Foodelicious!

Irvin's favorite for the time being is Pocoyo! It always amazes me to see them grow from the day they are born.. all helpless and small to a robust busy boy who can run and play! Hahahaha.. I made Irvin's full moon cake and today, I made his 1st first birthday cake. I hope there will more to come! Hehehehe..

This is an orange with a swirl of chocolate buttercake.

The other day while I was window shopping, I saw this fruit bread being sold at some exotic cafe and instantly I was transformed back to my childhood... My aunt used to make such loaf and we kids will always have a great time eating them.. so much so, my aunt had to ration how much we can eat. hehehehehe.. so that we have space for proper meals.

So, eagerly I bought a portion of the bread hoping it will taste like my childhood... but sadly, it didnt.. there was something missing. I couldnt figure it out until I asked my aunt to try and she told me the secret ingredient.. aaaahhh..

So, eagerly again, I set out to make my crown of fruits.. hehehehehehe... but since I am not someone who like it sweet, I cut down the amount of dried fruits.. oh.. and I didnt forget my secret ingredient.. hehehehe.. and was I waiting gleefully for my bread to come out.. hehehe.. hence, I didnt wait to take picture using natural light the next morning.. I had to have a slice. hahahahaha..

The bread is simply tender and soft.. even without any bread improver or conditioner.. it was still reasonably soft after two days and I must say, it taste better as the days goes by and toasted. The fruits were plump and juicy inspite being baked.. Hmmm... must be the secret ingredient. Hehehehe...

When I first saw this cake, I was rather apprehensive as watermelon always give me a "watery" impression but since I had no orders for the day, I thought I will try it. However, I made a few changes. I used sponge fingers instead of swiss roll for the side and add sponge cake layers inside instead of just leaving the cake all mousse.

The lime mousse was slightly complicated to make but I was very surprised that it actually set well. Not a wobbly squishy mousse but a rather airy and delicious mousse that is addictive. The addictive part is the tangy lime flavor....it just make you want to keep eating it. Dangerous cake to have around me. hahahaha..

Oh.. and there was the fun part of balling watermelon. Hehehhehee... I have this fascination of balling melons. It must be a fascination from childhood where such things was a stylo mylo thing to do but since I was a very young kid, I never got a chance to it until I attain adulthood. Anyway, back to the cake, once the balls of watermelon has been nicely arranged on top, the layer of jello to hold them was very tricky. A mojito jello that I need to make sure it set fast before all of it get soaked into the sponge fingers. Tricky

So, while the cake was getting some rest time in the fridge, I was praying hard that everything will turn out well. I, afterall, decided to be funky and change quite a few things about this cake. Hehehehe.. after a few hours, eager beaver me took the cake out and cut it up.. Yay.. it turned out and the taste test went very well. Everyone simply love it. Some was mesmerized by it.. hahahahhahaa... some asked for more pieces.. hehehehe...

So, this watermelon mojito cake is for sale.. This is quite a big cake.. do call for price.

It was pouring outside and there was no good movies to watch on TV, so, we both decided to make something and I thought why not make a decorated swiss roll since we have some dairy whipped cream left with strawberries.

So, we set out to make a decorated swiss roll... hehehhee.. but we couldnt decide on what design to make on the swiss roll. Hehehehe.. so, we bicker and end up with 2 designs on a roll.. My daughter decided on the cupcake motifs and I compliment it with green dots. Hehehehehe.. and very quickly, we have this.. and they are super yummy!

My daughter suggested that I make them into dainty rolls and sell..with cute motifs.. hahahahaha.. she is learning the trade quickly I see.

Flower Power cake for a young lady's birthday.... hehehehehe.. This is a vanilla butter cake sandwiched with lemon curd and buttercream. The feedback was that it's an excellent combination as adults and children was happily gobbling up the whole cake and ignore all the other desserts in the party. hehehehe..

This has been in fashion for the longest time but I was just too busy with work and baking to have time to try it out. So, during the recent Raya holidays, I finally had time to do some experiments and was very pleased with my artwork. Hehehehe... and yes, will be making more of such fun rolls.

For this first time experiment, I made simple hearts and dots pattern and slap on home made buttercream and strawberry compote as filling. The end result was pretty! Hehehehe.. I am now thinking of other designs I can make for this fun rolls. Oh yes, the sponge cake is superb.. old fashion sponge cake with no chemical enhancers added on but yet soft and moist. That's what I like.

Will there be more?? Hehehee.. oh yes!

So, when the many fruits started to ripe all at once, I had a challenging time as to how to use up the passionfruits and that's when I remembered eating this awesome marshmallow from dish restaurant. Thus, I set out on my quest to make that same awesome marshmallows.. Hehehehe...

What I never like about marshmallows is that it's simply SWEET! I could never stomach the sweetness, although I consider myself as someone who can take quite a bit of sugar.But I like is the cloud like texture and in the case of marshmallow from dish restaurant, I simply like the melt in the mouth and tangy taste. It was love... hahahaha.. so, the first two rounds of marshmallow making was not quite successful. Partly could be that I cut down on the sugar.. and partly could be that I am impatient. Hehehehe.. will go disturb and cut up the marshmallow before it's time. I was more or less successful on the 3rd round...

This time around, I added back on some of the sugar (decreasing the sugar by only 100gm instead of 200gm) and adjusting the liquid, I was very encouraged with the outcome. And this round, I was patient, letting it set and ready before I sink my knife into the spongy, cloudy marshmallow. The taste is simply simply awesome. I love the tanginess of the passionfruit making it not sickly sweet, although, yes, it was still too sweet for me. Texture wise, it was so good... hehehehee.. now I know why children loves such things.. it's like a dream...

I am so happy with myself.. I finally succeeded in my quest.. I dont think I will sell this as our weather is not cooperative and let's face it.. seriously, who actually will want to gobble up so much marshmallows??? Hehehehe...

Oh yes, it has been a very busy month for me! I had these cuties to get ready for delivery and thank God I had my aunt around who helped cut and wrapped and packed. At the end, all 600 pieces was ready to go sit prettily at the dinner tables of guest at Melody's wedding. Hehehehe..

This is a light fruitcake but nevertheless, terribly yummy and addictive. Have you ever heard of fruit cake being addictive?? Sigh.. I havent until I made this. An old recipe that is easy to make and didnt require a lot of work. However, it did require liquor but since there were Muslim guests in the wedding reception, the bride has thoughtfully requested for no liquor to be added.

These cuties are sold for RM4 each and just as Melody did.. you better buy more as guests will asked for more than a piece! hehehehe..

This is good on hot hot days when you just dont feel like eating anything. Hehehehe.. Made this impromptu and was surprised by the taste! The mangoes were succulent and juicy but firm and seductive while the blueberries were just awesome! Never thought that blueberries are mangoes best friends.. Anyways..

The pastry was melt in the mouth which I love with a not too rich custard filling. Yes, in such heat, you dont want to eat anything that is rich... light but not too light is good and that's the custard I made...

So, overall, I gobbled these up with 2 girlfriends and was rather sad we didnt have more to gobble. But anyhow, will be making more of these and plan to sell them for RM8.50 each. with a minimum order of 6.

Zoey's aunt was very excited with her arrival. Her long awaited niece made her grand entrance last month and aunt immediately placed an order for a full moon cake to celebrate Zoey's full moon party. I was asked to come up with something sweet and pretty with angels and all baby necessities. I came up with this.. 3 angels watching over a sleeping baby with bibs, booties, pacifier, ballerina's tutus and bows.

Another request from Zoey's aunt is that the cake must not be too sweet and with that, I made lemon buttercake. This whole arrangement was sold for RM590.

Awhile ago one of my favorite blogs, http://hungerhunger.blogspot.com/

had this lovely cake.. A cake that I have always wanted to make but never got around doing because, for one, the few coconut cakes I have made didnt live up to my idea of what I would like as a coconut cake..until I saw Terri's blog.. wooot!! For another, I didnt have time and was partly lazy.. tsk! tsk! tsk!... Anyway, today, I got time and wasnt lazy.. so, I made this cake and the result was...

I must say I was very very surprised with the texture. I absolutely love it!! It's light, soft, moist and somewhat like sponge but had a hint of buttercake texture. Absolutely fabolously love it!! However, I am not too please with the flavor.. the coconut aroma/flavor didnt quite come thru inspite of me using fresh coconut cream.. Hmm.. perhaps I need to work on this.. And my idea of using lime curd to contrast or rather bring out the coconut flavor didnt quite work... Hmmmmmmmm... I need to work on this too. I have to decide if I want to reduce sugar as it's sweet but if I do, will that affect the flavor? Would the coconut flavor disappear all together? Would I still want to use lime curd on this cake? Yes, this cake needs a bit more work..

Overall, I find this cake has potential! I like the texture.. I love the look of this cake.. and yes, I didnt go thru all the effort of making a few different cream for this cake.. instead, use my usual light and fluffy buttercream but the result is just as good, I think. Hehehe..

Am I going to make this again?? Oh yes!! hell yes.. hahahaha.. this time, I will change a few things.. and once I get this right, I will sell this cake! Oh yesss.... it's not easy to find an awesome cake.. what more an awesome coconut cake!! Stay tune!!

Tangerine and Chinese New Year are twins!! hahahahaha... I was asked to create something interesting for a friend's open house party.. something easy to eat and refreshing.. and me being me, wasnt happy to just pick out one of the many cakes I have made.... so, while I was cracking my head, an idea came to me..... slices of tangerine! Hahahahaha...slices of tangerine sitting on a cheesecake....

So, to make it really interesting, I revised the normal cheesecake and added a big slosh of orange and tangerine juice, a tiny slosh of orange liquor, lots of orange peel and when I taste test it, I still felt something is missing.. something to give it a boost... what??!! what??!!!... until I saw my Green & Blacks staring back at me... ooooooo....

And with a 80% cacao chocolate in hand, I melted that and swirl it into the cheesecake... Viola!! you never could have guest that a tiny swirl of chocolate could create such an effect! It was explosively awesome! Hahahahahahaa...

So, with the slices of tangerine stuck in my head, with the cheesecake all made up.. with a small secret nicely tucked in the cake.... I went about to create what I have in mind.... The above! Hahahahahaa.... it was simply spectacular if I may say so! and as for my friend.. she was beaming like a child with her first angpau! Hahahahaha..

This is on sale for RM110... heh! heh! heh!.... for an explosive CNY treat.. why not??

Time really fly.. it was less than a year ago that I was commissioned by Irvin's mama to make cuppies for his full moon party. Irvin was a very handsome baby and I came up with 6 very cute design to compliment Irvin. Irvin's mama was so impressed and thrilled! Hahahahaha...

A year later, today, I made Irvin's first birthday cake. Yes! hehehe.. Irvin's mama "booked" my time for his cake when Irvin was 7 months.. hehehe.. she was excited to see what I would come up with. Whenever she enquire about the design, I keep telling her it's a secret... she will get to see it on Irvin's birthday. Irvin's mama is a very sporting lady.. she laughed and very happily agreed to the price I quoted her..

Anyway, back to Carousel of Happiness cake, Irvin's dad was a bit apprehensive about whether they will end up with a lot of cake, as this cake is rather large, weighing in at 5.2kg and they didnt have that many guests.. approximately 50 guests.. When the party started and after the cake cutting do, he didnt have anything to worry about! Hahahaha.. according to Irvin's mama, the cake was "polished" off.. everyone taking more than 2 helpings and the combination of Orange butter cake with a swirl of chocolate was simply fabulous. Everyone love it! Yay!!

Hahahaha... Irvin's mama told me that this round, her maid was clever to bring along a plastic container to pack up some pieces of cake for the Irvin and Ian.. a lesson she learnt from Ian's recent birthday party where the whole cake was gone before either Irvin or Ian had a chance to eat. Hehehehehe... now, that, is success!

This cake was sold for RM550 and it took a total of 12 hours to get it done. All 12 hours was well worth it.

Hahahaha... today is Boxing Day and I have posted something about Summer??? The story is that effective yesterday, the weather has changed drastically. Oh yes, just within one day, the weather has gone from rainy, cool and cloudy to bright sun, windy, hot and dry.... Ohh.. yes, a sure sign of Chinese New Year is fast approaching. Such weather always reminds me of that and Summer... Not my favorite weather though...

Anyway, yesterday, I visited this new hip supermarket and saw some beautiful apricots and instantly I was reminded of this TV commercial I saw when I was in London... Everytime I miss London badly, I will watch these commercials and smile.. hahahaha.. some people sure know how to make good commericals! So, without hesitation, even with sky high price for apricots, I bought them and made myself some apricot tarts.. Oooo.. they are soooo sooo sooo soo good!!

The pastry is crispy and buttery.. delicious with the frangipane filling that is rich with ground almonds, soft and moist paired up with those delicious apricots.. ummm... with some of it's edges crusted and almond flakes is definitely a summer treat! A treat for someone who will need to go back to work tomorrow.. hehehe...

I would say that this is a delicious afternoon tea snack or great with parties...If I am to sell this, it will be RM85... A steal for something soo sooo sooo good!!

A delicious cheesecake nicely flavored with raspberries and topped with lots of berries.. blueberries and strawberries. The delicious aroma from the 3 berries is simply enticing and one will not stop at 1 slice...

Another successful cheesecake creation sold at RM120...