Roses

My good friend Irene came to my place to learn how to pipe roses. She was going to use this cake for a birthday of one of her cousins. We practiced with the whipped cream how to do roses and the roses were supposed to be pink and white in colour. In the end when we actually wanted to pipe the roses on the cake itself, the cream became too soft to handle. So, I had to use a new batch of cream and coloured it orange this time round. This is what Irene and I had done after a night of roses piping. Happy Birthday to you, Rina. Hope you will appreciate Irene's efforts.

My first 2-tier fondant covered cake

I have had a good and enjoyable afternoon making this 2-tier fondant covered cake with Cuen. This is the first ever fondant covered and decorated 2-tier cake for both of us. I think we did a pretty good job considering this is our first time. Of course there are still room for improvement. The cake has a very spring time theme with lots of flowers, bee, ladybug, butterflies on it. To experiment how a sugarpaste fondant and MM fondant fair in this wet weather we covered the first layer with sugarpaste and the lower layer with MM fondant. In this kind of wet weather we have now in Singapore, MM fondant doesn't hold as well as sugarpaste.





We did some faces cupcakes and some doggie and bear bear too.

A cake for Roselle

Roselle, my domestic helper's friend asked me to help her bake a birthday cake which she will use to celebrate her friend's birthday today. My helper asked me to bake a yam cream cake with flowers for Roselle. Instead of just flowers, I have added another picture on the cake. She was happy when she saw the cake this morning.

My birthday this year

This year I had wanted to bake myself a birthday cake but I was really busy with work that I really don't have time to do that. After visiting my FIL who is warded into TTS Hospital for a fall (thank God he is ok and after all the scans and MIR he just needs to be under a 24-hour observation to make sure there is no complication on the brain), hubby took me to a nice Korean restaurant at Novena Square for dinner. When I got home the boys gave me a home-made birthday card and when I was reading it, I just cannot help but laugh out loud at what they have written. So sweet of them. I kept all the birthday cards and mother's day card that they have made for me every year. They are my treasure (besides all my baking stuff!) LOL.

Actually, my surprise started on Monday night already. After I have got back from the Fullerton from a office cocktail reception, I found a little gift box in a paper bag in my chest of drawers when I was looking for my clothes to change. It was left there by hubby. The bag and box is so familiar because I usually shop there for my accessories. Hubby bought me a pair of nice earrinigs for my birthday. It came as a surprise because he told me that there will be no birthday present for me this year and the next few years because he bought me 4 bags and some clothings from the US during his last trip there. They are supposed to be my birthday and Christmas gifts for the next few years. But I was pleasantly surprised to receive his little surprise gift for me. So very sweet of him. Thanks dear for everything.

PS: My older boy wrote this on the card: "Thank you for raising us to be good, smart, strong and healthy boys. I will try to study more and get better grades in school. This card is for your love and care for me. From Jaren"

My younger boy wrote this: "To my dearest mummy, this card is for you. I may not have got good grades, but I know deep in my heart that I tried hard for the exams. I may not be the perfect son you were looking for. But I know that you love me and korkor equally, not just korkor because he got better grades. This card was dedicated to you, for your long awaiting birthday. Love, Jonathan"

Cannot help but got to lol at their message right?

Fondant and Buttercream Cupcakes

I made these cupcakes, both MM fondant and buttercream for a group of people in our church. From the picture of the MM fondant cupcakes, can you make a guess who they are for? You see this group of very dedicated volunteers in church be it raining or sunny weather. I really appreciate them for their hardwork and this is for you guys.

Shirt Cake

Tonight we had a PSG appreciation dinner at my son's school. This was the last PSG meeting with the present principal, Dr Ong. Dr Ong has been seconded to NIE and will be leaving the school by end of this year. To show appreciation to Dr Ong, I have represented the PSG to bake a cake as a farewell gift to him. I did a steamed moist chocolate cake with chocolate ganache covered with MM fondant into the shape of a shirt. I had originally wanted to make a tie to go with the shirt but I didn't have enough time. So in the end I just added buttons to the shirt which is faster and easier. I was glad that everyone enjoyed the cake.

Wedding Anniversary Cake

I just did a wedding anniversary cake as a gift for one of my directors' 25 years of marriage. Actually I did the numbers 2 and 5 and painted it with silver glistering powder but when I was putting the numbers on the cake, it broke. So no choice but had to put my little doggie in to fill up the space. It look a little strange but ... haiz ... what to do, no time to make another set of numbers already.

Chocolate Cupcakes

One of my colleagues did us a favour today and to thank her, I baked some chocolate cupcakes with chocolate ganache and then decorated it with fondant bees, ladybirds and flowers for her. Really appreciate her help and hope she likes them.