Barney, Eeyore & Stitch

Amidst all the mental turmoil, cakes ordered still have to be made. No other choice.

This Barney cake was ordered by a return customer who ordered her first cake about a month ago. This was for her niece, Fareesa Qistina.

Since my sister had moved overseas, she referred her customer, Kenny, to me. Kenny wanted to order these Eeyore cupcakes for his wife, Sonya, and wanted it as a surprise for her so we liaised via his office email. How sweet of him!

Another customer of mine, who initially placed an order for a cake to be collected today, added on a set of cupcakes. Final deal was to collect the cake on Friday instead and the Stitch cupcakes today. I had fun with these cupcakes.

Did I mention I made a Stitch cake not too long ago? Here's a pic..

I just LOVE Stitch! Don't you?

Draining weekend

Draining on the mind, especially..

It was the week of Singapore's 46th National Day. Started off with an order of National Day cupcakes from a regular customer of mine. This was how her son celebrated with his classmates..

It was supposed to be a quiet week with just 1 more cake order for the week. The thought of that was a little depressing but hey, some catch up with rest and house cleaning was quite welcoming, too. But alas, things turned out very differently. God had His plans!

My beloved aunt, my late dad's sister, got admitted to hospital on Thursday morning. I left the hospital at almost 3am , with the assurance from my mum that she will call if anything happens. I was back the next morning and stayed the next 2 nights. Her condition worsened and she passed away at 4.45am on Sunday morning. May she rest in peace, Ameen!

This was the one time I was so glad I didn't have much orders for the weekend.

Thank God for His plans!

Sponge cakes are almost like..

..sponge! They're extremely soft, light and squeezable (only the cake will not spring back to it's original state, thereafter).

Sponge cakes are one of the lightest cakes I know, apart from Angel Food cake and Chiffon cake. They're yellowish and very fluffy, and my fav of all times. They are best paired with a light frosting, eg., fresh cream or Silk buttercream.

And the best filling to go with it is, of course, my Blueberry filling! What I love to do is after the cake has cooled, I'll slice it into 2 layers. Spread on some fresh cream and drop spoonfuls of my blueberry filling on it (just not right to the edge, as they will spill over and it won't look nice). Stack on the top layer, and cover the whole cake with more cream. Pipe some cream along the edges on top, and slap on more filling in the middle. Voila!

Oh and if you so decide to let it bleed, so be it!

And if you don't like blueberry, you can always substitute for something else.. like Strawberry! Enjoy!

Chewy Chocolate Chip cookies

As I age, I have a tendency to have sudden urges to bake. Midnight is not an exception. Even if I had the whole day to make time to bake something, it still occasionally comes at night.

There was once an urge to bake focaccia at midnight. Can you imagine baking bread at midnight when everyone else is asleep? Well, I can! And for today, the urge was to bake Chocolate Chip cookies. Yes, you heard me right. They're crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside.

I've heard from some that people actually eat cookie dough. Never tried that before, though. But tonight, I was reminded and decided to try it out..

It didn't taste bad at all, as I've always thought it would.. especially with chunks of chopped chocolates in it..

 

 But I still love them baked, better than the raw version. And with the chocolate soft. These never made it to the cooling rack. But hey, I'd recommend eating them once straight out of the oven.

Enjoy and goodnight!

A new beginning, yet again!

I'm back, yet again! Been absent for quite awhile now. Horrible spam and bugs on my previous blog made it almost impossible to continue with it. In the end, I had to give up and start afresh. So this, will be my new home.

I have been very busy as of the last few months. With my sister's wedding 2 months ago, and the preparations prior to that (and a little after, as well), there just was no time at all to blog. Here's a photo of the gorgeous bride wearing the Arabic costume designed by mum.

And here's one of the candy table that I painstakingly had to run around town looking for candies. Oh, and not forgetting bottles (and all other accessories). All bought for the wedding, but part of the future business in mind.. ;)

Things have slowed down a little after that, though. With jumping in full-time into my cake business, there has been a little extra time to reorganize and plan things. Apart from continuing with cake orders, I managed to squeeze in time to experiment on new cake recipes. When baked, I'd cut off a few small slices for home and gave the rest away. How overjoyed, my friends were. And to celebrate it, and promote my cakes, I organized a cake buffet at home. Yes, an All-You-Can-Eat cake buffet on 24th July, 2011. A whole spread of cakes, brownies, pudding and cupcakes.

Clockwise from left : Mango cupcakes, Red Velvet cake, Bread pudding, Strawberry cupcakes, Raspberry & Mango cream cheese brownies, Chocolate brownies, Moist chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream, Blueberry cake, Sour Cream cake with Coffee Buttercream, Raspberry & Mango cream cheese brownies. Served with Mint tea & Ginger coffee. Got myself busy again the week after (30 July 2011) with a wedding showcase organised by The Wedding Essentials. Another whole spread.
 

Very moist chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream,

Vanilla butter cake with Silk Vanilla Buttercream,

Chocolate & Red Velvet cupcakes.

Enjoy the spread and stay tuned for more!

Photo credits:
Sister & candy buffet - Annette Wong Photography
Cake buffet - Evelyn Loa
Cakes & cupcakes - LiveStudios