Is it really buttercream?

Hello hello hello! Hows it goin everybody. I've been missing for awhile. Been helping out Hana Tajima with her RE-WORK workshop. Have you heard of it? But I've still been making cakes. Mostly buttercream cakes. Its actually easier to decorate with buttercream. At least for me. In case you don't know what I'm talking about, Buttercream is the soft white-coloured cream people use to cover and decorate a cake. Besides buttercream, there's fondant or royal icing cakes which are hard and last longer which makes it more suitable for wedding or hantaran cakes especially in Malaysia's hot weather.

However, buttercream cakes are usually more affordable. I don't usually recommend bride to be's to have a buttercream cake as their wedding or hantaran cakes because it's more difficult to handle and is a hassle to bring for long distance travel. But when people still request for them, I try my best nonetheless to make a beautiful cake for your special day.

The following cake is one of my favorites because people would wonder if that's really made from buttercream. My grandma actually touched it to make sure whether it's hard or soft! I was in awe when she did that, but it was kinda funny. heh.

Buttercream flowers piped by hand

love the colors

You can even make 2D drawing or prints by just piping buttercream..

Funky Zebra Prints

More flowers. This is for an engagement. I've made this design before but in another colour.

If that looks complicated for you to do yourself, a messy look is always in. Make your own topper using paper, and you're good to go!

heart shaped sprinkles dress up this bachelorette party cake!

How do you like them? I'm planning to organize a Buttercream Technique Class where you can learn all about the basics of buttercream and different kinds of piping techniques. So if you are interested, just drop me an email and I'll keep you posted on the details ;)

Toodles!

Long time no see!

Hey hey hey! Im back! I didn;t go anywhere actually. My granma got admitted to the hospital for an intestine problem. So saya telah mencutikan diri saya for that reason. tak cuti sangat la pun. Still buat cake. Cuma updatenye tak. Anyways, dah berduyun-duyun dah gambar tak masuk blog ni. Let's see what we've been up to... 



Qailila Jasmine's aqiqah

This is actually my first iPhone cupcake



For an engagement

 

This is the 2nd time I've made this same design

Little mermaid. jadi tak?

Flowery..

There's more pictures! Even more awesome one's that includes a London bridge and big ben. Say what?! london bridge?! haaaaa....So come back later k. Toodles!

Arsenal in Ruffles Vs Winnie the Pooh?

Hehe..

Playing with colours

A few customers have told me that they like my cakes because of how I play with the colours. It makes the cake pop and kids especially really get attracted to it. Colours really set the right mood for any cake. Soft, romantic colours for wedding and engagement cakes and pretty, warm colours for birthday cakes. But for me, one thing that is always the same for any type of cake is that there must be a contrast of a few different colours so that the cake isn't boring coz afterall, it is just a cake! so don't be afraid to play with even the brightest colours!

Family Reunion cake. Bright, fun colours for a happy family gathering.

Birthday cakes should always be bright and cheery. But the background is usually a lighter shade of colour.

Romantic white engagement cake with a pop of red and pink.

Come back for more!

really short post

I actually want to make this post longer and post more pictures. However, I left the camera at my cheras house and only brought the smaller sony camera with me to Desa Pandan. So this is all I got.

More pictures and stories coming soon. =)

Featured!

Hi everyone! I'm happy to announce that we are featured in Wanita magazine's December issue! This is a special wedding issue so to all you bride-to-be's, don't forget to get a copy today!

Wanita Mag also used my mum's garden as the backdrop for their article on flower girls..and boys.

Here are some photos of the cakes that I shot myself and also some behind the scenes pictures..

Hexagon's were cut out manually by hand. No ready made cutters.

Brush embroidery

Don't you just love those owls



More cakes and new space part 2

Gooooood Morning! I'm up early today. Got lots of things to do. For those who have been waiting for my reply on quotations etc, sorry to keep you waiting but I will reply all of you today insyallah.. Here are some of our latest cake projects before I tell you guys more about the new space..

Took some pictures at Sofia's house. Cantik kan?

Sofia's engagement "mini" pelamin. very pretty.

So remember last week I told you about our home improvement project? We revamped our old vacant apartment so that we could use it as our new workspace. Let's look at the before and after pictures..

1)Living Room: The marble floors were polished and the walls are given a new coat of paint. I chose light yellow because I wanted the room to have a bright feel and also because I'm so bored of white walls. Also, we changed the old light fixtures. The dining area gets a slightly more fancy light and I actually had it lowered another 5 inches than in the picture. oh and also we painted all the doors white including the main door which was changed into a new solid wood door.

Before

After

2) Bedroom 1: This is the room beside the master bedroom. All the rooms are given a fresh coat of paint and the parquet was changed to tiles. Also, the window frames were change to new metal frames and the light fixture is also new. This room will be the office/bedroom.

Before

After (note the funky light and excuse the messy furniture)

3) Master Bedroom: Same thing was done with the master bedroom. new floors, new paint and new window frames.

Before

After

4) Bedroom 2: Also the same thing for bedroom 2. new floors, new paint and new window frames.

Before

After

5) Kitchen & bathroom: This has got to be the best makeover in the whole house. The kitchen was in the worst condition and now its pretty and sparkly and the layout is more practical. The kitchen used to have a door (you can't see it in any of the pictures,its on the left side.) which was actually beside the front door, but we had it closed to give more space.

Before

Before

After

The bathroom are given new plastic sliding doors so they don't eat up space and since they're plastic, they last longer and are easier to clean and maintained.

After

After

We added the shower head. Before this, the bathroom had a big water container (kolah air. heh.) which took up a lot of space. Now it feels bigger. We added simple, inexpensive bathroom accessories from Ikea.

After after.

We've now added more furnitures and decorations to the space and I've already started doing my cake deco work there. I'll update more pictures later.. =)