Mr & Mrs Potato Head: Franz & Kristin's Red Velvet Wedding Cake

Just over a year ago, we were asked to create an engagement cake for a lovely couple.

And now, the big day has come... We ♥ this wedding cake! 

Outside, it's a classic all-white fondant-iced cake... 

Inside, it's red, velevety & smothered with a white chocolate cream cheese frosting 

made only with the best ingredients! 
   

At first (Joy, being honest here) we couldn't see 

what the big attraction was to this cake design... 

but after everything was said and done, it's made a believer out of us, it's obvious why. 

Kristin has great taste! 
    

 

The blooming bride has always had a soft heart for Mr & Mrs Potato Head. 

She collects them, in fact. When we had our initial consultation / cake tasting, 

she was rather shy to mention it. We're glad she did. 

We think it's made their cake even more special.  We like to have a good story to tell. 

Here are a couple more shots of the sugar sculptures:

  

While the bride was preoccupied with the design, 

the groom's attention was on the cake itself. 

We appreciate his honest opinion of the original recipe which, 

we have since modified and improved. So, here is the cake in all its glory:
 

At their wedding reception, this 3-tier white beauty, made with 8 blocks of white chocolate,

7 bags of fondant, & 6 packs of cream cheese among other things, stood so very elegantly!
     

       
Franz & Kristin, thank you for joining us in this sugary sweet journey! 

We wish you God's blessings and all the best in life as you begin your wedded life together.

Connor's Wild Wild West 3rd Birthday Cake

News flash: Joy & Kenneth's little princess has arrived!!!

(Abigail) Kloé is now 5 weeks and 4 days old. There is a beautiful warm fuzzy buzz

around our little home and it's all about the littlest one. 

Jane has now finished with business school (for now), and is now the proud owner of a Certificate in Small Business Management! How quickly time flies...

Amidst all of this, we managed to produce a cakescape extraordinaire - the only commission we accepted for the month of October, one we could not refuse no matter the circumstances. This family has been a very supportive client from the start, we are grateful.

Last year, we made an Ernie & Bert Cake for Connor's 2nd birthday. 

This year, his mom wanted nothing less than a cakescape, 

and gave us 3 months (get that - 3 months) lead time!!! We ♥ her. 

The theme was 'Cowboys & Indians'. Connor also loves animals, 

and so the inspiration his mom has chosen was perfect for this: 

Quickdraw McGraw (a classic cartoon tv show from the '60s which, 

we've never heard off until this... had to watch episodes to study the characters). 

Meet Sheriff Quick Draw McGraw, aka vigilante El Kabong:

Deputy Baba Looey (a Mexican Donkey):

Dog deputy Snuffles:

Featuring Connor as the 'Indian in a tee-pee': 

The campfire hang-out: 

As if all that wasn't enough, 15 cupcakes also went along with the cakescape, in 3 designs, all matching the Wild Wild West theme: 

Thank you Connor for sharing in our sugary sweet journey! See you again next year :)      

Sam's Pikachu 21st Birthday Cake

Our little brother is 'all growed up' now... he turned 21 last month. 

It was such a busy month - what with the baby and Jane's final module assessments... 

but family is family. 

When he was younger (and much smaller than us), he loved Pikachu so much he lived and breathed it! We wanted to reminisce this memory and fuse it together with his current love of snowboarding. Hence, a snowboarding Pikachu. Get it? 

Happy 21st, our dear baby brother! We love you always and forever.

40th birthday cake: 'abs on the beach'!

This cake is the last commission we accepted before our expectant mum's (Joy) due date.

The little princess is due in 10 days!!!

Our good friend Ivan turned 40 last weekend; we got to deliver the cake and join his party too. All credits go to his lovely wife in terms of the design concept - particularly the "abs"! She wanted Ivan pictured in his dream holiday: 

"relaxing on a tropical beach, in his board shorts..."

 

 Ivan likes his ginger beer :

 

 Top view of the (fondant iced/decorated, ganaché-frosted chocolate mud) cake:

View of the "abs" from the side:

And finally, the cake's front profile:

We thank your family for the friendship. 

And most of all, thank you, Ivan for joining us in this sugary sweet journey!

   

Dannah's 18th Birthday: Moulin Rouge meets Monté Carlo

We recently had the opportunity to dig our itchy hands into the making of a spectacular 18th birthday party for a sweet young lady. In our culture, 18th birthdays are as big a deal as 21st birthdays (perhaps even more)... We didn't only get to make her cupcake tower, we also got to have fun doing crafty stuff and it was beautiful to see it all come together.
Exhausting... but exciting!

Part 1: The stationery by Milbreé moments (pictured here with cupcake samples):

Part 2: The Cupcake Tower... 

... the cupcakes:

... the cake:

... and now: THE cupcake tower assembled on our very versatile cupcake stand:

... the birthday girl and her cupcake tower 

(sorry about the photo quality - iPhone photo only):

 Part 3: Party décor and styling by Milbreé Moments:

 The glittery heart backdrop was hand-made by... us :)

Rentals from: First Scene and Centrepieces

  We had the idea of contracting a pro dance group for a special item during the party. 

The birthday girl's mom tried with all her might, 

but they all seemed pretty exclusive and elusive... 

so in true "CAN-CAN-do" spirit, Dannah's friends showed such graciousness 

and agreed to dress up as her can-can girls 

and gave a surprise dance number for her gustes:

 ... all three girls are wearing fascinators handmade by... us :)
(thanks to Dannah's mom for sharing the photo above)

We even got to be invited as guests - such fun!!!

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

The Princess is Coming (A Baby Shower)

Once upon a time, there was a mom-to-be and a dad-to be who were gifted with a beautiful (couples) baby shower party by their family. All their closest friends and relatives came to bless them with their love and best wishes... 

But this blog really is about the gorgeous shower party decorations :) 

Starting from the hand-crafted stationery designed by Milbreé Moments (aka., Aunty Jane):

the menu-card:

name bands and a keep sake from all the guests:

to the sweet little giveaways (hot-choc drink mix in mason jars):

the 'tablescape' that's oh-so-enchanting:

... to the home-made desserts / petit fours:

  

... and fluffy pink and white marshmallows all over the place:

... to compliment the rich dark chocolate ganaché cupcakes

... and cute little decadent mini-cupcakes:

... of course, there is THE ombré-inspired frilly princess CAKE:

... with hand-crafted (by mom-to-be) crystal crown cake-topper and crystal side-accent:

... sitting all pretty on this gorgeous cupcake tower stand:

... and to put them altogether: a dessert table truly fit for a princess!

We hope you enjoyed delighting your eyes on this blog post as much as we enjoyed putting everything together. 

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

(PS. We will be a little out of action in the next couple of months 

as we await the little princess...)

Lion Cake

ROARRRRRR!

This week's post is our amateur attempt at a 'realistic' 3D cake. We know we are light years away from our inspiration, Sylvia Weinstock, but hey - we've got to start somewhere! So when a lovely young lady approached us for her 21st birthday, we accepted the challenge in sort of a 'fake it 'till we make it kind of way'. We said YES with such confidence that can move mountains, even though inside we had no clue whatsoever 

how we were going to approach the job...

So, if you feel like being critical - no worries, we're already one step ahead of yah (wink wink)!  We also have a resident-self-taught-engineer-of-some-sort (Kenneth) who is our biggest fan and most valuable critic. He reckons our proportions are not quite right. 

We cannot disagree.  

 

The inspiration photo that the lovely client gave us was of a cake made of air-brushed butter cream-iced cake. We work with fondant. And haven't yet learned to work with air brushing. Someday soon... so for now, we gotta work with what we have. 

 The cake component is creamy milk chocolate mud cake all smothered in milk chocolate ganaché. We didn't get to weigh the final product, but get this - the ganaché alone weighed 2.5 kilograms!!! The mud cake is approximately 4 kilograms in itself. We used up 1 Kilograms of fondant. We hope she serves it up, it would be a shame not to eat all that cake - NOM NOM NOM.  

 Hence, given the circumstances, we reckon not bad for a first go. Most importantly, the client was happy with her cake. And that matters to us very much: 

"Thank you both so much for your effort and kindness. I will be sure to take a pic and show you what my party ends up looking like :)" - Rez, Auckland

Thank you for joining us in this sugary sweet journey!