A Very Ombre Birthday

Hello! I hope you all had a great weekend!

So this week, I had an assignment to make goodies and cakes for a princess themed party.

That included a two-tiered cake, 4 cakes, 60 cupcakes, 230 mini cupcakes.

Have a look at these pretty things!

Specially made for 9 year old Asha.

The top tier. :) 

Ruffles ruffles ruffles!

I also had a request for the cake to be "elegant" and yet princess-y.

My thoughts on elegant? Something classy, and of course, shiny!

I got to use my luster dust for the first time! Have a look at the before and after photos!

A little dust goes a long way!

Before

After

After the bottom tier was done, it was time for the ruffles!

It was tiring but I'm glad how it turned out!

The two tiered cake took me 7 hours to finish. Of course, I was watching several *cough* three *cough* movies as well since I did the cake overnight, I needed some company to keep me awake. I was happy with the results, though. :)

That's an ombre cake for the gift packs.

And it was cut into fours.

Ta-da! Pretty, right?

Fits a princess perfectly! ;)

Also, I took the initiative to buy a can of silver spray paint for the dowels. 

The dowels are the pillars that holds the second cake.

If you noticed, it's silver in colour! It shines, like the luster dust I used!

Of course, I spray painted the dowels, washed and dried them first before sticking them into the cake.

Pretty and elegant, isn't it? :)

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A Sticky Situation

Greetings from the hundred acre wood!

Say hello to Winnie the Pooh and Tigger!

This was a repeat order by Mdm. Faridah. Just last week I made her her rainbow petal cake. This time around are her daughters' birthday! Yes, two. Twins girls Yana and Yaty.

They really fancy Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, and so that was the theme I was given.

Honestly, I had no idea how I was going to build the cake under so much expectation, until that Friday. (A day before the party). From what I remembered of my childhood days, Pooh's problem would always be not having enough "hunny". And Tigger would always aid Pooh with his problem. Let's give Pooh the hunny he's always wanted, shall we?

So here, I present to you,

(or Tigger will be presenting to you)

Pooh and his giant "hunny" pot!

Mdm Faridah said the cake should be enough for 20 people. No way an 8" cake would feed that many! This called for a second tier! (Right when I got the inspiration!)

After she picked up the cake, she complimented on how cute the cake is and that her daughters didn't want to cut the cake, for fear of ruining it! Aww, I'm really flattered!

Below you'll see my work in progress at 5AM that Saturday morning.

Pooh Bear and Tigger

We're almost done! Just need to add finishing touches to the hunny pot.

Have a look at that! That, my dear friends, is butterscotch sauce. A very generous amount was poured in to make the pot seemed like it was filled with real honey! Of course, using real honey would be a disaster. The colour and texture would be off from the ones we see in the cartoon. I figured butterscotch was just perfect! I mean, who DOESN'T like butterscotch?

Oh,

and P.S.,

TIGGER BOUNCES!!

Alright, he actually just springs up and down on the spot.

What's my trick?  Have a look at his tail. I moulded it into a spiral, much like how a metal spring would go.

Just tap his head a bit, and...

Toing! Toing! Toing!

I regret not taking a video of it, though. But oh well, maybe next time. :)

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Rainbow Swirls

Hello! So, here's another gifted cake.

(I just love gift cakes! I could do whatever I want with it!)

I made this for my mom's 50th birthday. She loves red velvet and cream cheese.

So I thought, why not change the colour of the cream cheese into, well, perhaps something colourful?

And classy, of course.

Feast your eyes on this pretty little thing!

Birthday girl and her best friends since kindergarten.

What's left after distributing the cakes evenly to 6 guests. :)

Love,

The Enchantress

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New Alphabet Stencil!

Adorable, right?

I love the font! Bought it specially for a friend of mine from college. She ordered this last week asking for a different font, but I broke the old stencil. Clumsy me! Oh well, it was an old one anyway. Have a look!

She ordered a chocolate Kit Kat cake with cream cheese frosting.

Classic! I love it!

And here's a picture from my friend.

Thank you Ceres! :*

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For the love of CARAMEL!

Drooling already? Well, the cupcakes below, you can get them at Shell Jalan Wan Alwi!

1 box has 3 cupcakes and they sell for RM11.

They're all assorted. This was for Saturday's restock! And tonight we'll be restocking the same thing again!

We have this week;

1. Red Velvet

2. Cadbury Mudpie

3. Cookies & Cream

4. Chocolate Chip

5. Caramel Meringue

6. Buterscotch

Just look at the ooey gooey sauce!!

And below we have one of our signature cakes from our Kit Kat Edition collection.

The cake below costs RM100 and was ordered by a customer from Sibu. Happy engagement to you!

Have a great week, everyone! :*

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Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting!

Say hello to our red velvet cake with chocolate cream cheese frosting!

We've done this on cupcakes two years back but no one really wanted it.

So, with the ever expanding market, why not try again, right?

Re-introduce one of my all time favourite frostings!

Also, to my aunt, 

Happy Birthday Aunty Jijah!

May you celebrate many more birthdays and wishing you success with your gift shop! Hope you loved the cake! Made it specially for you! ;)

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Rainbow Petal Cake

So I don't particularly have a story for this one but a customer of mine wanted a rainbow cake for her birthday with ANY design of my choice. Alrighty then!

 I present to you, our very own rainbow petal cake!

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Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone!

This is the first time we've made something for Easter.

When I was in Miri last week, a friend of mine who's working there asked if I had anything planned for Easter. Gift packs, etc. 

So here I present to you Strawberry Pink Zinnias, Lemon Yellow Mums and Red Velvet Roses.

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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star + An Interesting Experience

Hello! This is an overdue entry but I'm still determined to write about it, since it holds a very interesting experience that I would love to share!

A week prior to this event, a regular customer of mine ordered a Kit Kat rainbow cake with her cousin's favourite characters on it. You can YouTube "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and you'll find a video starring these two friends; an owl and a star.

In the video, there were trees as well. Imagine the KitKat and fondant leaves are the trees.

Also, this song is mostly sung to babies as a lullaby to sleep.

How about a little metaphor, dearies? Doesn't the cake resemble a bed? ;)

(and of course, the blue night sky)

Here are the steps and fondant work I made the night before;

Stars

Clouds

And our two main characters!

Have a look below for the close up!

What do you think? :)

Also, while setting up the cake at the party, the crew from the KFC branch at Jalan Khoo Hun Yeang (India Street) were there to cater the event. Have you ever noticed that little KFC near the famous Kuching Open Air Market? It is located opposing the Police Station. Yep, that's the one! It has been there for more that 10 years and I've had the honour of meeting the staff members at the outlet, as they are very special to me.

Why is this KFC branch so special? This is the only KFC branch in Sarawak that is manned by a special group of hearing and speech impaired staff, meaning, a KFC branch that employs the less privileged. Curious, I "talked" (signed - from what I remembered in Primary School. I was really rusty) with one of the staff members and did my little own interview while I was there waiting for my cheque. Apparently, the KFC that they work at are 1 of 3 branches which employs the less privileged. The other two are in Sabah and KL. How very noble of KFC to give them an opportunity to work and not be judged by the public. Huge salute! In my opinion, one of the best things a franchise could do to keep our beautiful country from experiencing a high rate of unemployed citizens.

Upon receiving my cheque and leaving for my next delivery, three of the staff members told me that my cake was "beautiful" in sign language and took many pictures of the cake. I'll definitely pay them a visit one day, and also bringing along cupcakes, too! 

Does anyone want to come with?

Let me know! You have my number. :)

xx

The Enchantress

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