T~Cakes

Its been so long...

2012-01-13T11:21:00.004+08:00

Oh gosh!

Happy New Year to all!
It has been so long since my last Cakey post...

Here's some cupcakes to start off the new year...

Poolside themed Red Velvet Cupcakes

Moist Chocolate Cake 'Hearts'

Engagement Cupcakes

2011-09-08T11:04:00.002+08:00

Mrs Lopez ordered these cupcakes for her daughter's Engagement party tonight and it's a surprise as her daughter doesn't know about it!!
She requested for good old traditional butter cupcakes with buttercream...

Congratulations 'A' & 'T'.. Happy Engagement!!

Let's do some Pole Dancing!!

2011-07-28T20:06:00.004+08:00

A customer ordered some cupcakes for a lovely friend of hers....I guess her friend must be really into Pole Dancing :)

Ju's Wedding Cupcakes

2011-07-11T15:55:00.003+08:00

A very dear colleague of mine just got hitched and I had the honor to bake her wedding cupcakes.The wedding was held in Ciao in a garden wedding style....

Here are the cupcakes...
CONGRATULATIONS Ju and Happy Wedding!!

White & Purple Birthday Cupcakes

2011-06-13T16:03:00.003+08:00

White & Purple cupcakes specially for Ms Assilah (that's her favorite colors) from her boyfriend who went all the way to pick them up from my place with cab... and he got lost before he found my place... So sweet... Hope the cab fare didn't cost him a bomb!

* Chocolate Moist Cupcakes

Reversed 1

2011-06-06T15:17:00.002+08:00

Here's to YAN JUN who's celebrated his 1 year old birthday yesterday with a 'reversed 1' birthday cake...
Apparently his favorite color is Red & White...

Rose Rose I Love You

2011-06-06T15:13:00.002+08:00

Fondant rose on each cupcake which makes it a really nice gift for your loved ones...

Portrait on 120 cupakes

2011-06-06T15:10:00.002+08:00

This 'portrait' is done on 120 chocolate cupcakes with 'buttercream' paint.

I have to admit this is extremely challenging as its a huge portrait. Nevertheless... it was truly an experience...

Every little girl's dream..

2011-05-30T11:19:00.001+08:00

IS TO BE A PRINCESS!

A 'princess' cake for little Hanna who has just celebrated her 'Princess' birthday yesterday... who wanted her cake pretty in pink!!

Dear Hanna,
Happy birthday and hope you had a GREAT Princess day!!

Its the thought that counts!

2011-05-23T15:12:00.005+08:00

Its never too late to tell your mom you love her.

A very nice lady and her sister took the initiative to find a nice cake for their mom even though Mother's Day was a couple of weeks ago...
They have selected a 'CARNATION' themed for their lovely mom... and brought the cake all the way from KL to Kuantan to celebrate Mother's Day with their mom.

The CARNATIONS are made of Sugar Fondant

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to ALL MOTHERS!

Red Rayban Wayfarer

2011-05-20T14:08:00.006+08:00

This cake is for a friend's little bro who is in his school's Editorial Board.. Apparently everyone in the Board has got a pair of cool Red Rayban Wayfarer Sunglasses.. it's like their Trademark kinda thing..
So they requested a simple Moist Chocolate Cake covered with chocolate ganache with their symbolic trademark for their event this afternoon.

2011-03-14T15:44:00.003+08:00

Here's another happy little princess who just celebrated her 4th birthday a week ago... with her 'Princess' butter cupcakes with vanilla buttercream which she shared them with all her school friends...
Caitlin is such a bubbly girl... and anyone who meet her would fall in love with her immediately.. I know I did :)

HAPPY 4th birthday SWEETIE!

*Picture courtesy of http://alinagracejourney.blogspot.com/

2011-03-14T15:38:00.002+08:00

Baked this cake for a little girl who loves princesses... tiaras, butterflies..fairy tales..... and anything in pink!!
Am glad to know that she loves the cake and so do all her tiny friends...
It is a Chocolate moist cake filled with lotsa love and affection for a pretty little princess whom I've been baking for her on her birthday for the last 3 years.

HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY THEA!

Gong Xi Fa Cai to all celebrating Chinese New Year!

2011-01-17T12:24:00.005+08:00

Last 2 weeks were all about Pineapple Tarts... Various shapes and sizes...

This week's theme will be Cornflakes / Peanuts / Almond & Walnuts....

Wishing you a GREAT Chinese New Year to all who's celebrating this occasion!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

2011-01-04T16:35:00.003+08:00

I know my post is a bit late but better late than never right ??

Here's little something that I did over the festive holidays...

Some gingerbread cookies for my office Christmas party..
A Christmas Caramel Banana & Raisin bread pudding... yummy!

Easy peasy Cinnamon Rolls

Swedish & Rainbow weekend.

2010-11-29T11:01:00.006+08:00

Had a pretty bz weekend... coz I had been wanted to try my hands on some Swedish meatballs.. and here's the result.. with some soft and buttery baked potatoes.. I was pretty happy with the results coz even my fussy boy walloped everything!

On top of that.. baked something 'colorful' to end the weekend..
Not too bad.. it has strawberry taste in 1 layer.. chocolate in another... pandan and vanilla.. An explosion of taste in 1 mouthful!!
Kids loves this Chiffon cake coz it's colorful!!

That's not it!! I managed to buy some cheap and nice fresh blueberries (that doesn't come by very often... and baked blueberry muffins with butter and almond toppings... And it taste lovely with the buttery taste.. a tang of sourness fresh blueberries with a hint of sweetness...
UNFORTUNATELY... I forgot to take pictures of it... Oh well... next time then.

What a busy weekend huh...

Tiramisu for you

2010-11-24T11:56:00.004+08:00

Tiramisu is a lovely treat for self indulgence and if you wanna pamper your love ones...
Here's one from a customer who wants to surprise his girlfriend on her birthday...
So Sweet...........

Toy Story & Party Cupcakes

2010-10-19T14:16:00.003+08:00

Made all these little cuties last night for my good friend's Cheryl's 4 yrs old daughter's birthday tomorrow...
Chocolate fudge cupcakes with buttercream covered with fondant..
She's a fan of Buzz Lightyear..
Happy Birthday Kath Li.. I hope you like your cupcakes!!

No 1!!

2010-10-11T11:39:00.002+08:00

Here's a No. 1 cake for Lil Braedon.. with his favorite Toy Story characters.. Woody and Buzz...
It is a Chocolate cake... with ganache filling...

Monsters Incorporated in Chocolate!

2010-10-05T10:52:00.005+08:00

The title says it all!! Simple moist chocolate cake with chocolate cake frosting (I swear this frosting taste like chocolate ice cream when it's cold) and topped up with Mike, Sully and Boo for Russell's 8th year old birthday...

Have a Monstrous Birthday Russell!!

It was an Eggy weekend

2010-09-22T11:04:00.003+08:00

Suddenly had the urge for some nice hot 'wobbly in the center' Egg tarts over the weekend so made a batch of it courtesy of my sister's nice and easy recipe...

So yummy with a steaming cuppa hot tea.... Mmmmmm.....

Shanghai Mooncake

2010-09-01T16:28:00.008+08:00

Since Mooncake festival is around the corner.. thought I try my hands on some of these...
Am not really a mooncake fan... but since this is slightly different from the normal baked or ping pei mooncakes...why not...
This Shanghai Mooncake has a different kind of skin... it's like pastry skin.. which sorta balance out the sweetness of the lotus paste...
So here it is... Shanghai mooncake with pure lotus paste and it's bite size too! :D not the huge ones where you would feel 'jai' just by looking at it.. Nice eh!

Final Fantasy

2010-08-23T14:34:00.007+08:00

Did this FF cake last week... Honestly the last time I 'played' FF was like maybe 7 - 8 years ago... and it was FF I or II or maybe just III... and now... they have XIII... take about a huge gap huh...
So had to do a bit of research on FF and they have so many new characters.. and so much more complicated... *Confused*...

Anyway... luckily.. I managed to whipped out something.. even though I was contemplating to have a black base or a blue base...
And finally the blue base won... with Moist Chocolate Cake inside requested from a customer that had my Chocolate cake before...

Smallie's Day

2010-08-10T10:34:00.003+08:00

My son is so into Transformers now.. that he breathes.. eats and sleeps Transformers at the moment...
He has been requesting me to bake him a Transformers cake for a while now.. so finally on his big day... 08.08 - I baked him one...

Well.. I cheated.. coz I didn't exactly do a 3D Bumblebee robot (He calls himself Bumblebee!!) for him.. I did a simple Autobots logo on a simple Chocolate Moist Cake for him...

Sigh.. What to do.. His mummy is simply plain lazy... I promise to do better next year BumbleBee :)

Into Ballet

2010-06-28T15:24:00.002+08:00

A simple last minute cake requested by a customer... to his best friend.. which happens to be a girl who's into Ballet... So I 'gave' her a pair of Ballet shoes...

Dibo and Friends

2010-06-25T12:05:00.002+08:00

Here's a 2 tiers chocolate moist cake for little 1 yr old Kayla... Abigail's cousin sister... And the cake is filled with all the Dibo and friends cartoon characters.. which is her favorite...

Pooh Bear!

2010-06-01T10:46:00.005+08:00

Elly & Adrian requested a simple chocolate moist cake with buttercream for Abby's 2nd Birthday which is just a day away!
She said either Mickey Mouse or Pooh Bear... So here it is..

Happy Birthday Abigail!!

GTR & a PIG - Nice combo

2010-05-25T12:32:00.001+08:00

A car.. supposing a GTR and a piggy... on a nice chocolate fudge cake... Mmmmm... Nice combo

Optimus Prime!

2010-05-24T14:00:00.002+08:00

Some chocolate fudge cupcakes which my son calls it 'Optimus Prime' cupcakes coz he said it's the same blue color as Optimus!
Lols!

Strawberry Shortcake

2010-05-24T13:51:00.001+08:00

Strawberry Shortcake for a lovely Dashayne who celebrated her 5th birthday last Saturday... The cake itself is made from fresh strawberry pureed into perfection.. Yumm.... the Strawberry aroma was wonderful when I took it out from the oven.

Strawberry Shortcake in a Cupcake

2010-05-20T10:22:00.001+08:00

Made some strawberry shortcake in a form of cupcakes for a new friend I'm meeting tonight... She mentioned that she likes my strawberry cake in my blog... so I offer to make her some when I meet her.. Hope she'll like these!

Idle Sunday Afternoon

2010-05-17T10:48:00.002+08:00

This is the result of my itchy fingers on a Sunday afternoon...
Found some toasted walnuts in the fridge and thought hmmmm... why not...
Yeah.. I know it's not Chinese New Year... but what the heck right ??
So here's some bite size Walnut cookies or what Chinese called em... 'Hup Tou Sou'...

Happy Teacher's Day!

2010-05-17T10:41:00.005+08:00

To all Teachers out there...
Have a great one!!

I Love You.. You Love Me....

2010-05-10T13:46:00.005+08:00

This colorful 'Barney, BJ & BabyBop Cake is specially made for sweet Miriam who just celebrated her 2 years old Birthday last Sat.
The cake is my Signature Chocolate Moist cake frost with chocolate ganache before covered with a thick layer of yellow fondant.

P.S - I've still yet to find out if there's any kid out there that doesn't like Barney & friends.. lols!

Mad about Chocolates

2010-05-03T16:48:00.003+08:00

Here's a very very moist chocolate cake covered with thick chocolate ganache... Mmmm... sounds heavenly for chocolate lovers... and I've add on some fresh and tangy strawberries... just to balance up the overall sweetness and also to add on a bit of colors..

This customer told me... she's ok with a simple design as long as it's all chocolate chocolate and more chocolates!!

MAA Diamond Night

2010-05-03T16:44:00.002+08:00

Here's something for MAA's Diamond Night.. Soft & moist butter cupcakes topped with their fondant logo.

Lightning McQueen Fan!

2010-04-26T11:21:00.002+08:00

Kurt is absolutely 'into' Lightning McQueen.. according to his mummy, Nicole. For this fact, Nicole requested for a 3D Lightning McQueen Cake and cupcakes for her lovely 3 year old Kurt's Birthday.. she said.. Kurt was totally mesmerized by the cake and cupcakes when he first saw it...
Aah! As always.. it gives me great satisfaction to know that I've made the 'Birthday Boy's day... :)
And in addition to that, I've NEVER met anyone who didn't like Chocolate Moist Cake which taste like Chocolate Mud Cake... Hehehehe!!

You will be your Mom's favorite!

2010-04-19T11:13:00.003+08:00

Get this cake for your Mom this Mother's Day and she will love you to bits!
It's not a huge cake... but somewhat makes a very nice Mother Day gift..

You can read a book and eat it too!!

2010-04-19T10:59:00.003+08:00

Did a book cake as homework for the class that I attended.. we must constantly improve ourselves right ??

The design can be better... but that's what the instructor told us to do... can't argue with the teacher right ??.. Ah well... No worries... can ALWAYS change the design to whatever we want now that we have the main book structure...

It's a WORD world out there!

2010-04-05T13:53:00.003+08:00

This customer ordered a Pingu Cake for his son's birthday last year... and this year.. he ordered another cake from me... And this time he requested for WORD WORLD theme... as his son loves the Word World characters... I paused for a bit... my brain busy analysing the 'detailness' of the characters.... and then went .... Errr... ok....

It wasn't easy as the characters required more detailed work... Anyhow... here it is.... Its a chocolate peanut butter cake.. smells heavenly when I took out from the oven...

And the verdict was... The kids love it!! Yay!!!

I love Mushroom!!

2010-03-15T11:42:00.001+08:00

Something which I experiment over the weekend with my 'new toy'..

Someday my Prince will come....

2010-03-15T11:38:00.002+08:00

Here's Thea's cupcakes Part 2.. which is for the Birthday as well.. but this time.. the celebration is in her school..

Her birthday is actually today... and unfortunately she's down with a fever.. Hope she'll get well soon..

Happy 4th Birthday Princess!

Pink Princess

2010-03-12T15:56:00.002+08:00

This is part 1 of Thea's 4 years old birthday cake...

Part 2 will be coming up soon!

Caitlin is 3!

2010-03-03T13:47:00.003+08:00

Here's a Mickey & Minnie Mouse cake for Caitlin.. which according to her Mom.. she's a Mickey Mouse fan...

Happy Birthday!!

Gong Xi Fa Cai!

2010-02-23T13:07:00.004+08:00

Happy Chinese New Year to all!

24

2010-02-12T10:14:00.003+08:00

She's a fan of 24 and Jack Bauer.. and she likes green... So her mom got her this!

Whats interesting is... instead of the normal chocolate marble butter cake... this is a pink marble butter cake instead... Hmmm... Too bad I can't cut up the cake and show you... It's nice and different :)

For you, my love... but then.. it's actually for me :D

2010-02-11T11:46:00.004+08:00

Hahahaha...

Funny headline isn't it... but it's true... My cousin wanted a Valentine cake for her hubby... But then she said.. Yeah.. I ordered it for him... but then... it's more for me to eat! Hahahahah... Yes.. they're a cute husband and wife couple...

So here's the simple coffee mocha buttercake with coffee mocha with a dash of Kahlua (I guess no cakes for the kids!) buttercream... topped up with tons of chocolate toppings... Yummy!!

Have a Great Chocolatey Valentine Lee & Ann!

The 'Artistic' version

How the actual cake looks like:

Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day Orders

2010-01-28T16:37:00.005+08:00

Dear all,

CNY and Valentine's Day is just around the corner... However, if anyone is still interested in getting cakes or cupcakes for CNY... Please do let me know that I will still be accepting orders till 13th Feb (last pick up on 13th Feb)..

The price of the cakes and cupcakes very much depending on the complexity of the design... hence if you are interested.. please email me at terri.chai@gmail.com for further queries...

It would be great if orders could be confirmed at least 1 week before pick up date.

Here are some CNY & Valentine designs from the internet which served as a reference to demonstrate the kind of designs that I can do for you. However, if you have your own personal design that you want, please feel free to share with me.

I do have some CNY & Valentine cupcake & cake designs from last year which you can find in my blog's portfolio.

Chinese New Year Designs

Valentine Designs

* Designs attached served as a reference from the great works of other cake experts.

Disney Mania!

2010-01-25T10:44:00.004+08:00

Both for the same birthday girl... Ms Zoey Cheong who turned 3 yesterday... Something pink (her favorite color) and something Disney (her favorite too!)

Daddy requested for Strawberry Shortcake / Thomas & Friends / Dora & Ben 10 cupcakes.. and they too.. come in pink boxes :)

Little Drummer Girl & Boy

2010-01-18T12:06:00.003+08:00

Tung Tung Chiang!!
I am already in a CNY mood already... hahaha!!
However, this cake has got nothing to do with CNY.. hehe!!

This little drum cake is made specially for Chloe and Jared... Magie (the mummy) wants it as colorful as possible!!

Feedback from Magie... 'Jared picks up the drumsticks straightaway and banged on the drums when he first saw the cake!'... and all the guest thought it was a playdoh cake... Its not!! Its a yummilicious chocolate fudge cake!!

Its a Polka Dots Affair

2009-12-24T12:22:00.001+08:00

This 3 tier wedding cake is specifically requested from my goodfriends.. KH and Chris... and Chris was the one who insisted on having a polka dot wedding cake..

Truly unique!!

KH and Chris,

Congrats and wish you all the sweetest moments in your life long journey together.

Happy Birthday & Merry Christmas Jiselle!

2009-12-24T12:18:00.001+08:00

This lovely cake is requested by Elaine, for her 2 yrs old daughter, Jiselle's birthday which falls on Christmas Eve.

Her request is to combine Christmas and Birthday together with the reference to one of my previous Creative..

Guess which one...

Christmas Cupcakes for Gladys

2009-12-07T17:27:00.003+08:00

Some Christmas cupcakes for Gladys which I promised her.. that taste EXACTLY like Chocolate Ice Cream!!

Strawberries for Mom

2009-12-07T11:31:00.004+08:00

My mom's birthday was yesterday... and she requested to have a light & simple cake with lots of strawberries...

Ben 10 for 4

2009-12-07T11:24:00.002+08:00

Got a very last minute request from a repeated customer...

I told him.. my schedule is full and I can't possibly squeeze his order in... he called me on Thursday night and told me he needs the cake on Sunday night...

At first.. I went like... No la.. sorry... I can't make it coz I still need to complete 2 cake orders by Sat night...

Anyway... he was quite persistent.. and told me quite a touching story of the boy...

So my 'kindness' got the better of me... Ahem!!! and told him.. I will do a very simple one as I still have to complete my other orders... Just for the Birthday boy 4 yrs old birthday...

Hence over sleepless night.. I completed the cake by Sat evening...

And I got a sms from my customer yesterday... that the birthday boy was very happy to see his favorite character on his cake and get to eat his favorite chocolate cake as well...

Now that really put a smile on my face... and the sleepless night was all worth it.

Black & White

2009-12-07T11:22:00.002+08:00

This is a 2 tiered cake.. top Chocolate and butter at the bottom...

The birthday girls requested their birthday cake to be in black and white...

Hmmmm... they're teenagers... so go figure....

POCOYO Drama

2009-12-04T11:25:00.005+08:00

POCOYO cake for 2 yr old Aaron.

Jordan saw it... refuse to let go... and took it to school with him to show off

Plato's leg broke and he's crying like mad now...

Dad sigh... and say will poke toothpicks into it to make it stand...

I was like.... uh ????

So will the cake reach Aaron (Jordan's cousin) tomorrow ?

Watch out this blog for the 'kesudahannya' :)

Do you want a designer cake ?

2009-12-02T14:02:00.002+08:00

My customer ordered this for her daughter's birthday. She told me last year.. they gave her a 'Prada' cake... So this year is Chanel

I had fun!

2009-10-29T11:17:00.001+08:00

I really enjoyed decorating this cake.. and when I am done with it.. I'm pretty please with the result... esp the string work..

Do you like it as much as I do ?

Pink & Princess

2009-10-27T14:49:00.004+08:00

Last minute cupcakes for my 5 yrs old niece (My sis's daughter) who celebrated her birthday last Sat with her grandparents and cousin (daddy side).

The conversation with my sis took place Thursday, late afternoon:-

Sis: Sis... can you make a barbie doll jelly cake for Mabel ? Something like the one you made for Thea's Birthday ?

Me: Sure.. No problem...

Sis: Ok great. But then.. not too sweet can ? Coz we are celebrating her birthday with her my in-laws..

Me: Okok... not too sweet.. got it... When do you need it...?

Sis: Err... Sat morning ?

Me: Huh???!!! You mad arr!! *my eye suddenly opened really wide*... Cannot la... too short of a time... Plus this Sat, I'm going to Melaka for a day trip with the girls.... You should give me more advance notice la...

Sis: Hmmm... How like that..?

Me: Hmmm... What I can do is to quickly whip up a batch of cupcakes for you... how many do you need ?

Sis: Six (6)

Me: What???? Only six ???? *almost fainted*.. 1 batch is about 18 - 23 pieces la.... The rest how ?

Sis: Aiyoooooooo.... How like that ?

Me: Sigh... *shaking my head*... Its only because of you and Mabel that I'll doit... Since she likes all the pink and princess stuff... I'll do something simple for her...

Sis: Okok... Thank you so much!!

And here's the outcome of our conversation:-

And instead of 6, I passed her 9 cupcakes..

Cupcakes & Present

2009-10-23T11:22:00.005+08:00

Made this specially for a particular customer recommended by my colleague.. He wanted this for his Boss... and told me... 'Terri.. Please feel free to design... as long as it look nice! Apparently.. he and his colleagues wanna throw their boss a nice BIRTHDAY PARTY! Man.... he must be a really nice boss to have his subordinates treat him like that....
Anyway... so here's the cupcakes & present... and it's Chocolatey Chocolate with a very very yummy Chocolate Frosting taken from Martha Stewart's recipe... and you know what ? The frosting taste exactly like Chocolate Ice Cream... even my son who doesn't like Chocolate.. ate a whole cupcake and said.. Mummy... can I have some more....
And this morning.. I got an sms from my customer saying that.. everyone is very happy with the cake and thanked me for it... and that really put a smile on my face this morning despite of the terrible morning jam that I was stuck in on the way to work..

Yummy Strawberries

2009-10-05T12:05:00.005+08:00

This is a very last minute sponge cake order requested by one of my customer who's totally forgotten about her boyfriend's birthday until the night before...

This sponge cake is laced with loads of fresh strawberries... in between layers and on top... sides coated with rich chocolate rice and topped with rich dark chocolate curls.... and of course... not to forget... the cake is frosted with a generous coat of fresh and delicious fresh cream...

Its very nice... somewhat.. light, citrusy, and not too sweet on a nice warm day.. esp when it's served fresh from the fridge.

Cartoon Moonies & Eggy Madness

2009-09-30T16:04:00.007+08:00

Last weekend, I created lots of Mini Mouses, Kitty Cats & Garfields....

Huh ? What do I mean ? Well... Those are cartoon theme Ping Pei mooncakes which will melt each and everyone's hearts esp. kids and those young at heart, ahem.. like me! Hehe!!

These lovely ping pei are stuffed with nice, smooth and not too sweet (this is very important) plain lotus paste. Mmmmmm... Yummy!! Especially when you serve them straight from the fridge...

Oh yes!! They're in tiny bit size too so that you won't get too stuff with eating a huge mooncake.

Just nice for those watching their waistline :)

By the way, I 'stole' the mooncake picture from my dear friend 'Redbabe' coz I couldn't fine a nice shot of the moonies that I've made..

And I gave these Ping Pei mooncakes to her...

Nice hor.. her photoskill.. *better compliment a bit coz I took her picture* hehe!

And I've also baked this really tasty egg & Tuna pots... and egg & Bacon bit pots (yummy)..stuff with lots of cheese inbetween... It was an instant hit!! And they're really easy to make too!!

Cheers mate!!

2009-09-14T12:34:00.003+08:00

My boss is a NewZealander and he loves to drink!
So I baked this 'Mug of beer' for his Birthday last week and his first comment was 'WOW!! I never had a THEME cake before!!'

This is chocolate fudge and buttercream cake

Any Bunnies out there ?

2009-08-24T11:22:00.003+08:00

Here's a moist Carrot cake with Lemony cream cheese topping which I did sometime ago... just didn't manage to post it up because I didnt' know where the pics went in my camera... :p

Well.. it was saved under a 'clipboard' instead of my usual Memory card space.. no wonder I can't locate it.. hehehehe!!

And yes!! The 'soil' is edible too..!!!

What does Love have in common with Thomas & Friends ??

2009-08-20T11:04:00.004+08:00

These are my Creation for the 1st half of the week...

The 1st one... requested from my dear dear friend Gerry for her aunty 'Ah Kim'... its actually a bigger version of what I had done before... and I must say, I'm quite happy with the result as the cake raised quite nicely and I didn't need to reshape it at all... And of course... what is love without choclate right ? So... it's my ever best moist chocolate cake with rich but not too sweet chocolate cream...

I hope 'Ah Kim' likes the cake!!

And the 2nd one is for my son's school Birthday celebration which fell on 19 Aug... I was thinking.. since it's for school.. so I made cupcakes for him... easier for the kids to eat or bring back.. instead of messy cakes.. Plus the school had thweir 'National' celebration on the same day and all the kids were in their traditional clothes.. and they're all soooooo cute!!!! Christian went to school with a chinese top and a pair of jeans.. cool eh??? Heheheh!!

The 'Thomas & Friends' cuppies are marble cake with white chocolate cream.. and of coz I toned down the sugar level... didn't want the kids to run around and be hyperactive due to sugar rush!! Hahahhahaa!!

And the answer to my title is, of course.... Chocolates!!!

Same Birthday - but 29 years difference!

2009-08-12T14:42:00.004+08:00

Had a Birthday party for my son last Sat (Aug 8).. and he has just turned 3.. And since he absolutely into trains at the moment, so I made him a 3D train chocolate cake with buttercream icing...

At the same time, it's also 'Sai lou's' birthday.. he's also born on Aug 8.. but 29 years difference.. so you do the Maths ok... And this 'boy'.. he's into cars and racing and all that... so while cracking my brain, my husband gave me a terrific idea.... which is to do something what he loves... Take a look at his cake below.. and tell me if you know what it is... :) And of course.. it's also a Chocolate cake but with yummy Mint Ganache to give it a blast!

You know what this ?

Birthdays and more birthdays

2009-08-05T13:29:00.004+08:00

There's a lot of birthdays that came and went.. and still coming... in Aug... lots of Aug babies ya...

Here's 2 birthday cupcakes and cake which I baked for 2 birthdays...

Here's the cupcakes for the lovely Eirene.. it's Chocolate cupcake top with 'not too sweet' buttercream - request from the customer incase the kids gets really hyper active due to the sugar rush! Hehe!!

I guess from the cupcakes.. Eirene must really like pink color... One thing I forgot to ask my customer.. how old is Eirene ? Talk abt me having a birdbrain huh....

Here's another chocolate cake which I baked for a good friend of mine.. Her birthday is today... SO Happy Birthday Gladys!! The design of this cake is inspired by the world famous cake decorator, Peggy Porshen... every part of the cake is edible including the flowers (made from icing!) except for the cake board of course!! hehe!

Weekend Goodies...

2009-07-27T10:55:00.003+08:00

I had an order for his 3 years Anniversary with her girlfriend... and he said he wanted something small and 'different'... Hmmmm.. wondering what he meant by different... so I did this for him... Luckily he likes it!! It's a 6 inches chocolate cake with lots of choclate ganache all over...

Yeah... they are a VERY lovey dovey couple... hehehehe...

And on Sunday... I experimented with some choolates and here are the results..

Tira - Miss - U

2009-07-22T15:55:00.004+08:00

This is a Tiramisu cake I made over the weekend... before that I was frantically looking for Kahlua.. a type of coffee liquor to give the Tiramisu the 'omph'!! It's a good thing I found it in the nick of time.. *yes!*
I forgot to take a picture before my customer picked it up.. luckily she's nice enough to send me a pic

I've been baking!!

2009-07-13T15:22:00.004+08:00

Yeah... I know I know... it's been a while since I last posted my baking creations... However, that doesn't mean that I've not been baking... I have!!

And here's some to share...

Here's a very Unique cake that my cousin An has requested for her Husband's birthday... a Mango Butter cake.. and white chocolate ganache.. well.. I must admit that this is the FIRST time that I had such a request... and since her husband loves biking activities... here's the latest Mountain Bike for his keeping!!

This is a Strawberry cake ordered by one of my customer.. who said.. 'I suddenly have Strawberry cravings!! Can you bake me a cake filled with Strawberries and Whipped Cream..?' I told her sure.. no problem... considered it done!! Voila!!

And you know what.. she said she finished the cake ALL by herself in 2 days!!! Luckily it was a 6 inches cake.. and she's a real skinny.. :p

Banana Chocolate Chip topping with Cinammon Cream Cheese Frosting.... sounds like heaven right... ? It is!!!

More cakes to come ok... Just need to look for all the pictures I took... shucks!!!

An's Chocolate Cheese Cake

2009-04-21T10:49:00.004+08:00

My cousin An is an absolute choc & cheese lover... so I combined both and baked a chocolate cheese cake for her for her birthday recently..

And this is her review.. *cut and paste* from her email to me...

"cake is deliciously chocolate heaven for choc lover, with the rich chocolate cheese texture, its to die for...if you are looking for firm cheesecake, this will be a little on the soft side, but nevertheless its a true satisifying ... lick lick.....now how am i going to keep my weight down??"

Oh! And she send this picture to me coz I totally forgotten abt snapping a photo of the cake befire I pass to her .
So creative of her to use tea light as candle... :) Somehow creates a different feel with the blue table cloth and the blue tea light. Nice!!

'Under the Sea' Weekend

2009-04-03T11:26:00.006+08:00

Last Sunday, my Instructor and one of my fellow coursemate and I volunteered for a charity event organized by Malaysia Nature Society. In addition to that, we had great help from one of the MNS fellow member who's a cake enthusiast, Alison. The 4 of us conducted a simple Cupcake Decorating Class for kids with the 'Under the Sea' theme. It was great fun as the kids + their parents truly enjoyed themselves decorating their butter & chocolate cupcakes with blue buttercream icing and lots of fishes / seahorses, starfishes / beautiful seashells and crocodiles (uh ?? crocodiles ??).. hehehe! On top of that, we have lots of jimmies and sprinkles to 'enhance' the cuppies :D

Overall, it was great... if you think only girlies love this kind of session... think again!! We have lots of boys participating as well... and guess what, 2 boys actually snapped up the 1st & 2nd prize of the best cupcake decorated!! :D

We were all so amazed with the kids.. and of course the parents did enquire if we are conducting any classes of this sort... and that got us thinking... hmmmm... maybe we should!! Hehe!! Something to think about in details...

Anyway, I want to thank my instructor, Paige for making those great looking fishes.. seashells..starfishes and seahorses.. they lok so 'real' and I know she spend a lot of late nights doing them.. and Carolyn.. for baking 70 delicious butter & chocolate cupcakes .. they're all so lovely!! and Alison... for helping out with the buttercream and royal icing... Thanks so much Allison.. it's really great knowing you!

Here are some pictures to share...

This little girl... *can't remeber her name.. my bad* showing off her creations

Lovely little Joanne... totally 'into' decorating her cupcakes..
The winners of the best cupcake decoration
A group pictures with mummies & daddies
'Under the Sea' Cupcakes

Pingu & Friends

2009-04-03T11:18:00.002+08:00

This 6 years old birthday boy totally into Pingu and his friends.. His dad said to me... he sleeps Pingu.. eats Pingu and breathes Pingu.. :D hehehehe.. Maybe I exagerated a bit la! But he loves Pingu.. So for his birthday cake... I make Pingu 2 tiered chocolate cake for him and best of all.. he can keep his Pingu & friends figurines after he blowed his candles!! Isn't that great!!?? Anyway, Happy Birthday Jordan. Even though you were borned on April Fool's Day.. but you are sure no fool!! :D

Minty Chocolate Chips

2009-03-24T14:46:00.005+08:00

Something that I whipped up last night... and due to logistic issue... the cuppies looked a bit messy because some toppled :p *bleh!*
Anyone up for some minty chocolate chip cuppies ?

Sckningly Sweet

2009-03-23T14:38:00.001+08:00

Cassie's last minute Birthday cake for her now, hubby.. is something very simple... Chocolate moist with lots of chocolate cream in between...

For the past 2 weeks.. I have been baking nothing but Chocolate cakes... until I think I can bake another one in my sleep! hehehe!!

Been thinking of baking a carrot walnut cake... any takers ?

Here's the cake.. so s*ck*ningly sweet hor...

Cassie's Hantaran

2009-03-21T09:21:00.004+08:00

Cassandra is having her Nikah ceremony tomorrow and she requested me to help her to bake a Hantaran cake for her soon husband to be..

She said she wants nothing fancy but a simple 2 tier cake..both chocolate cakes with melting chocolate cream inside of coz!!

Covered with white fondant, it's alslo wrapped with loads of magenta apple blossoms and purple violets and violet leafs.. topped with a bit of silver lustre to give it a shimmering look..

Cassie said for her wedding reception in July, she wants me to create a 5 tier cake for her and I went like... Uh???? You sure arr? That means I have to start to prepare my work in May.. heheheh!!

On top of that, she informed me yesterday that, it's also her hubby to be birthday tomorrow... and pleaded me to whip up a simple simple cake ... chocolate again... and get me to bring over tomorrow morning when I attend her Nikah ceremony. Sigh... why do I succumb to all these last minute stuff? Haih.. And I still have not thought of any design yet and i got to deliver tomorrow.. :p Cham!!

Anyway... here's the masterpiece for Cassie's Nikah Ceremony and my dear Cassandra, Congratulations to you and welcome to the dark side!! :D

Giant Strawberry

2009-03-18T12:00:00.003+08:00

I have a client who told me her girlfriend loves everything about strawberries... So for her birthday.. he requested for something very strawberry...

So this is what I did for him...

He collected the Cake last night about 11ish... and an hour later texted me.. 'She loves it!!' Thanks a lot!!'

I'm so glad that I'm able to contribute to that... And that's exactly what I want to do with my creations..

It's actually a buttercake.. with loads of strawberries and fresh whipped cream in

between layers.. And covered with fresh whipped cream all over...

So.. is this 'Strawberry' enough ?

Princess Thea

2009-03-13T11:58:00.004+08:00

It's been a while since I last post my cake creation... Been busy with experimenting with lots of new recipes.. and it was great!!

Here's my latest creation for a 3 year old birthday girl... her mommy told me she likes Cinderella and Chocolate.. But then, I created Princess Thea for her instead.. with lots of butterfly ribbons and daisies...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRINCESS THEA... I hope you like your Princess Cake!!

Strawberry Sunday

2009-02-23T12:08:00.004+08:00

This is my first time baking a cheese cake...

Well.. not literally bake it.. as this recipe doesn't requires any baking at all... as it only needed to be refrigerated...

It smells so wonderfully of strawberry as I used fresh pureed strawberries.. with a tang of citrus and a hint of sweetness with creamy texture all over where it literally melts in your mouth..Mmmmmm....

However, I shall remember to use a smaller tin next time as it would look better if the cake was taller..

Classic Twist of Fate

2009-02-15T01:36:00.008+08:00

Yesterday was Valentine's Day.. and what would be great to have to celebrate this special occasion?

Well, Wedding cakes of course!!

Here's 'Pure & Passionate' for those who's love so pure and filled with passionate moments. 'Pure & Passionate' is filled with a 2 tiered romantic white & red roses for those who love simplicity and yet.. with a hint of passion..

'For You.. My Love'

Cakes for all occasions

2009-01-25T17:56:00.003+08:00

Yesterday I spend almost an entire day with these... Tiring but it was great!!...

Sweet Pink Carnation

Lemony Lime

Last but not least, Gong Xi Fa Cai!!

More Cartoon Characters

2009-01-21T11:06:00.005+08:00

Recently made 4 Cuppies for my Couz, An... with the help of my sis. An's eldest son likes Spidy.. hence a Spidy for him.. and also not to leave her 2nd son, Scotty out of this, there's a Bob the Builder Dump truck for him :)

As for the princess and the other Bob the Builder Truck, it's specially made for another girl and boy..

'Bob the Builder Gang'

Dump Truck Muck

Look Ma!! I'm eating Spidy's eyes!

Your Highness Princess of TerriLand

Apologies for late & not much updates for the past weeks... Was busy preparing for the CNY cuppies orders.. But nevertheless, I promise to show you something nice before CNY ;)

Animal Cupcakes

2009-01-12T11:41:00.011+08:00

This was last week's project which my sister & I took on for one of her student's birthday over the weekend :)

Mooooooooooooo!!

Oink! Oink! Lovely Miss Piggy

Woof! Woof!

Cheeky Monkey

Chicken Little

Baaaaa.... Baaaaaa!!!

Note: The 'dusty' effect is actually icing sugar, hasn't been brushed off.. :)

Gong Xi Gong Xi!!!

2009-01-04T09:30:00.008+08:00

Christmas came and went and now, a celebration for all the Chinese, here come's Chinese New Year which falls on the 26th of Jan this year.. yay!! That means holiday again!!

Sigh! I must be getting lazy from Christmas and New Year hols.

Ah but then, I'm already geared up for this coming CNY with this!!

Lovely Cherry Blossoms. A must haves in every household during Chinese New Year

And what is Chinese New Year without wishing for Properity. Here's a Gold Nugget for you!!YEAH!! Money! Money!!

Sweet Mandarin Oranges 'Kam' for everyone!

Nien Nien Yau Yu' - errr... Every year has fish??

And of course we cannot miss out our Brother Ox! It his year!! The year of Ox!!

Want to get some for this CNY? Let me know at least 1 week in advance ok.

Last but not least.. GONG XI FA CAI!! Have a great Chinese New Year nd eat lots and lots and grow fatt fatt ok... hehehe!!

*pssst!! Btw, I still accept angpow! ;)

Chocolatey 2009

2008-12-31T19:11:00.007+08:00

Aaaaah... Last cake of the year and it's specially baked for my cousin who's celebrating her 20th birthday on 1st of Jan!

Her mom told me that she's a chocolate fanatic and voila!! A mini devil's chocolate moist cake with loads of chocolate cream as icing and top with fresh strawberry slices.. How about that? A sweet start for 2009?

HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR to you all!!

Not forgetting a BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Ka Mun!!!

Christmas Cupcakes

2008-12-27T17:07:00.005+08:00

Made some cupcakes for my mom as she wanted to bring something for her friend's Christmas party.

So I whipped up a bunch of Vanilla Lemon cupcakes with some Christmas themed 3D 'decors' for her.

When my mom got back from her party, I asked her if the cupcakes were a hit. She told me... err... kinda... but the guests didn't want to eat them coz looked too 'unreal' to be eaten... DUH!!!!!

What do you think?

T~Cakes! Inspired by you.

2008-12-27T16:54:00.006+08:00

This is the very beginning of T~Cakes! Something that I call my own... a little hobby that turns into a passion which I would love to share with each and everyone of you.

Each masterpiece is created with you in mind, with little personal touches that you can claimed your own.

T~Cakes, inspired by you.