Minions cake and cupcakes set...

I'm really going crazy over minions! This is another order for minions cake and cupcakes from Shi Han. I'm really thankful to her for being really supportive where she had previously ordered a Madagascar cake for her bf. See below link if you have not seen the cake.

http://jembakes.blogspot.sg/2013/08/madagascar-cake.html

So this time round the cake is for a little girl called Amber who is turning 3 this year.

The minion swimming in the "sea".

The fight between the good and bad minions!

Counting all my previous orders, I think I have made more than 100 minions cupcakes! This is the most no. of repeated designs I have made ever since I started. 1st in popularity! LOL.

Nevertheless, hope the little girl likes the cake and the cupcakes and Happy 3rd Birthday!

Present cake...

Another order from Evonne for her niece's 18th birthday! Previously. she ordered cupcakes for her brother and sis-in law's 20th wedding anniversary. Check out the cupcakes below if you have not.

http://jembakes.blogspot.sg/2013/08/20th-wedding-anniversary-cupcakes.html

So this time round to celebrate her niece's birthday, she wanted a cake that is shaped like a present for her.

Happy birthday Ashley!

She requested to have colourful polka dots as the "wrapping paper" of the present so I used more vibrant colours for the young girl who is just turning 18.

Tried writing on the cake again.

The candle is specially prepared by Evonne.

 Happy 18th birthday Ashley!

I-chat cake for a virtual friend...

My sis ordered this cake for her colleague who she have been chatting with at work from 9am-6pm everyday (she still does her work beside chatting). LOL. They started off as virtual friends where they can talk about anything and everything on their I-chat (the chatting platform their company uses) and so this I-chat means a lot to their friendship. So my sis printscreen her I-chat conversation for me and ask me to make a cake that shows the I-chat screen. And here it goes.

A cake that only the sender and recipient knows the meaning.

This is my first time trying to use edible ink to write on the cake so pardon the poor handwriting. Will try to improve on it!

My sis's message to the birthday gal.

The happy birthday gal!

 Happy Birthday Mildred! With love from Mirror (a nickname that I got from her)!

Little miss and mr cake...

This is an order from Ruth who wanted to order a cake to celebrate her company's staff day. To recognise the effort and contribution of the staff of the company, she requested specifically 11 characters of the little miss and mr series to be on the cake to represent the 11 staffs. I think this is really a very good idea and can represent the personality of each staff. So the 11 characters are:

1) Miss Helpful
2) Miss Quick
3) Miss Princess
4) Miss Neat
5) Miss Busy
6) Miss Giggles
7) Miss Chatterbox
8) Mr Bounce
9) Miss Birthday
10) Miss Fun
11) Mr Brave

So I started moulding the characters and here they are.

Can you guess who is who?

And the characters are now ready to be placed on the cake.

Sitting happily on the cake.

I had much fun moulding the characters and they are really cute. And tadah, the cake is done!

Happy Staff Day!

Beach theme cupcakes...

This is an order from Xue Ping to celebrate her bf's 24th birthday and she wanted a set of beach theme cupcakes, specifically requested for a bikini on it. LOL. So here are the cupcakes.

This is quite an easy set to do. I poured ground peanuts on the cupcakes to create the sandy beach feel. And of course, bikini, swimming trunks, beach ball, water pail and slippers are the must-haves when you go to the beach. And the set of cupcakes is complete!

Hope her bf had a pleasant surprise and like the cupcakes!

Baby Minnie cake and cupcakes set...

This is an order from Yan Ling who is celebrating her daughter's 1st birthday. She wanted a baby minnie theme and likes to have the cake in polka dots. At first I wanted to search for a baby minnie figurine and place it on the cake but after much effort in searching, I still cannot find it. Therefore, I decided to place a minnie head on the cake instead.

Baby minnie cake with cupcakes.

 I had a hard time making the minnie head. As I wanted it to be dome shaped, I crumbled the cake and sculpted it into a dome shape (using the cake pop method) and placed it in the fridge. However, as the cake is too cold, while I covered it with fondant, the fondant starts to "perspire". And when I place the ribbon and the ears on it, they start to slide off as the head is "wet". Therefore, it took me quite sometime where I inserted lots of toothpicks into the cake to stabilise the structure.

The cupcakes around the cake.

Baby minnie cupcakes.

Nevertheless, the cake and cupcakes are done and hope Yan Ling's daughter had a terrific 1st year birthday party! Check out the party below:

Daddy's 61st birthday...

This year, the important man in my life turns 61! My dad loves to draw (hopefully I did inherit some of his artistic talent) and last year, he actually had a birthday party / art exhibition whereby he invited his relatives and friends to showcase his drawings. We named it 分享 and it literally means to share his drawings. Here are some of the pictures last year where the party/exhibition was a blast!

My dad's drawings where he loves to draw sceneries.

More drawings.

The birthday "boy"!

My family.

If you have noticed, the cake was customized and done by me last year while I was still figuring out how to work with fondant and gumpaste.

My creation.

It was a very big and heavy cake and I specially created the image on powerpoint and sent it to B-I-Y (the place where I had my first lesson on decorating cakes) to have the image printed on icing. So what I had to do is just to cover the cake with fondant and place the icing image on top. However, with no knowledge on how to cover a square cake (and huge one for this), I had some difficulties and struggled with it. In the end, the sides were very untidy. In addition, I placed the cake in the fridge and in the end the cake was "perspiring" when we took it out and it was very hard to cut. But nevertheless, it was my first attempt on such a big cake and at least it still looks presentable (self-comforting).

Enough of the past. This year, we had 分享(2). So once again, it is to showcase his drawings for the past year.

His drawings for the past 1 yr where he focused more on drawing people.

And again, the task of creating the birthday cake lies on me. Besides drawing, my dad loves to play golf. So this year, I decided to make a golf cake for him.

The old man aiming to putt the ball.

Golf cupcakes to surround the cake.

The final product with a hole 61 flag.

My dad invited some of his friends who play golf with him and they think that the cake is funny and ask if my dad really putts this way. LOL.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

My family.

My no.1 supporter first to take the cupcake.

Me and my creation.

How time flies and 1 year has passed. Looking back at the photos last year, we all have changed somehow. My dad's drawings have improved and my cake have improved too (self-proclaimed). LOL. Hoping for a better year ahead with more improvements and progress and wish my Daddy good health and happiness. Happy Birthday DAD!