A way long overdue post, so this will be a photo-heavy one as I cram in my latest projects to date =P Been very busy at work since I'm still in the midst of a project and had to do some hand overs before I leave (more on that later). So, here are more of the stuff that I did the past month or so:
Lemon cupcakes with a cream cheese frosting...these were made on a whim for me to try out these new fondant flower cutters and flower formers for another project due in a couple of weeks. While I loved the colors, I didn't really like the way the flowers seemed like it was curling sideways instead of up. So I found another method and it worked like a charm!
This was made for my friend who ordered a cake for Father's Day. She wanted a cheesecake, so I suggested this caramel apple cheesecake pie which I absolutely loved the few times I've tried it out. Loved the lighting of the photo when I took this...natural light is awesome! Heh!
And the result of the 'experiments'? This wedding cake! I was very honored when my friend Shayne asked me to make her wedding cake. It was my very first wedding cake, as well as my first two tiered cake. Very tiring, especially with making the tiny flowers and decorating it, but thankfully it all worked out albeit the flaws (that I tried to hide with different angles and stuff...heh!) Yeah, as you can see the flowers were not the daisy flowers. Shayne wanted these kind of flowers but at first I couldn't find the cutters so I opted for small daisies. Luckily I managed to find these pretty cutters about 4 days before the cake was due, so I switched to these pronto!
Here's another view of the cake while it was placed in the church to await the cake cutting ceremony...*grins* The cake was a lemon orange cake with a raspberry puree filling in the bottom tier and lemon buttercream all over (and inside the top tier).
That very same day I had another cake due! It sure was a hectic weekend! Let's not mention also the fact that the next day was the KL Marathon, and I barely had 5 hours of sleep to finish these cakes...=P This was for a birthday girl who absolutely adores dogs, so my friend Yen asked for a dog themed cake. I tried to do a dog park cake...=) The doggies were not easy to make...but I had fun doing these! The cake was a coffee cake with caramel in between the layers and topped with fresh cream and fondant figurines.
After the 10km run, I rested a while and then started on these as they were for my friend who wanted some doggie cupcakes to celebrate her dog's 7th birthday. I definitely enjoyed making these =) I even made extra so I could give Scottie & Kenji some...it's been a while since they had these cupcakes. These were meatloaf cupcakes with mashed potato frosting, and decorated with cheddar cheese, ham, nori seaweed and dog treats. The doggies went nuts for these, as I was told...which was always great news! *grins*
These were more recent...made these tarts last week for a friend who ordered these for her colleague's party. Strawberry cream cheese tart and fresh fruit tart with vanilla pastry cream...my two favorite tarts so far! I had a little boo boo though with the strawberry tart =( Made the chocolate ganache a little too runny and didn't manage to let it set a bit first before drizzling it on the tart....result? It SPREAD all over, resulting in a tart looking like I poured a layer of chocolate over the strawberries. *Sigh* Not a pretty sight indeed =( The photo here was taken right after I'd drizzled the ganache. Notice the streaks had already start spreading....now imagine the streaks combining together after a while. Yes, that was how bad it spread. =( Oh well...luckily the reviews were good for the tart, so it wasn't TOO bad I hope!
Made these for a pot luck at the office a few days before my last day at work....these were roasted cherry tarts with chocolate. These have become my favorite kind of tart when cherry season comes! The cherries were roasted until they were even more juicy than before...combine them with freshly whipped cream and drizzled melted dark chocolate: BLISS! I devoured them like crazy...and even my colleagues gave me the thumbs up! So it's definitely a keeper *grins*
More baking projects to come, hopefully! I'm liking the way things are turning out for my quest to save up enough money to get a bigger oven =) The responses from my friends wanting to order baked goods from me were very encouraging indeed *grins* Here's to more baking in the future! Heh!
