Cakes for Hantaran Pic

These are the three-layered cake made for a teacher friend. This was the first time I ever attempted butter cream with chocolate moist. My husband didn't like the taste.. he prefers ganache.. but then she insisted on having the butter cream. It was really hard to get hot red as requested as i didn't use icing sugar.. I ended up spending RM20.00 on the 4 tubes of colour and still didn't manage to get red red!

That was also the first attempt to make steam butter cream on my own. If you can see.. the smallest cake was not smooth enough... :(

These are 1000 cupcakes for a friend of mine. I had problem making this cupcake as this was the first time I took order in bulk. This time I realized that it's better to decide the size of the cupcake for the customer. My friend wanted to give a bigger cupcake for her guests and ended up buying the cuppies and container herself. At the end, it affected the baking time as it was bigger. I've already quoted the price already, therefore it was really difficult to increase the price (it was my problem of telling the customer.. not hers he he)



This was the very same customer for her wedding. I didn't know how to make roses then, so I bought sugar flower.. She requested peach.. but of course the colour was not available.. I had to change the colour!



This was for a teacher friend. Simple yet elegant because of the twirling of the lines at the side of the cake. I really like it! She told me it was finished in flash!



These are chocolate roses. I give up on making roses from ganache. I melted the cooking chocolate instead which takes only 10 seconds in the microwave at 540 w, put in a piping bag with roses piping tube, voila!



This was a hantaran cake.. and I really can't recall for whom. I like the finishing because it has really smooth edges. I trimmed my cake with a pair of scissors and used a plastic transparencies to make it smoother.. as for the roses.. it was chocolate!

Birthday Cakes Pics

This is among my very first cake. I only used a fork to decorate the cake and make sure to use the tip of the fork lightly on the cake..


This cake was ordered by a close friend for her father. She insisted the rose decoration, wanting to pay more to celebrate the birthday of her father. The ganache was slightly runny than usual.. so the roses were not really roses..




This was my very first car cake. It was 2-kilo cake ordered by my friend. She insisted that the kids just loovee my cake. I didn't know how to decorate then (i still do not make novelty cakes now). Many hours were spent from cutting the template to the cutting of the cake itself. At this point, I know exactly why 2-kilo cake may be charged at the price of 3-4-cake. And why novelty cakes are charged really pricey!



This cake is the simplest to make and yet very-very catchy! The fact that I only but the edible image at the bakery supply store and just put it on the cake wonders me.. I should have known this for a loooongg time! he he

But then, my baking teacher will never approve the fact that the border of the image can be seen. I should have covered the line with more ganache...



This one was ordered by my son's classmate. The problem with me is I just don't know how to set the rules to the customer. The minute I quoted the price, she told me her daughter wanted some roses.. I learnt at this point that.. decoration will take more effort, more time, more ganache / ingredients, so it's okay to charge more..

I love baking.. but I do regret not making more beautiful cakes for my kids' birthday.. but then honestly.. I would never have the confidence in decorating cakes if it's not for my customers! I love you guys.. you taught me a lot!

Mini Barbie on Cake

 

This is my very first Barbie Cake.. A friend ordered two for his girls, so I didn't charge him the Barbie Doll.

I used the money to buy Wilton pan which costs me RM49.90. I used buttercream using the recipe i got from the internet.

The buttercream is a bit too soft. When i deliver, I had to put both cakes in a box. I turned on the air con high so that it won't melt. I have a recipe using icing sugar.. it will not melt during journey but i just can't enjoy the cream...

this recipe uses 175gm creamwell, 25gm butter and 120gm golden syrup. I think i'll add a little bit of icing sugar so that it will set nicely..

Barbie Cake

 

This is my very first Barbie Cake.. A friend ordered two for his girls, so I didn't charge him the Barbie Doll.

I used the money to buy Wilton pan which costs me RM49.90. I used buttercream using the recipe i got from the internet.

The buttercream is a bit too soft. When i deliver, I had to put both cakes in a box. I turned on the air con high so that it won't melt. I have a recipe using icing sugar.. it will not melt during journey but i just can't enjoy the cream...

this recipe uses 175gm creamwell, 25gm butter and 120gm golden syrup. I think i'll add a little bit of icing sugar so that it will set nicely..