Flower Box Cake

Flower box cake for engagement gift. 

Different Views of the Cake

3 inches Cookies for Hantaran

3 inches flower shaped cookies for engagement gift. Decorated with brush embroidery technique using royal icing.

Cookies Bouquet for Engagement

Hantaran Cake for Engagement

Baju Melayu Cake for hantaran

This Baju Melayu Cake is for a "hantaran" ( gift) to the groom during the "nikah" (solemnization) ceremony that will he held in Melaka.

The bride and groom

Flower Box Cake

This Flower Box Cake was for a "hantaran" to the bride side. This was a six inches square cake adorned with handmade gum paste flowers.

Brush Embroidery on Cookies for Hantaran

Another 3 inches cookies with brush embroidery technique for hantaran.

Basket with Flowers - Cookies for "Hantaran"

These were 3 Inches cookies decorated with royal icing. I made a mistake by piping the flowers bigger as such it overwhelmed the basket.....

Birdcage Engagement Cake / Kek Sangkar Burung

This cake was for my nephew's engagement cake, Mior Asrani. First, when I sketched the cake on paper and figure out the measurements of the cake, I did not take into consideration of the cake had to endure traveling 300km. The ceremony will be held at Tanjung Piandang, where you can view paddy fields a far as the eyes can see. 

While baking the cake then the thought surface.....but too late to change the design........have to take the risk.....

It was a chocolate cake that measured 9 inches tall with 6 inches in diameter. When I had done the decoration, I felt it will be a disaster if its collapsed during delivery. The worst part of it, I had forgotten to put a wooden rod in the middle of the cake to reinforce its stability....arghhhh!!!

However, thank God the cake survived the journey and in the hot Malaysian June weather  .......

It was reaching near 40 degrees Celsius on midday, luckily it was just a short distance towards the bride-to-be's house.

The hantarans (gift) from both party.

The "sarung cincin" ceremony

Pillow Cake - Purple and Pink

This will be my last post before I'll be off to Jeddah.  

Actually this Pillow Cake should be Dark Purple fondant but my cheap-skate camera always gave me Dark Blue, do know why, I guess something to do with the light, though the hydrangeas and the ribbons around the board looks the correct purple.

I've yet to do my packing for tomorrow morning flight ..........aaa komeng nga!!!!...(in Cantonese means help)

Jewelry Box

This chocolate jewelry box was for someone's girlfriend. How lucky she is!!!. His girlfriend text-message " Sayangnya kek ni kena potong!!!" (Its' a pity I have to cut this cake!!!). This jewelry box inspired from my niece's collections of souvenirs.

Baju Kebaya Cake

I really enjoyed decorating this cake, maybe it sort like a challenged for me to practice my royal icing pipping. What is Baju Kebaya? see below for my blog reader who are not from South East Asia.

I have a few pairs of Baju Kebayas

   




A Kebaya is a traditional blouse-dress combination that originates from Indonesia and worn by women in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Burma, Singapore, southern Thailand. It is sometimes made from sheer material such as silk, thin cotton  or semi-transparent nylon or polyester adorned with brocade or floral pattern embroidery. Kebaya usually worn with a sarong or batik kain panjang, or other traditional woven garment such as ikat, songket with a colorful motif.

The kebaya is the national costume of Indonesia, although it is more accurately endemic to the Javanese, Sundanese and Balinese peoples. (extract from Wikipedia)

Baju Melayu Cekak Musang Cake - Munirah's gift to the Groom

I was commissioned to do a Baju Melayu Cake by Ms Munirah, that is the folded version not a full length Baju Melayu. What is Baju Melayu? Please see below.....(for my blog reader who are not from the South East Asia).

This was a chocolate cake covered with fondant. I think, what makes this Baju Melayu looks authentic was the 5 buttons that adorned the dress. I make a small pearl painted with pearl sheen color ( of course an edible paint) on a small gold plate, just look like my late father's Baju Melayu buttons. I vividly remember he always lost a button every year (he usually used these buttons twice a year) until my late mother tied all these buttons along with one string so it will not gone missing again.

Baju Melayu  is a traditional Malay outfit for men. It literally translates as 'Malay shirt' and consists of two main parts. The first being the baju (long sleeved shirt) itself which has a raised stiff collar known as the cekak musang collar (literally fox's lease). The second part is the trousers. The two parts are made out of the same type of fabric which is usually silk, cotton, or a mixture of polyester and cotton. A skirt-type adornment is also commonly worn with the Baju Melayu, which is either the "kain samping", made out of songket  cloth or the kain sarung, made out of cotton or a polyester mix. Both are loops of fabric which are folded around the wearer's waist. A jet-black or dark coloured headgear called the songkok can also worn to complete the attire. (extract from Wikipedia)

Pillow Cake - Mustard Yellow Color with Peonies

This yellow mustard pillow cake sort like a short notice order. The hydrangeas were not fully hardened when I placed it beside the cake, a few broken petals can be easily seen.

Coco Chanel Handbag Cake

This Coco Chanel Handbag Cake was for an engagement gift (hantaran), from the groom to the bride-to-be.

Engagement Cake - White Floral Motifs with Blue

My client showed me a photo to give me some ideas what she's really wanted the cake looks like. However, she wanted white with sky blue color combinations. She gave me the sample of the blue color that was on the lighter side. I informed her the floral motifs might not be outstanding because the colors lack of contrast. Since these colors were her engagement theme colors, requesting her to change to royal blue was out of the question. 

Then it just stroked my mind using blue sheen color, where I never try before. Since I got ample time, I experimented a few ways to make the floral motifs outstanding. Choosing the correct floral motifs too is important so it won't look overcrowded.

This was a 6 inches love-shaped chocolate cake. Very pretty!!!

Car Cake - Hantaran Siti Nur Aizat

This car was 12 inches lengthwise, smaller than usual, reason, to accommodate the "hantaran" tray size.  I discovered it was very challenging because all the accessories of the car were very tiny.

Congratulations Cake

A lady requested me to do a special cake for his son who had an excellent SPM results recently. ( In Malaysia this exam is very crucial in determining a student whether he will be getting a place in overseas/local universities also acquiring a scholarship from the government or private sector). He scored 9A's and wish to pursue his study overseas. This was a chocolate cake with chocolate ganache fillings.

Hantaran Cake - Figurine With Traditional Attire - Maya Hamdan

This was a 8 inch cake for hantaran. Vanilla cake with vanilla fillings.

Boxes of Flowers -Mr Mikael's

I was commissioned to make a hantaran cake for Mr. Mikael's wedding. Actually his friend, Ms Shalieza who ordered or I presumed she sponsored the cake. She went through my blog and not really sure what she wanted, end up, she gave me freedom to create whatever I fancy, she just gave her budget and the theme color. Since she gave me more than 2 weeks lead time, I have ample time to plan what I wanted to do. All these gum paste flowers, the roses and the hydrangeas, were handmade.  Actually, I'm quite surprised myself, the overall decoration of the cake was absolutely magnificent.........( Soon I'll post Mr. Mikael's wedding photo)