We have done it

For those who have been waiting to see the creation of our cakes for the sugar paste class, here it is. :) We will start with my creation which is this 3-tier blue cake with tulip patterns which I love to bits. It takes a lot of effort to cut out the tulip pattern 1 by 1 and painstakingly stick them on 1 by 1. It takes a lot of patience as the pieces are rather delicate and thin so 1 piece may be broken into a few pieces and you have to join them back together and making sure it looks so well joined together that no one can see. :)

Every cake is different and it represents our individual's style. Each has its own unique flavour and charm. Our instructor asked at the end of the class whether we have ever imagined creating cakes like this and our answers were "no". I guess the class helps us understand the different techniques of playing with fondant and the only limitation is our imagination. I kinda am missing the Sat classes and the sticking of the tulips for my final test. Oh well, time to do something about that imaginary cake shop that I have always dream about.

Proudly holding my certificate. :)


Tracy's cake


Salimah's cake

Salimah created this cake with a story in mind. The groom is supposed to climb up to the top step-by-step and I really mean step-by-step, you can see the staircase that she has created for the groom to reach the top with the ring. :)

Ruth's cake

Love the pretty arrangement on Ruth's cake - the beautiful base with the roses, the nice tiara at the top of the cake and the butterflies!

Till the next update, happy new year to my Malay friends and to the rest, happy hols and long weekend. :)

The 100th Post

As I was about to click on start a new post, I noticed that the last post was no. 99 which means this is my 100th post, not many by blogging standards. I recalled the time when I first started this blog with my first post about 2.5 years ago. How time flies! I hope my baking has improved over time from basic butter and chiffon cakes to chocolate and fondant cakes today. Nowhere near retail standards but I do hope one day I can sell my baking and bring smiles, joy and little surprises to people who receive or eat them. :)

Anyway last Thu I baked a small batch of butter cupcakes for my colleague's birthday. If time permits, I prefer handmade gifts for birthdays, be it cards, cakes, etc. I love receiving handmade gifts too. I am glad Lena likes them and was very touched when she saw them. That priceless look makes all the work worth it. :)

Here's my 4th lesson's creation. The cake wasn't very well covered because the aircon was turned on at home when I was covering it. New thing learned! Never cover your cakes in an aircon environment. =|

This coming week will the last and final lesson at BIY as well as the test day! We are required to do a 3-tier cake before we will be awarded our PME diploma module 1 - sugar paste technique. I am looking forward to it, seeing everyone's creation especially Salimah's! :)

Thanks for dropping by! Have a good week!

A Restful Weekend

I finally had a pretty restful weekend. Besides catching up with my colleagues on Fri evening, sugar paste class on Sat, we celebrated Jeston's 3rd birthday on Sat, brekkie with the in-laws on Sun morning and some shopping in the afternoon. In addition to that I slept at 11pm on Sat till 9ish on Sun, it's a luxury to be able to sleep at 11pm these days having leaving office at 10pm and dinnering at close to 11pm. All in all, it was a great weekend! :) How was yours?

Some overdue pictures from my sugar paste class 2 Sat ago. We made a fruit basket and had a lot of fun making the fruits in different shapes and sizes. I love how my purple blanket turned out. The kiddish purplish floral blanket reminds of how a little girl's blankie looks like.

I brought the cake for my dad's birthday and put my colourful candles from Bangkok to good use.

Little Jeston seems to be enjoying the cake. I would like to think that he's a discerning food connoisseur. ;)

Pictures from the 3rd class. How time flies! We will be into our 4th class this weekend and finishing it on the 4th Sep with a test. Pass the test then we get the diploma! I haven't thought of what to do yet for the finals! Minimum 2-tier cake...any suggestions anyone?

This is from our very sweet classmate, Salimah, who made the "glue" for us with this thoughtful nail polish container that allows us to easily brush it on our fondant and stick our decorations together.

3 things that made me smile:

1. Jeston who turns 3 this Thu, was so glued to this particular page in the iPad toy story app that he repeated it at least 5 times to us on Sat. It was so funny thinking back and never failed to put a smile on our faces.
2. The little surprise "glue" that Salimah made for us.
3. A great weekend so far.

Happy National Day!

Sorry for the lack of posts these days. I probably asked this before - do you sometimes feel that you need 48 hours a day? Or if I only have 24, I wish I need lesser sleep. I have been feeling that I am running out of time to do so many things e.g. updating this space. I have recently moved to another job within the company, as with all new jobs there's the initial learning phase which you wish you can learn as fast as possible so that you can do or contribute more. Having dinner at 10ish in the evening has become common for the past weeks that I was looking forward to this long weekend and to the shorter work week because of the public holiday today.

Anyway today's is Singapore's National Day and without fail, every year we will sit in front of the television to catch the parade. It feels great to celebrate the country's independence and to remind ourselves to be thankful for the peace, harmony and many things we take for granted.

Last Saturday, T and attended our first sugar paste class at Bake It Yourself. We have been wanting to do this for a while but the class got cancelled once because there wasn't enough students. It takes at least 4 to start a class. It was a lot of fun playing with fondant and thinking of what to do to on our cake. We are already looking forward to the next class. Anyway, here are some photos taken at the class.

This is my creation.

T's

Our fellow classmates'

Okie dorkie, going to turn in. Spent the weekend with the family and have taken sooo many cute photos of my nephew, shall save it for the next update.

Have a fantabulous Monday and week ahead!