Keith

Keith's 4th Birthday Cake

I took a long break from fondant making/decorating. I only started it for my dear son's birthday!!!!

We decided to make a train with carriages to share with his classmates.

I tried to include all his favourite characters.

First of all, a TRAIN!!!! He loves trains.  Whenever he gets the opportunity, he will ride a train.  Sometimes on his school break, he will ask his Ah Kong (grandfather) to bring him out and they will take trains the whole day long!!!  His Ah Kong is very nice to him and will try to let him ride all the different trains/lines; KTM Komuter, Kelana Jaya Line LRT, Ampang Line Starline and the KL Monorail.

The different views of his train cake. (Sorry the photos are not very nice or clear!)

A peek of the birthday boy peeking at his cake.

A close up of all his favourite characters; Elmo and Cookie Monster.

Of course...... the pigs from Angry Birds!

Larry and Bob from Veggie Tales (further in the background on the yellow train carriage. Larry is poking his head out from the carriage)

I didn't manage to take a close up picture of the Yellow Bird and it's nest from Angry Birds. But it's there in the background.

A different view of the Yellow Bird and a close up of the Red Bird from Angry Birds.

P.S. I've got to continue working with fondant.  A long break doesn't make for beautiful characters or fine work!!! Sigh!

Just Two Dogs

Our neighbour 'doggy-sat' our dog while we were away.  I made a simple cake to thank them.

It's tiresome trying to replicate real life characters.   I made fondant dogs to replicate those real life dogs.  Unfortunately, both dogs look so plain.  Theirs is a larger brown dog and ours is a small black dog.  Yes, both are completely toneless, just one colour per dog! Sigh!

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Children's Favourite Characters

This is going to be a longer post than usual as I'm posting about my son's birthday cake.

This Cookie Monster Sesame Street Book is one of his favourite books.  It reads as follows:

C is for Cookie.

COOOOKIES! COOOOKIES! Best things to eat.

Chocolate cupcakes are also a treat.

Carrots taste good. Me like that crunch.

Corn on the cob makes very nice lunch.

Cucumbers are cool -- me can't get enough.

Cauliflower! Cabbages! Me LOVE that stuff!

Cookie Monster's crazy about cantaloupe, too.

Caramel is good but very hard to chew.

All these things delicious, but cookie's still the best.

Me give you one of the these and then me eat the rest.

Wasn't that fun? Thanks for eating with me.

And now that food's all gone...

Let's eat the letter C!!!

That's his favourite part of the book.  So ........that's what he got as his birthday cake.

 

And since mummy does fondant figurines as a hobby business, he gets other cartoon characters too.  A close up of Mickey and Minnie Mouse.

Winnie the Pooh and Tigger (in their toddler years just like my son)

He also loves Blue in Blue's Clues but Blue got damaged before he got onto the cake.  Here's a photo of him alone.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEITH!

Choo Choo!

Yes, I know it's corny to describe a train as 'choo choo' but this post is after all about a cake for a 1 year old boy.  And most people teach kids that trains are choo choo trains.  Do trains still make the choo choo sound now that it's running on electricity (LRT/Komuter) or diesel (KTM Berhad)?

Anyway, a client recently ordered this cake for her son's one year old birthday party.

Handbag Cake

I made this simple handbag cake for a client. 

Fondant Gymnast

My sister recently ordered 60 cupcakes for my niece's birthday.  Since my niece is into gymrama, I made a fondant gymnast doing a perfect split on the cupcake.  And, yes, of course my sister got a huge discount.  :  )

There are just 24 gymnast here.  I delivered the rest the day before and didn't manage to take a photo.

P.S. Sorry the photo is so bad, this photo was taken at night using flash.

For A Female Golfer

My friend requested this cake for her mum who's an avid golfer.

What I Wish To Do To My Fondant Figurines.....

....seriously that's what I wish I could do - give the uncooperative fondant figurines a big punch in the face!

Another Baby's Full Moon Cake

I made a cake for my friend's new baby girl.

Just a small cake to celebrate a small bundle of joy!

Fire and Rescue Volunteer Cake

A friend ordered a cake for her sister-in-law who is involved in this group MVFRA.  She requested that I make a cake that resembles their fire engine. 

Here's the cake I made (I didn't take a top view of the cake so the ladder on top is hidden)

A close up of the figurine.

 The photo that I referred to.

For a Pokemon Fan

My friend recently ordered a Pikachu shaped cake for her son's 7th birthday. He is a true Pokemon friend. When I passed them the cake, he was watching a Pokemon DVD in their MPV. 

His favourite characters are Cyndaquil.  For uninformed people (like me who had to google it), here's how it looks like.

And, here's my handmade fondant version.

And Baby Charmander.

Here's my handmade fondant version.

Face On?

A client ordered these custom cupcakes.

Happy Birthday Dad and Mum!

We recently celebrated my parents' birthday and being the baker in the family, it fell to me to make a cake for them.  As their birthdays are only one week apart, I did a cake representing both their hobbies.

I tried a new recipe; carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.  As you can clearly see, I'm not that skilled in frosting cakes yet. I usually make unfrosted cakes or fondant covered cakes.

Anyway, my dad's hobby is gardening. He is actually very good in growing roses. Why did I make Fred Flintstone to represent dad?  Hee! Hee! I can't tell, it's a family joke.

My mum's favorite hobby is watching ...... ASTRO!  Notice the Astro controller firmly in her hand?!  She has Marge Simpson's hairstyle (not so extreme though) and she loves wearing pants so unfortunately, it looks a little bit like a man.  I had to include some flowers to highlight that it's actually a woman.

Happy Birthday Dad and Mum!

Father's Day Cake

A close friend ordered a father's day cake for her avid golfer father.  I gave her a few designs to choose (inspired by other talented cake decorators).  Her son chose this:

The side resembles a golf course with rolling hills and flagsticks (hee! hee! I had to google to find out its proper term).

A close up view:

A Basset Hound

Why does a sorrowful basset hound bring a smile to the face?

A friend ordered this birthday cake for her grand aunt.  She requested a basset hound (it is their family pet)

Korean figurines (cause her aunt loves Korean shows)

and daisies (cause her English name is Daisy).

The final result : 

Happy Mother's Day

A Treat For Mum?

Treat your mum to a hand decorated petite cake this Mother's Day.  It comes with a lovable hand-sculpted 3D bear.

 "Thanks Mum" design

"I Love U Mum" design

Either design can be ordered in the following flavours:

Classic - RM42

Classic flavours are fully covered with fondant.
Weighs about 900g and is placed on a 10½” cake board as pictured above.

So Sugee Me, I'm Good

This perfected family recipe will stand up to any argument.  The old-fashioned sugee flavour combines perfectly with a fresh, light feel that leaves no lingering aftertaste.

Cocoa Loco

What better to go crazy over than a classic chocolate cake?  My recipe is moist and dense, with every bite dissolving into loads of pure cocoa flavour.

How Marblelous!

For those who just can't decide: two flavours for the price of one.  Not only that, it's a low-fat treat with a deceptively rich texture.  So, will your next bite be butter cake or chocolate?

Luxurious Luscious Cream - RM55

This rich and moist cake is smothered with a luscious cream cheese walnut frosting.  A true luxury.
Weighs about 1KG and is placed on a 10½” cake board as pictured above.

The usual Fine Print applies.

Please make your bookings early to avoid being disappointed.  These handmade pieces take time so limited pieces will be available.

Nursery Rhyme Cupcakes

Shall we revise our nursery rhymes with these custom ordered cupcakes?

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Top row from left:
Sing a song of sixpence,
A pocket full of rye;
Four and twenty blackbirds
Baked in a pie!

Hey diddle, diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.

Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater,
Had a wife and couldn't keep her;
He put her in a pumpkin shell,
And there he kept her very well.

Bottom row from left:
Twinkle twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky,
Twinkle twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are.

Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes, sir,
Three bags full
One for my master,
One for my dame,
And one for the little boy
Who lives down the land.

Humpty dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty dumpty had a great fall.
And all the Kings' horses,
And all the Kings' men,
Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty
Together again.

Alice In Wonderland

In conjunction with the Alice in Wonderland movie, I custom made some Alice in Wonderland themed cupcakes for a client.. I don't like Tim Burton's version so these cupcakes are based on the Alice In Wonderland cartoon that I watched growing up. (Shows you how old I am right?)

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Top row from left: The caterpillar (He is supposed to be smoking a pipe but nope, these cupcakes are for kids), Queen of Heart's soldier, Mr Rabbit's pocket watch.

Bottom row from left: Tweedle Dee, Cheshire Cat, Tweedle Dum

Children Don't Fight

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With both girl and boy themed cupcakes in a set, hopefully the client's children will be appeased with this custom made cupcakes.

Top row from left: ballet shoes, ballerina, tutu.

Bottom row from left: helicopter, race car, train