Tricks or Treats 2015

Hi Everyone

Tricks or Treats??? The flavour for this Halloween is "Vanilla Sponge Cupcakes". I put some "Nutella" as a filling for my little valentine. He ate three cupcakes straightaway. We can assume he chose "TREATS" and will not "Trick" us for sure.

We are going to have a party tomorrow. Can't wait to share the celebration with you via 巧比生活坊 and 巧比工作坊。

Have a spectacular Halloween.

Until then, I will be posting another cake soon.

Happy baking

Beth xox

Sanrio Cake

Hi Everyone

I am asked to make a Sanrio themed cake without using its most popular character Hello Kitty for a little boy’s first birthday. The result is equally adorable.

This cake design is fresh and exciting as this cake is based on the shirt that the birthday boy is going to wear on the day of the party with these four characters i.e. Badtz Maru, Hana Maru, Pandaba and D Duck.

I love all the cute character cutouts that are popping out around the bottome tier.  They give the cake so much life! Then, three days before the assembly, I decided to make them into 3D figurines and added on top of the bottom tier. 

I also love the number banner sitting on top of this two-tiered cake. Both tiers include alternating flavors of chocolate and white mud cakes with our beautiful Belgium dark chocolate ganache.

I want to say thank you to Jayden's mum for trusting me with the cake design and support the changes while creating this cake.

“Happy First Birthday, Jayden! This is just the first of many birthdays to come".

Until then,

Happy baking

Beth xoxo

CHANEL Bag Cake - 2D

Hi Everyone

This is my third cake this month. Who doesn't love our cake to be a fashion related one? We girls all love to have a Chanel bag as a birthday present.

A Chanel bag cake is the answer as this is affordable and edible too, which is delicious and stylish present for your beloved mums, sisters, wife, daughters, girlfriends. 

This is a chocolate mud cake filled with dark chocolate ganache indulgence. That's even better hey.

Love this cake, contact me for a quote. Thank you for stopping by.

Happy baking,

Beth xo

Harry Potter Book Cake

Hi everyone

This is my second cake this month. The birthday girl is a Harry Potter fan.

It’s a white chocolate mud cake with dark chocolate ganache. This cake features a Harry Potter book, a wand and a Gold Snitch.

Everything is fondant except the wings of the snitch are gum paste while the snitch itself is a cake pop. Gold lustre dust was used to make the whole book and pages look old.

Thank you my beloved friend for asking me; and to create this cake for his daughter's important milestone.

~ Welcome to the world of adults, Alex. Happy 18th birthday to a young woman who is more mature and wise beyond her years. You are ready to take on the world. Stay positive and focused while conquering all your dreams. ~

There is one more cake to come next week. Thank you for stopping by.

Until then…

Happy baking

Beth xo

Tiger Print Cake & Cake Pops

Hi Everyone

Today, I am going to explain a bit how I decorated this two-tiered tiger print cake and then, a bit about how I can improve the look from a nice cake to a fabulous cake. Hopefully, the idea can help you to re-create the animal print cakes at home. 

Here is my first attempt at making an animal print cake for my friend's beloved mum's 80th birthday celebration. Now I have time to review my own work, I think I can make it even more natural next time (to trust my skills even more). 

As I have no much confidence to paint the animal prints (one mistake can ruin the whole cake); I used my new found zebra print mold from Marvellous Mold this time. I was told to change the colour tone from back and white to orange and black in order to showcase the tiger prints. I then randomly arranged the stripes on the cake. 

While I am writing this story, I realised that I have two more ways to create this cake and make the tiger prints more realistic. I can apply the skills to different animal prints in the future.

Method 1 (Beginner): 

1. Download the animal print you want online. 

2. Cut out the stripes or shapes. 

3. Roll out the fondant/gumpaste 1/4" in thickness.

4. Place the striped/shaped template on the fondant/gumpaste.

5. Cut fondant around the template.

6. Stick on the cake.

Method 2 (Professional):

1. Purchase the animal print stencil wherever you can find it from a cake decorating store or a craft shop (I found one but it took one month to deliver so I didn't use this method this time)

2. Wrap the stencil around the cake

3. Spray edible ink over the (this requires a bit of skills and more professional tools like a spray gun). 

Otherwise, google online and they are so many cake professions demonstrating how to create cakes like these.

This is also the first time I made all these adorable candy coated cake pops (I normally use fondant to cover and decorate them). The reason was I always burn my candy melts. Thanks to www.divascancook.com for her detailed explanation how to work on the candy melts. I had a great success of making my tiger print cake pops. Jeremy ate two at the party.

I have two more cakes I want to share with you soon. Until then, back to attend my two little koalas. 

Thank you for stopping by. 

Happy baking

Beth xoxo

Raspberry Macarons

Raspberry Macaroons

Je t'aime

délicieux

(Heart)

L.O.V.E

Yes, Especially For You

amour

Hi Everyone,

Lately, I am practicing to make different shapes of macaroon’s shells. Today, I want to create the heart shaped ones. The perfect flavor I say would be “Raspberry”.

Hence, I used some fresh raspberries (yes, no artificial flavouring or only tinted with pink edible colour)  to the shell batter for sweetness and color. It’s delightful in the eyes by pairing with the most famous Nutella chocolate filling.

The result? A burst of raspberry flavored pink shell, need I say more! Absolutely yummy.

Hey, as we head toward springtime, this is certainly a great treat for a brunch, afternoon tea with your family and friends.

I can not wait to share more creations with you.

Happy baking

Beth xo

Teddy Bear Chocolate Macaroons

Hi

Yummo

Gift Box

Hi Everyone

Love these cute teddy bear macaroons; my son and hubby certainly didn’t have hesitation to put them one by one in their mouths. The macaroons have a crispy outer shell and chewy inner shell. Although, I will be using the royal icing to decorate in order to perfect the overall look, my first experience went well. 

They will be more styles coming soon. I can’t wait to share them with you.

Note: Our pink macaroon box can hold five or six macaroons. Orders over 24 boxes can choose up to three flavours per box. Currently, we have chocolate, vanilla, hazelnut, pistachio with ganache, Nutella, salted caramel ganache fillings.

Thank you for stopping by. 

Happy baking

Beth x0