I cannot say it was a busy week because 1 week consist of 7 days. I made all these in 3 days... I was literally falling off my feet! Luckily I did not drop any cake, that's my ultimate fear! I've heard so many horror stories about tripping while carrying a cake... let me tell you, it's no laughing matter!

These are a combination of mini(40mm paper liners) Vanilla butter & Chocolate cupcakes, 70 pieces in total. They were fun to do (my first time) but very limited space to get creative with designs.


Oreo Cookies cupcakes


A lovely girl Tasha, came all the way from Shah Alam to collect this Chocolate cake for her Mom's surprise birthday do. She described her Mom as a gardening enthusiast, I immediately thought of flowers. Tasha wrote me today to say her mother and all her aunties loved it! I love getting such feedback! *grins*


Another Moist Chocolate cake.


A Royal Malaysian Military College alumni turns 60. The design on the cake followed the logo/theme for the surprise birthday party.
Moist Chocolate cake


I get a little nervous when asked to do cakes that are 'different'. Having said that, you actually cannot taste the difference. This Eggless Carrot and Orange cake with Citrus buttercream topped with candied citrus peel and ginger smelled wonderful while baking and looked yummylicious (as someone described it) when done!

And the good 'ol vanilla butter and chocolate cupcakes.

Time flies

It's my niece's 14th birthday today. Wasn't it just last week she was still obsessed with her Barbie dolls? And today she has more expensive taste than I do! How time passes so quickly...!
She gave strict instructions that her birthday cupcakes were not to look kiddie... no sprinkles... no fondant lettering.... sigh....!
At least she like these Butterscotch cupcakes.


Moist Chocolate cake with Chocolate buttercream

A week of variety

Ameera had 2 cakes for her birthday... lucky kid! Her first cake on the day of her birthday was featured in my earlier post. I heard she went for the candle with gusto! Oh, and she liked the vanilla butter cake too... she doesn't most cakes.

I hope she liked this Moist Chocolate cake with buttercream just as much!


Another 'cake-on-a-budget'. Honey Coconut cake with Caramel Icing.


A friend bought a bunch of us dinner recently. I made some him some Butterscotch cupcakes with chocolate glaze.

Afterwhich, I made it home not too late for Kavitha to come collect this Carrot cake with Cream Cheese frosting for her mom's 60th.

A week of changes

Malaysians woke to a new political era today. Are we expecting to see any quick changes?

Speaking of changes, that pretty sums up my past baking week. A few orders were canceled, a few new ones(not that I'm complaining) and some good news(keeping fingers crossed!)

Now, the trouble with a certain good friend of mine is, when she wants to eat cake she has to share. So her order ended up being one for herself, one for her nephew, one for her neighbour and one for her friend. We could do with more people like her around!
Pumpkin Date loaf cake


I am grateful I get to make many cakes for kids. Isn't it obvious I love playing with colours?!
Vanilla Butter cake topped with citrus flavoured buttercream.


A cake-on-a-budget. The good news is, they've increased the 'budget' per person. We'll get to see bigger cakes and an extended variety, hopefully soon!
Golden Caramel cake with Chocolate glace icing topped with white chocolate chips.

New recipes

My last 2 bakes were new recipes. My thanks goes out to friends and customers who let me 'experiment' on them!

This one is is truly for the brave! A Mississippi Mud cake (with whiskey) coated with whiskey sauce and chocolate buttercream. I'm awaiting feedback from the customer but what I can tell you is the Whiskey sauce gave me a buzz!



This is Oreo Cookies cupcakes. Just need to add more Oreo next time. Trouble is, cookies in cake make the the cookie go soft, so the crunch is gone. I still can't decide which frosting goes better, vanilla or chocolate buttercream. Someone suggested cream cheese.... hmmmm, I don't think so.

This is NOT good (2)

The weather's still warm... very, very warm.
And then Blogger won't let me in.
And now my digital camera is acting up. These are the only 2 pictures worth posting. All others are blurred and gone in the trash.

Enjoy these carrot cake cupcake with cream cheese frosting.

The week that was

A blistering hot week, normally associated with the Chinese New Year. Come rain or shine, the cakes must be made. Here's what I made this week.

Cakes for all ages

Moist chocolate cake with choc buttercream for two 2 year olds. One thing I do know about toddlers is that they like shapes and colours. I hope this is enough attraction to get 20 little fingers into the cake!


I supply cakes to a certain organization that has only X amount to spend on each employee's birthday. These are not too bad looking with a limited budget, I suppose. Trouble is, I have only so many recipes that fall into that specific budget, including delivery.

A cupcake week

Happy Birthday Shon. I made your favourite, carrotcake with fresh strawberries on top. A slight twist to the recipe, I added chopped glaced ginger. I actually like it!


Been making a lot of these lately. I'm not complaining; it takes very little of my time. Vanilla butter cupcakes with buttercream and topped with strawberries. How simpler and yummier can that get?

And an assortment of designs to vanilla butter cupcakes to keep the young ones happy.

With ...

... and without.


I think they both look equally pretty. I actually was looking to get our local strawberries as the size is just appropriate. As luck would have it, they were out. Selfishly, I must admit, I didn't want the fruit to outshine my buttercream decoration. These are Egyptian berries and like NZ ones, huge! But what amazed me about these imported ones, not one single berry was bruised, unlike our local ones where half the pack would not be usable. Go figure!

This is NOT good....

Both my microwave oven and hand held cake mixer has gone dead on me. Had to do this batch almost entirely the old fashioned way. Mmmmm... I think I'm building muscles already!

It's ridiculous!

The way prices of foodstuff keep rising, it's not even funny anymore! Every time I go buy my supplies, I leave with a higher bill than before. Just when I had re-worked my new pricelist to something that's barely noticeable to the customer and not too much of a burden on me, I'd have to re-look again. I cannot promise everyone will be happy this time. It's a bummer, I know. I should go search for recipes that doesn't need butter, flour, eggs, milk..... sigh.....!

Happy 50th and Bon Voyage!

A dear, dear friend celebrates being 50 tonight. We were all there to help eat Sugee cake. But plenty left to take home to savour another day.

However, in less than a month she will leave for Vancouver. We will miss you so. Good luck, God speed and find a HOT one!

Happy 2008

It's been terribly hot and humid lately. Makes it very uncomfortable working with a hot oven. Not to mention my poor buttercream... the poor thing can hardly stand up to this heat! I've resorted to do all the frosting work at nights, not that it's very much cooler. Work quickly and in the fridge it goes. Look at the buttercream roses below, it's literally wilting in this heat!

Working nights is very calming. No phones, tvs or Moms to distract you. Just an occasional cicak calling in the distance.








Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting for my neighbour, she just had a new baby. Congrats!