layered cake and new cupcake flavours

chocolate sundae cupcake with raspberry icing

strawberry sweetheart cupcake with choc icing

almond sugee cupcake with lilac rose icing

More closed-up shots and details of the new cupcake flavours I did for Emma's party.

And a the chocolate and strawberry layered cake. The greatest compliment came from the hubs who said the cross-section view of the cake looked like those American wedding cakes!

happy birthday emma

Dear little Emma finally got to celebrate her 1st birthday today after the family, herself including, got hit by the pox. It was a purple and pink piglet theme party. And thanks to her lovely parents, my pals H & J, and their faith in me, I finally got to do my first cake and candy bar! After a breakbreaking Saturday of baking and decorating, I completed 72pcs of cupcakes in 3 flavours (choc-berry sweetheart, berry sundae and rose sugee) and a 3-layered choc and strawberry cake with choc frosting for this birthday girl to cut. I had heap-loads of fun conceptualising and doing the decor part of the cakes the most!

 

With help from the hubs, we managed to set up Emma's cake and candy bar. It was simply gratifying just to see the smiles and reactions from the adults. But even more so when I saw the looks on the kids faces the minute J said grab a bag and fill it with the sweets you like and the kids went wild! Ok enough said. Here's some shots from the day.

 

Happy Birthday Emma!

fluffy dreamy pancakes

I've always wanted to try my hands at making pancakes. So last Sunday when I asked the hubs what he wanted for brunch, he suggested pancakes! So here you go! Pancakes made from scratch and I have to say it is soooo easy that I'll never pick up a premix again! Here's the 3-steps recipe that you can try at home to jazz up your Sunday brunch at home. I made blueberry with orange zest pancakes. You can throw in any kind of fruits you have in your fridge to go with your pancakes.

Ingredients
375ml buttermilk
1 1/2 cups self-raising flour
2 tbsp castor sugar
1 egg beaten
1 tbsp melted butter

Let's cook!
1. Sift flour into bowl, add sugar.
2. Pour some of the buttermilk in and whisk till smooth. Add in rest of buttermilk while continously whisking into a smooth batter. Add in egg and butter and whisk till blended well.
3. Add in blueberries and orange zest and mix well.
4. Heat pan with some butter pour enough batter and cook till bubble appear before flipping over.
5. Stack pancakes topped with a generous knob of butter and drizzle of maple syrup and tuck in!

We found this really cute little bottle of Japanese maple syrup which taste authentic enough just a tad runny. But the cutest thing is the lid! There is 2 openings, 1 for small drizzle and the other for more flow! Trust the Japanese to come up with such things!!

more colours to come

I'm excitedly anticipating the arrival of these little babies!! I'm crazy about polka dots. It's unexplainable! But they just dress up my cupcakes in the way that brings a smile to my face haha! So anyway was a bit frustrated with the limited colours available (only orange and pink) at my usual supplies store and decided to search the world wide web for more options. And thanks to Ally (who's really good at surfing the web I must say), I found these babies in so many colours! My favourite is the blue, thus I order more blue haha! So friends who are having baby boys, you know who to order your 1st month cupcakes from yeah **big wink**!

pretty little cupcakes

Tell me, who out there does not go "oh so nice" when you see a pretty cupcake?! It may be the sweetest small cake you've ever eaten but the cute little thing never fails to attract us all isn't it? Cupcakes were one of the first things I tried when I started baking a year ago. I think I can finally say I have improved the looks of my cuppies by leaps and bounds haha! Here's 2 batches I made for a friend, V's sister's wedding this weekend. 

Jafffa cupcake

Mocha cupcake

In case anyone's keen to order these little beauties, they are $1.80/pce. They are about 4.5cm. Min. Qty of 20pcs per flavour, a week in advance if possible. 

 Cupcake Flavours as follows:
- chocolate 
- vanilla 
- banana 
- lemon
- coffee 
- choco-nana (chocolate banana) 
- jaffa (chocolate orange) 
- strawberry swirl  
- blueberry swirl 
- sugee

Frosting flavours:
- chocolate
- vanilla
- peanut butter
- coffee
- almond
- rose

- frosting can be done in various colours in vanilla flavour

xmas baking frenzy

How was your Xmas and New Year hols? My was a mad but enjoyable baking frenzy hehe! Here's the count over the break: 8 sugee cakes, 2 brownies, 2 blueberry cheesecakes, 2 lemon cheesecakes, 1 oreo cheesecake, 1 tiramisu, and 3 log cakes wahah! Here's some of the evidence.

Cheesy cheesecake

Another all-time favourite up for orders, Chessecakes! For now only available in one flavour - Blueberry Chessecake. I'm working on a Cheescake Brownie and maybe, just maybe Lemon Cheesecake with Oreo. So watch this space for more flavours to come.



Blueberry Cheesecake 8" (1kg) at $40. Plump blueberries set in gelatine set on light and smooth cream cheese with a tint of lemon, on a bed of densely packed crumbled digestives biscuits. This is a non-baked cake and chilling is a must.



For orders, pls email me at fyke134@yahoo.com.sg or call/text/whatsapp me at 98432932, a week in advance

christmas logs

A must for Christmas, besides roast turkey, is definitely a log cake! I'm planning to do a Forest Noir Log for my own family dinner. It's the same as the one I did for my mother-in-law's birthday dinner early this year.



Christmas Forest Noir Log Cake 1kg (feeds 8-10pax) at $40. Separate brandied cherries at $10 per container. Decadent dark chocolate roll with brandied cherries cream center, coated with dark chocolate shavings - simply irresistible! Kids-friendly non-alcoholic version also available, with separate brandied cherries that can be used to served together with sliced cakes.



For orders, pls email me at fyke134@yahoo.com.sg or call/text/whatsapp me at 98432932, a week in advance

P/S: I promise as much as I want to put the cute santa, reindeers and sleigh, no cheesy xmas decor ok heh!

takeaway my tiramisu

I had 2 orders for my Tiramisu this month, thanks to the support of my fabulous family and friends! What sets my Tiramisu apart is my mascarpone cheese is light and fluffy, containing only the best type of alcohol (and loads of it). Highly recommended for the alcoholics! Alcohol level can be adjusted accordingly. Pls state your preference when placing order.



Strawberry Tiramisu at $45 for 8" (1.2kg). Decadent fluffy layers of mascarpone cheese sandwiched between Grand Marnier soaked fingers and the freshest strawberries, topped with more strawberries and a dusting of rich Hersheys cocoa powder.



Classic Coffee Tiramisu at $40 for 8" (1.2kg). Decadent fluffy layers of mascarpone cheese sandwiched between Kaluha and fragrant espresso soaked fingers, topped with a dusting of rich Hersheys cocoa powder. Guaranteed to give you the kick you need!



Also available in petite cocktail size cups (3 x 2 x 2") at $2.50/cup for Strawberry Tiramisu and $2.00/cup for Coffee Tiramisu, minimum 24pcs per order.



This is the exact cups, comes with petite spoon. Ribbon colours can be customised but subject to stock availability.

Pls email me at fyke134@yahoo.com.sg or call/text/whatsapp at 98432932 for orders a week in advance pls :)

fancy a sugee

For those who love the all-time favourite Eurasian Sugee Cake like me, it's so difficult to find a good one these days, isn't it? So I thought why not try baking it myself right? No harm trying, even if it sucks, I'm sure the hubs and I will eat it ourselves haha! Not to mention a couple of pals who are more-than-willing guinea pigs hehe! Anyhow, guess what? Success! According to most of my taste-tasters, it's moist on the inside and has the right texture of a sugee cake - yay! Oh it's also not too sweet, totally friendly for the health-conscious. I haven't figured out the marzipan and icing bit. So for now it's a "naked" cake and yesss I'm taking orders for Xmas!



Eurasian Sugee Cake, available in loaf or 6" (650g) at $20; or 8" (1kg) at $30. Rich and moist, yet light and buttery Sugee Cake filled with almond bits and fragrant rose essence, topped with almond slivers.



Also available in cupcake sizes of 5cm at $36 for 24pcs; or 6.5cm at $30 for 12pcs.



Loaves and round cakes come wrapped in silver foil, while cupcakes will be packed into white boxes. Both are then accentuated with festive red or brown ribbon bow, complete with a tag for your personalised message - the perfect gift for house parties this festive season!





For orders, pls email me at fyke134@yahoo.com.sg or call/text/whatsapp me at 98432932, a week in advance :)

tiramisu-me

I'm sure all of us have a love-hate relationship with tiramisu. It's too rich, yet you can't resist the soft creamy mascarpone cheese with caffeine/alcohol-soaked finger biscuits, sprinkled with cocoa powder....YUMS! Sadly I don't think I can really eat a whole piece without feeling "jelat" (meaning sick). Thus recently I saw in Delicious food mag (it's a UK mag) this recipe for mango-risu! Not only did it look lovely and delicious! However, cutting mangoes is something I really rather not do, so I thought I can do this recipe with strawberries instead. So I attempted it for a friend's birthday dinner recently, without much thought, jumped straight into it and here's what it looks like!



Lovely isn't it haha!



Cross-section view! How does it taste? Oh so light and yummy! Not "jelat" at all!!