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 =)