Orders and Deserts for Potluck... Weee~

I've had several orders from my sister's colleagues and friends lately.. Orders for cupcakes for students.. one for  gubahan (wedding present?? I'm not sure how to translate it in English).. and I had to make desert for my Hari Raya Potluck at work...

Above all that... I know this off subject.. I don't usually write about myself but I just wanna say that I GOT MY DRIVING LICENSE!!! hahahaha.. All the money and effort I put into.. for that one piece of card.. Im really proud and really really happy of myself.. And I passed it on my first attempt.. hehehe.. Cool rite!!

Ok.. back to my baking thingy.. Been quite tired with all the late nights but Im used to it I guess.. I wish I can quit my job and do this full time.. LOL..

This is an order for 80 cupcakes I made the frosting with 2 colours.. Just like those swirl ice-cream that Mc Donalds used to sell.. I used to love that ice cream.. Where it's half chocolate and half vanilla.. I tried to make the colours friendly for the boys too... Hence, I did one with purple and green and it remind me of Poison Ivy in Batman.. Hmm.. I figured it wasn't a good colour combi.. Oh well.. But it does reminds me of Halloween.. :) Oh yeah, the base of the cupcakes were Old Fashion Chocolate cupcakes cos it's just the best chocolate cupcake among all the chocolcate cupcakes recipe that I've tried..

I finally made my COMPLETE NEAPOLITAN cupcakes.. hehehe.. I put some strawberry flavouring into the frosting and it tasted WONDERFUL!!.. I didn't put so much flavouring cos I didn't want it to overpower the taste of the cucpake itself.. This one was for my sis's friend who ordered for gubahan and for herself... She's lucky cos it's the last of the golden tray packaging cos I can't find it anywhere anymore...

This was the main thing that I brought for the Raya Potluck at work.. I wanted to make use of my Wilton Decoration skills.. Hence I decorated my cheesecake with it.. Don't mind the ugly dark red borders that spoiled the cake.. I wanted to do some fancy decorations with the strawberry swirl but it FAILED.. haha.. Lucky for me, the roses decorations took off alot of people's eyes from that UGLY borders.. haha.. I apologize for the ugly writing.. Like I said, Im not so good at writing yet and it was really hard cos the buttercream won't stick to the cake because of the glaze.. Hence I had quite a hard time writing on the cake.. Furthermore.. I was actually rushing.. haha..  Other than the cheesecake.. I made some extra neapolitan cupcakes for the potluck.. And also I made nutella cupcakes..

I'm really glad that my colleagues and the NS boys loved the cheesecake and cupcakes I made cos they were gone quite fast... And some were even reserved for later.. haha.. I hope we can do these kinds of small gathering often though.. It was really nice and homely and I absolutely love Hafizah's rendang.. haha..

~Can't read my, can't read my
No he can't read my pokerface~

One Busy Week

Wow... I've gotten through one busy week.. It was undescribable.. I had so much baking to do.. Firstly, I had orders from my sis.. 2 cakes.. I think cakes are simpler than cupcakes.. Pour here, take it out.. frost and decorate.. and voila.. you have a cake.. It's less tiring than anything else.. But somehow, I'm always intimidated by the decorating part.. Cos I'm actually a simple person.. I like things simple.. decorations to be simple.. The main priority is TASTE.. haha.. But somehow.. Looks and presentation always plays a very important first impression rite? No? Not for me.. Cos TASTE IS PARAMOUNT.. hahaks..

I am looking at this Hershey's cookies and cream chocolate and it reminded me of something.. I used to buy this chocolate bar almost everyday after school when I was in secondary school.. It was like one of my favourite chocolate besides so many others.. I grew fat on it!! haha.. Anyway, when I ate it again now, I can't eat more than 3 small rectangles.. It's like damn sweet and I can't handle it.. I guess I don't really enjoy white chocolate as much as I did.. Don't get me wrong.. I still love chocolates though..

This is the Infamous Abbey Cheesecake with Strawberry Swirls.. I used apple flavoured biscuits for the crust.. It should taste slightly different from normal.. Personally, I like it cos I think the taste is uniqe. I just hope the person who ordered this enjoy it..
Secondly, I had orders from my good friend, Sikin.. Nutella Cupcakes and Cheesecake... She ordered Plain cheesecake cut into 4cm by 4cm squares.. Her initial order was a rectangle cheesecake bar but I couldn't do it would be very costly for me and for her too.. haha.. Too hard to explain.. So, I end up with this.. Thirdly.. I had to prepare for my Wilton Course 1 Finale Cake.. Gosh.. I was tired by the end of Saturday.. Haha.. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed it cos I Love what I'm doing.. Hahaha.. I will reveal the Finale cake in the next post..

~Money can be earned

But passion can't be bought~

Part II

I had another order of 200 cupcakes from my mom for my cousin's wedding.. I made 3 types of cupcakes.. The all time favourite.. Nutella Frosted Cupcakes.. The pretty Neapolitan Cupcakes with a pink coloured frosting now.. and lastly.. I successfully made my aromatic Panut Butter Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting.. I'll let the pictures speak for itself.. Im sorry if my pictures sucks though.. Maybe I should start investing in a SLR camera.. Would that work seriously??

I'll post the recipe once I'm free.. I promise.. :)

~It's like a bad movie..
She is looking through me
If you were me then you'd be
Screaming someone shoot me..
As I failed miserably..trying to get the girl
all the bad guys want~

Order and National Day

My sis's fren ordered this Black Magic cake for last Sunday.. I don't really know what's the occasion the friend orders for but I'm happy to receive orders anyway.. A 6" Black Magic cake.. It looks really nice and I really feel like gobbling it all by myself.. hahaha..Very vey tempting... Maybe I should make one for myself.. Very very soon..

I don't really have any ideas how to decorate the cake.. But this was one of the ideas.. White chocolate chips borders with 2 cherries on top.. I was looking for the triangle comb to decorate the sides nicely but it was out of stock at B-I-Y (bake it yourself).

That's me decorating.. hahaha.. It wasn't as easy as I thought.. Don't mind the ugly background though..

Im currently attending the Wilton's Method of Cake Decorating Course 1.. Cost quite a lot actually but I decided to go for it.. To gain more experience and upgrade my skills.. Hmm.. Sound very Singaporean.. Hmm.. Neway, here's what I learn after the 2nd lesson...

I should have wrote the words in Red but I was too tired and lazy to colour another batch of icing and use up another diposable pipping bags.. haha.. So this is what I got.. My lettering sucks but Im practising hard on it.. The rainbow looks very pretty though..
I made the sponge cake.. The came is similar to the American Whisked Sponge Cake that I did previously.. tasted and smell like Kuih Bahulu/baulu/bolu.. hahah.. I knew the buttercream would be very very sweet given the amount of sugar required in the recipe.. So i decided to put Strawberry Jam to kill a bit of the EXTREME sweetness..

One of my nephew really love it cos he goes crazy for sweet stuffs.. The rest said it was too sweet as expected.. But I can't change the buttercream recipe.. Boo Hoo.. But I won't cover the cake with this buttercream recipe the next time.. That's for sure cos even I, can't take the sweetness..

Oh yeah... I didn't plan to write those National Day thingy.. It was the 9th Aug when I decorated this.. I didn't know what else I could write and my family suggested that.. Neway, Happy National Day to everyone.. Belated actually..

~What Do You See?~

Cupcakes for Wedding Giveway??

My mom requested me to help her make cupcakes for her friend's daughter small wedding ceremony (nikah) at the mosque on Thursday (6/8/2009). It is to give away to those who were present there... My mission was to make simple cupcakes that I could store in a small container that my mom bought.. No frosting watsoever.. Hmm.. I had to make 2 types of cupcakes (50-50).

Okay.. The all the time fave of my family is Nutella Frosted Cupcakes.. of cos that was on top of the list.. I wanted to the make Old Fashion Chocolate Cupcake cause I've always liked that one but the recipe was so unstable... I did 2 batches and poooff.. FAILURE!! Haiz~ It sank.. I don't understand why but I am determined to find out.. very determined.. Hmm..

Nutella Frosted Cupcakes will always makes you happy.. Cause it is a confirmed success recipe.. Heh.. Hmm.. It's actually very tiring to do.. cos of the swirling and all.. But nevertheless, will never let you down..

After completing the Nutella ones, I moved on to the next 50... After the failed 2 batches of Old Fashion, I decided to make the Neapolitan recipe except now the neapolitan is not complete without the strawberry frosting.. Hehe.. I can't frost these cupcakes as I had to put them in the container.. So it's not neapolitan anymore.. Double Trouble?? What should I name it? Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.. Yin & Yang.. Sorry.. late night lame-ness.. *rolls eyes to myself*

I wanted to do something different... I didn't want to stick to my own safe recipe that I always make.. Hence, I figured out Neapolitan cupcakes would do the trick.. This would be the 2nd time Im doing the recipe but this time around, no buttercream on it.. I remember it to be a very nice firm cupcake.. Martha Stewart recipe never goes wrong.. :) I put one dot of buttercream to act a glue to for the flower decoration... It turn out to be very pretty and delicious too.. I totally digg it.. If only I had coloured the buttercream green.. Then it could be like leaves.. Cool rite.. haha..

After the tiring feat, I packed it away into those individual cups.. Simple and sweeeet.. I hope the people who received it love it as much as I love doing it.. Hmm.. I'll post the neapolitan recipe someday.. Just let me rest for now.. :P Oh yeah.. Thanks Wafi for helping me again..

This is for you guys/girls reading this... I mean the picture above of my pretty pretty cupcake.. haha.. *Self-proclaimed*

~I was dying inside to hold you
Couldn't believe what I felt for you~

My First Wedding Order

This is my 3rd paid order.. Hmm.. I was quite nervous about this order as it was for a wedding.. At least that's what he(the person who ordered) told me.. It's for those Hantaran thingy.. For those who doesn't know what is hantaran.. It's those gifts exchange thing that you have in Malay weddings.. At first he ordered 30.. Then increase to 50.. Later I found out that 20 extras were for himself.. haha..

I went to search for the best chocolate cupcake recipe.. hence, you see me experimenting with 2 different devil's food cupcake recipe from previous post.. Actually nothing beats my Fave Cupcake(Old Fashion Cupcake).. in terms of taste.. However, the appearance part was very unpredictable.. I tried that recipe the weekend before I did this order and it turned out fine.. I took pictures to show Hadad samples of what he would like his topping to be.. Nothing beats this Old Fashion cupcakes in terms of taste.. I knew I had to make this recipe in the end, for the order.. Somehow.... On the day of making the order, I made two batches of this recipe one by one.. When I started baking it, I went sinking like nobody's business.. Pffttt.. I was shocked and worried.. And really really utterly disappointed.. Then I decided to do a 3rd batch and it still gave the same results.. In the end, I made the nicer Devil's Food Cupcake recipe.. My order finished around 3am.. I started at 7.45pm.. Haha.. Luckily I had the help of my dearest.. I dunno what I'd do without him.. Decorated with the golden balls like he requested.. And voila~

Nevertheless, I really enjoyed it and I really hope they used for the hantaran.. cos I am kinda worried it's not up to standard.. But hey.. Im not really a professional.. I did my best though..I hope the orders doesn't stop here though.. :) It's pretty isn't it??