Minion Phil

"Looks old, not young"... I guess a little like the birthday boy? Hahaha This was a cake that I had to make in under an hour with so much pressure from the other job. It was hard. I had the cake in the fridge and it did not have time to get back to room temperature. So there was sweating and condensation and worried...

2014 Christmas: Part 2

And I am sooo relieved that that's Christmas baking done (mostly!) for another year! So proud of our selection this year. We made Christmas Hampers! Homemade jam Biscotti Sugar cookies Belgium biscuits Gingerbread men Fruit cake nomnomnom... I love the Christmas Cake decorations this year. Navy and White...

Baby Shower

I'm not quite at that age where I have been to very many baby shower parties. I can count how many I've been to on one thumb ;) So it was a pleasant surprise when I was approached to make a cake for a baby shower and not a birthday! Whoop! They wanted a rocking horse (it looks more like a horse on skiis as it was...

Navy & White Wedding Cupcakes

Oh boy... was it a busy weekend or what? However I love what I do and at this very moment in time, I would not trade it for anything else.  And so starting 8 PM Friday night (after a loooong day at the office), it was vanilla butter cupcake time. 120 times! I'm so thankful to have my mum around. She did...

2014 Christmas: Part 1

I tried to be really really organised this year. Planning lots in October for the December season. Mostly because judging from the past three years, I know how hectic it gets. How little time I end up with and on top of a quarter-end (year-end) month... planning was a necessity. Funnily enough, I've already been to...

Chocolate & Sprinkles

A more-ish cake - it was our contribution to a cake day fiesta. And it was sold within minutes! :D ...

Princess Cake

It was the week of lots of cake orders at work (by that, I mean myself and the other resident baker at work were both delivery cakes for colleagues!). I made this super cute fantasy land princess cake for one of my colleague's daughters over the weekend. The figurines are plastic - their choice so that they could...