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Creating perfect pearl border
I’d like to share the latest item I bought, which is a silicon mould from First Impressions. (For the seasoned cake decorators, this might not interest you). Anyway, here’s my secret to creating a perfect pearl border for my fondant cakes. Using a mould :) . I’ve always wanted to buy this mould, but didn’t …
Ben 10 bursting-out of the cake
Thank you Cik Roslyeen for the order. Ok, I know you will have a good laugh looking at my Ben 10 cake. ‘He’ is looking like a ‘she’ trying to preach something, and not looking scary at all.. I don’t know why, my Ben 10 always ends up looking like a girl. And this chick …
Chocolate icing
Some call it chocolate plastic. It’s basically just like white ready-to-roll fondant (sugarpaste/ plastic icing) – only thing it taste like chocolate (yummy !) and looks brown like a bar of chocolate. I have heard about it for a long time but just couldn’t find it sold anywhere. I was glad to found it at …
Flower fairy cake
I’m always excited when I get an order from a customer who doesn’t exactly specify what design she wants. It means I can be really creative and try something which I haven’t done before. This time Cik Azlina’s only request was to make a ‘girly cake’. Well, after much thought I decided to make a …
Handbag cake
Just a quick update on the latest cake I did. An order received from Cik Hafizah, thank you dik. Hope you like the cake, that’ the best I could do. A word of caution though, when making this type of cake. I’ve tried making a tv set before (for the TV3 contest) and I used …
Gum paste flower – Calla Lily
It seems some couples do chose to get engaged or marry during this Raya month. Probably to coincide with the long public and school holidays. The cake above was a last minute order, Calla Lily was the quickest flower I could come out with, given the short notice period. The weather was also excellent, hot …
Happy Eid-ul-Fitr
Raya is just round the corner.. I would like to take this opportunity to wish all my Muslim (and non-Muslim) readers, students and friends a very happy and blessed Eidulfitr. Selamat Hari Raya Aidifitri. My apologies for any mistakes on my part, be it during our course of everyday interaction or during classes.. maaf zahir …
Lemon meringue pie
The classic American dessert.. well, I’ve made this a couple of weeks ago, but had no time to post it here. The recipe is long ! Since time is on my side now, here’s the recipe. I think every mom should try to bake a lemon meringue pie at least once. It is so yummy …