Free Cake Info: August 2009

Friday, August 21, 2009

The Wheels on the Bus

I've been wanting to do more 3d stuffs on cakes and when this lady emailed me regarding her order... I was more than happy to take it up! Oohhh... I really hope there'll be more of such themes! Yay!

Anyway, this theme is - the wheels on the bus and its friends!

Glad you all enjoyed the cake!

Very fulfilling for I enjoyed making them very much too!

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Kid bro leaving for Perth

My kid bro left to start a new chapter of his studying life in Perth...

earlier this year in April!

And in about a month's time he will finish his 1st year foundation already!

I meant to post this up right after he left... hahaha but oh well...

There's actually a story behind this... 9 years back when i first left home to go study in Australia.. this was also quite the scenario only that my kid bro was only less than 10 and could fit inside the entire trolley! and my now-husband... was busy playing & pushing him ard the airport! That was when I realized how important I am to the both of them... they were having so much FUN 'sending me' off! *sigh*

anyways... a message that's better late than never...

ALL THe BeST!

Safari Cupcakes

Made these specially for my friend who wanted to go for a South Africa trip...

Hopefully she'll get to go soon! Coz apparently... her 'biological clock' is ticking away!

(i hope u are both reading this... hehehe)

Happy birthday again, Ee Ling!

(hahaha... so many months after...)

Easter Celebration

My dear cousin Phoebs and her church members helps to guide and build the characters of a group of children and in conjunction with Easter, i decided to bake some cuppies for them!

Here are some pictures....

Definitely a great effort! Just looking at how much the children enjoy their session together is simple "priceless" - we do not realize how far a little goes sometimes....

How to make a sitting Spongebob Cake

Since my son watches me make cake after cake for other little children, he was so very excited when it was his turn to pick a cake and enjoy it all for himself. He decided on a Spongebob cake and it HAD to have a crabby patty. I was more than happy to make it for him!

Here's how I did it -

I started by baking two 10 inch square cakes. I cut them in half and torted the layers.

I stacked the cakes and filled them with fudge and mint chip buttercream.

I cut my dowels to the proper height and inserted them into the cake.

On another cardboard, I repeated my stacking and fillings with my other 10" cake.

With a sharp knife, I cut down my cardboards to the same size as the cakes. I then stacked the cakes on top of each other.

I then carved the cakes to look like Spongebob by tapering the bottom section. Next, I covered him in buttercream and put him in the refrigerator to chill (about 30 mins).

Next, I used my melon baller to create Spongebob's bumpy edges. And who's going to know if you pop those extra little bites into your mouth. :)

I then pushed a sharpened wooden dowel through the middle of both cakes until it was no longer sticking out of the top. *If you are traveling with this cake be sure to push this center dowell all the way into a cake drum. (I use another dowell to help push it all the way through the drum.)

Next, was my favorite part - the decorating! I started by trimming the excess cardboard with an exacto knife and covered Spongebob in panels of fondant. After draping the fondant on the cake, I cut it to the perfect size with my exacto knife. Repeating on all sides.

I used my ribbon cutter to make his pants and shirt out of fondant.

Using the end of my rolling pin, I pushed dents into Spongebob's body.

I used round cutters for eyes and a clay gun make the edges. His mouth, feet and legs were all cut and formed by hand out of fondant. I rolled a log shaped piece of yellow fondant and inserted a skewer for his nose. I also used skewers to hold his arms in place. The crabby patty and other decorations on the board were hand modelled out of fondant.