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My first try at macaron~ing. Haa!

Macarons are currently the in-thing in Malaysia. If you step in ANY cafe or bakery around KL, you would definitely find them of the shelf or display rack. The bright and vibrant colours are their major attraction. The taste? I leave it to you to decide. If you have super-sweet tooth, you will like it. If you’re not one, then you would probably want to try it only once, or maybe twice .

Personally, I love  macarons on my first bite. But sometimes, the too-sweet taste makes me feel light headed. Having said that, I could have a few in one go if the filling compliments and conceals the  too-sweet taste. Not wanting to be left hand, I decided to try making them. Honestly, I’ve tried making them before and was very, truly disappointed. They turned out nothing like macarons, and the tttttoooo sweet taste was a major disaster. So, I decided that the experience didn’t count as a first try!

So, this is my OFFICIAL first try!

Not to bad isn’t it? Despite the ‘pimples’ and ‘crooked leg’, they are passable to be called macarons right?

I decided not to go with bright colours, afraid that people around me won’t feel ’safe’ to consume the macarons. So, pastel it is. As for the filling, normal and less experimental ones like peanut butter, chocolate ganache and vanilla are the best in my opinion. So, I came out with these

Wicked, aren’t they?

Coming soon, my second try!

Alhamdullilah.. All done and settled for the moment.. With the last orders (for cookies and hampers) wrapped up and delivered just 2 days before Hari Raya, we let out a sigh of relief. It was quite an accomplishment really, having completed the orders earlier than expected. In fact, this was actually the first time in years we had the opportunity to go for last minute Raya shopping and had a good night sleep without having ‘nightmares’ about the hampers hahha..honestly, ever since we started preparing for Raya hampers and cookies, I kept having visions of hampers, ribbons, baskets and even cookies in my dreams. The pressure to complete the orders were so intense that we sometimes took our nap while waiting for the glue to dry or ‘curik-curik tido’ while dry blowing the hampers. Crazy, i know! but that’s the price we are willing to pay for this family business

Anyway, the blog entry for Hari raya hampers will be divided into a few parts since there will be lots and lots of pictures. The first part will be about the door gift style orders mainly for corporate Ramadhan dinner. They are also perfect for corporate dinner, company events, weddings and other special occasions.

Exclusively for Astro Entertainment. Ramadhan dinner door gifts for the guests. Each embroidery box is packed with home made acar buah and home made beef serunding (in glass bottles), mini sejadah and tasbih. Available in two colours, yellowish gold and sweet pink.

Some clients also requested for less eloborate gifts like these two below. We really love doing these are they are less time consuming and we dont need to worry about the arrangement.

However, the most orders and feedbacks we received are probably on this one here. Lifting up to its name, Ramadhan dinner is nothing without dates and we added dried fruits to give it more of Middle Eastern dessert felling ^_^.

The first package comes in round PU leather box with handle and the second comes in square shape. I will upload the square one in the second part coz i was too lazy to edit them. Anyway, this is how the round shape PU leather box looked like with the dates and dried fruits.

The ribbons look so much bigger that the dates in the photo. But this is the only decent photo I have haha..

Will update more soon..Toddles for now~~

This is probably the quickest cupcakes ever decorated by me. It was for a cousin’s engagement. As my mom couldn’t attend the engagement, she suggested the cupcakes for them. I was reluctant at first because I had an order of 100 baby shower cupcakes and 100 chocolate lollies to finish and deliver on the same morning. Since all the cuppies were freshly baked because they were going to be used two days  after the delivery date, it was impossible for us to complete the order the day before.  But I said ‘yes’ anyway coz I know there’s no way I could say ‘no’ to her. hahah!

The cuppies and chocs needed to be delivered before 10am and by 12pm I need to get the engagement cuppies to my aunt. And soon after that, we have to do some shopping for my nephew’s birthday party. Some very wise time management I see there!~Alhamdulilah, we managed to complete and deliver the order by 9am, thanks to my sisters and brother. One down, one more to go!

Anyway, this engagement cuppies idea came from my mom and I agreed immediately because

1) I was too tired to think of anything else

2) She’s (my mom) good with frill so I could leave the work to her (hahha!)

3) I wanted to do a diffirent design and something that looked nice but didn’t require much work or energy and

4) My aunt agrees to my mom’s taste most of the time, if not all.

So this is how the engagement cuppies looked like from the top.

I think it took us about 1 hour or so to finish covering the cuppies,  doing the frills, cutting the flowers and leaves and decorating the whole cuppies. There were only 11 cuppies anyway, so it wasn’t that much work. If there’s one thing I could take out from the design, it’s definitely the purple little flowers. I would change it to eemmm..I don’t know. Any suggestions?

Now that they’re all ready to be delivered, it’s time for some shopping, and Chilis of course. Molten cake coming through right behind you!

Waaahh…tajuk tak boleh tahan! hahah..anyway, this order came from the groom’s family for the bride’s family and the VIPs. One of the hardest to date. Not the client, but the design! The clients are super friendly and one of the most pleasant  to work with.  The groom’s mother is a Dato’ but she is very humble and motherly.. It was the design that I had problem with.. I had  reallly hard time deciding the design and  was still unsure of the design even after I was half way completing the order. The clients requested for something simple and easy on the eyes. The theme colours were cream, brown and gold. And no pink if possible, they added.  Which is very difficult for me, not to add pink that is, and to come out with a simple design. Being the stubborn girl I am, I added pink nevertheless..hahaha..although it was only that tinny weeny butterfly.. with  the simplest design so far..

I couldnt decide whether I should add the pink butterfly or not.

Side view, still deciding about adding more colour to the cupcakes.

OOppss, I did it again!!

I couldnt help it! I need my intake of pink dosee!!

Even the teddy agrees with the addition of pink!! yeay!

Thank you Dato Safiah for the order and kind words!

p/s: this entry was quite short because i didnt not have much problem completing the order. i completed everything in just one night! alhamdulilah!

I received an order of 500 decorated cookies for wedding gifts. It was, as Posh Beckham puts it, major; and a much-awaited offer, since I was somewhat free that week and needed some extra money. It started as a thing to pass the weekend and then came an offer I wouldn’t dream to refuse. I came up with a sample, showed to a very dear friend who showed it to the client. She immediately fell in love with the design. And the rest is history.

All the love in the world.

I like doing this heart-shape thingy. Because I can do it while watching tv without feeling guilty in front of my parents. I mean, it made you look busy with your hands working, shaping and all but you were never that busy actually? If you know what I mean, yeah.

Another kind of love…for the VIPs.

So, tell me, what cookie are you?

A plain cookie?

A smart Cookie?

A two-faced Cookie?

A c0mPLicAt3D c0ok1e?

Whatever your choice is, it is the differences that make things more interesting and beautiful.

Because eventually, all will end up in the same place.

… THE BOX …

heheh .

Anyway, thanks Nat for the orders. It is such a great pleasure to serve you and for the record, you’re one of the most pleasant clients to work with!

THANK YOU!

P/S: Mi, thanks! I owe you! hehe