Chocolate Cupcake Bouquet

One of my client had shifted her order to another date, I had the urged to fill the time by experimenting a cupcake bouquet. I had done a few times before and I am not satisfied with the outcome, I realized the cupcake cannot be on a softer texture, the cupcake just breaks or it will drop due to gravity and being in a tropical weather makes the cake turn softer through time. A denser cake texture is more suitable. 

I succeeded and decided to give to my niece who's birthday just last weeks and also to congratulate her on her good SPM result.

However, I overlooked the other "accessories" that needed to complete the overall look of the bouquet. In my opinion the color combination was just "not right". I used whatever material was in hand at that point of time. Anyway lesson learned.

3D Angry Bird - Umair

I had done Angry Bird cake before but in 2D. Since I don't like how it turn out, I had decided not to upload on my blog. Most the cake that I had uploaded in this blog were the one that had met certain standards. Therefore, I do have "mishap" or "wrecked cake".............. statistically the numbers of mishap cakes had dwindled through time.

This 3D Angry Bird was 6 inches in diameter. To cover a spherical cake with fondant do take time to master ... 

 

Side View

Birthday boy with his Angry Bird Cake.

3D Lightning McQueen Cake - Arrish

Overall look of the cake

When a client requested me to do a 3D Lightning McQueen Cake, I was excited and scrambled to look for my old notes that I had documented previous years .... took me sometime to retrieve it, the papers was not kept properly  and I realized I should arrange it in chronological order.

I realized that all these notes was very precious to me because it will expedite the whole process of making the cake, especially on the carving of the cake.

After completion, the cake looks much better than my previous one... yeah...an improvement .....

Side View of the cake

The Birthday Boy

Handbag Cake - Harrods

Actually the most challenging doing a handbag cake is attaching the handles. If the handles are not dry enough, it will just breaks easily.

This cake ordered by my client for his wife's birthday. This was also my first time experimenting my new hydrangeas cutter.

My client send this photo, unfortunately the wall is white and the cake was off-white, can you see the cake at the center of the photo?

 

Sitting Lion

This cake for a two year old boy who loves lion.

Number 3 Cake - Racing Cars

This is my general statement - I realized there's a big difference between a man and a woman when they place a cake order. Woman tends to be more detail on what they wanted whereas man tends to be quite "lackadaisical" (not sure this is the right word), and most men not sure what they initially wanted when they contacted me. 

This was a good example, when a husband wanted to order a birthday cake for his wife. He wanted to order a small cake and not sure what's appropriate for his wife and he's quite bored with the cake he bought commercially year after year, so he wanted to make something special for her. I had to ask him about her hobby, favorite colors ... and the list goes on and on ..... and I ended up making a pink teapot cake, since his wife loves to collect small teapots all around the world.( shown on previous blog). 

Another case, not sure how's his son's name been spelt .... is it "Mohammed"or "Mohd" or "Mohamad" or "Md". I ended up talking to his wife for confirmation.

Another common mistake by most men, choice of COLORS... that is color combination on the cake...."are they really color blind?". (sorry guys). Example dark purple with dark blue .....unless you are going for "special themed" cake.

This is my general statement but I do come across with men that been born with a "good taste" ...... 

Back to my original tale, the number 3 cake. This cake was quite challenging especially when using fondant as compared to buttercream icing. It was time consuming covering the small corners. 

The Birthday Boy, Rezzuan.

Princess Doll Cake - Silver Dress

My client requested to make the doll apparel similar as her daughter's dress.

Notice

Insya Allah, I'll be performing Umrah on 19 March - 29 March 2014 with my family.

Therefore, at these dates, I won't be able to take your orders.

If you want to book a date or inquiry for birthday cake, wedding cake, hantaran or any occasions,  please send your request through e-mail habsahmohdyusof@yahoo.com, I'll attend to your request after 29 March.

Thank you.

Bustiers and Bump Cupcakes for Bridal Showers

These bustiers and bump cupcakes looks adorable........

Football Cake

Actually this was a two tiered cakes not three. The two level round cake and the ball. This was a butter cake with nutella fillings.

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Birthday boy

Frozen Theme Birthday Cake

My client at first wanted a figurines of "Frozen" characters on the cake, however I don't have the time to do those figurines and suggested her to find plastic figurines from my suppliers, unfortunately it was out of stock.

Fortunately, on the eleventh hour, a new stock of the plastic "Frozen" characters came. I delivered the rainbow cake with few other accessories of the cake to my client and she will assemble at the site during the event.

Assembled by my client

The Birthday Girl

Before the cake been iced

Cake left over after the event, cream cheese fillings

Bachelor Party Cake - Red Polka Dot Bra

This cake was for the bachelor, chocolate cake with chocolate ganache fillings ..........(please refer to "bridal shower - boxer cake).

At the end, everything goes well .....

Bridal Shower - Boxer Cake

This yuppies wanted to celebrate bridal shower and bachelor party together. At first, I found it weird ..... you cannot act or say as freely as you wish during the event...

They wanted 2 cakes, one for the men and another for the ladies ... they wanted sort like a "kinky" cake. I asked them, how "kinky can you take??". I gave a few examples. Initial reaction the group seems "excited".

Through my experience, a few people can take it as hilarious, but a few may feel offensive.

I advised them to discuss as a group and asked everybody's approval, it's tedious but worth it. So, there was a lengthy "WhatsApp" messages, discussing on the most appropriate cake design for the group, something that without being vulgar.

So this was the design for the bridal shower, vanilla cake with nutella fillings. For the bachelor cake see at the next upload.....

 

Love Shaped Ice Cream Cake

Actually I'm not fond of doing a large ice-cream cake. This cake was 9 inches across, I usually make 7 inches diameter size, the reason being that Malaysian weather is not favorable, it will melt easily while delivery, and you will be lucky if you can find a large Styrofoam box for the cake, and most client's freezer cannot accommodate large size of the cake.

Since my client live just less than a kilometer from my premises, I took this order ....

Spherical Shaped Chocolate Cake.

This cake was for my niece's 10th birthday. Initially I planned to do a globe for her but changed my mind due to time constrain. I changed to decorate using chocolate ganache. Unfortunately it was a hot day and I find it hard to do piping using chocolate ganache ...... After decorating, I put a few hours in the fridge and applied gold dust on the flower, it really give a nice effects on the overall cake.

Red Bra Cake for Bridal Showers

Bras and Thongs Cookies for Bridal Showers

These bras and thongs cookies were for bridal showers.

"Frozen" themed birthday party

An Elsa doll was given to me earlier, by my client so I could do the Elsa Doll cake. The doll looks so adorable .... when I undressed the doll, I saw a label on its buttock .... "Made in Indonesia".

The Birthday Girl

Obi's 5th Birthday

This cake was requested by Obi's mother, 2 layered cake, chocolate and vanilla, accompanied with 3 little minions.

The Birthday Boy

Iron Man Cake

First thought of making the mask of the Iron Man, however changed my mind when I managed to get a figurine of Iron Man at a kiosk in a shopping mall.

This was a rainbow butter cake, when cut the cake into halves, can see the beautiful rainbow colors.

Brother and Sister celebrated their birthday within the same month