Peter Rabbit Dessert Table

Hi Everyone

I have loved Peter Rabbit since I was pregnant with Jeremy.

Hence, I arranged a Peter Rabbit Dessert Table for Jeremy's first birthday party on Sunday. The whole celebration turned out perfectly sweet and would last a lifetime to remember it. I made the beautiful invitation with a bit of vintage look to start with (please visit 巧比工作坊); and all the cute desserts as shown below.

I am very lucky to be able to bake and DIY. I was able to save and create the dream party for my son.

Highlights:
- A watering can birthday cake (chocolate mud cake with chocolate ganache)
- A flower pot smash cake (blue swirl vanilla butter cake with white chocolate ganache)
- Chocolate push-up cake pops
- Carrot cake pops (chocolate mud cake)
- Blue jacket vanilla sugar cookies
- Vegetable vanilla sugar cookies
- Cupcakes in the water buckets (chocolate with Oreo chocolate cookies as soils)
- Vanilla and Chocolate Macarons (with salted caramel filling or chocolate ganache)
- Lots of candies, gum balls and sweets in our beautiful jars

Jeremy didn't take a nap the whole morning, so he was quite agitated during most of the party time but it was such a special day; so everyone enjoyed food, drinks and a piece of sweet life with us.

Vendor Credits:
Stationery: Inviting Parties, Vistaprint and Our Sweet Events
Event Styling and Hire: Our Sweet Events
Photography: Toni Cutis Photography and Guests
Cakes and Desserts: bakingmama

I can not believe it has been a year since we welcomed Jeremy to the world. He has been an Angel to me although he is really active and eager to learn many things in a day. We really love our healthy and happy boy. To see how the party went on Sunday, please refer to "巧比生活館“.

I hope you enjoyed looking at this dessert table. Here is the discount from the party. I still have nearly two kilos of gum balls (blue and green). I bought $24.95 per kilo plus postage. If you want these for your party, it's now $45 for both. If now sold by then, I will probably make them into necklace for girls' parties.

Thank you for sharing the sweet story with our little family. Don't forget that "Valentine's Day" is coming. Please feel free to send us your enquiries. Can't wait to share a piece of sweet life with you.
Happy baking!
Beth xoxo

Chocolate Chips Cookies

Happy New Year, Everyone

Here comes the Year 2014, I hope you all had a fabulous start yesterday.

I did what I love most with the exception of enjoying a peaceful time with Jeremy and Paul; I did BAKING in my beloved kitchen straightaway.

I believe I have introduced my "Chocolate Chips Cookies" once a few years ago. This time, I have changed one major ingredient from my recipe due to the 100% cocoa content chocolate chips were too much for the little ones to indulge. I changed that to the bittersweet milk dark chocolate chips. I have my man tasted it out for me and he said it's perfect; although he enjoys both versions.

I know you can buy this particular chocolate chips cookies everywhere. I have to say that nothing beats the homemade treats that are made with the best quality ingredients. Price is $10 a bag or $12 in a box (as a present).

Servings Per Pack:25

Serving Size:30g

Storage Instructions:
To maintain freshness once opened, store in a cool, dry place, in an airtight, light proof container

Today, I am going to enjoy my freshly baked chocolate chips cookies with a glass of organic milk to start my day. If you are in the neighbourhood; please feel free to pop in for the testing, my friends.

Thank you for stopping by.
Happy baking
Beth xoxo

Jeremy's Cake Smash Cake

Hi Everyone

Right before ending 2013, I am so happy that my last cake was actually made for my son. I was nervously for months as Jeremy reached 11 months. I am told to do the cake smashing photo shoot a month before their first birthday.

You see; I am not ready to say goodbye to his birth year not to mention to his babyhood. I felt this milestone has a significance of it (I believe I say this on every milestone). However, this particular milestone is for me to make something for him instead of him showing me his new skills to me.

I had this obsession of what to create this masterpiece that I can be proud of when I look back when he is older. In the end, I tried to keep everything simple. After all, it’s HIM I want to capture in the photo not MY cake.

My friend Claire came to help me. I had this feeling that I can’t capture all these fancy messy cake smashing fun. I have a feeling that Jeremy doesn’t know how to smash. I am right sort of. Jeremy likes his cleanness and after pulled the handmade gum paste sneaker out and put into his mouth. He became disinterested to the cake. At the end, Claire joined the cake smashing fun and smeared some icing to his onsie and gave him a chunk of cake to eat. Well, we as adults certainly had a great time to make a mess.

By the end of the day, I still have a perfect sized cake. I only had to cut away a little slice where he smashed; then gave to Claire half of the cake to show my appreciation (Claire is a fan. During the smashing time, she kept saying it’s delicious). I kept a quarter for our teatime. When Daddy Paul took out of the rubbish that night, he said: even the cake scrapes smell heavenly (I really want to tell him that I don’t have any leftovers to see what he would do).

I adapted a favorite vanilla cake and cream cheese frosting of mine to eliminate the sugar and make them more suitable for our little ones. Guess what! I now prefer the new version over the old one.

This 7” Vanilla Layer Cake was frosted with tinted Ombre Cream Cheese; lovely fondant polka dots and gum paste baby sneaker.

I am going to try another smash cake for Jeremy on his first birthday party. I hope this time he will have more experiences and enjoy some messy time when he is allowed to.

Thank you for stopping by.
Happy baking
Beth xoxo

White Christmas Tree Cake

Hi Everyone:

Another Christmas Cake baked by Claire of Mantou Kitchen (a delicious fruit cake), covered in red fondant by bakingmama. Decorated in the festive Christmas colors: red, green, white and silver!

This cake is going overseas tonight. I am so honored to be part of it. Is bakingmama going international? I hope so one day.

The Magic of Christmas never ends
and its greatest of gifts are family and friends.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Thank you for stopping by!
Happy baking
Beth xoxo

Orange Macaroons

Hi Everyone

Jeremy and I were invited to a picnic play date with Mum Bridget, Baby Max, Mum Claire and Baby Zoe. Although Max, Zoe and Jeremy haven't been catching up very often; they are simply adorable with each others' companies and getting along nicely.

While Mum Bridget prepared the mains and Mum Claire prepared the drinks; bakingmama of course was volunteered to prepare the dessert. I searched my pantry and saw some organic oranges.

Here came another flavour to add to our Macaroon section - "Orange Macaroon". I tinted orange food coloring to the macaron batter, and filled them with orange marmalade.

Unlike to my divine and popular 'Chocolate Macaroon'; it is still a bit sweet for me but it's chewy and refreshing for the summer picnic or parties. As well, I want to introduce our new [Macaroon Gift Box] as shown above can hold three standard macaroons priced from $6.00.

Well, we had a lovely time to catch up. Thank you for stopping by.
Happy baking
Beth xoxo

Christmas Cupcake Second Version

Hi Everyone

Here is the second version of my Christmas Cupcake using the fondant to replace the cream cheese frosting. This is certainly a hit.


At the moment, bakingmama is fully booked this Christmas season. If you are interested in our baking sweets next year, please arrange three months prior to your celebration.

We're truly grateful for your trust in bakingmama this year.
We'd like to do business with you for many years to come!
Have a wonderful Christmas Holiday!
We look forward to helping creating a piece of sweet life again.

Happy baking
Beth xoxo

Christmas Cupcake First Version

Hi Everyone

It's counting down to the biggest celebration of the year - Christmas. It's time to get ready and impress your family and friends with the baked treats and sweets.

bakingmama and my dearest friend Claire of "Mantou Kitchen" has pulled through the first 120 Christmas Tree cupcakes. Due to the heat in Australia, some cream cheese frostings have melted during the transport. I have learnt: sometimes we just can't go against the mother nature. However, you can't beat bakingmama.

We just need to compromise for the next order; after all it's happy Christmas and you can't go without the sweets and treats that are baked from scratch and decorated with love.

Thank you Amy - my formal employee and friend to support bakingmama throughout the year. If your children need to achieve academically, please contact North Shore Development & Coaching Centre.

Thank you for stopping by.
Happy baking
Beth xoxo