more cakes!

chuggington cake ... to be honest, i've never heard of the chuggington trains before i got this order =D

 i love yellow fondant!!!

i know, i need more practice with my gum paste characters =( btw, that's dora the explorer ...

cupcakes to go with the dora cake

ben 10 cake and cuppies ...



a baptismal cake for a sweet little angel ...

pooh bear

over the weekend, i had to bake a winnie the pooh cake and cupcakes for somebody i baked for last year ...

i didn't really like how pooh bear turned out ... i think tigger's tale looks much better =D

for the cupcake toppings, i initially thought of buying a pooh bear cutter that i saw in daiso about 2 months ago ... i should have bout it back then coz when i went to daiso last week, i can't find it anymore =( so, i just got myself a bear cutter with a shape that is quite close to pooh bear's shape and improvised from there ...

^.^

sesame street

sunny day 

sweepin' the clouds away 

on my way to where the air is sweet 

can you tell me how to get, 

how to get to sesame street 

come and play 

everything's a-ok 

friendly neighbors there 

that's where we meet 

can you tell me how to get 

how to get to sesame street 

it's a magic carpet ride 

every door will open wide 

to happy people like you-- 

happy people like 

what a beautiful 

sunny day 

sweepin' the clouds away 

on my way to where the air is sweet 

can you tell me how to get, 

how to get to Sesame street... 

how to get to sesame street 

how to get to... 

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happy birthday, mama!

it's my mom's 60th birthday today. and for this special day, i made these cupcakes for her. okay, technically, she baked the cupcakes and i helped her to decorate it =D

the big celebration is this saturday so this isn't really "the cake" yet. but she wanted to bring some cupcakes to share with the other folks in my kids kindergarten. so we did these cupcakes in the last minute.

care bears

lately, i've been hooked to the food network's food network challenges, specifically the cake challenges. it has inspired me to do more and get better in cake decorating. and indeed it has inspired me to be more ambitious with my cakes.

my latest creation was requested by a friend for the 1st bday of her little girl. and alas, she asked for a care bears-themed cake instead of a princess cake. i guess i can say this is my most ambitious cake, so far.

and this is my biggest critic ... and i guess it's obvious she's also my biggest fan =D

*photos courtesy of my bff ...

another princess cake

my college mate, che, who happens to be in singapore, too, asked me to bake a cake and cupcakes for her 1-yr old eunice. as the birthday celebrant is a girl, what else would the theme be? of course, it's another princess cake!



the following photos are courtesy of che =)

teacher's day 2010

for this year's teachers' day, i baked sugar cookies for my kids' teachers. i got this recipe from the flour pot cookie recipe book that i borrowed one time from the library. i so loved the book that i kept the book for i think about 1 month over due =D

the sugar cookies are so yummy and the smell is just so heavenly that when the cookies were baking, the kids went out of their rooms one by one. i was afraid they'd finish all the cookies and we'd be left with nothing to give to their teachers =)

the key at 21

a week after zia's bday, her sister ann asked me if i can also bake cupcakes for her friend who is celebrating her 21st birthday ... ann is such a nice girl so how can i say no?

since it's a 21st bday, ann requested for a 2 batches of red cupcakes topped with a white key and the number 21 ...

i really love how this turned out ... it's not easy to make a red fondant ... it will take tons of red color paste to achieve a good red and that would definitely compromise the taste of the fondant ... and i don't want that, of course ...

so, with the pinkish fondant that i made, i painted it with a mixture of red edible glitters and almond extract ... and the result is perfect! i love it! and i also love the smell of the almond extract.

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disney princess cake

two weeks ago, i made a purple princess cake for my friends princess, zia ... the kiddie party was a blast ... it was like zia was having her debutante's ball at the age of 7 ...

mikee's 5th bday

it's been a week since my little girl's 5th birthday ... i did bake some cuppies for her to share with her schoolmates but i've been too busy lately to post the photos here ... so do mind that this post is about a week delayed =) ...

for her birthday dinner, i wanted to make a princess cake for her so i baked 4 pans of moist chocolate cake ... but due to some miscalculations on the timing on my part, i managed to do only this ...

oh yeah, and the rest of the cakes are still in our fridge ... yes, up to now!

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a farewell present

yesterday was the last day of our department's p.a. ... of all the p.a.'s we've had, i always says she's one of the best ... yeah, and i even had the nerve to tell our boss about it hahaha ... and to show my appreciation to her, i baked this cake for her as a farewell present ...

this is a carrot cake covered with a vanilla flavored rolled fondant ... carrot cakes do go well with cream cheese but i skipped the cream cheese this time to make it less sweet ... the fondant itself is already sweet so i'd rather keep it less sweet to make it more edible ...

the fondant is homemade ... i did it in 20 mins yesterday morning ... but no time at all to color it first so the purse will have to be white hehehe ...

the gold designs are simply handpainted ... i made a gold "paint" by mixing gold edible glitters with a bit of almond extract ... i don't really like almond extracts but since i have 1 bottle ready, it's quite handy for making gold "paints" and as a glue to stick gum paste decors into my cakes ...

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anything goes

more cakes ...

1st bday ...

a house warming gift for friends ...

christmas cakes ...

christmas cuppies ...

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ladies' night ...

this one's for the ladies ...

a chanel purse bag ...

a swirly coach bag ...

a shoe cake ...

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