The golden wings

Salam pada semua..what a week! Finally dapat bernafas semula..alhamdulillah semua permintaan dapt disiapkan tepat pada masanya walaupun banyak sgt dugaan minggu ni..but alhamdulillah yg tidak terhingga coz minggu ni keluarga kami menerima seorang lagi family member..my anak buah Muhammad Al Fateh was born on the 24th..3.5kg...he is soooo cute macam "ibu" dia..ha..ha..ha..that's me lah sudah pasti...semuga anak buah lelaki nombor dua ini akan membesar sebagai seorang anak soleh yg akan menjadi khalifah Allah..amin..Bila melihat wajah Fateh...hati ni bertanya2 macam mana seorang ibu sanggup membuang bayi kecil..and yg paling menyedihkan bila baca berita..terdapat more than 74,000 bayi Melayu Islam yg dilahirkan sebagai anak luar nikah for the past 5 years (source from majalah al-islam..baca waktu tunggu baby Fateh keluar)..tu tak termasuk bayi yg dibuang or dibiarkan mati begitu sahaja...Apa nak jadi pada masyarakat kita...angka tersebut begitu menakutkan.kenapa statistik ini begitu tinggi? Apa sebabnya? Maybe masyarakat kita tak macam dulu..."suka jaga tepi kain org"...to me it's nothing wrong if kita jaga tepi kain org utk tujuan kebaikan.apa yg salah patut ditegur...Sometimes kita nampak anak jiran kita buat perkara tak elok..tapi kita selalu cakap ..mak bapak dia pun tak kisah...lagipun bukan anak kita..biarkanlah..Begitulah sikap org2 kita sekarang..Sometimes nak tegur ahli keluarga kita sendiri pun tak terkeluar dari mulut kita..biarlah..adik kita dah besar panjang..padahal adik kita boleh bercumbu mesra depan kita dgn pasangannya tanpa segan silu..anak-anak buah tenguk melopong...kita sebagai abang or kakak tutup mata aje..tak nak tegur sebab kita memang abang and kakak yg sporting..lagipun mak bapak kita tak kisah pun...Tu depan kita, apa lagi belakang kita? Ada pula yg nak menghalalkan semuanya ambil jalan paling mudah...tunangkan aje....apa salahnya dia bawak tunang dia..As if pertunangan itu menjadi tiket yg membolehkan segala2nya...semuga ahli keluarga kita dijauhkan dari semua ini..amin Ya Allah...dan marilah kita sama2 "menjaga tepi kain org" supaya dapat memastikan org tu tak pakai kain koyak..takut dia tak perasan....org ketawa dia ketawa...but bila dia nangis meraung..semua jauhkan diri...



Ok..let's talk about cake...all together this week dapat siapkan 2 kek lapis hantaran, satu kek ulangtahun company..yg diorder at very last minute..satu kek hantaran fondant dan 2 set kek kahwin fondant 2 tingkat...my munchkin keep on reminding me..pls do not accept anymore orders for this week..ha..ha..ha..sebenarnya I nak mencuba mem"pressure" myself..nak tenguk terbuat atau tidak..mesti ada yg tertanya2 ada tak org yg membantu I? Of course ada..my bibik..tukang cuci and kemas semua peralatan I...my munchkin selalu cakap I ni macam cerita..the shoemaker and the elves...buat kerja sampai mlm..bila mata dah ngantuk..tak larat nak kemas...should see my workplace..with all the gadgets and sepahan yg ditinggalkan...but bila bangun pagi..semua dah kemas...memang macam cerita the shoemaker and the elves..and my elf cakap Indonesia.and saya juga bisa ngomong bahasa Indonesia...My other helpers are my kids..yg kadang2 kena paksa buatkan bunga2an untuk I...my daughter age 12 and my son age 8..they are very good with the roses..maksud I dlm membuat kelopak bunga..and the most important of all..my darling mucnhkin..he makes sure semuanya ok..cake boards..pillars..ribbons..and he is my best logo maker...most of the times he will suggest ideas bila I'm hving my day of "idea block"...and my dad too..he gives me ideas..he loves to watch me doing my work..Without these superb people in my life, rasanya tak terbuat kot semua kerja..thankyou Allah for your wonderful gifts...so this week..dlm keadaan i nak "test" my power...my main helper..my munchkin demam...anak i juga and my dad..so basically I was a lone ranger...had to everything sendiri..


As the title mentioned...the golden wings..memang cake kali ni..rasanya one of the cakes yg i puas hati sgt..full with wings and color emas lagi...This cake was specially done for Ismail and pasangannya..sweet Yana..they had placed the order since last year and they were among my customer yg berani "ambil risiko" untuk kek perkahwinan mereka...Actually if u all perasan...I'm so new in this cake thing...sometimes bila customer nak tengok contoh kek kahwin...I had to tell them the truth..they will be my portfolio...so that's the case with Yana and Ismail...they trusted me with my work..infact they all tapau semua kek perkahwinan mereka...for both sides..termasuk kek hantaran sekali...it was a big honor for me...so as to show my gratitude and appreciation for the trust in my work...I did this stacked full fondant covered wedding cake for their final special day..as a big suprise for them...they requested for buttercream icing actually...happy to "give" something back for their trust..



Ismail wanted a gold and white cake..he wanted something sweet and beautiful...and he wanted the human toppers too...but.after second thought...few days before the big day...I sms dia tanya boleh tak without the toppers..coz it wont fit with my design...he didn't mind as long as cantik...good..he made my job easy...



So sebagai ganti human toppers..i penuhkan atas dgn lots of "wings" butterflies..and gold dragees...I used my butterflies patchwork cutters to do this..



As for borders..bahagian atas dibuatkan bunga2 kecil and dibahagian bawah dengan lingkaran mutiara...dibuat dati my pearl mould bought from sugarflours..I love the blue pearlmould coz it's so flexible and ada tiga saiz pearl yg kita boleh buat.

As for the gold color....this was the first time I used my new airbrush utk spray the whole cake..actually it was so easy to use the airbrush and more economical lagi...coz I pernah buat a gold wedding cake...and it cost me RM55 for a can of gold spray..which was not enough to cover two stacked cakes...but with my airbrush..I only used few drops of my Gold sheen and wolla! hasilnya excellent...whole bottle of 255g kot...cost me only RM26 and I only used few drops..I highly encouraged using airbrush...memudahkan kerja banyak sgt...tak payah terkial2 nak sapu...few minutes dah siap dah...By the way..before I spray on the cake..I test dulu color gold yg I ada..actually I ada 2 types..americolor gold sheen and jenama "X"...the verdict..Americolor is much better...lebih berkilat and warna kilauan emasnya menakjubkan..guess if Jay Wong from Baker's Choice is reading this..he must be smiling big..he..he..he..more discounts for me Jay...By the way, sebenarnya..semua hiasan atas kek ni di colorkan dgn semburan airbrush...termasuk rama2, flowers and the pearls..sebab tu semuanya berkilat...



Atas cake board..I taburkan dgn bunga2 kecil sebagai penyeri..and by the way..cake board juga I balut dgn kertas emas...actually board tu memang dah dibalutpun dgn kertas emas..but to me..it will spoil the look of my cakes..tak apa keluar modal sikit..penat kita buat kek cantik2 don't spoil our artwork just because of nak dapat untung few cents more...





So finally presenting the whole cake...THE GOLDEN WINGS!!!! To Ismail and Yana..a very big thank you from me..I promised both of you to give my best..and this is my best..hopefully my cakes turut menyerikan majlis u all berdua...




The cake was delivered to rumah Ismail..and for the first time I met with the pengantin sewaktu hantar kek....maklumlah sebelum ni yg menempah semua pengantin perempuan...ni pengantin lelaki..so tak payah di solek..Ismail sibuk melayan tetamu masa tu...and from his face of course everybody knows he is the happiest man on earth...Why not? Now dia sah bergelar suami pada permaisuri hati nya.



Ha..ha..ha..masa hantar kek tu ada sorang nenek cute yg sedang duduk ditepi meja kek..so tak sampai hati nak suruh dia beredar waktu ambil gambar..so tak banyak gambar yg dapat diambil..and after that this nenek jadi penjaga kek..dari dikerumuni oleh bebudak..kids were surrounding the cake..and they were chased away by this nene..Menyesal I tak snap gambar nenek tu..hanya nampak tangannya...


By the way...as for the kek hantaran...I buatkan kek lapis serawak yg bertemakan gold and rama2 juga..hmm...actually I just baked the cake..yg susunnya mucnhkin I..sebelum dia demam....he is good dlm menyusun kek serawak...

Well...I hope u guys have enjoyed viewing the pictures of my work..as i had enjoyed producing it.....To Ismail and Yana..semuga berbahagia hingga ke Jannah....bertolak ansur and banyak bersabar..always cari kebaikan pasangan kita...jgn dicari keburukannya...terima kasih sekali lagi...




p/s : Hmm..Datuk Shahrizat baru sahaja hari ni announcekan 4 langkah pencegahan pembuangan bayi...Rasanya dah lama kita dgr sahaja but no action being taken..why can't they see what's the real problem actually? hopefully kali ni bukan perancangan NATO lagi...cukup2 lah tu...