Spring Petals for a Special Occasion

And of course, cakes ARE meant for special occasions. Or any occasion, really. As long as you're in the mood to celebrate and enjoy eating cake while you're at it! 

Have a look at the cross section of our Spring Petals vanilla cake with lemon frosting! Remember on my last entry, I was itching to bake a cake to add to the petal cake collection? I just found my opportunity! Can you guess what was the special occasion?

It was my parents' 30th wedding anniversary! 

To Mr and Mrs Wan Yusof, may this day of your anniversary make your relation stronger and lovelier. Wishing you a happy anniversary and God bless!

Love from your daughter, 

Lyanna

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Pretty Pink Petals

Good morning dearies! How was your weekend? Hopefully it was well spent because I know mine was!

On this fine Monday, I would like to introduce our Pink Zinnia Ombre Petal Cake! This pretty thing will be under a new section from our cake menu under "Petal Collection". This is the first cake in the collection and we hope you love it! We're gonna do more of these petal and ombre cakes! Order up, okay? I am just dying to pipe out these beautiful edible flowers!

And as you know, I always have a story for each entry, and this time won't be any different.

Right, so I woke up early on a Saturday morning to fill and crumb coat this pretty little thing. On the menu we say it's vanilla but this time, I changed to cake to red velvet to fit a certain special occasion!

One of my mom's closest friends turns 50 on Saturday and she had a birthday lunch on the day. What would a birthday be without cake, right? My mum and her best friend decided to give her a cake, but to my horror, they opted a Secret Recipe cake. Not on my watch! 

So when mum suggested I do a red velvet cake with the normal rosettes, I begged to differ. 

Since I was giving away a free cake, might as well make it one of a kind, right? And it was also a good opportunity to show to you my skills in piping and ability to create a beautiful pastel cake! It's been a while since anyone wanted me to create a new custom cake. My fingers were itching to play around with all the different types of swirls! Right now I'm waiting for perhaps one of my cousin's birthdays or some anniversary or really any celebration because I have a new cake idea in mind. No, I can't make them for fun or for anyone in the household. I think my family's pretty much bored of my cakes. No one would eat them if I made them for the house! :P

Anyhoo, enjoy the rest of the pictures! I also had leftover frosting and cupcakes. So, why not, right? I have a cake version and a cupcake version of baby pink zinnias. I only decided they were zinnias after I finished piping. Honestly, I just had this great idea (I think all my ideas are great, until they fail miserably), picked out one of my trusty nozzles and just piped away! I really didn't know what I was doing with my cream and piping bag until it came out pretty and I decided to just go with it! (What a confession!)

Oh, and the 6 cupcakes you see above was given to my sister's friend. I had just finished piping them before sending my sister off to her friend's birthday party. Just the perfect present, right? And my sister's friend uttered in her ear, "Your present was the best!".

Aww, you see? Cupcakes do make birthdays special!

So what do you think of our #1 cake in out new Petal Collection?

Does it resemble a zinnia flower to you? If not, what flower does it resemble? :)

And a shoutout goes to my mum's friend:

Happy 50th Birthday, Aunty Ken!

Wishing you a birthday filled with sweet moments and wonderful memories to cherish always!

Have a happy Monday dearies! Drop by our mini outlet at Shell Jalan Wan Alwi for your cupcake fix to combat those blues! Much love from me! xx

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Rainbow Cake with Cream Cheese

Bonjour mes amis! I got a WhatsApp from my regular customer Azlin, ordering a 6x6", 7 coloured rainbow cake with cream cheese for her 8 year old nephew. I was excited since I've never made 7 layers before! Have a look! It weighs 2.2kg with a height of 6"!

 My soldiers for the day!

And here's how the cake looks like before the final frosting!

Look at all the colours!

For this exact cake, it costs RM140.

Anyone interested, do drop me an e-mail or a message on Facebook. :)

Also, to Azlin, congratulations on the safe arrival of your newest family member!! She just had her baby boy last Saturday. May babyhood be filled with lots of joy and make for lots of wonderful memories. All the best! 

xx

The Enchantress

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Welcome to Sarawak, Asyraf Khalid!

Let's start with a warm welcome to Asyraf Khalid! This is his first time in Sarawak, specifically Kuching, and a friend of his happens to be a regular customer of mine. She ordered a dozen red velvet with the specified wordings as a welcome gift to him at the airport. Let me tell you, the Dato's son was pleased! Let's hope he put in good words for us to Dato' Siti Nurhaliza and Dato' Khalid when he goes back to KL. ;D

Below are shots from our kitchen and also a screenshot of Asyraf's instagram! He LOVES them and that they're SUPER GOOD! Thank you so so much!! We hope you enjoy your stay in Kuching!

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Pocky Cake - Cappuccino

Drooling yet? 

I know I was when I made this cake! Imagine this:

Chocolate cake, cappuccino cream, Pocky sticks and Milo cereal on top!

Honestly I wanted to make a strawberry pocky cake, but then again I was making this for one of my grandfathers (My grandfather's sister's husband - did you get that?)

So, what would a group of senior citizens and grandchildren love?

Coffee and snacks!! 

As you know, grandparents are not a big fan of sweets. I originally wanted to make the Kit Kat cake, but then again, that's also too sweet for them as well. So, biscuits and cereal anyone? Something both generations can agree on, right?

I remember when I was a kid, we would have tea time (or what Malaysians would call minum petang) and my grandparents would enjoy their cup of coffee or tea while I would munch on some biscuits that were made by my lovely grandmother, or some Hup Seng cream crackers or even cereal (yes, in the evening). Did anyone else have the same childhood as I did?

Have a look at the behind-the-scenes and step-by-step pictures I have for you below:

Cappuccino Cream!! It smells HEAVENLY!

  

Crumb coat it, frost it, and pipe a generous layer of cappuccino cream on top!

You see, the cake and Milo are chocolate, and the biscuit stick and cream and cappuccino flavoured. Can anyone say, Mocha? (Chocolate + Coffee)

Tada!! And just when you think that the cake is already pretty as it is...

...a hundred grams of Milo is all it takes to cover that lovely layer of cappuccino cream!

Below are some pictures from the party.

Not much, since I was mostly helping out in the kitchen and cutting the cake into small (square) pieces to be distributed evenly among the guests. Of course I cut a few pieces in a triangular manner for the birthday grandpa, his immediate family, and the rest were square little cakes with 2 or 3 biscuit sticks on each slice. Oh there were plenty of cake to go around because one of my grandpa's nieces sponsored another cake. But THESE were a bigger hit! I have children (and adults alike) coming into the kitchen, talking to me (distracting me) while they sneak their fingers around the cake to steal one of the biscuit sticks or Milo cereal and then runs away to go nibble on them! No, I wasn't bothered at all. I was flattered, really. It shows how interested they were in the cake I made. :)

P.S. Compliments were passed along and the cake was one of the "hot topics" that night! Some even asked for seconds!!

However, I didn't get the opportunity to taste it myself since the cake finished before I could get my hands on it. Really.

But anyhoo, I'll probably make more of these in the future since I have customers and friends asking me for the price. Thank you and enjoy the pictures!!

And this is my sister, the "cake bearer" while all the grandchildren walked up to him and sang

Happy Birthday!

As for the candle, he wouldn't reveal his age (being the fun and mysterious grandpa), we decided to go with just one.

I hope everyone enjoyed the cake!

Love,

The Enchantress

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Angelina's Birthday Cake!

Say hello to our latest addition to our Kit Kat edition! (Hey, that rhymes!)

I simply cannot get over how pretty the ruffles are! Can you see it? Here's a picture of what the ruffles look like before all the butterflies invaded the cake!

SO. A few days prior, Dorothy (a regular customer of mine) sent me a text asking if I could make a butterfly themed cake. Luckily I had an opening on that day for an extra cake! At first she requested for a cream or fondant cake. I didn't have the time to make a fondant cake and a cream cake with fondant butterflies simply would not do. So, what other "dry" surfaces can I work with? Our Kit Kat Edition of course! Dorothy "trusts my judgement to make it pretty", and that's when it all started! I love it when customers give me the freedom and trust when it comes to the cake decoration! All I need is a theme, and the ones Dorothy gave me were "Butterflies" and "Princess".

When I was working on this cake, I knew exactly how I wanted the butterflies to be aligned. I also added a couple of roses since, well, butterflies are attracted to flowers. Since I was given a princess theme, pink and purple came to mind. Which, by the way, matches the colour schemes perfectly! (I wasn't told beforehand but I was pretty surprised with what I saw) However, I can't take credit for the cupcakes. I only provided the cake for the party. 

Check out the pictures below sent in by our fans on Instagram!

Pretty, isn't it? Just what every 9-year-old would want! 

Thank you so much Dorothy for the opportunity!

What do you guys think of the cake? :)

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Kit Kat Galore!

How crazy is this cake?? It's a chocolate cake, with cream, fenced with Kit Kat and then topped with chocolatey goodness? (Did anyone faint of excitement? Yes?) :D

It all started in May. It was my cousin's birthday and he LOVES my cakes! I thought I'd make him the best birthday cake a 10 year old could ever imagine! I know for a fact that he and his family loves Kit Kat! What better way to WOW them? (Psst! The cake behind the first KitKat cake was actually Red Velvet, his favourite!)

That's it! The first ever Kit Kat cake! With dark chocolate M&Ms on top!
After that, people started ordering.. and ordering.. even with customised toppings! Have a look!

For Firdaus Awang Tengah's birthday. Moshi monsters cupcakes! How cute!

Angry birds!

Chocolate Wasted

REALLY CHOCOLATE WASTED! A 12" cake for a 15 year old boy!

Caramel Meringue and Ferrero Rocher

Marshmallows and Strawberries

Marshmallows and M&M

Caramel Meringue and M&M

Meringue and Ferrero Rocher with Dulce de Leche

Meringue and M&Ms

And here is my adorable cousin blowing his cake!! Photo credits goes to Sharifah Sarah Yasmin. :)

Thinking of ordering? Check out our menu HERE under Gourmet Cakes!

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Valentines!

Hello and happy (belated) Valentines day! We are so sorry for not making anything special this Valentines due to lack of response (I blame the flowers by the streets. Haha!) And of course the many coursed meals at restaurants. I would know. I had to book a few days in advanced! I can't say the same for our CNY gift packs though. They were selling fast! Thank you so much and we've received so many good reviews on our truffles! Let's get back to our topic, shall we? It seems like couples and friends everywhere spends Valentine's day outside together with everyone else. However we did manage to get a few requests for the day of love! Thank you so much to our regular customers who have never failed to purchase each limited edition gift pack we have ever made!

Assorted chocolate gift pack hand delivered to a student at Limkokwing. You know who you are!

A 2-in-1 CNY and Vday gift!

As for our mini outlet, we've supplied a few boxes of PINK VELVET cupcakes, tied with a ribbon and comes with a Vday card! And it's for the same price! That's our way of showing our love for you. ;)

Picture was taken a day after Valentine's Day and we came to an almost empty fridge! 

The assorted cupcakes at the back were freshly stocked on the 15th. I just wanted a good picture so might as well make the fridge look full, right?

Stay tuned for more updates! 

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