french macarons 







fillings - chocolate ganache, lemon curt and cream cheese






boxed and all ready for delivery
white and peachy-pink


did this recently... for an FB friend.
am getting the hang of coloring the meringues.
need more vibrant colors.

My fav baking blog: http://bravetart.com/
This post is just wonderful http://bravetart.com/blog/MacaronMyths and this post can help boost confidence in macaron baking http://bravetart.com/blog/TheTenCommandments