Happy Birthday Atok and Dalilah!

02 March 2013.

That's exactly the birthday date and at the request from Atok, we managed to book a table for 30 at Hadramawt, Jalan Ampang to celebrate the event.

Everybody of Atok's children, children-in-laws and grand-children managed to attend he event except for 4. We had a grand time eating and talking, just the family.

Since it was  birthday celebration, the restaurant gave us a cake! Yahoo! I don't have to bake a cake this time! Anyway, although this cake look beautiful, I prefer a homemade cake anytime..

The cake had some fruits on it, put together with some whipped cream and chocolate shaves.. I like!

The waitress had an 'accident' during handling, thus the smudged look at the side..

It's okay. as long as it stayed on the plate!

  

The birthday girl and 'boy', cutting the cake. 

The granddaughter and the grandfather having the same birth date...

Happy Birthday Darlings...
May Allah bless you both, Atok and Dalilah...

Long time no post - Black Forest Cake

It's been a loooooong time since my last post. Sooo busy plus sooo lazy... Nowadays, by 9.00 pm I have to say goodnite; Dalilah's order *sigh*. I have to 'accompany' her and Hasif; talk to them, sing to them, read to them...whatever... until they fall sleep. Most of the time (in fact, almost all the time), I fell asleep together with them :o...

So, there goes my blogging time....

Let's see one of latest project - my first ever Black Forest Cake. Although I lack of motivation to blog consistently, I never lose the motivation to bake and design beautiful (okay, okay, I admit...not always beautiful :)) cakes and cookies for friends and family.

I have been longing to try create this cake, printed the recipe ages ago and getting all the ingredients at hand so that when the mood strikes, I'd be ready to do it. However, I lacked real cherries and an occasion to celebrate!

Sooo, I had to make do with these processed cherries, and brought the cake along to my MIL's on my weekly visit. Coincidentally, she had some relatives came to visit, and voila... the cake was gone in no time...


Thankfully, the cake tasted great, although the design can still be improved!

Father's Day Cake & Ice-Cream Cake version 2

It has been weeks since I've last updated this blog. Also, It's been weeks that I've not done any baking pojects.



Well, what can I say.... I needed a break, simply a break!



Now, my first project after the much-needed break was this... a Father's Day cake for my dear second-half. Just a simple butter-pandan cake, without all the trimmings (icing?) for the ...errr... more 'matured' Father *smile*. Of course, the more we aged, the more we need to be concerned about the food we eat...

Happy Father's Day dear... (first time we celebrate this occasion too....:) ).


Of course, the cake was requested by our lovely daughter, Dalilah. I can always count on her to remind me when to bake a cake. Even on yours truly's own birthday... *sigh**smile*

Because the Father's Day cake was a bit boring (errr, I mean...well... not decorated), I would like to....ahem, ahem... 'show off' this belated entry... my second try on ice-cream cake and whipped cream topping. For this cake, I decorated the cake with piping jelly (the web design) - my first piping jelly project.

This time around, I brought the cake to my mum's. As usual, ice-cream cakes are more well-received by everybody (yummy!), but, in our hot weather, we have to finish it quickly, lest it will melt. Nobody wants to eat a 'runny' cake!

The piping jelly was fabulous. I would like to try out more on piping jelly decorations after this. But, guess I need to practise more on whipped cream topping. Mine fell 'flat', not 'fluffy' enough...

Happy (Pre)Birthday Hasif & Happy Mothers' Day

This is my first ever ice-cream cake, at last! As this is my first try, I just did a small one, a 7-inch cake. Anyway, limited space in my fridge did not allow me to do a bigger one! And this is my first 'whipped cream' topping.

Brought it to my MIL's house last weekend to be shared with he family. Coincidently, the date falls on Mohers' Day, and a day before Hasif's birthday.


Glad to say that even though the cake was not pretty *smile*, everybody loved it, in fact, it was not enough!

Hmmmm, next week I have to do this again!