Baking Project

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 flower fairy cake. The cake was for four girls with different ages, so I’m hoping the theme would pleased them.

See more picture of the flower fairy cake in my Flickr on the left side bar.

The mushrooms were made from all gumpaste with a toothpick inside. The fairy from 50-50 mixture of fondant and gumpaste. I used rice paper to make the wings. Bought the rice paper from a shop opposite Amp Walk, Jalan Ampang (can’t remember the chinese name now..).

The pink Gerbera flower and butterfly was ready made actually, got it from my favorite cake deco shop – Cake Connection in PJ. I dusted them with petal dust to make them prettier.

All in all, I’m quite happy with the result… need more practice on the figurine, though. Terima kasih Azlina for the order.

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 store-bought fondant. It was a disaster because the fondant was too soft. The tv set was standing and the fondant was literally crumbling down. Got a few ‘wrinkles’ on the side of the tv.

For this handbag cake, I used my own fondant and I noticed the same problem, not too severe. (Because my homemade fondant is not as soft as the store-bought ones.) You will still face the problem or the fear that the fondant will start to tear down (especially at the back of the bag). I guess any cake with this kind of structure will be affected. Just ensure that the fondant is glued to the cake entirely and the texture of the fondant is not too soft. If you are using store-bough fondants, knead in a little icing sugar.

I have not done many cakes in the form of a bag, the closest was this luggage bag. The step-by-step on how to make this luggage bag is in my book “Kraf Gula”. You can find the book in MPH, Popular or just order from me.

Yup, this is the bag that I faithfully carry with me on my long journeys for years.

Have to go get ready for more Open House today. Have a great weekend everyone !