Special Mother's Day cupcakes... a gift from us!

For Mother's Day this year, we decided to do something special for
 the mothers in our lives... well, here in New Zealand anyway 

(sending them overseas isn't very feasible!).

So we decided to do what we do best, besides cakes: 

CUPCAKES, 

especially packaged with all the love in the world! :)

As we were collating our photos for blogging, we found out that we don't have a 

photo of the cupcakes (minus the packaging). *sobs*

Fortunately one of the recipients of these cupcakes took a beautiful photo of it! 

*she saves the day!*

Thank you, Miss. Available Light Ltd. ;)

A very late happy Mother's Day to all! *LOL*

Thank you for joining us in this sugary-sweet journey! 

Love to you!

Chris' Wine Bottle Cakescape (70th)

Yet another first for us. We love a challenge! 

Often the cost of making a cake does not take into account (at all) the extensive time 

and immeasurable effort we pour into our creations.

And we blame nobody else but ourselves for this -

we have, countless of times, found ourselves carried away

and diverting from what's meant to be a simple cake.

The true reward is simply proving to ourselves that we could!

Here is a perfect example of the above scenario: 

The box is the cake. 

The wine bottle (a replica of a real NZ winemaker's bottle) is made of fondant.

 The grapes and grapevine leaves were hand-crafted. No silicone moulds!
(Ain't buying overly-priced moulds for one-off jobs!Hmp! LOL)

Thank you, Chris & Penny, for joining us on this sugary-sweet journey!

Giane's Birdcage 11th Birthday Cake

Our little cousin isn't so little anymore... She's 11! 

Giane is Nathan's (Winnie the Pooh Cake-scape) big sister. 

Her parents asked for a small and simple cake,

and that was the plan, until...

an idea struck! Then we couldn't help it.

Here are our 3 fave shots of the birdcage-themed red velvet creation:

Thank you, G, for joining us again in this sugary-sweet journey!

Kate & Jay's Ombré Ruffle Wedding Cake

 Because we are bespoke cake stylists, most of our work are original designs. 

However, it is a common practice of most aspiring cake decorators 

and hobbyists to 'take inspiration' (aka copy ideas) 

from much more experienced and innovative masters of the craft. 

We are also only learning, but our point of difference is that when we do borrow an idea,

we give credit where it's due. 

For this next number, the bride - Kate was really enamored by the simplicity 

of this Bobbette & Belle wedding cake design:

 

Kate is our Janey's old friend all the way from High School.

We are honoured to help create their dream day!

Here is our humble take on the brooch & ruffles ensemble:

The bottom tier was red vlevet cake in white chocolate ganache frosting.

The middle tier was lemon-vanilla pound cake with white choc ganache.

Th top tier was white choc mud cake with creamy milk choc ganache.

Such yummy colours!!! 

We must have stared at it for hours after assembling it, it was mesmerizing!

 

The night of the wedding, Kate texted Jane...

she said it was 'delish'! Now, to make a pretty cake - that's one thing.

To make a delicious cake - that's yet another!!!

 Happy.

Thank you for joining us in this sugary-sweet journey!

Kloé-cake's Cake Smash Photoshoot

We are soooo super happy that our princess was born 

in the spring time - Sakura-season! 

Here are photos by our talented friend from Available Light Ltd

of our 1 year old photo-shoot at Cornwall Park:

The egg-free, dairy-free vanilla pound cake... was covered in butter cream (LOL)!

 

The sakura on the cake is made of rice wafer:

Our princess and her smash cake:

 Oooops!

 

Thank you for joining Kloé-cake in this sugary-sweet journey!

Tulip Painted mini-cake

We have been experimenting with hand-painting on fondant. 

This tulip-inspired number was made for Jane's fiance's mom's birthday.

Did you follow? hahah! too many apostrophes. 

So, of course we have a long way to go. We aren't exactly fine arts graduates.

But just humour us for a bit. ok? LOL

 Thanks for joining us in this sugary-sweet journey!

Buttercream-Only 79th Birthday Cake

Hello! We received an overseas phone call for a 

short-notice request (2days!) from one of our very first 'clients' 

when we got started, and so we couldn't say no. 

It was for her dear mum's birthday...

 

 When looking for inspiration, we stumbled upon a 

beautiful modern buttecream-only cake by a US bakery. 

So, on a whim, we decided this was

our chance to dabble into the world of piped flower icings.

 

This is our first official attempt in making

a buttercream-only creation.

The cake is a vanilla yoghurt pound cake, 

layered and frosted with lemon-vanilla buttercream.

 

 It is a 6"x7" round barrel cake (double height, 

including the flowers) and is good for a party of 20-25. 

We're rather pleased with how the colour scheme came together. 

The problem with most of the traditional-style buttercream cakes 

is that they are often dull in appearance and lacking

in liveliness, crispness and contrast.

 

Thank God for the world wide web and YouTube University

for the crash course on basic piping techniques!

Oh, and credits to Bona Ceri Floral Cakes for our inspiration.

 

And just when we were about to go to sleep, 

we decided that the flowers alone were not enough star-factor, 

so we got out of bed again to hand-mould 

the number 79 out of modeling chocolate... just because.

 

 There you go - our very first buttercream-only cake!

We look forward to many more buttercream-only creations...

we think we're rather hooked. :)

Thank you for joining us in this sugary-sweet journey!

Cherry blossom-inspired Mother's Day Cake

8th May 2011: Well, we've been busy baking over the weekend! Adorable mini-cakes for sugary-sweet mums! Here's the first design:

Cherry blossom-inspired mini-cake

To all you mums out there: We hope you had an awesome Mother's day, and that you got spoilt heaps! :D

Thank you for joining us in this sugary-sweet journey!

Limited Edition Mother's Day Mini-cakes

If you're looking for the sweetest most delightful mother's day present for your mum, LOOK this way! We have designed three mini-cakes available for orders between now and  the 4th of May (Wednesday). But be quick, as we can only bake so much in one week-end, there are only 10 places available! 

Dimensions: 4in high by 4.5in diameter round cake. Approx. 4 coffee slices.

Mix and match the following flavours and designs:

Flavour 1: Rose Butter Cake. 

4 layers of butter cake with a slight hint of rose water with vanilla buttercream filling.

Flavour 2: Decadent Chocolate. 

4 layers of moist choc-fudge cake with white-choc ganache filling.

Flavour 3: Vanilla Sky. 

4 layers of moist vanilla cake with vanilla butter cream filling  

Design 1: Pure Love - white luster sugar flowers with pearl cachous accent on white fondant-finished cake. This stunner is as elegant as the top tier of a glorious wedding cake!

Design 2: English Rose - handcrafted sugar roses on an ice-blue fondant-finished cake. This cake is simply gorgeous! Just ask our friends from Available Light, Ltd.

Design 3: Cherry Blossom - Inspired. The name says it all. 

 

At only $30 each, these mini-cakes say 'I love you, Mum / Grandma / Aunty/ Wifey' in the sweetest most uniquely delightful way! 

But wait, there's more! Just to make our very first promo event even sugary sweeter, here's a competition for all our fans/friends/friends of friends. If you placed one order out of the 10 available places, you are in to WIN YOUR $$ back! All you have to do is tell us why your mother / nanna / aunty / wifey is the best mum in the world! If we think your story has the most 'Awwwww....',  then you're our winner!

Terms & Conditions:

1. Family members and immediate relatives of Sweet Art Cakes by Milbree Moments are not qualified to enter the competition.

2. Judges' (that's us) decision is final. 

3. Winner will be announced on the 1st of May. 

4. Entry into competition allows us rights to publish your story here on the blog and on our facebook page. Of course, we'll consider use of pseudonyms if you have confidentiality issues. 

So place your orders, and get writing! Mother's day is only 3 weeks away. 

Thank you for joining us in this sugary-sweet journey!   

Ps. Pick-up from 7am on Sunday, the 8th of May (Mother's Day).  Address will be advised upon receipt of full payment.

Mother's day Cake no.2: Carrot cake

May 2010:  Two cakes for a colleague's Mother's Day special at their church. We were so happy for the opportunity to bake for this lady. She gives us bulghogi and kimchi all the time. So nyummm!!! ;p

[For the first cake, please click here.]

For the second cake... Well, we had no idea what to make. We found a bag of carrots in the fridge. So, carrot cake it is! Gumpaste carrots were then made, just like so...

Yum moist carrot cake (cinnamon, nutmeg, n'ol) with cream cheese icing and carrot gumpaste topper. 

Thank you for joining us in this sugary-sweet journey!

Mother's day cake no. 1: Tulip Cake

May 2010:  Two cakes for a colleague's Mother's Day special at their church. We were so happy for the opportunity to bake for this lady. She gives us bulghogi and kimchi all the time. So nyummm!!! ;p

So here's the first cake:
[For the second cake, please click here.]

It's a strawberry yoghurt pound cake, frosted and filled with Italian meringue buttercream, fondant finished, gumpaste decorations.

The inspiration for the colours came from vivid images of traditional hanbok such as these ones seen on WeddingInspirasi. So playful in colour, you cannot help but get happy!

Thank you for joining us in this sugary-sweet journey!