Franz & Kristin's babyshower cake

Two years ago, we had the honour of making Franz & Kristin's fun Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head wedding cake. A year and a half later, we were commissioned to make their baby shower cake! :) We especially love it when we get return customers. :) 

Thank you, Franz & Kristin for your continued support!

This is the brief for the baby shower cake they had in mind: unisex colour (green, white), a cot, and a baby. They decided to "not" know whether they were having a boy or a girl.

This is the cake we came up with:

The cake is banana mud cake with white chocolate ganache frosting.

Here's a few close-up shots:

The Baby!

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

ps. The baby is now almost 5 months old... 

a very healthy and beautiful baby girl named Azariah. :)

Alice's Sophisticated 16th Birthday Tiara Cake

Alice has to be one of the best clients we've ever had! Hard to imagine she is only 16. 

She knew exactly what she wanted in terms of what the cake would look like. 

She gave us this brief:

"All-white cake, with black ribbon/bow around the base. Edible black tiara topper with a red jewel in the middle. Happy 16th Birthday Alice written on the cake board." 

A very classy choice for a young lady of her generation, indeed! 

Wish granted:

 

The hand-made edible tiara (no moulds, or cutters... 

just hands, a plastic cylinder to dry it on, and a scalpel... just saying, LOL):

 You can tell it's made freehand by the sloppy edible glitters that's meant to only stick to the jewel in the middle. Hahah! Didn't bother Photoshopping just to make a point :D

 

"Happy 16th Birthday Alice" as per the brief:

And now, a couple more images for the sake of showmanship (LOL):

 

 Alice's reaction when she first laid eyes on her cake:

"Wow! That is exactly how I pictured it in my mind!"

 "My party went very well thank you ! The cake made it in one piece , everyone loved the cake. thank you so much again for such an amazing and tasty cake!" -Alice

See what we mean? Even in giving her feedback, she is very sophisticated!

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

Elegant Rose Cascade Floral Wedding Cake

Hello again! 

We're trying to keep up with all the blog entries we have to make, so excuse the blog-arrhoea.

This next cake was for a wedding last January, barely days after Jane's wedding. 

The venue was at the beautiful Markovina Vineyard Estate in Kumeu,

and the newly married Jane & Arvee did the delivery & set-up at venue.

The cake toppers were custom designed and resemble some of the bride & groom's

prominent features. We try our hardest to achieve this, sometimes with a light humour to it.

Some details of the handmade figurine toppers:

 The groom asked for their initials to be placed on his cap:

And now for the Sylvia Weinstock/Peggy Porschen - inspired sugar floral details 

(peony-type roses and white hydrangeas):

And for a last boast:

Thank you, Romit & Bandhana for joining us in this sugary-sweet journey!

Kyle's Pirate 5th Birthday Cake

What a 2013 it has been!!! 

We hope everyone is settling back smoothly into routine.

We have had an eventful end of 2013 and an even bigger start to 2014.

We'll tell all when we blog about Janey's wedding to Arvee...

Mean time, here's what we've been up to

in between wedding planning, full time work, choir practices and nappy changes.

  

Kyle's brother attended the centre where Joy worked at,

and that's how we have come to know Kyle's family. 

Here are is our fave shot of Kyle's Pirate-themed chocolate mud-cake:

And some cupcakes to match:

(Ps. No, this is not the same Kyle as the one we made an Old Macdonald Farm cake for)

Thank you Kyle and family, for joining us in this sugary-sweet journey!

  

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!

Kloé Abigail's First Birthday Party Part 3 - The Cake

The one cake Joy has looked forward to making since the princess was born:

Original design and concept by Mommy Joy. 

The sugar flowers were hand-crafted with much love by Aunty Jane.

 

Our princess with her cake in the background:

Cutting the cake!

 

(Photos by: Available Light Ltd.)

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

Ezrah's "Happy Feet" Birthday Cake

Jane's fiance's workmate celebrated their son's birthday with a 

Happy Feet - inspired birthday party.

Here is our best attempt: 

And the cake came with a dozen boxed matching cupcakes 

with hand-crafted toppers on piped swirly buttercream icing:

And for a last look:

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

Kloé-cake's Coffee Group Turns 1!

We have been tasked with coming up with a gender-neutral birthday cake

for Kloé-cake's coffe group party. Here is what we came up with:

Full name: Poppy-inspired hand-painted fondant-finished chocolate mud cake. 

 

A little bit of 2d/3D details here and there. Understatement is the key.

And above is the cake with the coffee group singing happy birthday to all the babies!

And now for one last look:

 

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

Kloé-cake is 10 months old (Pink & Blue Owl Cake)!

Along with little cousin Nathan's 3rd birthday, 

we also celebrated our Kloé-cake's 10th month.

We wanted her Tito Nathan to be able to bring his Chugginton cake to preschool

to share with his friends and teachers, so we decided to bake a mini-cake

for our princess too, so we can have something to enjoy with coffee.

 

 The chocolate owl topper we made a few weeks ago was perfect for it, don't you think?

Here is our little princess on her 10th month birthday...

helping her to blow the candle are Tito Nathan & Amang Lakay:

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

Wooooo-hooooo! Modeling Chocolate - our first try.

It's been a long time coming...

And now, we finally got to dabble into the world of modeling chocolate.

Last Sunday, we happened to stumble upon a free demonstration class

on how to work with modeling chocolate. Sweet!

We then came home in a state of "wonder-if-we-could-do-it-too".

There was only one way to find out - TRY.

So, here is our very first modeling chocolate creation:

Jane named her 'Kloé'...

just like our very own little night owl. ;D

 Modeling chocolate has it's pros and cons compared to our usual medium (fondant)...

The down side is that it's so pliable, it's eternally 'fixable' and never firms up. 

So if you're a bit clumsy, whooooops! And you can't have warm sticky hands. 

Ohhhhh, but it is certainly much more scrumptious than fondant - by a mile!

While Jane is preoccupied with her newly purchased tub of specialty

gum paste,  Joy is now hooked on modeling chocolate! So, watch this space.

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