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Aug
20

Mini castle cake

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A special cake for a friend’s daughter. Happy Birthday Princess Farah ! To all my Muslim readers and friends – Selamat berpuasa .. ( p/s : Classes are on as usual, starting earlier at 9.00 am).

Aug
11

FHM 2009

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The 10th Malaysian International Exhibition of food, drinks, hotel, restaurant & foodservice equipment, supplies, services and related technology – has started today. Check out further info from their website at www.foodandhotel.com. It says that the exhibition is open to trade visitors only, but actually if you have a name card and a baker like me, …

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Jul
15

Oatmeal cookies

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oatcookieswm11

I have a packet of dried cranberries in my fridge, don’t know what to do with it until I found this recipe. Its in a book by Cindy Mushet – The Art & Soul of Baking. In the book, the recipe uses dried sour cherries, but I’ve substitute it with dried cranberries. To make the …

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Jul
9

Gumpaste flower – Evening Primrose

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eveningprimrose

(image from http://troyandmartha.blogspot.com/2008/03/wild-flowers-from-coast-and-se-texas.html) I notice I haven’t posted any article under the category ‘gumpaste project’ for quite a while. Today I was flipping through my favourite book – “Alan Dunn’s best of Floral Sugarcraft”. There is a project on making a “Fragrant Evening Primrose”. The steps look simple and no special cutter is needed, just …

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Jun
27

Flower and cats cakes

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kekbiruazianbigwm

Selamat Pengantin Baru buat Azhari & Fairuza pada Ahad, 28 Jun 2009. Thank you Kak Azian for the order. Happy belated birthday to my little neighbour, Dina. (By the way, my cat is missing in action, so I guess you will not find her for a while..). More pics in my Flickr on the left …

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Jun
22

Bread making & Mexican bun

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sb10

The idea of baking bread from scratch always sounds daunting to me (even though my ultimate wish is to be one of those who bakes bread everyday to feed their family). I have attended classes for making bread before, but I guess if we don’t practice then the technique is soon forgotten. Armed with a …

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Jun
15

Featured in Good Living magazine

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goodlivingphoto

Yey ! I was lucky to be featured in the Good Living magazine (June/ July 09 issue), together with 2 other girls. Thank you very much to the writer, Syama Ramasamy and everyone at the studio. It was a story about working from home. And here’s me.. ( I know I should be on diet …

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Jun
13

Fabric effect hantaran cake

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kekcikidabigwm

This is a cake made for a relative’s engagement day tomorrow in Ipoh, Perak. No specific design was requested, so I was free to play around. The fabric effect was inspired by a cake I saw in a book by Kerry Vincent. To tell the truth, I don’t really like how the cake turn out.. …

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Jun
3

Garden wedding parcel cake

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topwm

I love making this cake, although all in all I think it took me about 7 hours to decorate it. My back and hand is aching, but I am happy with the result. Thanks Ruby for the order. Hope the cake will make it safely back to Kota Kinabalu. The colour theme is purple and …

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May
29

Wedding cakes for May’09

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bigwm1

School holiday is starting tomorrow, which means high demand for wedding cakes ! A lot of couples are getting married at this time of the year. Here are the cakes for the wedding this weekend. Thank you Adila and Shima for the orders. The base is peach but somehow my camera was acting up, and …

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