Corporate Cake - ATAREK

Wow! My first ever corporate cake!

With great trepidation, I planned, bought necessary ingredients (including a brand new 11-inch baking tin), carefully measured the ingredients, and mixed them all, all the while keeping in mind all the tips and tricks that I've learned.

With great suspense, I watched the oven (every 5-10 minutes, mind you) while baking because I was afraid the cake will not turn out as expected as this is the first time I baked an 11-inch squared choc moist cake.

With great excitement, I planned and designed the decoration, thinking that the working adults who didn't know me would be more critical in their judgement of the design. Usually, my own family, friends and children 'patronised' my cakes. Although they support me (a lot!), realistically, they can be a little bit biased... nothing bad about it though, he,he,he... I know they all adore me...ho, ho, ho!

Anyway, as careful as I can, I decorated this cake till 12.30 am on a working day! The most challenging part is the logo and the hand-written wordings. Ops, that's the only design ON the cake, anyway!

Ta-da! My first corporate cake! Purple theme!

Oh well, I still need to brush up on my writing skills... they looked a little
bit skewed hu, hu, hu...

Anyway, from Haziq's tetimonial, I heard ATAREK'S staff received the cake pretty well. Alhamdulillah...

Thanks Haziq dear, for giving me the chance to do this marvelous baking project. I really had fun doing it!

Don't hesitate to inform me if you have any baking projects in the future!

Colorful cakes

These are belated pictures on Raya cakes. Somehow I was in the mood of baking butter cakes with colors, either rainbow cakes or marble cakes. I've baked several of these for Ramadhan and Raya season.

The rainbow cake before cutting.

The rainbow cake after being cut... I love the colors... This cake had 3 colors only. Once I made with 4 or 5 colors. I had so much fun!

This marble cake is sometimes called 'zebra cake'.

The cakes can be beautiful without buttercream, royal icing or fondant! And they are less messy to decorate and to eat!

Happy Birthday Syafiq & Asyraf!

It was an honor to fulfill this order by Ina, Nisa's mom.

Quite a challenge to me since it was a last minute order. Ordered on Wednesday, to be picked-up on Thursday morning. Luckily I was still on Hari Raya leave, therefore I have just enough time to finish it before Ina came. Also, Ina did not require any specific design, therefore, I was given a free hand to unleash(?) my creativity. LOL!

However, I dare not show off my creativity much ... just KISS (keep it simple, sayang).

I am still in the mood of putting colorful candies on my creation...

Just added on some colorful rice deco for a 'celebration' effect... in line with
the kids theme

Hmm... on second thots, I think the candies should enough...

Oh well...

Hope Syafiq & Asyraf liked it! And (more importantly), Ina too!

Thanks Ina for your support!

Happy Belated Birthday Arissa!

Since darling Arissa's 4th Birthday fell on second day of Hari Raya, I can only manage to bake and decorate this cake 2 weeks after! Hope Arissa does not mind it!

I really enjoyed doing this doll cake. The pinkiest pink, as sweet as Arissa... my favourite color too!

Hope Arissa enjoy it!


p/s: first time using Wilton's Wonder Mold, thanks to my dear SIL...

Meeting with Ex-classmates - Green Theme

It was great meeting old friends
Half a day seemed very short
Sharing experiences and reminisce on those days long gone
Kids, families, careers, lost friends and current status
All mingling amidst laughter and good food
As though we were back in those school days
May we meet again soon!


Your truly's chocolate moist cupcakes in a green-themed box.














Inside the box, 12 chocolate moist cake with ganache toppings and buttercream icing.

Hastily done in the morning before the event, managed to do only half of the recipe!











Some of my friends, chattering with each other. The venue was at Burn's spacious bungalow house, situated somewhere behind Zoo Negara.

Thanks everybody for the great time!

Happy Birthday Az-Zahrah

Az-Zahrah deserves a tasty chocolate moist cake for her endurance and spunk.

This spunky girl is only one-year-old, but has endured 3 operations on her tiny feet, including 1 botched operation. Yet, she can still smiling and our heart warmed when we saw her.

a Ben Ten decorated cake (again!) with colorful candies....
I love doing this decoration...

from side view...

Happy Birthday, darling Az-Zahrah....

You are so lucky to have a loving and caring grand-aunt... Auntie Bird.

Thanks Auntie Bird... you know who you are....

Best Wishes To Kak Long & Ijal

I can't wait to use this new 'gadget' that I got from my SIL, a souvenir from her trip to Orlando recently... a Wilton Cake Leveler. Wow!

the cake leveler, thanks a lot Sis!

used the cake leveler to slice the cake into three - the butter chocolate cake, which is
a new recipe from my sister; thanks Sis!

here's the iced 3-layer cake - chocolate buttercream icing

ta-da! the finished decorated cake for Kak Long & Ijal

the cake, view from top

Congratulations Kak Long! A new doctor is in the making!

Happy Birthday Ijal! May Allah bless you!

School Hols Project

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It's school holidays again!
It's time to be happy and merry.
Or, it's time to be bored and busy.
You choose which state you want to be.
You have the power to control and direct and propel yourself in whatever you set your mind on.
You can complaint and be grumpy.
Or you can smile and be happy/merry.
You can choose which state you want to be.
You and only you, have right to control your own mind.
Happy?
Sad?
Bored?
Pretty/Handsome?
Smart?
Lovely?
Likeable?
Rich?

You are what you think...
Again (I can't stress this enough), you are what you think...

Almond brownies for Kak Nana's makan-makan event last weekend...

A school hols team project by ibu, Hasif, Dalilah & Diana...

** this post is dedicated to my lovely children... and YOU!

Mickey Mouse Fan Club

I had two celebrations coming, so, another 2-in-1 cake.

One is Hasif's birthday and another is Zarif's UIA's acceptance to UIA's Asasi Program. Alhamdulliah... These two events were celebrated at my MIL's last weekend.

Together with Mother's Day celebration.

look at the Mickey Mouse... he looks like an angry mouse!

another picture of the mouse... my first try on hand-drawing on a cake....
hehehe

Mickey Mouse fancy cookies... another first for me....

the birthday boy and the handsome boy.... also the Mother's Day cake contributed by Ijal, their cousin.... thanks Ijal!

Again, Happy Birthday Hasif! Good Luck Zarif!
And Happy Belated Mother's Day to all mothers who read this entry!

Ben 10 Mania!

Today is Hasif's Birthday!

I baked a chocolate cake with Ben 10 theme for him to celebrate with his friends and teachers at kindergarten. My first big cake decorated with edible image!

picture taken without the colorful candies

picture taken after decorated with colorful candies... I like it!
looks more cheerful & suitable for little children

for certain reason, Hasif received a lot of Ben 10-themed presents this year...
sharpeners, Ben 10 cards, pencils and Wii CD games....
mostly from his brothers...

last but not least, Ben 10-themed fancy cookies for Hasif's friends,
my first attempt too.... (thanks to my dear SIL for the recipe :))

Happy Birthday, my darling Hasif...

Force 2 SSP

I brought this chocolatey chocolate moist cake to a reunion event at Azah's house. Azah is my classmate during high school.

I think next time I will put less roses on the cake.... this is too crowded...

My little beauty at the event....

The cake was put on a 'pedestal'! Err, I mean, the cake stand... thanks Azah! I love Azah's utensils. They are sooooo beautiful.....

(p/s: see the spaghetti & meat sauce? That was from me too... hehe)

I had a jolly good time meeting my old & treasured friends. And eating all those good food.

Must do this again....

Chocolate Banana Cake

This is a kinda late post.

Dalila's birthday is on early March and she celebrated it 3 times last month. The first was with her classmates at school, the second one was with her cousin and granddad at my parents house, and this cake is for the event celebrated together with her dad and elder brother, Zarif; at my in-laws house.

However, for the brother, March is not his birthday month. He just got his SPM results and passed with flying colours, Alhamdulillah...

As usual, 3-in-1 cake!

This cake is quite complicated to make; took me many,many hours in the kitchen. In the end, I was too tired to decorate it and just wrote their names on the cake :).

The names are in the order of seniority...:)

Picture of the birthday girl cutting the precious cake, helped by mom...:).
Pity, I didn't snap the pictures after it was cut; the 3-layered banana looked sooo beautiful..

Aaaargh! Need to improve on my handwriting!

Happy Belated Birthday, my lovely girl and other half.

Congratulations, my handsome boy.

Sorry Secret Recipe. I have found your secret...teee heee!

Happy Birthday, Ibu

No, this is not for my mum. Though I call my mum as 'ibu', so far I haven't got the chance to bake and decorate a birthday cake for her. Somebody has already beat me to it, or there were enough food stuff already or the event/time is not right for a 'birthday cake'.

These pictures are the ones that I have been waiting from Haziq, since last month. I didn't get the chance to take the pictures on that day. The cupcakes were whisked away while the reliable, simple, digital camera was 'away'.

But, it turned out to be okay, since these pics were taken by somebody else, and this somebody else used the err, whatchamacallit, errk, expensive SLR camera (sorry, this 'camera' topic is alien to me, hope this is the correct term, or at least the readers can understand what I mean), it gives a fresh view/perspective compared to those that I usually presented.

See it for yourself...






These cupcakes were ordered by Haziq's friend for her, who else, mum.

Hope the mum likes it. She's one lucky mum.

English Bouquet For Anita

It's been a long time that I haven't met Anita and her family. Due to our busy schedules, it's quite difficult to set a date to meet, not to mention a date including our families too.

We found it very challenging to meet, postponing several times, until her mother got sick, had a knee operation, and therefore was 'grounded'.

That did it.

So, during the recent Maulidur Rasul holiday, at last, my family and I (including my parents) got to visit Anita and her family at Shah Alam.

these are the cupcakes that I brought for the family

my current favourite design, English Bouquet

hope Anita & family like them.

Get well soon, Makcik Maznah! Miss your marvellous pineapple tarts and kuih bakar!

So glad we made it... really great to meet them all.

Happy 22nd Birthday Kamil!

I would like to thank my dear sister, Inoi, for giving me the chance to work on this project.

A very interesting project - requested by Azlin, her childhood friend.

This is the first time I did a non-flowery on un-girlish (is there such word?) theme. The theme is 'GILA-GILA' and the cupcakes were for a man. Men-themed cakes are sooo limited!

I racked my brains to fulfill this theme, with help from my darling Dalilah. Cupcakes are supposed to be sweet and refreshing and nice and beautiful. I feel it's sacriligious to put/design anything hideous on them that make people feel 'choked' to eat them. What am I going to put/draw on those cakes?

Soooo, here's the results!!

See the design on top right and bottom left cupcakes? That was Inoi's idea.
She suggested 4 cupcakes for this design but I didn't have the heart to put too many cupcakes with this design.... ugh!

hope the rest of the hand-drawn designs are recognizable...

Hope I didn't disappoint Azlin and fervently hope that Kamil likes them! Happy Birthday Kamil!

Interesting Recipe Book

Commercial Break!

I have no baking project to report today, but in a mood to post something here. Haziq is supposed to mail me the pictures of my latest project, as all the said pictures reside in his friend's camera. Unfortunately, he is already in Melaka now.

"How come the pictures are not in YOUR camera?" you might ask.

Well.... it's a long story... anyway, truthfully, I'm quite pissed off, but I hope to be able to post those pictures in my next post. It was an interesting project and I put quite an effort to execute it. And am quite satisfied with the results.

Enough of baking projects.

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Purple Power Part 2

So glad that at last I finished my third doll cake.

Been working on it for a week starting with the fondant alphabets and fondant upper gown.

However, when I finished, it looked so...so... PURPLE!

Waaaa!

purple hair, purple gown, purple hair ribbon, purple flowers and purple alphabets

left only with a fair, beige skin and gold accessories

and...last but not least.... golden-colored cake board!

Hope both of you like it... Happy Birthday Diana & Syira!

Purple Power Part 1

Luckily I remembered Jojie's Birthday.

I was so busy that I almost forgot her birthday which coincides with Diana's.

first time I used fondant alphabets on cupcakes,
with fondant flowers and leaves too

second pose with different arrangements,
which is better, eh?

Happy Birthday Jojie... may Allah bless you...