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Roses, A la Cath Kidston

Hanni Collection — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:52:30 +0000

Mini Cakes with Roses Inspired From A Cath Kidston Design

My mum and my sisters are all big fans of Cath Kidston. Name it- from diaries to log books, tote, table cloth, tea towel, shopping bag, handbangs, clutch, purse and even holiday bags- they collect them all (the original ones, of course). Now that there are many Cath Kidston imitations products from China, they can collect even the rarest item!

So, with that inspiration in mind, I came out with this mini cake for an engagement gift. I had lots of fun throughout the process. Partially because I’m familiar with the theme and have all the equipment in hands, and mainly because I got to play with the colours that I love!

The roses before make-up session.

I decided to go with the 5 petals roses because they are a lot easier compared to the 9-3-5 version. Basically, I uses 3 different sizes of the 5-petals cutter to achieve the sort-of full bloom roses. The roses weren’t that beautiful before being dusted. I used a few different dusting colours until I was satisfied with the roses. One important tips I learnt about dusting is you have to wait until they have fully dried and harden. It’s a lot easier to mix the colours.

I personally think that it’s best to have the actual flower or picture in front of you when dusting. That way you can refer to the different shades or layers of colour. Initially, this was the final look of the miniature cakes. Somehow, I feel that something is lacking and couldn’t resist piping the dots on the cake. So below is the final look that I came out with.

Stunning aren’t they?

Engagement Mini Cake

Hanni Collection — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:17:18 +0000

These miniature cakes are inspired from the garden theme cupcakes and the rolled ribbon roses mini cakes. They were for my cousins engagement. Truth is, he requested for the 3R mini cakes but I couldn’t find the time to roll the roses. The last two weeks (this week included) was the most crazy ever! With my older sister flying to Southampton for a few months, my youngest sister starting her new job, my mom hurting her back, and datelines for the orders queuing side by side, it was indeed very hectic weeks. Alhamdullilah, despite all that, I managed to get all things sorted out and make my clients happy

The theme for the engagement was … emm the wasn’t any theme actually. I was free to come out with any cake, any design that I have in mind. Having only a day and a half to complete the miniature cakes, I decided to do a simple decoration but still has that sweet look. Less is more, right?

Anyway, I couldn’t decide on the background. Does orange with white polka look better?

Or this one with white and small roses?

The mini cakes are fruit cakes with strawberry glaze, wrapped in vanilla flavoured fondant. Here are some close up views of the cakes.

And luckily, I managed to snap some photos of the cakes on the fully decorated ‘hantaran’ tray, seconds before they were transported to my aunt’s house.

…and yup, my favourite picture. The mini cakes with bite size hat cookies!

Double the taste, double the glam-ness! haha

I’ve got some nice and close-up pictures of the hat cookies..will be posting them soon, ya!

Happy viewing!

My first!..

Hanni Collection — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:57:17 +0000

Yup, my first 3-tier wedding cake! Alhamdulilah!! yeay! Covering large cake is a lot easier than covering mini cake. Smoothing large cakes is also a lot easier than I thought. The hampir-juling youtube and online ‘tutoring’ for covering large cakes has finally paid off! Since this is my first time, I didnt succeed in coming out with nice sharp edges around the cake like professionals do. During my second time, perhaps. heheh . Whatever it is, I’m glad I manage to do this and make my own large flowers too! No more first time after this! For large cakes that is. I still need to try stacking the cakes. Insyallah, a ‘real’ 3 tier-stacked- cake coming soon.

The top tier.

The 2nd tier.

The bottom tier.

The overall look.

I need to work harder!!! Hait!

p/s: in case you are wondering, my post does not get shorter and shorter. I’m just short of time.