Monday 15 July 2013

Handbag & Shoe Cakes

One of my favourite cakes to make is the Handbag & Shoe cake. This amazing combination never fails to bring a smile to a woman's face. I mean, we all love to trot around town wearing sexy looking heels and carrying a smart looking and matching bag, right? So this cake fulfills that fantasy for most women, both working or stay at home, young & old.

The first bag I made was a pink/black imitation of Chanel's Cambon line clutch bag. The smaller picture on the top right of the collage is the original bag. I think I did a pretty good job ya? Just don't sue me ok, Chanel? It can't compare with the real thing, of course.




The next bag cake was my own design. This time I tried to make a matching high heel and some other small cosmetics pieces as well. You know, one of the most fun part of being a cake decorator is you get to be a designer as well. From shirts & ties, to bags and shoes!



My third bag creation is a special request for a red Chanel bag. My friend ordered this cake for her friend who is very sick and hoped that it will cheer her up during this dark period of her life. So when I made this cake, I was thinking a lot about the recipient, whom I have not met, and hoping that it will bring a smile to her. This is another reason why I like to decorate beautiful cakes...for the joy, comfort and happy feelings it brings to the people who see it. 

For this shoe, I tried to make it higher and more sexy, to match this lady, whose description I heard from my friend. Making the high heel was extremely fragile and it broke in the middle. Luckily I was able to patch it back and it did survive the journey to the recipient intact!! 




This fourth cake was my most recent. It's for hubby's colleague's wife who is also our friend. She is a capable career woman, and working mum. Initially I wanted to make a leopard print bag and shoe but luckily I checked with her husband on what's her style and he said she's not a "leopard girl" and usually favours the colour black. However a cake is not nice if it's all black. I decided that a beige and brown tone might fit her taste. Thankfully, she was delighted with what I made :)

 

I'm looking forward to making the next bag cake. Wonder who it will be for?

Sunday 23 June 2013

Cupcakes for Dads



When Father's Day came round the corner last year September, I was approached by my church's Sunday school coordinator to help make 40 cupcakes for the Dads. They will be given out to all the fathers on Sunday, along with 2 chocolates in a noodle box that was decorated by the kids. I decided on a shirt & time theme for the cupcakes.

And did I have fun designing all 40 combinations of shirts and tie. Every single one was unique and different. All the dads received one such cupcake each but I don't think many of them had a taste of them. There were too many hungry children eyeing those cupcakes! And fathers, being fathers, providers of the family, how can they say no to their children?

Monday 15 April 2013

Baby Nursery Baptism Cake

I've made quite a few birthday cakes but for baptism, this is my first. In fact, the ceremony and celebration of baptism was very new to me. I searched up the internet and found thousands of cakes to mark this special occasion. From there, I got an idea of what kinds of cakes were suitable for the event.

The Godmother of the baptized child ordered this cake and allowed me a free hand to design it. She only specified that she wants the words "God Bless" and the child's name on it. This was really cool and I decided to make a Baby Nursery cake after some research. The base cake was extremely tall and I added a baby bed as a second tier. 





Little baby toys and accessories made of fondant were done days ahead, including a teddy bear, blocks, a pacifier and baby bottle. I covered the sides of the cake with strips of pink and white fondant and glued Hello Kitty/My Melody cut-outs on it. For the top of the cake, I scattered dessicated coconut onto the icing to achieve the 'carpet' texture in a room. The 'bed' cake, covered in yellow fondant bedsheet and a pink fondant quilt, with the sleeping baby, was placed on top. The headboard was made with butter scotch cookies.

I'm hopeful God would be pleased with the results :)  

Cut The Rope Cake

Oh dear, I feel that I'm getting more and more forgetful and disorganised. I can't remember my email password and I realised it's been 4 months since I've updated this blog, or any of my other blogs for that matter. A thousand apologies for being so slack. 

Alright, no more excuses. Today I'll share the story about the Cut The Rope cake. This is another cake inspired by electronic games, like the Angry Birds. This time it's Om Nom, that little candy swallowing green monster that is not frog nor dinosaur.

My friend's son was a fan of the game and so because of this cake, I had to educate myself about the game, even played a few rounds and consulted the experts (my children) on the finer details. The interesting thing about make cakes for people, I learn different things and gained a little knowledge each time.

For the inside of the cake, I suggested orange poppy seed cake with orange juice buttercream for a little something different. The flavour was very well-recieved although I learnt my lesson not to bake a deep cake all at one go. The cake took a long time to cook and I had to cut away a bit of burnt cake on the sides. 



Om Nom was replicated using fondant and the little elements of the game, like the spider, stars and candycane decorated the sides to complete the look!