Barbie doll cake, mini doll cakes, cupcakes and a toothache

What a way to welcome 2012!! Finally, I had a chance to use my Wilton wonder mold when Elma & Morris requested a Barbie doll cake for their cute daughter’s, Alejandra, 4th birthday 🙂 Aside from the doll cake, they requested 9 mini dolls to spell out Alejandra’s name. Oh, and 30 cupcakes with 2d…

A Chocolatey Birthday

Richa requested for a cake to celebrate her three cousins’ birthdays last Saturday (27th-Nov). This is a double 8-inch eggless chocolate cake filled and frosted with chocolate buttercream then topped with chocolate ganache. I kept it simple and just decorated it with 3 cute ducks (store-bought-icing) to represent the 3 celebrants (btw, each duck has…

Dibo cake and cupcakes

I was excited to receive a request to bake a cake for friend’s cute 5-year old daughter (Elisha) who has the same birth month and day as mine 🙂 Initially, Lanie requested for Hello Kitty cupcakes so she can bring it to Isha’s school. But then she changed it to Dibo, Isha’s favorite cartoon character….

For baby Nickie (6)

My, oh my! Time flies so fast 🙂 Last saturday was my God-daughter’s, baby Nickie, 6th month. I’m so thankful that every month I’m witnessing how she grows so quickly! To celebrate they cutey’s 6th month, I prepared another 8-inch chocolate cake frosted with ganache and decorated with M&M’s. See her previous cakes 🙂 5th…

Wedding project 1: A 3-tier cake and 100 cupcakes

A friend gave me the opportunity to make her wedding cake, my first! The wedding’s color theme was orange and midnight blue. She requested to have 100 cupcakes and a tall wedding cake. Since it’s my first wedding cake, I dont know how to make it tall hehhehe She suggested that the base of the…

For baby Nickie (5)

Here’s an 8-inch chocolate cake frosted with dark chocolate ganache to celebrate baby Nickie’s 5th month! This gave me the chance to practice the chocolate transfer method 🙂 Tweety bird and the name were all made with chocolate. And decorated with maltesers (her parents favorite hehehehe). Here are the cakes from her previous celebrations: First…

For baby Nickie (4)

Yesterday, (15th, Sunday) was baby Nickie’s Christening day. I baked 50 butter cookies as souvenirs. For today, 16th, is her 4th month. To celebrate it, I baked this chocolate cake frosted with dark chocolate ganache. This was decorated using the failed macarons from my first attempt and tied with a cute ribbon. (Special thanks to…

Baby shower cupcakes

These are chocolate cupcakes for a baby shower (baby girl, actually). I used the dark chocolate ganache in-between the fondant and cupcakes. Thanks Ria for the order 🙂 Credits: The designs were inspired by the available photos from some of the links I’ve browsed while searching for a baby themed cupcakes, ie fondant infant, sleeping…

Nutella cupcakes

I have always wanted to bake these famous cupcakes! I kept it in my KIV list.. Last Friday I had the time to bake it… and boyyyy it was really good! Why did I ever have the chance to bake these pretty babies 🙂 Here are the unfrosted nutella cupcakes. In fact, there’s no need…

Eggless Cakes: Zebra Cake + Chocolate Cake

I received 2 orders of eggless cake from Richa for her friend’s birthday. But she requested if it’s possible to make it only 1 chocolate cake and the other 1 different. Problem is.. I only bake eggless ‘chocolate’ cakes. First cake: Orange and Chocolate Zebra Cake: I searched the web and found this recipe and…

Chocolate cake for Abby

I baked this chocolate cake, frosted with choco buttercream and poured in some choco ganache. Randomly decorated with tiny rtu flowers… For a very good friend, Abby 🙂

More cupcakes

Just this weekend, I made this assorted cupcakes: vanilla cupcakes with chocolate ganache and chocolate cupcakes with buttercream. Let’s have a look on the icings used for the cupcakes.  This is like Icing 101 🙂 Chocolate Ganache is a mixture of rich, dark chocolate with heavy cream. It’s smooth and thick and can be used as filling…