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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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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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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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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