Christening cake for a baby girl

This is a very cute one. I shall say I am very proud of it as well. Every ocassion calls for a new opportunity of being excited in crafting a new Specialty Cake that I would be proud of. This is one of those exciting ones that made me think of simple yet elegant, pretty yet delicate because it is for a baby's event!!
The one who ordered, Lilian already have a photo which she would want me to copy but I had to explain that I Do Not Copy designs. I always have my own design and if Incase, I use photos for inspirations, I make/create my own version. Although, to be honest I was inspired by the photo that she sent to me so I made a very cute pink baby boots/shoes as a topper, and the butterfly from another cake...so I made small butterflies and it looks like flying around a pretty cake. Check out my craft!

Jack and the Neverland Pirates

This is an exciting one! I was waiting for the moment to do this kind of cake. It's a big challenge for me to make a boat on a cake, i figured to make a pirate island cake and a treasure chest since there's 2 orders of cake for this party and cupcakes. (I have declined making cupcakes but i did try to finish all of it on time for the birthday party)

The feedback is positive for the design, but it was a sweet chocolate cake recipe....at this time I am trying various recipes for a chocolate cake which would taste lovely but not that sweet.

Check out the specialty cakes...

Mickey mouse cake ..added photos

As i was browsing my blog.. I noticed this one is missing. Check out the picture of my mickey mouse cake, it's together with the mickey mouse cupcakes...this photo with the stars is taken at the party itself.

Hello Kitty specialty Cake

A birthday cake for Baby Lian's 3rd birthday party. Prepared overnight. I wanted this cake to look like a castle cake but I don't want it to look similar to the one I made from my previous princess cake order. So it may look like a castle but not really...just unique!! Creativity wise...no two cake design should look the same, it defeits my purpose of customizing the cakes for each individual.

Princess cake

A simple cake yet very pretty. It's a rush order. I accepted the order on Tuesday evening for Thursday party even if I have a scheduled order for Saturday and Sunday. My prepping time was moved or actually removed. But because I wanted to make a child happy and see that her cake is a special cake made for her, a princess cake...i accepted the order without second thought.

It's a happy day!

My grueling weekend is over. 2 sleepless nights.. Total of 3..from last Thursday.. Now i know why other crafters charge for rush orders..I accepted a rush order and didn't charge "rush order fee"(...and it's a good mistake cause i know now what to do next time) It was difficult because I already have a schedule for the weekend, 1 on Saturday and 3 on Sunday... Ouch!! i shall say.... But guess what??? I am so very pleased i worked it out just fine!!! My craft i still very impressive and I am always surprise to amaze myself...What I achieve everytime is something money couldn't buy, but I am so blessed that it is something I could share and make other people happy with my creativity. Of course i charged the orders, but my happiness is different especially if I get a positive feedback from those who ordered the cake and see the final product.

... Will upload the cakes I did the last few days.. Big smile on my face now :)

Mickey mouse cupcakes ...added more photos

Latest creation I made. My husband's colleague ordered 80cupcakes... As a hobbyist my specialty cupcakes and cakes are quite cheap compared to the prices in the market/commercial establishments... I was obliged to buy 38pcs cupcake stand for this order because i wanted my cupcakes to stand out in the party..don't want it to be just the usual cupcake you eat everyday. I was very happy and proud of myself even if I haven't slept for a few days lol! It's because i work best at night and my creativity is at its best that time. ;)

2nd class/ 2nd week of baking class

More pictures on the class. Apparently I am the only one who's excited to document this experience!!
Wanna know why? ... Cause i got more pictures with me... Lol!
First photo with our chiffon baking Chef Korina or Corina...
Second photo is "the busy kitchen".
Third photo is myself baking in the Creative Culinaire's kitchen!!
Fourth photo is with my ever lovely (i shall not say seat mate) table/baking mate.. Auntie Sohn.

Cake Foundation Baking class

It's full of excitement today!!
Loved the way how i baked my chiffon cake after the class, did it with a partner: auntie Sohn.
I thought it was a difficult one, but it turned out... It was easy and lovely... Just need to make the right consistency of every mixture of ingredients. Ooh happy day!!!

My first official cake baking class

My first official baking class started today. Oct 17,2012. It was really a wonderful feeling to be in Chef Judy Koh's class of Creative Culinaire.

First let me talk about our Chef teacher. Before I chose the baking school, I researched about the Chef who will teach me, actually I did research of other chefs from other companies too. It is very important for me. I am a perfectionist. (Self-proclaimed) but in a way I wanted to be taught by someone with really very good skills and with awesome reputation in baking business because I know that person will have a lot to share and I know little things of what she will share would mean a lot to me and to how I am going to use it in practice.
According to published online articles she had 2 guiness world record (maybe more... i found 2record so far ;) ) First, she was one of the Chefs who made the tallest chocolate structure, another one is the biggest cake in the world... I just can't remember which year.
I was so excited attending her class today. She's a humorous person and friendly, she also wears a smile on her face all the time while she's teaching and demonstrating cake baking to us.

I have been baking for a few months now and after I attended her class, i have learned the science behind each Technique. I usually just put things all together and my recipe is a shortcut because it gives me a very good taste and texture... But I didn't know what I did wrong whenever something is not consistent with the cake(of the same recipe) I baked a month ago and the cake I baked yesterday. Again, after the class I know what ingredients or temperature or what recipe works best...
It was a great feeling for me to go home.. As expected... small things did me a great favor. As expected... I enjoyed the class. As expected... I am more confident and more knowledgeable. As expected... Chef Judy is very good! Can't wait for our next class.

Painted fondant cake

This cake is the base of a 3 tier cake. It was a pre-ordered chocolate cake. I have to be honest that my mom didn't have oven in the province so i had to pre-order my cakes, as much as i want to make/bake my cakes but i have no choice this time. (I am 4hrs +45mins plane ride away from home)

I planned my time to prepare this cake, i was expecting it to arrive at 10am august10...the celebration is Aug11
In the afternoon. Guess what? It arrived 3pm.. That's sad and bad business to whoever we ordered the cake to... I didn't have enough 6hours time to keep my cake frosted inside the fridge. They don't know how important time is for cakes and cake decorating. Besides i am not decorating 1 cake alone. There's 3 of them. So i had to revise my design.

I started frosting one by one right after it arrived, oh no i still had to wait... one bad thing they did... they delivered the cake "fresh from the oven" cake was not in good shape when it arrived (sigh!) it has bump bruise on the side... Have to pop it in the fridge to cool it down. Then i started frosting for real. Took it out at midnight and started decorating one by one. I finished the next day. I didnt have time to prepare myself for the event... I looked exhausted..... But very happy that I have shown my mommy that i made a very lovely cake for her.

I will make another blog with pictures of my helpers. Good times. :)

Super "S" cake

Super "S" cake
This is the top layer of a 3tiered cake i made last August. It is made of fondant. I painted it with white shimmering powder. And the "s" I formed is made of golden sugarpaste.

This cake is very special because it was for mommy saning (my mom/grannyMom).
I went home from Singapore to Philippines all the way to Iriga City to make this lovely cake.
I made it a point my cake is super special by making the initial "S" for super mommy because she raised 11kids... Including me is 12children in total... That's a record cause everyone lived their life to the fullest.

Bowling

This is the latest specialty cake i made for a classmate. She ordered it for her friend who loves bowling.
I took photo while i was still making the design. I also took a photo of it's cake with a buttercream frosting before i covered it with fondant.
It was kind of funny because the bowling pin i made is small. Then i made a big bowling ball. But when i put them together.. It looked lovely.

Specialty cakes

I made a few more of specialty cakes these past few months.
I would love to share and blog it when time permits. For now.. Please check out the latest specialty cake i made on my earlier blog. God bless!

Dora the Explorer specialty cake

Dora the explorer themed cake (photo taken at home)

This was mainly created/customized for my God daughter Zoey Sia Borra. I covered the main cake with lots of hot pink flowers, with small ones. I wanted it to look like a "gardenia style tropical island". I took a lot of photo of course I was so proud to know that I can pull this one. I did not think about the design in advance nor draw it in a paper but I have an idea of what I want the cake to look like just like how I explained Dora the explorer's vacation would be in my previous post, It was more of a spontaneous thing. I also love to mention, Dora the Explorer cake topper looks lovely, all i need is create the purple bag.

Dora the explorer specialty cake for Zoey Sia Borra
(photo taken at the party)

June 30, 2012. This is the most exciting part when everybody saw the cake at the party. I was nervous, yet proud because I knew I will make the parents happy and specially my 2 years old Goddaughter will definitely love Dora having an adventure by having a grand vacation on a lovely tropical gardenia style island. I small details, about 5 yellow stars as background, and the map which is relatively bigger than the bag. I just put it a bit far from the bag so size won't matter at this point. The background, orange wrapped gifts highlighted the colors of the cake, specially the pink flowers.. it seems more vibrant than the picture taken at home. :)) but it was actually hot pink flowers. All in all, the party went well and everybody loved the cake.

Grand vacation themed cake

Dora the Explorer specialty cake

After a friend saw my daughter's cake, she informed me that she wanted the same Dora themed cake for her daughter. I was ecstatic with the fact that someone loved my design and at the same time I would have another reason to make another lovely cake. Since I had a lot of time preparing, I researched with the possible design that I can make with Dora the explorer's cake.

This cake seems like it's finished but it's just the initial design. The top layer cake is 6 inch covered with fondant. I wanted the idea that Dora the explorer is having a grand vacation in a lovely tropical island which is full of lovely flowers, but I also wanted to incorporate the idea of a lovely ocean view in there. That's where I got the ideal design of the top layer. 

Next blog will be the final product

Dora inspired fondant cake

My first fondant cake: My daughter's 6th birthday 

This is the first time I made a fondant cake on May 31, 2012. My inspiration, are my daughters. I knew I can make something very nice but since I never had enough time to prepare and conceptualize the design. It was this simple yet very pretty and was well appreciated at that time. The cake topper was real toys. 

This was the time I knew I can make something out of my being artistic and at the same time doing something about it by being productive. :))

I always am very happy after creating lovely cake/cupcake designs.