Gone Fishing

Chocolate cupcakes with strawberry filling & strawberry choc chips & chocolate ganache from my niece Juju Junita for her loverboy (or issit legoboy??) :D

For Yasmin

I've forgotten about this set of cupcakes which I made for my cousin,Yasmin aka Syamin born 13 years ago on May 12th. I remember that date clearly because, in my family on my father's side, she's the first cousin and we were all very excited to welcome her. I am very close to her mom, my aunty by right, but we're more like sisters due to our close age gap. Seeing the little baby for the first time was just indescribable, and I was there for most part of her pantang days so that I could help out my aunty manage her firstborn.

I was just required to make very simple & pastel design for her, but what was lack in style and creativity, I definitely made up for in flavour and taste! Each row of the cuppies were made of different flavours, which I can't remember now. Isk, my brain's slowly degeneratinglah... but I do remember there were rosewater pistachio, strawberry and cherry almond. These cuppies were shared with her friends at MRSM Balik Pulau, and from what I heard, the girls looooooved them!

A happy belated birthday to my beloved, Syatirah Yasmin.

Mickey Themed Birthday Treats

Aida a.k.a The Coffee Addict celebrated her son, Umar Syarif's birthday last two Saturdays. I made chocolate cake, 50 pcs cupcakes and 80 pcs assorted cheesy-pop tarts. 

I suggested my aunty to her for the party food catering; delicious maximus bihun tomyam (and it wasn't even too spicy, kids boleh makan), egg sandwich and teh tarik kaw-kaw. So anybody near Kepala Batas area who'd like yummy party foods, just contact us, Mak Baek Catering - 013-5236005, "Good People, Good Food!"

A perfectly chocolatey cake with chocolate ganache.

Two boxes of Mickey Mouse cuppies - vanilla and strawberry flavour.

Here's sharing some pics taken by the official photog, the very talended Cathy. More pics of the birthday bash can be viewed at The Coffee Addicts.

Nice shot, eh?

















My cheesy-pop tarts! Hodoh tapi sedap, tak tipu. 80 pieces. Lenguh tangan!

My pretty cupcake and unpretty hands! Thanks so much for the order Aida!

Booyah!

This cake is a case of order-harini esok-nak, yet again. Well, being in this business to for more than a year, I probably should know better, but what the heck. I'm going to make a set of hantaran cuppies for Kak Munirah again, so takkan nak selit one cake for her anak bujang sorang pun tak boleh kan? It won't be fair coz previously I made the birthday cakes for her other son and daughter, and this time the birthday boy wanted the exact same cake as the sister's. Takkan tak boleh kan?

Boleh, tapi rupe macam ini ajer ler...

For Mubin yang gila computer games, Happy Birthday!

Blossom

I had butterflies in my tummy to present my first stacked wedding cake.

It's not that big, the bottom layer is 10 inches in diameter, the middle 8 inches and the top is 7 inches (which I think 6 inches would be more apropriate considering the size ratio between the bottom and the second layer) and the whole cake is +- 8 inches tall.

The cake is a mix of strawberry, blueberry and vanilla flavoured cake with strawberry buttercream. Due to the rainy weather, the fondant got a little wet *stress*, but I hope it doesn't look so disasterous since I don't use dowels at all to support the cake (small only mah).

This is a cake that wouldn't cost a bomb, so to brides/grooms/wedding planners out there who has a tight budget but want a grand looking cake, do drop me a line yah.

Thank you soooo much to my sis Umi for the order. Selamat Pengantin Baru to her cousin Eida and Faris.

Strawberry Field for Sufiah

This is an 8" inch strawberry and cream buttercake filled with vanilla buttercream made for Kak Munirah's daughter, Sufiah.

Kak Munirah tak kisah sangat about the whole look of the cake, except that it must be PINK! Hehe, I like. Janji sedap. I went almost completely loco because I couldn't get the fresh cream smooth. Looks like it's high time to get that spinning cake stand.

Alhamdulillah, the feedback that I got from everyone was simply amazing. Actually, the party was a double birthday celebration, Sufiah's and her elder brother's, Jazmin's. His cake will be in the next entry.

Thank you, Kak Munirah and Happy 12th Birthday Sufiah.

STRAWBERRY LUX

Old age and dementia must be creeping up on me, I almost left out this luxurious order of dulce de leche cuppies with choc lava filling & choc ganache & strawberry toppers by Fazreen.

Initially, we had other plans for the toppers. However, my fondant wasn't drying very well due to the rainy weather for a couple of days/nights. Which is why I learnt my lesson -  use gumpaste next time since the temperature in my kitchen & house is quite unreliable. Much fast-drying I suppose. So in the last minute, we agreed to use fresh strawberries instead. Alhamdulillah, Fazreen was a very understanding customer.

Thank you so much for your support, Fazreen! I'm really happy the little kiddies liked the cuppies :)

UPSIDE DOWN STRAWBERRY CUPPIES

It took me 3 hours at 3 different hypermarket to look for fresh strawberries that day. Finally found these big fat Driscoll's strawberries at Jusco Perda.

Thanks Dnul for the order! I think she's my first customer ever who ordered fresh strawberry toppers. I do hope your cute girls love the cuppies.

BIG ORDER

I thought that if I could come up with more than a 100 pcs of 8 different types of large cupcakes in one night, 24 pcs of 4 types should be no sweat, right?

Wrong! Sweat I did! The strawberries that I got from Tesco were lousy and most of them were badly bruised. No wonder they were so cheap!

Strawberry cupcakes piped with strawberry jam flavoured buttercream frosting. Sedap, tak tipu. The colour wasn't so vibrant coz I prefer to go easy on the coloring on most of my frosting.

Initially I planned to put whole strawberries on the cupcakes, but they're only fit to be eaten if I halve them up. Sorry Kak Wati , I hope you were not let down, and thank you sooooo much for your wonderful feedback.

Coco-kaya-nutties were ordered by Kak Ton. This time I used kaya flavoured buttercream, and I must say, this combination works better than the Italian buttercream that I used before. Definitely a keeper, this frosting. And I also included some coconut milk in the cake to substitute the low fat milk that I usually use, so you can imagine how sinful these cupcakes are!

This one is called 'Chips off the Old Choc' - haha, funny or not? It's basically chocolate moist cupcakes filled with choc chips mix-in, with chocolate buttercream and sprinkled with dual coloured choc chips and choc rice, for Kak Ienan. Strictly for die-hard chocoholics!

Last but not least, the baby of the lot, Salmi ordered LBD for herself.

When I sent these orders to their office, it felt so great when they gushed over them as if they're so precious (padahal plain-looking saja). I was looking forward to see them eat my cupcakes right before me so that I can get some honest feedback, but what they did was to trade in their cupcakes with one another so that the four of them will get different types in their boxes, and would only eat their loot when they get back home! Genius right.

Thank you soooo much for the generous order, you guys! I'm so glad with the rave reviews I'm getting. Order for raya still open, so book fast fast. I know you people are reading this, so tolong komen sikit!