"My last order for April 2013"

Yes, its only the 16th of April 2013 today and I'm closed for orders this month. Reason being, my other half and me will be embarking on a spiritual journey to Makkah and Madinah this week. We will be performing our umrah and our trip will take us about 8 days. Before leaving though, I've managed to squeeze in 2 orders last week.

The first order was from Azlina, who wanted me to make for her son Ben 10 cupcakes to be taken on her son's kindy picnic. I didn't take any photos for this order as I was in a rush and totally forgot to do it!!! The cupcakes were chocolate with vanilla frosting and decorated with edible Ben 10 images.

The next order was from my neighbour (2 doors away), Kak Nora, who wanted to surprise her childhood friend, Christine with a birthday cake. She gave me a free reign on the cake design and only requested that I make for her a vanilla cake. She also mentioned that Christine loves the colour orange. When I was informed about this cake, in my mind I could already picture the cake that I wanted to make. I just wanted it to be simple and elegant with only one sugar flower on the cake and the sides decorated with 2D effect.

The overall view of the cake made with different shades of orange

The sugar flower in sunset orange - airbrushed and dusted with edible dust colouring

The decorated sides made to look a bit like lace

I quite enjoyed making this cake as this was a very simple order compared to my other cakes. Thanks for the order, Kak Nora and so sorry, I'm not able to take your order for the 20th of April this month. Next time ya...

"Azlina's Birthday"

One of my besties, Azlina, celebrated her birthday last month, on 24th of March to be exact. The same day as my niece's, Myiesha's birthday. I decided to organise lunch and meet up with her as we've not seen each other since last January. I had two of my other besties, Sheila and Mastura to join in the fun. Sheila was the designated person to get the pressie and I thought, why not surprise Azlina with a cake. 

Azlina loves, loves chocolate and I decided to make for her a chocolate almond cake frosted with chocolate ganache and peanut butter chips. As for the deco, I decided on the colour purple as Azlina loves that colour!!

I didn't really get a chance to capture the cake photos as
I was rushing for time to finish the cake
 

 Basically, it was decorated with lilies at the sides and airbrushed to achieve the sheen

I had Azlina's name in glitter as she loves a little blink, blink on the cake

We had a great time catching up and how Azlina's kids have grown!! Was very happy that we got a chance to catch up that day. Although the four of us, Sheila, Mastura, Azlina & me rarely meet, we all know that deep down we are always able to depend on each other when the times are good or bad. We know that we shall remain true friends for a long, long time! I love you gals :)

Azlina and her two babies, Adam & Iman with the birthday cake

Happy birthday, my dearest Azlina... May the coming year bring you more joy, happiness, good health and of course prosperity!! Love ya...

"Angry Bubble"

My friend, Elo wanted to surprise her hubby, Halim, who celebrated his 59th birthday last week. Elo and Halim were in KL for the hols. They both reside in Jakarta and that's where my friendship with them began. We met them while we were staying in Jakarta few years back. Even though, we've moved back to KL since 2011, we still remain quite close to them.

Back to the surprise party, Elo wanted a very fun cake to celebrate a fun occasion! After going through a few ideas, Elo decided on the "Angry Bubble" theme. Halim is absolutely gaga over this game on his tablet and is quite addicted to it. As for me, I never heard of this game before and I had to make a cake based on the screen capture that Elo had sent to me. I decided to do more research from the web and came out with a few ideas that I captured into this cake...

The screen capture I finally decided for the Angry Bubble theme

Elo's idea for this cake was brilliant! I love how cheerful the cake looks...

The whole view of the cake and cupcakes for the guests

  

A close-up of the cupcakes

Elo pretty much left everything else to my imagination. I decided on the colour silver & black as its most suitable for a man's birthday theme and the colours go very well with the bubble colours. I made the colourful bubbles as the main deco for the cupcakes. Elo requested a vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream.

Happy Birthday again, Pak Halim and we sure enjoyed ourselves that night :) Thanks again Elo for all your orders and support. 

xoxoxo

Elinna