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!

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!

Red is Love (Kloé-cake's 10th month celebration)

 Is it Valentine's Day yet? 

 Well, it doesn't matter what day of the year it is...

These red velvet cupcakes say "love, love, love"!

As you may all have read from our previous posts,

on the last weekend of every month (the weekend closest to the 29th) 

we bake for the local hospice as our way of giving thanks

and celebrating the month that has passed in our princess' life.

We have enjoyed this since the beginning and the joy that we get out of it

is far more than what we put in.

 

Thank you for joining us in 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!