Hanni Collection

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!

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!

Alhamdulilah! As promised, the english country theme flower pot! Complete with pink polka dot ribbon! . This is the last order I receive for the year 2009 and I’m really glad I’ve made it this far. With only tutorials from my mother, the books and the internet, I’m learning one step at a time and have  completed more than 10oo pieces of wedding favours (cakes, cupcakes, fancy cookies) for the past few months.

And to wrap the year 2009. I’ve done this pink flower pot exclusively for my mother’s old friend. Not for her, but for her only daughter’s wedding. I personally chose the colour and concept of the cakes to suit her wedding theme. Since I’ve done a version of this before (refer to It’s a flower pot! It’s a cake! post), I managed to do it quicker than before.  The only problem I had was sticking the ribbon to its place.

Front view of the pots.

Top view of the pots.

Side view of the pots.

Close-up view.

Only the mini flower pot is edible. Not the big one or the spoon!

I would like to take this opportunity to thank my family and friends for their support. My clients for their trust. And most importantly, I would to thanks God for making this happen! May the year 2010 bring more and more good health and wealth *wink* for me!  Insyalllah. Amin.

Good bye 2009..

Welcome 2010!!!!

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.

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!