I'll bet not many of you were expecting a post whilst I am away! Well you thought wrong! Super duper teamwork and time management has created yet another collaboration with Chau Ly. This is our two tiered beach themed wedding cake for a colleague. It just reeks sophistication and I cannot believe this lady...
Minion for "Happy Birthday". Can I now say that I have speaking fluency in another language? Repeat customers. Love them. Thank you. This little boy is my absolute favourite. He is just so cute and so humble and so excited to see his cakes every year. And offers to hold the cake (probably half the size of...
I'm full of self-doubt sometimes and always compare myself to the best. What if I am not good enough? What if it's not clean cut? What if it collapses? I don't thrive on people singing me praises. I'm just someone who always strives to the best of my abilities. I"m always so excited to get queries and orders as it...
If you like Piña Coladas, getting caught in the rain... She got a Wynnie cake! (It just took 2 years...) Huge hugs and more hugs to one of the most resilient lawyers I have ever met. She is literally a rock star and I am going to miss her so so much. Not only her knowledge but her cocktail nights and her humour...
I never thought I'd work in the IT industry - just didn't think about it. So it's kind of funny and highly coincidental that my 9-5 consists of working very closely in the IT industry and lots of my orders are from clients with close relations to that. And for this particular weeknight, the brief was to create...
And we made matching macarons as favours for all the guests noting for kids' allergies that macarons do contain almonds. Funnily enough, I have had several clients tell me that their kids have tried these and they don't have a reaction to them. Makes you wonder if it is a nut allergy or something else? I really do...
Another boy's birthday cake and having a bit of trouble with red this week! Red fondant, red colour. Red Red Red just did not want to co-operate. I think it's the way the colour is mixed up. And the creation? A triple layered vanilla cake with chocolate buttercream to create a two tone cake. It was delicious. Boom...
What a cute idea! Making baby photo of the cookies for a 30th birthday. Those lips! ...
Crowd pleaser. I can't describe it any other way... I haven't had so much foot traffic on my facebook page for a while and the culprit? This little (I mean gigantic) beauty. A Gaytime in cakeform. Vanilla sponge, honeycomb-caramel filling, chocolate buttercream and malt cookies. And for more decadency (and if you...
Cheesecake. I'm sure it is unrequited too because it certainly does not help the waistline. It will probably take two taps of the Bay Run to work off... Probably one of the most decadent desserts in cake form and most versatile. Baked, unbaked, philly or ricotta. Cookie crumbs, brownie base, pastry base... whatever...
Deceptively easy and a super cute cake! Can't decide between white and dark chocolate? This cake has both as well as 6 amazing layers of crowd favourite Red Velvet Cake. And you can do it for Easter or Birthdays or... a farewell. So the office (my level in the very least) now knows what it means when there is a...
And finding Dora was almost as hard as looking for Where's Wally! My favourite part of this cake? The sign just brings it all together! Then my second favourite bit is the forage around the base of the cake. So pretty. I actually love this whole cake and it's been a while where I've been able to a little artistically...
Simple. Elegant. Effective: Groom's cake. I'd like to think just like the groom!? So in love with how easy (shhh) this cake was and the outcome. Personalize-able too... to match the buttons on the tux, the bow tie, collar, lapel, etc etc. Ahhh I how I love pretty and handsome things. :P ...
A special one from me this week: a triple layered oriental cake for my grandmother's 97th birthday! ...
Without being told, I could guess the age of this birthday boy! 10. Patience is a virtue with little squares. And they take so much longer than you can expect. I don't really know what all the pixelated items are but the axe is cute? ...
And what a wonderful Sunday it was! This year, I signed up for a class - how to make wafer paper flowers and watercolour cake. And even better, I did this with 4 other friends (so we took up just under half the class!). Who would have thought that wafer paper and piping gel could be the bane of your existence? ;) A...
And a delivery to the wild wild west! Baby booties, building blocks and a little cute bear. Last one for the quarter I'm afraid. Miss 9-5 is turning into 9-midnight... Until Jul...
I think of it as the Mexican version of Halloween or All Hallow's Eve. Or some people think of the cartoon or some similar children's show. No matter, it is the day that Mexican's celebrate those who have passed away. Amazingly, it is not at all "scary" but more about colours, flowers and things to celebrate their...
The brief was almond sponge. Some days I am good at following instructions. Other days, I like to do things my own way (which is a skewed way of following said instruction). This is a cake where we sort of met halfway. I took the basic Japonaise cake - layers of almond meringue sandwiches between rich coffee buttercream...
I can count the number of times I've been invited to a baby showers with the fingers on my right (or left) hand! I made some mini cupcakes with baby themed marshmallow fondant and a super cute (almost Disney's Belle-esque) tummy cake for mummy! I personally find it a little weird to 'cut' a tummy cake but at the same...
Robots... they can be friendly or not so much. To make a robot friend you... use lots of colours, give it a goofy smile, have tool like arms and legs and give it friendly eyes. Mr Robot can almost be part of a cartoon or TV show! Another caramel mud cake (my customers like to order the same flavours in waves!)...
OMG I have some amazingly talented friends. This was my first but I can guarantee you that it will not be my last collaboration with the amazing Chau Ly. Isn't this cake just beautiful? I'd love to lie to myself and to you all and say that the reason why I asked her for her help was because I am time...
Another rainy day (did you know Sydney got hit by a freak hail storm late yesterday afternoon?!). Thank goodness it was a beautiful day up to that point for all the ANZAC day celebrations (of course, I made some ANZAC biccies too) and march. And so, the temperature dropped about 10 degrees today and it was definitely...
nom nom nom. Italian Meringue and just a little torched. Urgh.... it's probably like liquid gold through the Sydney Storm. But I wouldn't know... I gave it away :( ...
Have you ever heard of the saying that red cars drive faster? It's become a bit of a little joke between my circle of friends ;) For the record, no, there is no scientific proof of red being faster at all! I had a request from a parent (from the sounds of it, a very organised mum!) many weeks in advance for her son's...
Cake designed by the beautiful bride-to-be. A mix of Australian colours and French done with flowers and ribbon. I'm yet to try gigantic gumpaste flowers but I think I want to try this soon! ...
Another licensed cake for a little boy who is obsessed with Thomas. I get so many of these requests that I've actually stocked up on little Thomas figurines so I don't have to stress out and look for one every time a Thomas cake is requested. And I thank my friend in retail for helping me out! Repeat customers make...
Ah... such a shame about the wet weather over Easter this year. It's been really unfortunate that the last 8 or 9 Easters in the last 10 years have been wet. I'm sure many events are a washout but cake always brightens the day. This was a special order Extra Large White Chocolate, Coconut and Raspberry Cake. Delivered...
Sometimes when you're at your limits, you perform at your best. This has been one of the longest short weeks to date. At the office till 1:30 AM certainly doesn't help and it really really takes it out of you. I'm pretty sure the next day passed in a long daze. Octonauts. Can't say it's the most popular kid's...
Do you all remember the nursery rhyme? Hot cross buns!Hot cross buns!one a penny, two a penny,Hot cross buns! If you have no daughters, give them to your sons. One a penny two a penny, Hot cross bun...
It's an early Easter this year! And although completely not religious, sometimes (time permitting), it's fun to create some easter treats. We're pretty full with cake orders next week and due to other commitments, we're having some fun in the kitchen this afternoon instead. Trying out our new flavour White Chocolate...
I had every intention of using my shiny new little canon camera with wifi capabilities. But by the time I'd run out to the shops to buy a candle and have a coffee, we were running late! So phone camera it was. Our little Ethan (my grandmother's youngest great grandchild to date!) is one today!!! So his parent's and...
We're on the cusp of the end of berry season but there were these delicious strawberries at the grocer's the other day that complimented this huge marble mud cake sooo well. It smelt delicious. It's hard to think of things to do for a guy's birthday. Especially when it's not a themed party and they don't have any...
Here's a lovely little snap from a few Friday nights ago when I had a few friends over for Pizza (all homemade) and Pimms. It was devine. Sourdough. I have been converted and now only resort to the jar of microorganisms commonly known as "yeast" when I'm out of time... Sourdough is so delicious, so good for...
I was a bit out of sorts with this one and was so excited to package the finished cake that I didn't get a happy snap. It was a Square cake too! :( I don't do very many Baptism cakes either so this was the best I could do. ...
Silly ol' me use to think a stick of butter was 250 grams. For clarity, it is not, 1 stick = 125 grams. Needless to say, some things didn't turn out so well. I made a simple vanilla buttercream once (way back at the beginning of my culinary adventures) with what I thought were the right ratios. Essentially it was 250...
I use to get away with not having to temper chocolate before melting and making cool shapes. But in the current humid and warmer weather, it's not a great idea. It melts and it doesn't re-set. I think its my cue to learn how to actually temper chocolate. In the meantime though, I can make loads of chocolate...
It's always exciting to remake a cake. From a purely 'numbers and time' point of view, it is very economical because you already know mentally what needs more time, where you can save time and how you can achieve everything in less time. So I was very fortunate to be asked to make a cake that I did last year for another...
Hi Everyone! We had a bit of a "shut down" period between Australia Day and Valentine's day but don't worry, we're back refreshed and excited to cater for all your baking requirements for the rest of the year. We've got some pretty amazing cakes lined up so come back soon! ...
Oozing from the inside... Happy Straya Day (for yesterday!) ...
A geeky emoticon smile! I was quite the amused one when I was asked to make this but how appropriate I think if it describes the fellow accurately? It's actually very clever. Chocolate cake and chocolate buttercream. Great for a hot day and an outdoor party. Here's to more years of AWESOME! ...
