Hello Kitty Cupcakes!

Hello Kitty for your sweetheart, anyone? That's what customer Hafiq did! He ordered a dozen cupcakes with a Hello Kitty theme together with the words requested. Happy anniversary to you both! :)

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Cupcakes for Engineers!

Hello all! Now, who says engineers don't eat cupcakes? :P I was contacted by a customer of mine to design mechanical engineer themed cupcakes for her boyfriend's upcoming birthday. She ordered a dozen cupcakes (mixed) and told me that I'm free to do whatever I want, as long as I stick to the theme. Yes ma'am! :) I made a hard hat, nuts & bolts, gears, a protractor/ruler and a spanner. :D

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Cute Little Chicken!

It's so adorable! Look at it, with it's glasses and all! This cake was actually a last minute order by a friend of mine, Ceres. The picture was also taken by Ceres, by the way. :)

Prior to making Syukri's cake (in the previous entry), I was contacted by Ceres and she asked if I could take her last minute order of a cake shaped like a cute little chicken with glasses. Why glasses? Because the recipient of this cake is a man who sells chicken rice, and yes, you guessed it, he wears glasses! I suppose it is rather comical to symbolise the chicken and the uncle. Ironic, but pleasantly warm. Ceres told me how the uncle reacted and I felt so happy! The uncle was so moved by the surprise his daughter and colleagues had decided to surprise him with a cake on his birthday. He was 50, I believe. :) He was so touched by the act, he excused himself to the wash room and came back with red eyes and nose. (The effects you get after crying!) I'm so thrilled that I got to be part of what made him so happy that night. It's definitely something he will never forget and I am honoured to contribute to that. :)

Love always, 

The Enchantress

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Syukri's Car Themed Cake

First off, yes, I'm very sorry for the hiatus, but as you know, May and June are the months where knots are tied and ceremonies are held. Yep, you guessed it. Weddings! I've been so busy with wedding cakes and custom cakes that I forgot to blog about them as I make them! I promise I'll be much more up-to-date on cake postings etc. However, we are active on Instagram, just so you'd like to follow us there. ;)

Now, on to the cake!

Cute, isn't it? A cake made especially for 23 year old Syukri! I was just given a theme to do any small cake with a car design. Once again, I had the freedom to design it however I like. This time, I chose to go for a race track! (with a mini red Ferrari!)

My customer loved it! And so did her son.. (and daughters too!) It was beyond their expectation! I suppose they thought about a cream cake with toy cars on them or something! Given a budget and any theme, I'm sure we'll be able to whip something up for you. After all, surprises are the best, aren't they? ;)

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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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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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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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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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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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