Pretty Potty

This week's order was from my friend's hubby who was planning a surprise party for her! I asked him what he would like for his wife - he thought about it for many days... but he was still completely clueless!

So I tried to figure out what she likes, her hobbies etc.. well she's in the finance industry too, so I guess making her a money-related cake would really put her off (ha!). So I figured since she's been very enthusiastic about flowers, gardening and growing green fingers... a pot of white roses would be the perfect cake for her!

So I made some lovely white roses and little white flowers. Then made a flower pot shape cake topped with little hershey bits to give it a bit more of a realistic "soil" look.  Nothing describes it better than a picture so here goes ...

The surprise party was a small cosy one with just 6 of us, but I definitely enjoyed the food and company! And of course was happy when I saw the smile on the birthday girl's face as the cake was presented to her.

Happy Birthday FJ.. u're only 30 once and here's wishing you an awesome decade ahead!

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Party Packs - Safari for the boys and Garden Silly for the girls!

This week's order was for a special boy who turned 10 - finally a decade old :) 

His mummy had requested 2 different themes. One from my Garden Silly post and the other from my Animals Inspiro post.   

Oh boy was I excited to finally do the safari theme cupcake! So I chose 5 of my favourite animals from the safari theme - Elephants, Monkeys, Zebras, Giraffes and Lions! Molded the little figurings and topped them up on rich chocolate cupcakes. My favourite animal to mold would be the monkey, somehow I just love the little cute ears!

The girls also had something special as well ... Little Gardens on each cupcake! Made little butterflies, red dotted mushrooms and honeybees for the whimsical garden theme :) 

Each cupcake was personalized with the kids' names and I'm sure they must have been so excited to see their own named-cupcakes! Each was lovingly packed in a dome-shaped container so that they could further enjoy their cupcakes at home!
                                        

Oh what a fun party it must have been! Happy Birthday Chester! 

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Whimsical flowers

I got a request today from a bunch of zesty ladies who love the water. What exactly about water? Well Aqua Aerobics! For those who don't know (I quote from Wiki)
Water aerobic workouts usually combine a variety of techniques from land activities including walking or running backward and forward, jumping jacks; along with various arm movements. The workout also may incorporate equipment such as flotation belts, specialized water aerobics shoes, flotation devices, & ankle and wrist weights. 

Interesting! Maybe I should pick that up one day too since I've been too lazy to exercise these days!

Coming back to the cupcakes ... I made 12 cupcakes in total - 5 featuring a new idea I picked up recently. Pastel coloured 2D flowers... Love the gentle petals which give some "realness" to the flowers and the curly-wurly stems that give it a whimsical look. The rest of the 7 were made simple - similar to my earlier Garden Silly order but in sweeter pastel!

Sent the order over in a apple green cupcake stand - perfect for their tea time party by the pool!

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Pink Polka Dots

I had a really lovely, sweet order over the weekend for a 1 year old girl. I love it when mummies request for the sweetest cakes for their little daughters! I saw some of the pictures taken at the party and just seeing the smiles on little Amanda's face and everyone else's around makes all the hard work well worth it!

This two tier cake took forever to bake and create. It was a relatively large cake with an 11 inch base and 6 inch top - filled with oozles of decadent rich chocolate banana cake!  The 6 little "Amanda" teddy bears took quite a while to mould as the bears had to dry up sufficiently before the actual day. 

Notice the pink polka dot cake base? I was absolutely delighted when i found this at the "Paper Market" in Raffles City, was indeed the inspiration of the whole theme! 

I made 20 cupcakes for the birthday party as well.. and you guessed it - more pink polka dots! Had a delightful time creating the garden theme in sweet pink. At the end of the day, I was beaming baker filled with super girly joy. :)

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Garden Silly

Really chirpy theme chosen for a doctor to thank his fellow colleagues in his hospital ward. I had quite a fun time creating the cute mushrooms, sweet butterflies and even the lovable ladybugs!

My favourite pieces were the little red mushrooms which reminded me of Super Mario Brothers! The magic mushroom that makes him grow :) I love this garden theme, think i shall try to expand to more little bugs next time ...

Under the sugary fondant lies yummilicious coffee pecan cupcakes with coffee cream, chocolate banana cupcakes and cinnamon apple cupcakes.

3 tantalising flavours - Choconana, Cinnamon Apple, Coffee Pecan

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