Sunday, November 03, 2013

Kloé-cake's 12th month Bake-athon

September was a very busy month for us, as we prepared for our princess'
very first very own party. So, to make sure we don't forget to bake and deliver 
to our friends at the Hospice, we had to do this 2 weeks before her actual birthday:
Above: Kloé-cake with her Mommy, and the Hospice's kitchen lady Michelle.

Thank you for joining our Kloé-cake 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:


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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!

Our Kloé-cake turned 11 months


At the end of August, we were so inundated with all sorts of responsibilities!
So glad we still managed to mark our princess' 11th month with some
baking for the local hospice. We were in such a hurry that we forgot to photograph
these scrumptious vanilla muffins before packing them up.
We had to go back to the Hospice to take a snap shot, and by that time, some of
the muffins had already been enjoyed :)

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

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

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!