Cake projects 2009

Hello, it has been a long long while since my last post. I got NO TIME la lately. School runs and all ( although my son goes to the kindie across the street from home je now, like real real school run, literally. Geddit? I run him to school from the house? ) ANYWAY, thought I should just post up pictures of all the cakes I did last year, for record purposes kan? And because I am so lazy and GOT NO TIME to describe every each one of them, I'm just going to upload them and label themlike they do in catalogues.

Dad's birthday cake, sugar free chocolate cake. I use Splenda Sweetenner to substitute sugar. Should be available in all supermarket. I got mine from Village Grocer, Bangsar Village. My favourite supermarket because they have everything I need.

Mum's birthday cake, orange almond cake. Express cake ni. Started baking in the afternoon, party was at night. The cake says 'We Love Misyik' because the cucus (grandchildren) call my mother Misyik. Misyik is Achehnese for Nenek/Grandma.

I made these animal cookies with my boys. Bought the cookie cutter from that kitchen shop at The Gardens. Forgot the name of the shop, but it's near the Robinson's. They've got nice baking tools there. Pricey, but nice. Didn't get to explore my creativity on these cookies, because they all disappeared from the cooling rack. Hisy!


T Rex cake for my Akalil. My boys are dino fans and t rex is their favourite dino. This is a chocolate cake. Got the pan from Cake Connection in PJ. They have this plastic cake pan. Very good because it's cheap. Cost me RM16 je.

Haaaa, dah new year, more new baking project in my baking lab. Wish me luck!

My First Project: Ben10 Cake for Arif

Some people like cooking, some like reading, some are amazingly creative and can do wonders on canvas ( like my dear friend Mrika ), but me, my hobby is "Acquiring Skills". Haaaaaa. So, I don't just have one hobby. I have many, and too diversed to story-mory. When I was Little Miss Preggy ( haha, not so little pun ) with my 3rd little dahling, skill acquired was cake decorating. Syioook! I've always loved baking. Made husband bought me an expensive oven when we first moved into our very own home ( sowey, abang dahling ). But decorating department, FAIL! Creativity ZERO. Since, during that time, I have a bit of time in hand, and maybe because I was carrying a girl, I started exploring the art of cake decorating.

Ariza, my sister in law (SIL), was kind enough to let me do a birthday cake for my nephew Arif. It was his 5th birthday, and he wanted a Ben10 cake. Haaaaaa, ambik ko! First project, Ben10 cake tu. Ariza wanted a chocolate moist cake. Nyum nyum. The cake baking part was okay. But the Ben10 part was a bit of a challenge. I browsed, and browse for Ben10 pictures on the net. Found one nice picture and most importantly not too fancy to re-draw on the cake.

Since it was my first project, I did a trial run on a small round butter cake.

Okay tak? Not bad la, for a beginner. Donated the cake to the boys' kindergarten.

Unfortunately, it was a really hot day when I started on the real cake. So, the icing was a bit runny. Or maybe my consistency was not right for piping. But, managed to complete the cake, and the result is attached below:

A double stacked chocolate moist Ben10 cake:

I was happy with the result, but of course, still a lot of room for improvement. Will need a lot of practice. Yey!