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Friday, December 6, 2013

3 Special Minions - Dave, Stuart & Tim

Dave, Stuart & Tim for Axton, Asher & Andre!

Ein Ein contacted me to bake a special cake for her twin boys Asher & Andre who are celebrating their 1st milestone birthday, together with elder brother Axton who is turning 4. 


She wanted a big rainbow cake with cream cheese frosting, 
with 3 special minion toppers  - Dave, Stuart and Tim.


The party theme was Minions which is all the rage, 
and mommy & daddy dressed in minion Ts 
while mommy had her nails adorned with minion designs. 
Cool mom! ^_^

 


Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Pastel Purple And Pink Lego Blocks for Gwyen



My friend Germaine asked if I could make Lego blocks for her daughter's 5th birthday. 

I would love to make cakes for girls!






Her request was quite straight forward - 2 Lego blocks in pink and lilac colours, 
one measuring 3" wide x 6" long and the other 5" wide x 10" long. 








 







To brighten the cake, I suggested rainbow letters for the board.











Mommy helped to place the Lego Friends figurines on the cake and it was completed!








Sunday, December 1, 2013

Gru & His Minions For Ignatius

In general, my boys don't have a lot of requests for their cakes. 
Why? I don't know, maybe they are just kind to their mommy. LOL

For Ignatius, last year for his 7th birthday, I got away with cupcakes topped with my signature Perfect Swirl, 
topped with Avengers images printed on edible icing.

This year, I tried my luck again. "What kind of cake would you like this year, Iggy?", I asked.
"Can I have minions?", was the reply.

Hmmmmm....... I have NOT made 3D fondant figurines before. Maybe I should say no, just in case I fail and he would end up 
with a cake with ugly toppers. I had a discussion with my assistant (aka hubby). He asked me to go for it, because 
if I do not try something different, I won't know if it will work out. 
Hokay, I really didn't want to disappoint my son. So I said yes.






A couple days later, when he got home from school, Iggy changed his mind a little. "Mommy, you know, 
I like the minions a lot, but I like Gru more!" 

Erm....... I was trying to figure out what he meant. 

OH! He wants me to make Gru too?!?!





I got into a little panic but was also secretly happy 
that my son thinks I can make a Gru for him!  

As the party drew near, I started working on the figurines days in advance. I decided to give the minions different arm positions, just to make each one look a little unique.




To complete the look, Iggy helped to make the little bananas out of fondant! 
Aren't they just so cute?  





Monday, November 18, 2013

Birthday Cakes For Scouts Cuboree 2013

Tenderfoot Mom. The first time I heard that phrase, I was really clueless about what it meant. Later on, I discovered that "Tenderfoot" is used to describe first-timer cub scouts. Tenderfoot Mom sounded cute and I like it ^_^



Scouts Cuboree 2013 was a new experience for the whole family! Aloysius stayed at the Sarimbun campsite with his group in a tent for 2 nights, his first time away from home. For us, we were all excited before the camp, helping to organize, label and pack all his things.

Our Scout leader Carol heard that I bake cakes, she contacted me and asked if I could make 6 big cakes for the closing ceremony for the camp. The intention was to celebrate the November babies birthday and there were 80 of them (cubs, scouts, leaders, all inclusive).





I was honoured to be asked to bake for the Cuboree, and I was really excited. After confirming the design for the icing image, I sent it to be printed. Fortunately, my friend Paik Sim (of Bake Tales) helped me out by baking 3 of the cakes. For all six cakes, we both used American Buttercream as it wasn't possibly to have the cakes refrigerated. Paik Sim kindly sent all the cakes to the campsite on the very morning of the last day. 




I love piping and I piped some borders around the icing image, around the top of the cake and around the base. Base icing colour was light green while the icing for the borders were dark green; these 2 shades of green follows the scout uniform!


I have enjoyed being a Tenderfoot Mom in 2013. In 2014, I will be a Tenderfoot Mom again as my second son is joining scouts too. Guess what? I will be a Tenderfoot Mom again in 2015, when my third son joins scouts at Primary 1! Lucky me! *grins*



































Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Alexa's Rainbow Delight


Lucky Alexa had 2 birthday cakes or her 3rd birthday!

Her second cake is a 8" rainbow cake, iced with cream cheese frosting, surrounded by tall Kit Kats and topped with rainbow coloured M&Ms.










This a a truly sweet treat, for an equally sweet little girl.









Here's little Alexa, with all her lovely birthday presents.


Saturday, November 9, 2013

3D Mickey Mouse Clubhouse for Alexa


This is the 2nd year that I'm making Alexa's birthday cake. 

It's an honour to receive request from the same customer again, thank you, Stephanie for trusting me again with your daughter's birthday cake.


Alexa likes Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, therefore the design had to include a 3D replica of the clubhouse, along with the giant white gloved hand. I added rainbow coloured lettering to brighten the cake. Toys were provided by Alexa's mommy.



Pretty little Alexa in a purple dress, at her birthday party.


Another shot of the birthday girl at cake-cutting.

Happy birthday Alexa! ^_^



Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Pretty Pink Cookies for Erin

Erin is 8!




Last year, I made pretty cucpakes for Erin, for her 7th birthday. The cupcakes were a hit with her classmates.


This year, Erin decided that she wanted something different, so it was cookies instead. I made a BIG HEART shape and I coloured the cookie dough pink, just to make it extra sweet!











I used royal incing in a sweet baby pink colour to ice the cookies. I also added 2 cute little fondant blossoms to decorate the cookies, along with a personalized fondant tag with hand stamped message,"ERIN IS 9 TODAY".


Cookies turned our really pretty, isn't it?
Individual cookies were packed in mini ziplock bags to maintain freashness and keep them crispy!

Thanks to my friend Carmen, for trusting me with her daughter's birthday treats once again!!  ^_^


Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Birthday Cupcakes For Godma

Birthday Cupcakes for my Kai Ma!



Over the years, I have bought cakes and cupcakes for my Kai Ma (godma/godmother) on her birthdays. 
This year I made a butter cake for her for Chinese New Year and she said it was good.

This year I decided to make a box of cupcakes for her. 


Kai Ma and her family enjoyed the cupcakes very much. 

She even viewed my blog and Facebook photos online! *happy*




Appreciation For Teachers By The Khoolets

Teacher's Day 2013 - Cupcakes, Cupcakes and MORE Cupcakes! 



For all the lovely teachers and principcals at St. Joseph's Institution Junior, Marymount Kindergarten, Mandeville Music Conservatory and Confucius Institute! ^_^

This year, I made so many cupcakes and I think I lost count! There were trays and trays of vanilla and chocolate cupcakes every other day, it was good that we could stagger the deliveries - school teachers on Weds and enrichment teachers on Fri and Sat of the week.

At the same time, I also volunteered to make 20 cupcakes for the Teacher's Day lunch party at SJIJ, organzied by the Parent Volunteers. Although I couldn't go and serve the teachers, a friend came to pick up the cupcakes from my place while I was at work. *Thanks Fel!*

For these cupcakes, I had the chance to venture into making Swiss Meringue Buttercream for the first time! I wanted to let the teachers try something different (from the cupcakes that the boys would be giving out) at the lunch, so I bit the bullet and got to work. 

The Swiss Meringue Buttercream turned out very well and it was really yummy!


 Hey, I managed to do the Baking Bees Perfect Swirl with Swiss Meringue Buttercream! Success!
  

 Heard that the cupcakes were well-liked by the teachers and they were all gone! *yippee*




For the P2 and P3 boys, the principal, vice-principal, form teachers and chinese teachers received a box of 4 cupcakes each - 2 vanilla and 2 chocolate, decorated with hand crafted floral accents and message stars stamped with "THANK YOU" & "YOU ARE NO. 1".  Other subject teachers received a box of 3 cupcakes each.

All made with the signature Baking Bees Perfect Swirl with American Buttercream.






Similarly, the violin and cello teachers at Mandeville Music Conservatory received 4 cupcakes in a box. The aural teacher and piano accompaniment teachers received 3 each.




Marymount Kindergarten principal and teachers received 3 each too! Actually I know that Ascensius' form teacher does not eat cake! Hahaha!








Confucius Institute chinese teachers have been teaching the 3 boys for a few years now. 
To make them more special, I printed the boys' chinese names and added tiny little hearts as decoration, together with the hand crafted floral accents and hand stamped stars with message.



Heartfelt thanks to all the teachers, for all your hard work and dedication! 
^_^



Teacher's Day Cupcakes For the Chwas

Teacher's Day Cupcakes with a Touch of Personalization


My friend June asked me to bake some cupcake for her children 
to give to their teachers for Teacher's Day. 

Her 3 children are in different school, so apart from personalized fondant toppers 
with their names (Victoria, Hannah & Amir), the cupcake icing colours also matches 
the school colours in green and blue.


Hand made and hand stamped personalized fondant toppers.


Cupcakes assembled!


Cupcake up close and personal! ^_^


Cupcakes in individual holders, all ready to be given as gifts!

Thanks to my friend June and her children for coming up with the design, 
and trusting me with the order!




Monday, October 14, 2013

Mario 1-Up Mushrooms for Aadam

The Shrooms are Everywhere!



Aadam is my 2nd boy's classmate. His mom Fatima asked if I  could make some 
Super Mario 1-up Mushrrom theme cupcakes for this 8th birthday celebration at school.

I said I would love to give it a try! :) I googled for pictures to have a reference and 
I thought that they are really adorable! 

I suggested adding a few personalized star toppers, just to make the cupcakes 
more special and add another bright colour. 
Message on the stars was "Aadam is 8".








As the fondant toppers would cover the icing, I made a extra one with the signature
Baking Bees Perfect Swirl Rosette just for mommy Fatima. In fact, I threw in a couple more, 
so Aadam's siblings can get to enjoy them too.

Here's what happened at the school birthday party ^_^
I heard that the cupcakes went in a flash! Some boys asked for extras!
Even the fondant letters on the board was eaten by the boys.




 Birthday Boy giving out cupcakes to his friends and teachers.


Aadam with mommy Fatima, it's a nice pic!


Aadam's sister having a cupcake on the way home. 
She said it was delicious and gave the thumbs up!


Aadam and his sister having more cupcakes at home!
























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