sweetmunchkiny

Salam maaf...and wish me the best of luck

2011-09-19T16:00:00.002+08:00

Dearest friends, sisters n brothers..and followers of my blog..salam kemaafan coz i wont be able to update my blog as i'm preparing for my Malaysian Wedding Cake competition which willbe held in Sunway Giza ont the 30th of September - 2nd of October...I need all the prayers from all of u and do wish me the best of luck....Winning is not the target..since art is very subjective..anybody can win the competition..but i'm giving all my best to my entry...I enjoy what i'm doing and i'm giving my heart to it..the rest I leave it to Allah..HE who plans and decides...I will update my blog as soon as the competition over..and do come to see all the artwork of Malaysian decorators during the competition...u will see superb artwork....

KEK LAPIS JOHOR - MAHARANI KEK LAPIS

2011-07-31T09:12:00.011+08:00

Ramadhan Qareem untuk semua sahabat pengunjung...semuga kedatangan Ramadahan Al-Mubarak ini dapat kita lalui dgn penuh keimanan dan kesabaran. Semuga kita semua dapat mempertingkatkan amal ibadah kita dan sama2 lah kita berdua agar Allah menerima segala ibadah kita. Dan sama2 lah kita beringat bahawa kita bukan hanya berpuasa menahan lapar dan dahaga sahaja...kita harus juga mempuasakan semua pancaindera kita...mata..dari melihat perkara yg boleh mendatangkan dosa...maybe ada yg tidak terfikir, kita menjaga pandangan mata kita bila berada diluar rumah..but sebenarnya didalam setiap rumah ada "objek" yg boleh mendatangkan banyak kemudaratan kepada mata kita...Apa ye? Jawapannya ialah televisyen...cuba kita fikirkan berapa banyak rancangan yg mempamerkan perempuan2 yg tidak menutup aurat...setakat tidak menutup aurat itu boleh dikatakan "biasa" lagi...but yg berpakaian seksi dan menjolok mata lebih banyak daripada sikit...tidak termasuk lagi adengan2 yg menaikkan nafsu..so rakan rakan sekelian..watch out apa yg kita dan keluarga kita tonton...Mulut kita juga haru dijaga....jgn samapai ia mengurangkan pahala puasa kita.....penat cik kiah berpuasa...but bila tenguk rakan sepajabat order kuih banyak sgt, kita mula "menggosip" dibelakang mereka...kan dah kurang pahala puasa tu..so sama2lah kita beringat bahawa puasa dibulan Ramadhan bukan setakat menahan lapar dan dahaga sahaja//Semuga ramadhan ini dapat membantu kita membentuk diri sebagai seorang muslim yg taat pada Allah..amin...

Ok...sempena kedatangan syawal ini...dengan sukacitanya dimaklumkan lahir lah MAHARANI KEK LAPIS DAN COOKIES...Kenapa Maharani...? Kenapa bukan Pantai Kundur ke..where I live now...or kenapa bukan Melaka ke? Well..I have decided it's MAHARANI coz kek lapis yg I buat badalah dari resipi tradisional Johor...Initially when i started 2 years ago..I started with kek lapis serawak..but then I realised terlalu banyak kek lapis Serawak yg membanjiri Semenanjung...so I tried to beralih arah..I orng semenanjung..so I have to come out with something from semenanjung..maafle ye orng2 Serawak..Kek lapis Serawak memang sedap but malangnya yg sampai kesemenajung majoritinya yg harga murah...and bila murah dah tentu kualitinya pun asal boleh aje...Infact ada seorang kawan I yg buat kek serawak menasihati I supaya mengubah resipi I menjadi resepi yg boleh dijual...her suggestion was..kurang kan telur, guna marjerin murah..and boleh jual RM10/piece...orng mesti beli punya...Well..I don't take that....in order to cari rezeki...bukan duit sahaja yg menjadi matlamat kita...kerdhaan Allah dan keberkatan rezeki itu yg amat penting..Memang orang akan beli kek yg murah..but if rasanya tak sedap dah tentu orng yg beli akan rasa ditipu...duit dapat but buat apa kita cari marah orang...Tak apalah..to me quality is very important...and bertoalak dari itu....kebaniran kek serawak yg murah disemenanjung I tried to mendapatkan satu kelainan..I came up with kek lapis Johor...Haaa....jgn terperanjat...ada ke kek lapis Johor...? Orang Johor sendiri ada yg tak pernah tahu ada kek lapis Johor...My MIL's favorite is kek lapis Johor..every raya mesti banyak yg dibelinya..so dari situ..came an idea..why dont I come up with kek lapis Johor...kebangaan orng Johor..

Apa bezanya kek lapis Johor dengan Serawak? Personally...kek lapis Johor lebih lembab..kerana banyak menggunakan kuning telur and kurang manis..and the best thing ..as a cake decorator...my cake lapis is still one mof my art..i'm very particular with the lapisan...lapisan harus sama dan kecil...Yup, i'm very fussy about the garisan...and it can be seen from all the photos here.....

Lapis Betawi....resipi original

Lapis prune...see the lines...

Lapis masam manis...favorite no 1...

Lapis cokelat....

Lapis buttescotch..citarasa terkini....and ia sungguh menyelerakan...

So..tempahan masih dibuka lagi untuk kek lapis Maharani..please contact me personally to place yr orders and we do deliver either through post or our selected agents...Ada 5 perasa...rempah betawi, prune, cokelat, masam manis and the latest butterscotch..perasa terkini..My kek lapis is very moist..and each cake 8x8 in beratnya melebihi 1.7kg and for 6x6in beratnya melebihi 1.1kg.......By the way, setiap falvor mempunya resipi yg berlainan..so jgn risau..semuanya berlainan rasa...I don't use multipurpose recipe...so u will hv different taste for each cakes...and by the way...kami tidak menggunakan golden churn butter...So for those yg berminat utk menempah do contact me at 012-6069494..insyaallah kami juga mengambil tempahan utuk majlis rumah terbuka, majlis perkahwinan dan juga majlis korporat...

Demi Cintaku Padamu.....

2011-06-30T06:42:00.128+08:00

Salam buat semua..setelah sekian lama menghilangkan diri....and I missed the novelty cake competition too...However, alhamdulillah, I got the chance to update this blog...was so busy with orders and also the wedding of my dear bro in law in Kota Tinggi...the last wedding in the family...ha...ha...ha..we just recognise first wedding only..if ada second or third wedding, buatlah sendiri. to my close friends especiallyto those in Johor, sorry for not inviting coz it was just a small reception. My mother in law was the "big Director" for the wedding and she is so creative..semua hantaran and pelamin dia yg buat...jimat belanja n menepati citarasa sendiri..the concept was roses n roses...white, pink and red roses...

And I was given the honour to do the wedding cake..which I took it as a very big challenge....lebih teruk daripada masuk competition...The judge for this wedding cake lebih hebat dari semua pakar didunia...Its not about winning..but it's about samada I dapat memuaskan hati my dearest my MIL...my ibu....Actually my BIL wanted his Honda as his wedding cake...but ibu wanted a flowery concept and as usual...had to give way to ibu....Ha..ha...ha..Apis, my BIL can have his Honda for his second wedding..but i will not dare to do it for him, carilah orang lain...Someone will definitely gonna kill me if I do the Honda for him...

Ibu memang suka sangat dgn bunga2 especially roses n majlis perkahwinan tersebut memang dipenuhi dgn bunga2an yg digubahnya sendiri..which was sooo beautiful...So I had to make sure that my cake sama conceptnya.....flowery, romantic...and of course it has to be very elegant n classic too....but tak boleh lari dari roses...At first I wanted to do something related to the pelamin design...but it was a disaster..a very big disaster...what I did was...airbrushed the base with light brow...did few free cutouts n tampalkan keliling cake...and sebagai orng yg sungguh "artistic"...ha...ha..ha.,jgn salah faham makna tu..bukan nak mengampu diri....but sebagai sindiran kepada diri sendiri...I cuba buatkan blots using gold dust using brushes..konon2nya nak kan dusty effect...lain yg dicita..lain yg jadinya...I ended up with a very ugly "cheetah" effect...disebabkan warna airbrush yg belum kering...Termenung sekejap n kebetulan my maid lalu.."Lin, apa kamu fikir tentang kek aku? Aku mahu pandangan ikhlas dari kamu". Terkebil2 mata si Linda cuba mencari jawapan yg benar2 ikhlas..salah jawab khuatir dipotong gaji agaknya...Lama dia duduk memikirkan jawapannya..Akhirnya "Kan belum siap kak...nanti kalau udah siap mesti menarik seperti selalu". "Aku bukan kata sesudah siap...aku mahu pandangan kamu sekarang?".....Ha..ha...ha..kesian si Linda, lagi terkebil2 mencari jawapan...mungkin sambil menelan air liur..."Kurang cantik kak...Tidak mcm yg selalu kakak buat.." Haaaaa...tu dia, akhirnya jawapan yg sgt ikhlas dari my maid...Yup, she was right..it was sooo ugly in my eyes...even my daughter Iman who is 7 cakap kurang cantik....selalunya cantik...Well, I guessed i knew what I patut buat....Cuba teka apa agaknya I buat?

I buka balik the whole thing...the fondant maksud I....Iced kan bali kek and this time datang idea lain...To my decorator friends, jangan mudah mengeluh if apa yang kita rancangkan tidak menjadi and jgn cepat give up...coz sometimes our failure will create something better...always remember, Allah has HIS special way didalam mengajar and menyedarkan kita...so jgn cepat putus asa....never jadikan kegagalan kita sebagai pembunuh kepada hasil karya kita...Ok back to the cake...Lepas cabut semua fondant..i terus dapat ilham untuk buat something different..

So for the 1st tier..i "balutkan" dgn kain satin..colored with ivory and then airbrush dgn pearl sheen...and ditabur manik pearl juga...Keseluruhan base ditutup dgn "kain satin"...and it really created a very big impression..Tak susah sebenarnya nak buat effect lipatan kain ni...mcm kita deal dgn kain betul...has to make sure it has natural drops and flows..jgn kaku...

For the 2nd n 3rd tier..i buatkan lace effect..guna lace mould dari SF..However I cairkan sikit warna tiers ni..so nampak ada kelainan sikit...airbrushed sepeti biasa dgn pearl sheen...boleh juga if tak diairbrushkan but taklah cantik sgt hasilnya...For those yg masih takut dgn airbrush..dont worry, airbrushing bukannya susah mana pun...picit and tekan saja..takda yg teknikal...Trust me, anak kecil pun boleh airbrush..so pada sesiapa yg ada airbrush, gunakanlah semaximum yg mungkin airbrush tu...jgn dijadikan tukun or brng perhiasan...he..he..he...Kak Suzana from penang...jgn biarkan airbrush berabuk ye...lol ;p

And now, lets talk about the hiasan...ofcourse..it has to be roses and romantic...so for the topper I decided to letakkan jambangan kecil of roses yg I buat sendiri..

and hiasan pengiringnya...i buatkan "rantai mutiara" berjatuhan dari atas and hingga kebawah menjejaki 1st tier..and this was done by my daughter Diyana...she is really good in making pearls. I love pearls sooo much in my real life..i prefer pearls to gold for perhiasan diri...To me..pearl melambangkan kelembutan, keromantikan, kewanitaan, keanggunan..dan banyak lagi

Ok...now...the main flowers....gubahan roses bersulamkan daun yg i sendiri lupa namanya...mula2 buat daun hijau..but tak padan pula rasanya ..so bila jumpa daun yg corak macam ni terus tukar...the different colours are manually colored/lustered.
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As for the roses..alah bisa tegal biasa..jgn takut nak cuba..Mula2 cuba takkan dapat perfect terus kan...banyakkan practice..jgn asyik nak bergantung pada bunga yg dibeli dikedai sahaja...

All the roses disapukan dgn petal dust...By the way, lingkaran merah tu adalh wire bunga yg dibalut dgn florist tape merah. So jambangan tersebut diletakkan disisi kek..

Haaaa..berdebar juga...bila kek dah siap, i duduk sambil membelek...and telling my mucnhkin.."this cake is too simple, do u think Ibu will like this cake?" And I dah tahu jawapannya "U are looking at it from a view of a designer..but for normal people it's spectacular"..Yup my munchkin always know how to mententeramkan perasaan I every time I complaint about my own design.

So the cake travelled all the way to Kota tinggi and we were the last to sampai...ha...ha...ha..sebab tu le I risau sgt...but alhamdulillah..sampai aje kek, semua mengerumini nya and the best reaction was from my Uda.."Alah cantiknya Kin..."..and tak habis2 dia memuji especially my laced tiers..padahal I hanya guna lace mould aje...Dari airmuka ibu, I know she was very happy and pleased with the cake..alhamdulillah..tq Allah...

So since we had our yassin very early in the morning..the cake pun harus bersiap awal...and as usual..I had my own tier separator to suit with the setting up of the cake...My aunties ..Uda n cik Ija pun turut sama menghias meja kek and it was fun...we had petal roses ditaburkan keliling and diletakkan 3 tangkai mawar putih..it was so lovely and romantic..minta maaf ya...saya cuba memerasan kan diri....

The cake was the main attraction during the ceremony...and I was really happy to see that ibu was so proud with cake...dia jadi promoter utk kek tu pada kawan2nya..me so happy...hilang rasa penat...

And ramai yg ingat satin cloth tu the real one..sampaikan pengantin sendiri tanya mcm mana nak potong kek tu..yg mana satu kek..of course it was a real cake..and bila sahaja kek dipotong berkumandang lagu "Demi cintaku padamu"..and it was so romantic..but dlm masa yg sama I noticed muka DJ was mcm terperanjat..rupa2nya dia memang terperanjat sampai dia buat announc3ment..yg dia memang terperanjat coz dia ingat tu kain betul and all the while dia fikir mcm mana nak cut through the kain..kena angkat ke..lol..padanlah muka dia hairan semacam aje bila pengantin potong kek...

so for the first time..I had to cut my own decorations utk didistributekan kepada semua para tetamu and alhamdulillah cukup..Sedih juga..but what to do....alhamdulillah, ramai yg memuji kek tu..and even ada yg nak tempah..oh dear..jauhnya nak hantar...but alhamdulillah ..

Ada few funny incidents wktu i potong kek tu..but sebelum tu dah memang ada yg duduk "mengendap" kek I....and waktu pengantin potong kek pun dah ada yg mengendeng tepi meja...ha..ha...ha.rupanya mereka berminat pada sesuatu....guess what? It was so funny..semua yg hadir gelak tenguk gelagat mereka...

They were eyeing for my pearls rupanya...sibuk minta rantai pearl tu waktu i potong kek...and they were so happy bila I bagi..siap pakai kat leher..and sambil memakan the beads...jangan semut naik keleher udah...

All in all..we were so happy majlis berjalan dgn lancar walaupun kepenatan melayan tetamu..and alhamdulillah coz my kids will have their weddings in Melaka not in Johor..lol...If buat kat Johor tak larat coz majlis sampai kepetang..semuga Allah memanjangkan usia me and my darling munchkin to see all the happy moments..Well before I pen off..to apis and ana selamat pengantin baru..always bertolak ansur didalam segala hal..and always appreciate pasangan kita..Jangan diperbesarkan isu yg remeh temeh and terimalah segala kelemahan yg ada pada pasangan kita...Banyakkan bersabar and always remember pasangan kita adalah anugerah terbaik Allah untuk kita..bagaimana kita begitu jugalah pasangan kita..semuga kasih sayang bersemi hingga ke jannah..and talking about this..last week, I bersolat maghrib disebuah surau lama di Limbungan Melaka..a very old surau..me and my munchkin always stop at this surau satu masa dulu bila tk sempat nak solat magrib dirumah..and I really love to solat here..so menenangkan walaupun surau kecil . We know well the bilal...so bila dah lama tak pergi, lepas solat berbual le dgn Pak bilal..dia jemput dtng kerumahnya ..tapi dia kata masak le sendiri apa yg ada since isterinya dah meninggal..So diceritakan lah tentang pemergian isterinya yg tak disangka2..and isterinya dah meninggal lebih kurang 2 tahun..hampir sama dgn my darling mum...Mengalir air mata mendengar dia bercerita..Ramai yang suruh dia kahwin..but jawapannya senang aje pada setiap orng yg suruh dia kahwin.."Kau lah kahwin"..dia cakap..tiada apa lagi yg diperlukan selain menumpukan perhatian pada sisa usia yg makin berkurangan...tiada beban jgn cari batu untuk digalas..and I noticed ada airmata bergenang dikelopak matanya..Dlm suara sebab dia berkata sebab sebenarnya dia mahu bersama isterinya semula sewaktu diakhirat..Ya Allah..air mata I mengalir waktu mendengar pengakuan dia..begitu taat kasih sayangnya untuk isteri tercinta..berapa ramai lelaki diluar sana yg kehilangan isteri berfikiran begini..majoriti yg I tahu pasti akan mencari baru..walau besar mana kasih sayangnya sekalipun...infact ada yg berkata mereka boleh babas if mereka keseorangan..semuanya alasan lelaki..Rasanya I nak buat aje award pada duda2 yg tidak berkahwin and tetap mendambakan kasih untuk arwah isteri tercinta..How I wish..hmmmm..Dlm sedih..sempat juga my munchkin bergurau dllm kereta..."Ada teka teki untuk u..apa dia...banyakkk sgt berlaku? Memang banyakk berlaku? And terlalu amat jarannnng berlaku?" Agak2nya apa jawapannya? Well..this is the jawapan to his teka teki-teki...banyakkk sgt berlaku - suami yg kahwin lebih dari satu sewakut hayat isterinya...Memang banyak berlaku - suami yg terus kahwin bila isterinya meninggal and amat jarannngg berlaku - suami yang tidak berkahwin lagi bila isterinya meninggal..Hmm..dlm gelak I cuba meneka my munchkin masuk dlm kategori yg mana?

well dah melalut pula I ..okay let me share with all of u..kegembiraan keluarga kami menyambut menantu and adik ipar...

The rehearsal a nite before with all the pari2s n the para2s..wow..it was a very tiring rehearsal controlling the kids and penuh gelak ketawa...lucu tenguk gelagat mereka..

And the para2s bersantai before the perarakan..4 orng sahaja ..tapi havocnya Ya Allah....tu belum lagi yg buat hal tak nak masuk barisan...

The sweet Pari2s...they are so sweet n pretty..ut dlm kelembutan tu sempat juga bergaduh..berebutkan bunga tangan..padahal sama saja.

and the perarakan masuk rombongan diraja....lead by cucu sulung my darling Diyana..she was so shy...but she had to do it demi menenangkan si para2 paling kecil ...if not kucar kacir dibuatnya...However, they suprised us during the persandingan..they were so well behave and they were so cute n lovely..

Alhamdulillah..everything was ok..walaupun kami penat...Thank you allah kerana memudahkan segala urusan kami pada hari tersebut..nampak jelas semangat kejersama dan kekeluargaan yg rapat...too bad..this will be the last wedding and mungkin susah lagi untuk mengumpulkan emua ahli keluarga kami yg besar...hanya kematian sahaja yang akan dapat mengumpulkan semua ahli keluarga kedua belah pihak ibu and ayah...and dlam suasana yang berbeza...

well, before i pen off...ha..ha...ha..berapa kali cakap nak pen off..tapi tak pun..maafkan lah saya..Well kali ni real punya but pada yg belum lagi menggantikan puasa tahun lepas..segeralah berbuat dmikian..usah ditangguh2 kan and semuga usia kita panjang untuk bertemu dengan bulan Ramadhan yang amat dirindui..amin....Salam sayang buat semua....

A makeup bag for a diva mak andam....

2011-05-24T08:53:00.016+08:00

Salam to all..sorry kerana lama sgt menyepikan diri...ha..ha..ha..same old excuses..lots of works n lots of orders...harap semuanya sihat walafiat n diberkati Allah...and hati ini tersentuh dgn peristiwa tanah runtuh di rumah Rumah Anak-Anak Yatim dan Anak-Anak Hidayah Al-Taqwa di hulu langat....sedih sungguh ...16 nsyawa terkorban...alfatihah untuk mereka semua...dari Allah kita datang...kepada Allah kita kembali..dan kita juga akan menjejaki mereka satu hari nanti. Kepada keluarga semua mangsa yg terlibat, semuga diberi kekuatan untk menghadapi segala dugaan dari Allah. Sesungguhnya ia merupakan ujian keimanan...Al-Fatihah..

Ok..cake story now....this cake was specially made for..siapa lagi kalau bukan untuk mak andam diva from Delima andaman...cik andam Erin...It was a suprise for her..a very big suprise...Actually before this I dah dua kali reject order dia...biasalah tu, walaupun dia rapat dgn i ...still kena reject juga coz i had things to do on the dates given....and lagipun dia ni selalu order waktu subuh...n cake to be delivered waktu zuhur...lol..sebab tu le kena reject...And she tak putus asa..ordered her own birthday cake ..she sms n msg me via FB which I tak balas langsung...I just simply ignored her, n she was so geram....Ha..ha...ha...I told my hubby let her geram...she can geram sepuas2 hati sampai her birthday...and at the same time I berpakat dgn Ella..adik erin..dialah agen KGB I...to check where about she would be on her bday...and told her make sure she didnt order any cakes....she can order cekodok for her bday..but not cakes....lol.

So for the cake, i chose a very special cake for her sesuai dgn kerjayanya yg vogue n glamor...a makeup bag. Actually it was a delayed project...Aunty Rozana ordered a bday cake for Erin a year before but tk kesampaian..maklumlah diva was shopping for her wedding in Bandung...So...akhirnya sampai juga hajat I untuk membuat this makeup bag...

Why did i chose blue n pink polka dot? Well , actually she wanted it to be on her wedding cake...blue n pink polka dot...but i told her tak best, nanti kek dia tak glamor...So sbagai untuk mencapaikan hajatnya, I did it for her bday cake...and the most challenging thing was to get the lid of the bag berdiri tegak 90 darjah...Mati2 I mesti nak ia berdiri tegak...baru real...Actually the penutup is dummy..tapi walaupun dummy, mencabar juga nak tegakkan sebab bila dah letak fondant ia jadi berat. I gunakan lidi satay yg panjang untuk tegakkan..cucuk hingga ke bawah...n had to be done very carefully coz i ada ruang yg limited..Salah cucuk akan cacatkan kek...begitu juga dgn balancing. Actually being a cake decorator or designer...we are also engineers at the same time....have to know the technical aspect...salah perkiraan, our cakes can collapsed..and somtimes we also have to take into account the proportion issue...bnyak benda yg harus difikirkan bila kita ingin construct a cake...bukan simply suka2...And this cake lebih challenging lagi coz i buat dlm masa yg singkat sangat..maklumlah nak mengejar si diva kita..if lambat,maknanya I kena hantar ke Muar le...

Real or not the zip? Senang aje buatnya...tak perlukan modal yg mahal...RM0.50 aje n nampak lebih halus jika dibandingkan dgn mold...Harga zipper mold boleh tahan juga mahalnya..Tak salah if nak gunakan mold tu...but if kita tak selalu menggunakannya biarlah kita guna " mold yg jauh lebih murah" .He...he...he..beli aje zip yg dijual dikdai dan tekankan aje diatas fondant yg digelek and potong ikut saiznya, dapatlah kesan zip yg kita mahu...

And as for the kesan jahitan, I gunakan roller tukang jahit..i do not know what's the name...but dia ada roda yg bergigi dihujungnya...so gelekkan aje...and dapatlah kesan jahitan tu...

So..if bag makeup, kenalah ada gadget2 nya...so the blushers, eyeshadows n what so ever yg berkaitan...semuanya dari fondant...I love doing these things...

And tak ketinggalan juga, lipsticks n facepowder..but notice my lipsticks lembik..coz tak cukup kering...kesuntukkan masa....rasa tak puas hati sangat..but what to do..keadaan memaksa...ha..ha..ha..excuses...By the way, I selitkan 2 batang cucuk sanggul as symbol of mak andam....if not bukanlah makeup bag for mak andamkan..

And not to forget the brushes too...itu yg menambahkan berat kepada penutupnya..and bagi sesiapa yg tertanya2 what does "da" stand for...it stands for Delima Andaman...milik cik diva kita...and pada bakal pengantin melaka, boleh checkout for Delima andaman di facebook...Erin is a gifted makeup person..dont worry yr face tak akan bertukar jadi mcm pelakon opera Cina...As for the brushes...i gunakan extruder...

So finally..the whole cake...rasa puas hati sgt can do this special cake for the diva..walaupun kurang kemas sikit...The cake was sent petng itu juga...Punyalah jenuh me and my agen2 KGB...Ella, Anty Rozana n also the sporting husband of the diva..Anty rozana pakat dgn Piee supaya buat2 sakit perut..and sanggup suruh Piee merelakan dirinya disapu minyak angin if terpaksa...Wktu I smapai, si diva berada didapur n she thought makcik mana lah dtng kerumah dia wktu maghrib...hmm..makcik...Dia benar2 terperanjat when she saw me n the cake....ha...ha..ha..hilang merajuk n kemarahan dia sebab i ignore sms n msg dia...We had an early celebration but the cake wasnt cut ...i pun tak sampai hati nak potong..

Well to cik diva kita..semuga dipanjangkn umur, dimurahkan rezeki , diberkati Allah and thank you for the beautiful friendship..ha..ha..ha..taun depan kek buat sendiri ya...kek gunung berapi meletup....lol..And to all my agen KGB..Ella, Aunty Rozana n hero filem Tamil..Piee..terima kasih daun keladi coz turut bersusah payah melaksanakan program underground I.

To all...salam sayang buat semua...semuga kita sentiasa produktif n positif dlm semua perkara..always believe in yourself...sampai kita ketemu lagi...take care n salam sayang buat semua...

Something classic Istimewa untuk Darling Mami...

2011-05-02T22:56:00.015+08:00

Salam untuk semua ...semuga hari ini akan menjadi hari yg cemerlang dan produktif untuk kita semua...alhamdulillah i managed to menghabiskan masa pagi ni dgn mendengar nasihat ilmu dari Dr Fadzillah Kamsah n i want to share sebaris nasihat buat pedoman untuk kita semua..Kata Dr Fadzillah Kamsah..orng yng banyak bercakap akan membuat banyak kesilapan dan akan menyebabkan ramai membenci kita....bila hendak bercakap..berfikir dahulu..jgn sebarang cakap. Well, agree with him...sometimes bila kita terlalu banyak bercakap especially together with emotion, ia mungkin akan menyebabkan banyak kemudaratan.....so dear friends..sometimes kita kurang bercakap but orng akan bercakap untuk mem"provoke" diri kita..supaya kita turut sama membuka mulut..well in this situation, biarlah kita terus berdiam diri..berdiam diri bukan bererti kita mengaku kalah..tapi ia dapat mewujudkan lebih banyak kebaikan and keamanan....insyaAllah. Talking about keamanan..alfatihah untuk pejuang Allah..Bro Osama bin LAden yg kononnya sudah dibunuh oleh tentera Amerika...seandainya benar dia sudah dibunuh semuga Allah menerimanya sebagai hamba yg syahid ...and insyaAllah rohnya diletakkan bersama roh2 yg dikasihi Allah..but benarkan statement...dgn matinya Osama maka dunia akan aman...? I laughed when i heard the statement...siapakah sebenarnya dalang kepada keamanan dunia?

Ok...back to cake business...cake talk...kali ni cake dibuat khas utk mami...a very special and talented person....Mami is my sifu for kek lapis ...and she is like a walking food dictionary..tanya apa saja pasal makanan..semuanya dia tahu..baik local dish or international dish. My kids selalu cakap mami hebat...apa taknya, apa saja yg mereka mahu makan,pasti mami akan buatkan. To me, Mami reminds me of some one who had a very special place in my life..Allahyarhamah nenek Zaleha @ Encuk or what we always panggil dia..Queen Mother..the grandma of my munchkin. Eventhough I only had spend about 12 years of my life with her but she had a great influence in my life. The thing I admire most about her is how she tolerate and sabar dgn kerenah anak cucunya yg ramai...and she had a very special aura...i love to temankan dia pergi ke pasar..she would wear her special baju kurung kasa...n dilitupi dgn tudung bersulam dari kain kasa juga..with her purse yg dikepit..she would go to the pasar memang mcm queen mother..she would only point what she want..and the penjual will obey her..ha..ha...ha..this was the best part actually...coz mulutnya riuh..pokpek..pokpek...but they love her...And one thing yang paling i rindu is to to hear the word "bodoh" from her...ha..ha...ha...that's her favorite word and sekali sekala..kami akan terkena..but we didn't mind coz she said in a very kasih sayang mode..I miss her so much..alfatihah for my darling Queen Mother..And Mami reminds me of my Queen Mother with her kelam kabutness and selambaland membebelkan orng...So this cake was specially done for her untuk dijadikan buah tangan untuk hantaran perkahwinan anak buahnya di Sedeli...a very peaceful kampung yg masih lagi dipenuhi dgn pelbagai rimbunan tumbuhan eksotik..so based on that..i decided to come with something classis and exotic....

So...for the main flower, I buatkan slipper orchid. The most difficult part was to do the slipper...harus buat mcm kelongsong...I tried the whole day and almost gave up...and was thinking to go and get the monkey pot plant ..oops periuk kera..coz kelongsongnya lebih kurang sama ...but alhamdulillah by midnite i dapat buat 3 of the slippers..but sill not perfect according to my sifu Shahril..

The "hands" n the "legs" were easy...but have to berhati2 coz if silap the petals can break,sebab ia nipis sangat. And when it came to colouring...at first i gunakan orange luster dust mix with another color..i lupa pula color apa..But then datang keberanian untuk airbrush...ha...ha..ha..besar risiko yg i nak ambil...if the color salah, the whole flower kena ketepikan. Alhamdulillah, it went ok....lega..and i found it easier to airbrush....lagi cepat.

So the next flowers are the capers..which i learnt in Shah's class...By the way, to those yg berminat untuk ambil class dgn shah..he will be having another class..check it out in my link kat tepi..cake expression..I highly encourage u all to pergi...Ok back to capers, sgt mudah untuk dibuat...cuma masalahnya untuk mendapatkan stock pistils dibahagian tengah. Yang dijual dikedai, semuanya yg berkilat dan besar. As for this one, I bought it from shah..which he bought from Thailand.

Cantikkan bunga ni...i mean the flower itself..not my creation...It looks so simple but bila digabungkan ia menjadi pelengkap...Subhanallah, Allah teaches us a lot via His creation. Jgn rasa rendah diri dgn kekurangan diri kita bila kita bersama2 dgn orng yang hebat kerana kita juga mampu menyumbang kepada kehebatan orang lain..

Ok..the next pelengkap is the Japanese Balloon which to me it looks like one of the species of buah leletup which can be found behind my grandmas's house long time ago...and now nak jumpa buah ni punya le susah...Buah ni pun tak susah untuk dibuat...cuma kena pastikan gelembung belonnya really kembung. And yg ini pun i airbrushkan saja...

The next one is the berry..my favorite..sebab senang sangat nak buat...gentel2 and siap dah...and dicantumkan satu persatu..Mula2 i luster dustkan..tapi bila dah banyak, boring pula....ha..ha..ha..if my munchkin baca ni mesti dia gelak...Maybe u all tk sangka yg i ni seorang yang lekas bosan bila membuat sesuatu yg sama tak kiralah dlm masa yg lama or sekejap...kadang2 i boleh menguap bila buat benda yg sama..tahap ketahanan kebosanan I amatlah rendah...lol. So bila dah boring, terus i capai airbrush...ha..ha..ha..selesai masalah kebosanan I..

Bila ada bunga mesti ada daun..tanpa daun kurang le seri jambangan kita..begitu juga dalam kehidupan kita...kita saling memerlukan diantara satu sama lain supaya hidup kita lebih bermakna. So jgn pandang rendah pada orng lain..hatta pun dia seorang tukang sapu or tukang angkat sampah...I always told my kids..sebab itu Allah jadikan manusia ini berbeza akal fikiran dan keupayaannya...if semua orng pandai n kaya , tak da siapa pula yg mahu jadi tukang angkat sampah..and jes imagine if tiada orang yg angkat smpah..bagaimana busuk n kotornya dunia...so fikirkanlah....always appreciate other people...hormati lah orng lain walaupun tinggi mana darjat kita didunia..semua manusia sama saja darjatnya disisi Allah..yng membezakannya adalah keimanan kita...Ok..back to the daun or creepers...amat mudah aje untuk membuatnya...no cutters needed...semuanya done manually. What we hv to do is to bentukkan bentuk pearl drop, cucukkan dawai n then lenyekkan ..Ia akan jadi bentuk love yg leper..then tekan le atas veiner leaf yg sesuai...senang aje kan..

Main leaves are daun puding...yup,those are sugar leaves..bukan daun betul. Rasa bersalah pula I coz untuk menghasilkan daun puding ni..he...he..he...tiap2 pagi i pergi petik kat sekolah anak I sampaikan classmate dia perasan. HE..he..he...minta halalkan ye. For my work, i prefer to have the real " model " infront of me...so kita boleh buat dgn lebih accurate lagi. I hand painted these leaves..gunakan wilton color...tak pandai nak airbrush..My dad tertipu,coz dia ingat daun betul i gunakan.

Ok..the final arrangement...tada !! Pls excuse my expensive beautiful vase...Sakit juga tangan bila buat arrangement ni...I really want it to be so exotic and akan dipadankan dgn cake yg look very classic...so sebab tu I chose orange as the main color..u will know why later on.

So..here comes the flowers with the cake...Since I wanted it to look classic and exotic..i decided to choose brown..dark brown...he..he..he..and it was airbrushed with americolor..so to my rakan bakers, I found out the brown americolor is very good for airbrushing...but for dark brown..if u wanna lighter brown,kena mix dgn white color..

Mami is 65 years old..and when think about her..i terfikir about corak broked...something very elegant, expensive, valuable and classic...So i applied kan the broked look via my new lace flower mold...and i warnakan dgn gold sheen...guna brush kali ni..and i gunakan gold dust yng dicampur dgn sedikit lemon juice...

Suspen juga bila nak cucukkan bunga tu..but alhamdulillah it fit nicely macam yg i planned. By the way, always balutkan bottomnya dgn aluminium foil before dicucukkan..

Mami was so happy with the cake...tak habis2 pujian dari mulutnya..it's not the pujian which i wanted...My penat membuat the whole thing berbaloi melihat kegembiraannya..and she made me miss my Queen Mother even more..This cake was brought back to Sedili..n according to Mami, the mak andam pujuk pengantin to give the bouquet to her...Well, I rasa happy sgt dapat buatkan this special cake for Mami..and to Allah,please sihatkan Mami and panjangkan umur Mami...she is so special to lots of people..she is like sunshine to us...tq Mami ..we love u so much...

Missing in Wonderland

2011-04-11T15:34:00.012+08:00

Salam to all...he..he..he..seperti biasa..minta maaflah banyak2 coz dah lama tk update this blog...so many things to do in a very short time..but insyaAllah bila tiba masanya i will announce my new "big project" ..still working on it and semuga Allah permudahkan segala urusan ...amin...

OOPs apa pula gambar yg kat atas terlepet tu? Hmm...cuba teka apa dia....? Well, this time...another cake yg dah lama I buat cuma tak sempat hendak di uploadkan..This cake was ordered by Juwita..my munchkin's colleague in Eon Bank for her daughter 1st bday..and her special request was Alice in Wonderland Theme but pink color instead of blue...ha...ha...ha..dah sah emaknya yg peminat fanatic Alice in Wonderland...

Frankly speaking...I love reading fairy tales and rasanya semua fairy tales story habis I baca..except for this Alice in Wonderland...i had never read the story...don't know why..So, for the sake of this order..kelam kabut I menggoogle cerita Alice in Wonderland...nak tahu all the characters in the story...so come let us berkenalan dgn all the characters...

This is Chesire cat...the only character in this story yg sentiasa setia mendengar keluhan dari Alice and he is so famous with his grin..

Siapa pula ulat biru yg sedang "mabuk and pening" menghisap sisha or hookah as what it was being called in the story ? Ulat pun pandai hisap shisha...lol.Well it was only known as caterpillar..no special name for him .He doesn't like alice but actually he was the one who guided Alice how to cope with the difficulties she encountered in Wonderland. and one of his teaching was how to change size by eating the mushroom and thereby to adapt to her environment when needed. Well...i guess maybe we can learn something from this too...always try to adjust ourself to the environment...ibarat kata orng masuk kandang kambing mengembek..masuk kandang lembu menguak...kita harus ijak menyesuaikan diri dgn keaadan dan suasana keliling....BUT harus ingat biarlah our adjustment tu untuk kebaikan...bukan untuk keburukan...if keburukan..tinggalkan aje..tak payah nak adjust lagi...or better still if kita dapat tarik agen keburukan tu untuk menjadi baik...itu yg terbaik...

ok..the next one is the soldier..the representative of the Queen of Heart for this cake...dah penat sebenarnya...so i buat soldier ni yg cuba memanjat naik utk mengganggu kemeriahan alice and her friends berpicnic...notice the bottle with the label drink me?

Next is the mad hatter's hat with the a price tag on it... displaying the price 'ten and six': 10 shillings and 6 pennies. Mad Hatter was a very rude character and he loved to provoke Alice...

Ok..now it's the turn of the big fat white rabbit...who always carried a watch with him...sape pula ye white rabbit ni? The White Rabbit is the first Wonderland character yang Alice jumpa and sebab tu alice terjatuh ke dalam Wonderland...he is always nervous and always in a hurry...

So now..the heroine herself..but in a pink gown..instead of blue...he..he...he..mak nya yang minat rupanya...but tergemuk sikit badannya..he..he..he...sorry ye Juwita..

O..now ..the whole party...with cakes..drinks..etc...Mesti ramai yg tanya mcm mana ye nak buat semua character ni..tak susah sebenarnya...and frankly speaking..mcm main tanah liat or now nama glamornya playdoh..Jgn takut untuk mencuba and buat silap...just bayangkan apa yg nak kita buat..or if tak yakin ambil aje model yg kita nak buat tu and letak depan kita..so ikut le model tu..tk susah sgt..seronok ..but leceh juga nak mengerjakannya sebab kecik2...and kadang2 customer tk faham...minta buat mcm2 but nak hrga yg murah..penat kita membuatnya pun tak terbayar...Pernah sekali somebody wanted a set of two tier cakes...with few figurines on the top..and wnted it to be very special....but his budget was rm300...and told me that he can get the cake plus set of cupcakes for rm300 from another baker in KL..so ..my advise was go and order from that baker....I memang tak boleh bagi his price coz my work is very detail and it's not sponge cake..two tiers pulak tu...He said, the other aker is a chinese and he wanted to tolong orng kita..Well..the word orang kita reaally make me pissed off...does it mean being a malay baker, I hv to put a low price for my work..SO SORRY ..and i rasa ramai my malay baker friends will agree with me...being a malay baker and decorator does not mean our work is price at a very unreasonable price...tolong appreciate the time and the effort...Well, I sanngup tak dapat order dari surrender to his insult..to me it was an insult..and he told me he would get back to me which he didn't...and I was glad...to my baker and decorator friends, we hv to educate this type of people...they want something beautiful but does not want to pay for our work...Rasanay mcm nak suruh they all buat sendiri and rasakan kepenatan and kesukaran nak menghasilkan hasil kerja yang baik...Well sorry le...i melepaskan geram disini.. ;)

Well..sehingga berjumpa lagi..salam kasih sayang untuk semua...;)

The dance of the peacock - finale

2011-03-29T09:58:00.012+08:00

Salam to all ... semuga kita semua terus diberkati and dirahmati Allah....and diselamatkan dari malapetaka dan bencana alam. Takut bila mendengar malapetaka tsunami yg melanda Jepun yg terus merebak ke negara disepanjang lautan Pasifik dan yang paling terbaru ..gempa bumi di Honshu at 6.5 skala richter...and it happened yesterday..28th of March 2011. Banyak nyawa yg telah terkorban...and ia ibarat kiamat kecil...tiada amaran tiada petanda..semuanya menunjukkan kebesaran Allah yng Maha Berkuasa..teknologi secanggih mana pun tidak dapat mengawal keadaan...tua muda...kaya miskin..semuanya tidak dapat bersembunyi or menyelamatkan diri..bangunan yg tinggi dan kapal2 besar tumbang dan diterbalikkan...betapa besarnya kuasa Allah...manusia selama ini mendabik dada..berlumba-lumba menghasilkan kuasa tenaga yang tercanggih dan sekarang ia menjadi mimpi yang menakutkan bukan sahaja kepada penduduk Jepun tetapi kepada penduduk dunia juga apabila kita mendengar radiasi nuklear semakin meningkat..bayangkan makanan segar terpaksa dibuang kerana terdapat kesan radiasi yg tinggi....Anggaplah semua yang terjadi adalah amaran kecil dari Allah bahawa kiamat pasti berlaku dan apabila ia berlaku tiada siapa yg dapat menyelamatkan diri hatta ibu2 yg mengandung sekalipun...and sama2 lah kita cuba perbaiki kehidupan dan amalan kita supaya sentiasa mengikuti perintah Allah dan RasulNYA...amin...

Ok..back to deco story...and let me continue about the dance of the peacock...my participation in ICCA wedding cake competition...Maybe ramai decorators lain kata..alah it's a small competition and tak penting pun..but I tell u, the competition was a great event...where we had the chance to see all the superb work of other decos...and see different techniques of others...if kita rasa our work yg paling bagus selama ni ..ada ramai lagi yang hasil kerjanya lebih menakjubkan...this is the place where evrybody bebas untuk menunjukkan kekreatifan masing...coz wktu inilah kita tidak terikat dgn kehendak customer..we are our own customer...apa sahaja yg terbayang dikepala boleh dizahirkan and tanpa memikirkan kos yg terlibat...

For this peacock design, I wanted it to be a peacock with charisma and gah...maka sebab itu kepalanya dipositionkan begitu..as if it were trying to tell.."i'm feeling great and don't mess with me"...lol...but this is hanya untuk tujuan presentation aje..bukan untuk membanggakan diri...pls do not misunderstand....tiada niat langsung untuk mendabik dada...semuanya sekadar untuk memberi character to the peacock...takkan I nak buat lehernya terkulai layu pula....and balung or jambulnya memang I buat my own version...It's all about imagination...

So finally the whole peacock...and it was brought all the way from Melaka to Sunway Giza...but not the whole thing..the bits and pieces were assembled at tune hotel which was about 5 minutes drive from the venue...but it took us about 30 minutes to reach the venue...kena bawa slow sgt...and we were lucky masa tu ada traffic jam so we were moving at a very slow speed and made some illegal entrance also..in order to avoid long distance....I was afraid it will break in pieces during the journey and my heart was beating very fast and my big hug to my darling muchkin who took the effort to study the condition of the road a nite prior to the delivery...he studied all the bumps, holes and apa sahaja halangan yg ada diatas jalan..sehinggalah keadaan diparking lot pun he studied...he planned everything about the logistic...and I just concentrated on the finishing of the peacock...Alhamdulillah the journey was smooth...and tiada satu pun yang patah...alhamdulillah. Bila tiba aje di venue, my spirit was quite low bila melihat hasil kerja orng lain..semuanya menghasilkan kerja yg sgt kreatif and cantik...and honestly I had this thought in my mind...."kenapalah aku buat peacock ni? It looks so ugly". Infact sewaktu siap aje I dah terfikir kenapa le I uat peacock n bukan benda lain...yup, I'm sure m y deco friends always have that kind of question...we are the worst pengkritik to our own work.

This is one of my favorite moment...the judging process..Tears were in my eyes by just looking at how the judges commented on my peacock..The way they looked at my creation and chatted to each other about it was one of the moment yg I will never forget...tak tahu mcm mana nak describekan perasaannya ketika itu..hanya yg memasuuki pertandingan tersebut tahu apa yg I rasa...By the way, judges bukan sebarang orang...Eddie Spence..to me he is the Godfather of Royal Icing..Debbie Brown..nama yg tidak asing lagi dalam figurine model...Rose from Wilton USA..and Rosalind...head of ICCA...And another one of the best moment was...memerhatikan spectators looking at our creation...n not to mention the feeling when cameras and flashlights were focused on our creations...I was sitting down at a corner with my munchkin looking at people admiring my creation and at the same time the song "flying without wings " was aired ..and my munchkin..while holding my hand...dedicated the song to me and this what he said to me " I'm very proud of u and definitely u deserve all the attention..and this song is right for u..u are really flying without wings now" ...no words can described my feeling at the moment..except tears in my eyes...tears of happiness...

And what are the judges comment..yup, we had a chance to listen to them directly after the results were given out...Mesti ada yang nak tahu apa yg judges told me..and please bear in mind I post the comments bukan untuk menunjuk2 or bangga diri..but supaya dapat dijadikan perangsang kepada semua decorators lain

Eddie :
Yr peacock is the most creative....the flow of the tail is very beautiful...but it will be more beautiful if u can create a very bushy tail..more tails will definitely give u ...the point for the highly commended award..yrs is just one point away...other than that yrs is very beautiful....nice piping job ..."OMG Eddie..more tails? Oh with the current tails pun I dah nak pengsan.."

Debbie :
i love everything especially the cakeboard..very nicely painted...(actually the cake board is not my original idea...it's mitch turner's..and had to do it coz the cake board was not even...covering up strategy)

Rosalind :
Nice piping work...but u should have hidden t joints....(she was reffering to the joint of the wings...(yup..that was my biggest losing point...but actually i was so afraid that the wings might pecah..those two were the last set i had..i had four sets...8pcs altogether..the wings was supposed to be floating and after i broke the first 3 sets..my munchkin suggested do not take any more risk...he asked me to attach it to the base of the wing..and am i glad i follow his advise...)

Kelvin chua (he is the judge who made me so nervous)..this is straight away from his fb msg to me...KC..hope u don't mind
shikin dearie... i was having long chat wif shah, about ur work. we can see tat u r very different. if u ever hav the chance to enter ur future creations to overseas competition, it would be another advantage for u....

as a first timer like u, u able to create something so brave ( ok, tats my style, tak kisah orang macam mana tengok u...lol ), normally people will start wif tier cake, flower, cutters, so boring ( but judges like that ok )...but u, wow, ayamas straight away! kepala ayam tu lagi mau stare at the judges...patutlah mreka takut! lol

heres a little advise: should hav made a pair of peacock, one is too lonely...so, next year, do peacock again, one pair, n advance lagi, with no paste attached, just pure royal icing piping n run out! nice challenge huh !...but hor, peacock again, too boring kan?... so better scratch ur head from now on, challenge new thing...

So those were the comments from the judges and also my sifu..Kelvin Chua via FB...And alhamdulillah my creation was chosen as one of the commended category...and I was one of the top tens...but winning is not the target..Everybody who entered the competition was a winners for daring to to show their masterpiece to to the world...and should be proud of with all the creations...

Notice the tails sudah rosak..due to the humidity in the hall during at night time..infact banyak creations yg rosak...but what to do...

Well..before I pen off..to all my dear decorators friends ..jom kita ramai2 memeriahkan this year competition...It's not about winning..it's about showing the world of our creation..trust me...u will know what I meant if u join the event...lots of funs, lots of xperiences...lots of sharings..and lots of new friends...so see u guys in this year competition..but before I pull down the curtain to my peacock entry..i will like to thank all the wonderful and dearest people in my life who had always believe in my work...who always encourage me..and who always push me to the highest level...my big hugs of thank you to...my dad, my MIL, my sister and brother..my BIL ans SIL, my IU8 friends, my UGCAU gang...u know who u are, my bibik, my staffs...and the most important of all...to my dearest wonderful kids and my darling mucnhkin...Thank you Allah for giving me these wonderful people..

Lingkaran kasih

2011-03-24T09:42:00.015+08:00

salam semua....finally i can gantung my apron for a short while...had been busy baking cuppies...hundreds of them for the past few days..and honestly, I prefer baking cakes compared to cuppies. If setakat 25 biji tu ok sangat le..but if dah beratus-ratus rasa mcm nak pengsan..kerjanya leceh sgt..kena isi satu persatu...if big cakes..tuang aje semua dlm acuan terus aje bakar..and boleh buat kerja lain. When it comes the time to decorate lagi haru...1000 cuppies..1000 kali kena hias...if big cakes senang aje..but I still enjoy doing it...maybe salah satu kebagusannya membuat cuppies..the whole family members have to help me....my 2 youngest tolong isikan cawan kertas, my eldest tolong sapukan cream n my munchkin...kena pegang piping bag tolong I decorate... ;)

Ok...this entry is my showcase for a work which had been done long time ago..sorry ye Farah..aunty is so busy...cuma ada masa sekali seminggu saja nak update my blog..This cake ditempah khas oleh Sis Farah dari Seremban istimewa untuk kejutan kakak kesayangannya yg bernama Farah juga..ha..ha...ha...me too having the same problem..I have two adorable and lovely Farahs too..Farah Diyana...and Farah Eeman..n they go to the same school..and bila cikgu cakap pasal Farah..I have to ask them which Farah. And the best thing my sister lagi besar masalahnya nanti..she has 4 lovely Faqihas..my beautiful and lorat nieces in Kemaman. Oops..I dah mula melalut...So according to Farah, she wanted something very sweet and English...So in my head terus terbayang..small roses yang melingkari sekeliling cake..pink and white...laces n butterflies..

So my roses kali ni memang small roses...with different hues of pink...senang aje nak buat ros ni..and tak ambil masa yg lama...and the green lingkaran I gunakan royal icing...begitu juga dengan daunnya...gunakan piping nozzle utk daun...nozzle no 67, 66 and 65...and ada yg lebih kecil lagi..65s...and of course the daun will be small...sesuai untuk cupcakes...

Oops..jangan tertipu..itu bukan lace dari royalicing..ramai yg ingat royal icing...I gunakan lace mould bought from sugarflours...Phew,berpeluh membuatnya masa mula2...habis semua rakan2 bakers i kacau that day ertanyakan mcm mana nak dapatkan hasil yg terbaik..including Kak Nor Zalina..tq kak for yr willingness to teach me via FB walaupun masa tu u sedang dalam percutian..tq kakak ;). What I did was..campurkan sikit CMC pd fondant...and sapukan icing sugar pd mould..then gelekkan fondant atas mould tu...be very careful bila keluakan fondant dari mould coz it will be so small and nipis and mudah koyak..it took me the whole morning to master it..if susah guna pin untuk removekan fondant tu and terus tampal pada kek...once u dah master the technique, it will be easy then..so to make it very english looking, I tampalkan keliling kek..which took me the whole afternoon to do it..but hasilnya berbaloi..cantikkk....

So this is the bottom tier...keknya memang besar..a 14 inch cake...and kali ni susunannya I buat sebaris kebelakang...coz i nak menampakkan lebih lingkaran dibahagian hadapan...as if bunga2 tu terkeluar dari celahan kek....

And as for the second tier...I used bigger size lace and different design too...but tiada bunga menghiasi tier ni..i just wanna a white tier yg romantic...sebab tu ada white butterflies..I love butterflies and as usual...semuanya diairbrush dgn white pearl Americolor sheen..

And for the top tier..or maybe i boleh panggil topper kot...actually it was a dummy
So it was filled with bunch of roses yg dikelilingi butterflies...

And here is the final rupa of the whole set..ans as usual the tier separators were done by my darling munchkin...

This cake was sent to Seremban and alhamdulillah the pengantin and her sister..both Farahs love the cake..Alhamdulillah...

To Farah senior..semuga rumahtangga berkekalan hingga ke Jannah and to Farah junior..when yr time comes do contact me...;)

Seputih salju

2011-03-14T11:02:00.016+08:00

Salam to all....and i'm very sorry for the long missing..had been so busy with orders and for the firat time this year..i'm taking a break...a wonderful break...and for the past 24hours I had finished reading two novels...yup reading is another one of my biggest passion...I love to read since I was at a very small age...ha..ha..ha..during my days there way this one hot news about a little boy from trengganu if i'm not mistaken...a big coverage for his reading ability at the age of four...My late mum thought I should be in the highlight too..coz her daughter was already reading standard six books at the age of four..and that little girl was me...bila i dah mula membaca..I will be in another different world..tiada siapa yg bole mengganggu...I will just forget about everything including my meals...the more I read..the more i will be in my own world...No offense..but I seldom read malays novel...mybe because some of them really nak terikut2 dengan gaya penulis barat..novel melayu selalunya pasal cinta..cinta..cinta...ughhh boringnya...However, I do love books by Khadijah Hashim, Shanon Ahmad and my most favorite is Bila Saroja Bertaburan..lupa siapa penulisnya..but a very good novel..penuh dgn pengerttian dan nilai kemanusiaan...

Ok back to cakes decorating....this time is something which I jarang buat..cupcake tower...and the tower has to be White and look elegant...

Oh dear, bila I dengar semuanya kena putih rasa mcm ughh...for someone who loves color, white is something yg sukar untuk I.....but I was ready to give my best as usual..I imagine the tower had to be tall ...and on the top of it there would be a small cake..small but elegant n different...So I as for the cupcakes..white theme..ut with simple design...a big heart shape and few flowers...everything was airbrushed with pearl sheen .

I decided not to use the souffle white souffle cup..Instead, I gunakan silver paper cups..co I need the "kilatan" for my tower...and maybe some of the new decorators tertanya2 macam mana ye nak gunakan paper cup untuk buat cupcake..bukan ke bila dimasukkan the cake batter , the cup will collapsed..Well to my new decorator friends, ada dua cara..cara mahal tapi sedikit demi sedikit or cara murah tapi banyak sekaligus...Cara mahal ...u hv to but the muffin tray..and selalunya boleh muat 12 sahaja...so if u need to bake 100 cuppies just imagine the time u hv to take...and merugikan eletrik sahaja..So I gunakan cara yg murah tapi boleh muat banyak sekaligus....All what u hv to do is, beli paper aluminium cup ikut size paper cup kita...so..arrange all the aluminium cups onto the tray...then susunkan pula paper cup kedalamnya...and tuang kan batter...Sebab tu I cakap ..size aluminium cup kena sama dgn paper cup..if the aluminium cup is much bigger than the paper cup..u will have cupcake yg cacat sizenya...and selalunya for a 14 inch tray, I can fit at least 25 cuppies for one single bake...

As for the cake...ha..ha..ha..since I sedang sibuk membuat life size flowers, I decided to buat butterfly orchid..actually before this I dah pernah buat..but smaller size...by the way, bunga yg kat atas tu bukan bunga yg I buat..tu model bunga I ..Yup..now I have few orchid species yg dibeli khas untuk i dapatkan real life model...Memang boleh dapatkan dari internet...berlambak..but I prefer to do as closed as the real flower..By hving the real flower infront of us, we can observe all the details n also texture...mcm mana tebalnya..Those things are very important for me to do the best in my work..

And normally, I will cut the flowers..belek satu persatu all the details..every inch and corner...And this is also how i do my templates...I do not use cutter..if I nak tunggu cutters, maksudnya tergendala le kerja I...lagupun cutter mahal juga..and sometimes we need bigger size...so mana yg boleh i buat sendiri, I buat sendiri..

So, apa yg I buat...i ceraikan setiap kelopak...letak atas kertas ..trace down the area...and after everything is drawn, I will transfer the pattern onto a very thick cardboard..boleh guna kertas lembut tapi ia akan menyukarkan kerja kita bila nak dipotong...And for this flower..cerita menyedihkan untuk I..mungkin kebetulan kot..tapi after a week I ambil bunganya untuk dijadaikan bahan study I...all the flowers drop..mybe merajuk kot..sebab I potong betul2 "dihadapan" bunga2 yg lain..hmm..next time I won't do like that..tak kiralah kebetulan or not..

This flower is very big..sebesar tapak tangan orng dewasa....taklah susah sgt nak buat bunga ni...just have to remember each petal on the left side..is the mirror image of the petal on the right side...and it has to be frilled as natural as we can..senang cerita..bila diletakkan dgn bunga yg sebenar side by side..people won't notice it's a fake flower.....

The most difficult part is to do the lips...silap buat boleh patah..ut alhamdulillah it never breaks on me...So here is the closeup of the lip..every details ada disitu...insyaAllah..and paling susah nak dapatkan misai yg halus tu...

And this is the close-up of the real lip of the butterfly orchid..

So the butterfly orchid was placed on the top of the cake..but people won't be able to see the flower if ia diletakkan diatas kek yg rata ..so what I did was...potongkan bahagian atas kek menjadi senget...and I hiaskan juga dengan sepasang "sesungut" as what my good buddy Roslinah panggil...ha..ha...ha...sesungut of loves...so nampak class lagi..if just the flower..sure boring...

Sebenarnya, tak rancang pun untuk buat kek senget...hanya bila dah depan mata baru I noticed if i put the orchid on a flat cake, people won't be able to see it...Sebab tu, bila my customer order cake, I will tell them that I can't give them exactly the design..sometime kita rancang lain but lain yg jadi..but I can give my assurance..insyaallah I will give my best..I won't want to make easy money and I do not want people to be dissapointed on their wedding day..Each of my cake is different n every design...So far sepanjang ingatan I, there was only one customer yg very dissappointed with my design and infact she told me she cried when she saw the cake...and she told me a month after that...I felt really bad when she said kek tu mcm kek tk siap..The whole day I was "terperanjat" and I showed the pictures of the cakes to my professional friends..and they said the design was fabulous...tupun masih blum dapat hilangkan sedih I...until my munchkin cakap straight to my face "U might think Picasso and Van Gogh paintings are beautiful....but to some people, those are rubbish...Art is very subjective..some people can appreciate the beauty in an art...but some people don't..so don't let it discourage u...I know u had tried yr very best..the way you carved the design really made me impress ..u put yr whole heart into that cake..." Yup...my darling munchkin always knows how to bring me back when I'm really down..well i'm not either Van Gogh or Picasso but i do really hope, my work of art can make other people happy but if it does not..my sincere apology from my heart coz there is never any slight intention of me to ruin yr great day..coz yr special day is my special day too...My sincere apology to the sister who cried on her wedding day because of my cake...I'm deeply sorry...from the bottom of my heart...

Ok..let put the sadness n frustration away n continue about this "snow white " as what my sister called it...So everything was arrange into a tall tower..n as usual..my darling munchkin made the tower for me..he decided of everything for the tower n what a beautiful n elegant tower he made..I always feel I'm one of the luckiest woman in the world to hv such a very supportive hubby...I do not know what will happen to me if he is not around..n it always brings to my eyes whenever terbayang hari salah seorang dari kami dijemput pulang...and I always pray to Allah, ambillah nyawa kami berdua serentak kalau boleh...coz i know it will be a big blow to either one...semuga Allah panjangkan umur kami berdua...amin..and also to all the loving couple of hubbies n wives out there...semakin lama kita bersama, seharusnya semakin bertambah lagi rasa kasih dan cinta kita pada pasangan kita..alway give our full love coz we never know bila hari kepulangan kita akan tiba...

So finally the tower were set up..and I was happy with the result...it loos white and elegant to me..and I rally hope the pengantin won't shed her tears when she saw the tower..if menangis kerana gmbira tak apa...Well ..mission accomplished...one of my cupcake towers...

Ok..till we meet again..salam kasih sayang to all readers..semuga hidup kita sentiasa dilimpahi dgn rahmat dan kasih sayang Allah...and always give our est in what we do, walaupun sometimes mungkin orng tak akan menghargai kerja kita..jgn diharapkan pujian orang, kerana pujian mngkin akan membuat kita lupa tentang rumput2 dibumi..and if kita dikutuk atau dicaci orng..bersyukur pada Allah kerana ia akan mengingatkan kita..kita manusia yg punya banyak kelemahan..so perbaiki kelemahan kita...jgn sampai kelemahan tersebut mematikan kita....To all my decorator friends, there are times when our design tidak dapat memuaskan hati customer kita...don't think much of it...the most important thing is get back on yr feet and start to decorate...and always give yr best effort and yr heart to it....no matter what..nad with that, happy decorating this week since this is the week of minggu orang kahwin...As for me, i'm taking a break since i will be attending a special wedding in Sedeli, Mersing...salam kasih sayang sekali lagi untuk semua... ;)

LARI!!!!!!!!!!!! MAMA MENGAMUK !

2011-02-23T08:30:00.014+08:00

Salam to all....hopefully today will be a blessed day for all of us and alhamdulillah kita masih bernafas lagi..Well..me baru aje baik dari demam but dlm sibuk demam still had to finishkan beberapa tempahan n tugasan. Alhamdulillah semuanya telah dapat disempurnakan but too bad had to cancel my class with Kelvin Chua due to my health. This time I'm going to present a cake yg diminta khas oleh my friend Amalina...staff of Eon Bank Melaka...She said she wanted a cake yg menggambarkan keluarganya..she is a neat n tidy person...n she wanted the cake to gambarkan dia sedang marah.....her darling hubby dan 4 orng anak2nya...Ha..ha..ha..before i pergi lebih jauh lagi...all the characters hanya lah sekadar gurauan sahaja....and memannnnng ada kaitannya dgn Amalina...lol

Since I know Amalina's family..I tried my best to picture her family in my work...so come let us berkenalan dgn hubbynya....Mr Rosly yang gagah perkasa..

Orng lelaki biasalah....mereka lebih sabar dari kita...banyak kesabarannya bandingkan dgn kaum ibu...bila anak merengek waktu malam ..merekalah yg paling sabar....masih boleh tidur lagi walaupun anak sudah meraung...sabar sungguh mereka. He..he..he..bila isteri membebel pun mereka masih boleh sabar lagi dgn memekakkan telinga....or pura2 tidur...Ha..ha..ha..Encik rosly kita memang sabar....especially bila berada diatas jalanraya....dijamin tidak akan disaman oleh polis ....lol...ya ampun Cik Rosly ;)

Now..who is the little girl under the blankie with her cute little bear? Well this is Amalina's only daughter

Ada pula yg menyorok balik langsir.....ni kes takut kena rotan le ni..or kena membebel....ha..ha..ha...teringat pula i masa kecik2..if diberi pilihan antara rotan dgn bebelan my dearest mum...I prefered to kena rotan..kena rotan sakitnya sekejap sahaja...but if di leter..aduiiiii sakitnya sepanjang hari....kadang2 sampai malam...but honestly speaking..if now Allah beri peluang for me to hv my mum back..I won't mind to dengar leterannya walaupun tanpa henti...al-fatihah for mak tersayang... ;(

Yang dua orng ni pula...kelam kabut sembunyi belakang kerusi..mentang2 perisai besar ada...Ha..ha..ha..perisai besar pun sudah angkat bendera putih...sabar ajele Encik Rosly ye....lol ;P

And finally the heroine herself....Puan Amalina kita .but since this is a humor cake..so sorry she won't get the tidy n neat Amalina....ha..ha..ha...with her kain batik yg tidak terurus..n with rambut serabai....so sorry dear... ;). And of course she has an angry face...Actually in real life..she is a pretty petite lady..ini semua hanya gambaran gurauan...lol

And since she is a staff of EON Bank...I decided to pakaikan dia t-shirt EBB....ha..ha..ha..penat balik dari kerja tenguk rumah bersepah..siapa yg tak marah ? I'm sure ramai diluar sana yg selau menghadapi situasi yg begini...and most of the time kita hanya menahan kesabaran..dah dinamakan anak2...macam mana berdisiplin sekalipun mesti ada masanya mereka akan "lupa diri" juga...just imagine the life of a housewife..sepanjang masa berada dirumah...basically i'm a housewife too..working from home...and I feel really annoyed when some people merendah2kan seorang housewife...i really hate the remarks that they give back when they know we are housewife.."oh...housewife..." with airmuka yg membayangkan as if housewife tidak mempunyai apa2 kedudukan...compared to the working mums...To all housewife..we should be very proud with ourselves..tugas seagai seorang housewife sgt mulia and bukannya mudah..esp when we are very high educated..and staying in a kampong..ha..ha...ha...talking about myself le tu....Dah jenuh sgt dengar komen org kampung..."Belajar tinggi2 sampai obersea..tapi duduk rumah buat kek...buang duit aje.." Hello.....apa salahnya....belajr tinggi2 tidak semestinya duduk makan gaji...we are different breed of mothers...dunia semakin mencabar...teknologi makin canggih...being a housewife needs ilmu..tak kiralah ilmu yg diperolehi dari sekolah tinggi or sekolah pondok..yg penting ilmu yg boleh digunakan untuk menguruskan rumah tangga and anak2...Being a housewife wktu kerja tiada hadnya....but yg paling menggembirakan when we can prepare evrything for our suami dan anak2....and we get the chance to see our kids grow dgn didikan tangan kita...No offense to all the working mums....I was a working mum before...I just hate it when people always pandang tugas sebagai housewife sebelah mata sahaja...

OOps...dah jauh pula I pergi...Ok...back to the cake...But too bad....I terlupa nak ambil gambar the whole scene..Final scene..amalina was standing in the middle of the messy living room membebel and mencari anak2nya yang sedang kelam kabut bersembunyi dalam ketakutan...Actually kek ni dihantar sewaktu adiknya kahwin..remember the wedding cake "Iron man Vs Iron lady" ? It belongs to Amalina's brother....and kek ini dihantar pd malamnya sempena birthday bash keluarga Amalina...there were 7 birthday cakes and this cake was the winner...sewaktu hantar sahaja dah dikerumuni budak2 and sebab tu lupa nak ambil gambar the whole scene... ;( But..i was so happy coz this cake was a winner among the birthday cakes...

To Amalina...so sorry for keeping this cake too long untuk diupdatekan di blog ini...and thankyou very much for all the fun...And to all housewifey..do be proud that we are housewives....jgn rasa rendah diri...ha..ha...ha...we are the TPM to our house government or should i say..we are the first lady to the house govt PM and being the first lady..most of the time..oops almost all the time we control the pentadbiran....and i'm sure most of the time Mr. PM also will agree to all our decisions...oops this a house government scenario..tidak ada kena mengena dengan mana2 negara...lol...ok with that...take care and salam sayang ;)

Jasamu dikenang...catatan istimewa utk 2 insan istimewa...

2011-02-06T13:38:00.015+08:00

Jika hari ini seorang perdana menteri berkuasa,
Jika hari ini seorang raja menaiki takhta,
Jika hari ini seorang presiden sebuah negara,
Jika hari ini seorang ulamak mulia,
Jika hari ini seorang peguam menang bicara,
Jika hari ini seorang penulis terkemuka,
Jika hari ini siapa sahaja menjadi dewasa,
Sejarahnya bermula dari seorang guru biasa....

Salam buat semua...kata2 puitis diatas memang menyentuh perasaan and i'm not sure siapa penulisnya..but ia begitu menyentuh perasaan...walau apa sekalipun kita..setinggi mana kita berada..semuanya bermula dari seorang guru biasa...tanpa mereka kita kita iarat layang2 putus tali..terbang tanpa hala tujuan..to all the teachers...semuga Allah memberkati segala usaha mendidik anak bangsa menjadi seorang manusia....

Well...this wedding cake dibuat istimewa untuk sepasang suami isteri yg sungguh istimewa and banyak berjasa to me...Cikgu Haji Zainudin Mah Jilis dan Cikgu Hajah Rohaya Alias...bekas cikgu MRSM Muar dan sekarang mengajar di MRSM Pontian...and they were my two advisors in MRSM Muar dari form 1 hingga form 5..kiranya macam ibu and ayah kami di MRSM..and there was one bad incident which tarnished my name but my dad..Cikgu Zainudin was the one yg membela I coz he knew I didn't commit the offense and till now I really appreciate the trust that he had in me...Banyak and besar sungguh jasa kedua2 mereka didalam proses pembelajaran and pembesaran I...and tidak terbalas budi mereka..so when their eldest daughter kahwin..i offered to do the wedding cake for them as a token of my love and appreciation for this two insan yg sgt istimewa...terima kasih cikgu...and by the way..i had known both of them dari zaman bujang mereka...and when they announced they were getting married we were so happy..so actually i had known both of them way before the pengantin was born..oh dear...i'm so old already...lol

Since both of them are very special to me...I decided to buat something very special and this was the first time I came up with life size flowers spray...and I chose Cathaleya orchid as the main flowers and accompanied with other wild flowers and berries..and leaves and I tried my best to make them as realistic as I could...tak lah susah sgt buat bunga2 ni..yg penting kena canai senipis yg boleh and mengikut bunga yg asal...I decided to choose a white cathaleya with some pinkish lips..and purple wild flowers and some orange berries...supaya complement dgn tema perkahwinan...purple...

And in this spray..i gunakan few techniques which i learned from brother Shahril in making flowers...dusting, airbrushing n lot more..and I also refer to Alan Dunns book...trust me...tak perlukan seorag yg kreatif to come up with this flower..sesiapa sahaja boleh buat..asalkan sabar and yg penting punya keinginan..pls jangan mengalah sebelum mencuba...we won't go far if we keep on saying to ourself or to others that we are not creative..once u said that, it will block evry capability that u hv..so dear friends always mencuba and always believe we can do it...

There was a story behing this my first spray...it took me from morning till afternoon to complete the arrangement.maklumlah orng baru..sterkial2 dibuatnya..sakit juga tangan memintal the wires...I had to make sure the arrangement tersusun cantik and in place..bukan caca merba...Actually i memang tak pernah susun bunga...I don't like to do floral arrangement..rasa mcm tangan kayu aje...ut as i said earlier...do not use it as an alasan..think positive..and alhamdulillah, I was very satisfied with the arrangement...When everything was finished and i was so lega..so I decided to keep it in my cabinet coz nak solat zuhur..letak sahaja.."bump"..i tak perasan ada satu kayu tebal kat tepi cabinet tu..mybe my kids yg letak...and it falled right on my spray....terhenti nafas I for few seconds..rasa nak menangis..coz it hit my main flowers..one of the petal patah...nasib baik bukan the lips...and few others also patah...sedih sgt...tk sempat ambil gamar..bayangkan dah penat buat n patah dalam sekelip mata....so lepas solat zuhur, I buka balik semula spray ni...buat balik petal yg baru and buang bunga yg patah..ganti yg baru..nasib baik ada buat lebih...and redo balik....and this time it took me only about 10 minutes to complete the spray coz maklumlah dah tahu mcm mana kedudukannya...alhamdulillah...but sedihlah juga...

For this special cake, i decided to do some painting at the sites and the colours senanda dgn warna2 spray i...pink, orange, purple and hijau. Semuanya dilukis tangan dgn menggunakan berus number 1 and 3/10..ada dijual dikedai stationery or craftshop. I didn't use any templates..everything was freehand and base on imagination..and i wanted every pieces to be different from each design...mye painting is another thing which we can just let go all the imaginations that we hv...By the way..i gunakan color Wilton..

This was a two tier set..and this time I used different hues of purple for each tier..yg bawah huenya lebih gelap sikit and both of them i airbrushed dgn pearl sheen..as for the borders...i gunakan purple yg lebih gelap n tried to make it as simple as i could coz I wanted the spray to be the main attraction..and kali ni susunan kek pun semuanya kebelakang untuk memberi ruang for the spray...and the spray was assembled at the venue..coz i didn't dare to take the risk of it jatuh during transportation infact all the way to the venue, I pegang spray tu..mcm baby pulak...he..he..he...

So the spray diletakkan di atas kek bila sampai dilokasi..by the way...i did balutkan bawahnya dgn aluminium foil dan juga flower pick yg i buat sendiri...ha..ha..ha..save my money....no need to buy the expensive one..and i owe this to my darling munchkin creativeness..what he did was..he cut the buble tea straw...and bentukkan sperti flower pick...it's important to use a flower pick or aluminium foil bila we want to cucukkan bunga..during my early days..i admitted..i just prick the flowers to the cake..maklumle belajar sendiri..but actually we are not supposed to do like that...so now every of my flowers mesti i gunakan aluminium foil untuk balutan and my homemade flower pick...then baru dicucuk pada kek...and now i always pesan pada my customers..do not eat the flowers..penat buat...and lagi satu ia boleh dijadikan kenangan perkahwinan..if disimpan betul..ia boleh tahan bertahun lamanya...syarat jgn kena air or simpan ditempat lembab..and for my fecorator friends..i find a way to simpan my flowers..walau hujan lebat macam mana pun ia tak akan "layu" or sweating..and no aircond..simpan didalam kabinet or bekas yg tertutup..or dlm kotak...and insyaalah ia akan tahan..

So alhamdulillah...mission accomplished..frankly speaking, berdebar juga buat cake ni..maklumlah, this the first time i menggunakan this kind of design ..takut people won't appreciate it and yg paling mendebarkan I...this cake was for my cikgu...he..he..he...i do not know why...wlaupun usia i dah tua..tp bila dealing with my ex-teachers I masih lagi rasa that i'm still under their pengawasan...to me, teachers always have special place in my life...mcm mana tinggi pun ilmu kita and sekaya mana kita pun..always remember...we owe it to our dearest cikgu2 yg pernah mendidik and membimbing kita...I was so happy to meet my "dad" and "mum" for the first time after 23 years...and alhamdulillah they like the cake..so that means...i passed....ha...ha..ha..mcm exam pulak...

Well before i quit...will like to extend my thank you to both Cikgu Haji Zinuddin and Cikgu Hajah Rohaya...maybe i never say this before to both of u..but terima kasih yg tidak terhingga diatas segala jasa cikgu berdua didalam mendidik dan membimbing saya...menjadikan saya sebagai seorang manusia...terima kasih tidak terhingga..halalkan segala ilmu dan bimbingan yg dierikan...tiada apa yng boleh diberikan bagi membalas budi baik cikgu walaupun segunung intan dan emas permata..hanya doa kepada Allah supaya dipanjangkan umur cikgu berdua, diberi kesihatan yg elok dan semuga sentiasa dirahmati and diberkati Allah..jasa dan budi baik cikgu akan saya bawa sehingga mati..terima kasih cikgu...

The notty boy family...guess who?

2011-01-24T08:57:00.010+08:00

Salam to all n a very happy monday..hopefully Allah will make things easy for us. This week gonna be a very busy week for me..two sets of wedding cakes will be waiting during the weekend n also my CNY kek lapis order and the best thing is I'm not feeling well. Hopefully evrything will go smooth for me...I'm looking forward to deco the wedding cake..since both of them will be using new techniques and lifesize sugarpaste flowers...

Guess from the writing, I bet most of u can guess..who is the notty boy...yup he is Sin Chan. These set of cupcakes were requested long time ago...but baru sempat nak downloadkan hari ni...Yup , me also doing cupcakes n birthday cakes...not only wedding cakes...Nowadays ramai yg ingat I hanya buat wedding cake aje...ha..ha..ha.

So here is the set of Sin Chan's family..actually this cartoon is totally a big NO for my small kids..the tv will be automatically off if it's being aired...My personal opinion this cartoon is not suitable for my small kids..due to the languagee and also the attitude of Sin Chan's..well my apologize to all the fan's...It's my personal opinion and belief..I just don't like some of the abusive n vulgar words used by Sin Chan's. Yup, but i still have to fulfill my customer's order and with due respect..I omitted Sin Chan's trademark..so this is the happy set of Sin Chan's family...

Actually,taklah susah sgt buat set ni..cuma cut n paste..and this is what we call 2.5D work...and lecehnya amboi...due to the small cutouts and kena pastikan positionnya betul..to be honest..i prefer to do big cakes compared to small cupcakes...sebab tu cupcake mahal walaupun it's very small...don't be suprised if in KL the price can reach RM25/piece..i'm not kidding...but tenguklah hasil kerjanya...

Mum and dad holding the white puppy...

The teachers....

The friends...

and presenting the whole family

Well, sorry for the short entry...lots of things to be done...and semuga Allah permudahkan segala2nya...hingga ketemu lagi..salam sayang to all and to my fellow decorator friends..selamat berkarya..;)

Silver Garland

2011-01-20T10:23:00.011+08:00

salam to all...for the past few days I had been so busy..practising my hands on sugarpaste flowers...and for my wedding cakes next week. It had been a very long time since the last time I updated this bloq with my wedding cakes...as usual excuse org malas....BUSY...terlalu BUSY..ha..ha..ha....so sementara mempunyai kerajinan, I will present to all of u a very special cake commissioned by my special friend who always trust my artwork walaupun masa ni I baru berjinak2 with wedding cake..talking about wedding cakes..nowadays ..ramai yg sudah labelkan I with wedding cakes...and some were suprosed when I told them..i also buat birthday cakes and cupcakes...my artwork is not limited to wedding cakes only....but i'm very honored to be labeled as wedding cake designer..And I'm so happy coz setakat ni tiada repeated desing..every design is specially done for every of my special customers...that's why if u all notice....that's what I have on my business cards.."Your Special Day is Ours too" and I'm really sorry if ada request from customer asking me to reproduce the same cake had been rejected by me...coz as what I promise...the design is highly customised and special for one customer setakat ni..semuga Allah terus memberi ilham utk berkarya...Ha..ha..ha..when ordering cakes from me, please don't expect to see the layout or the sketches of the cakes upfront..To be honest..I always have rough ideas what I want to do in my mind..but when it comes to the actual cake it will be different..coz I believe sketches will kill my creativity...I don't want it to limit the beauty of my wedding cake...

Ok..back to the cake...notice the toppers...aha..what happen to flowers..why abstract flowers...Hmm this cake was done for a groom..so I nak this cake looks "handsome" lol..and I was glad the color chosen was silver n white..so lagi le bertambah "handsome" my cake..Ha..ha..ha...cake pun "handsome"...Yup that's how I treat my cakes..to me my cakes are just not cakes..my cakes have to have characters...ha..ha..ha..macam2 I ni..but that's how I see my cake...and that's the reason why I'm in love with cake decorating..it gives me the chance to showcase my ideas...I just love to be different...Actually it was easy to do this toppers...just guna cutters but so sorry I lupa which brand...me n my bad memory... ;p

Let me start with the top tier ...As I had mentioned earlier...I wanted this cake to be very handsome n masculine...but at the same time I also want the cake to have some loving and romantic aura...so I chose to use my love mould bought from SF..and it was fantastic...and all the designs at the side were done manually with various cutters that i could find from my collection.

Second tier same technique...fondant cutouts too...more masculine look...but romantic... ;) Actually pening juga nak susunkan design yg sesuai..habis tunggang terbalik I susun cutters to get the desired design..

Bottom tier..basically the same too...masculine but romantic...and evertyhing was airbrushed with silver n pearl sheens...Yup, I love my airbrush.

So here is the whole three tier wedding cakes...ha.ha..ha..to me it's very handsome, masculine and romantic...that's how I see the cake...hopefully u guys agree with me..but different people different view...that's what make our life intresting..

So finally the cake was delivered to the venue..and I was so happy to see that my cake matched with the setting..alhamdulillah...Evrything was silver and the table top matching sgt dgn the design on my cake...and the happiest thing I got to meet my dearest friend together with her family members..I really enjoyed being with them and listening to their babblings...Hilang rasa penat when they really love the cake...

Sehingga kita bertemu lagi in my next entry...always believe there's no limit to creativity as long as we believe in ourselves..to be honest...even my darling munchkin selau cakap dgn I..infact up till now..he kept on saying.." Semenjak I kenal u, I never know that u hv this creativity side of yrs....Setau I ..u are so keras tangan"...ha..ha...ha...my munchkin also tak percaya...So i guess I just have to show more wonderful work of art..so that he percaya..ha..ha..ha..Hingaa ketemu lagi salam sayang and always stay psotive..the sky is the limit, insyaAllah...

How to stack wedding cakes ???

2011-01-14T09:17:00.006+08:00

Salam to all...alhamdulillah..kita masih lagi diizinkan Allah untuk bernafas and semuga kita terus diberi rahmat n hidayah dariNYA...Actually I would like to write about my cakes..but I received an email from a dear sis from Penang asking me how to stack 3 tiers wedding cake...1st tier being the actual cake n tier yg kedua n ketiga dummy...Before this i always reply any questions personally but I guess it's better for me to answer her questions here..so that insyaAllah it can benefit more people...By the way, i'm not an expert and my jawapan is based on my own experience which insyaAllah works...will like to receive comments n advise from my senior decorators out there..So to sis Shariffah Shams from Penang I hope my answers will help u...

Taklah susah sangat nak buat stacked cake 3 tingkat apalagi if diatasnya dummy...normally i will decorate all the cakes satu persatu and i make sure every tier ada kesinambungan or sama theme dgn yg lain..and by the way...always gunakan 2 warna yg berpadanan...example...for wedding cake theme merah n putih...ahhemm...signal for my best friend Elaine...but jgnlah guna 1 plain merah aje..cuba bagi hue...is the bunga is merah..jgnlah semuanya merah garang...cuba add variation of reds...and if u hv to use a third color..make sure the color berpadanan dgn the 2 main color. As for flowers..for sure daun nya hijau..but cuba kita perhatikan daun diluar..walaupun hijau..ada different tone..and kalau boleh..jgnlah keras kejung daun tu..cuba create effect n movement sepertimana daun2 yg kita lihat diatas pokok..U know what? I find it very amazing..sometimes in trying to do all the flowers n leaves..I learn to appreciate ciptaan Allah..now I will stop wherever i can find flowers..belek satu persatu n every time I belek...terasa betapa indah dan agungnya ciptaan Allah..subhanallah...

So back to stacking cakes...for 3 tiers hv to decide sizenya dahulu..selalunya base mestilah besar...and tinggi yg cantik untuk wedding cake is minimum 3 in...2 inch will be so flat..n I normally buat at least 4 inch..with layers of filling. Then just imagine mcm mana kita nak susunkan kek tu..tak semestinya dibahagian tengah sahaja..so hias setiap cake...Sebagai menjawab soalan sis Shariffah..base cake is real cake...and ther two are dummies...For the real cake..balutkan fondant seperti biasa and hias...but for dummies..memang nampak senang...memang senangpun...lol...sebab tak payah khuatir risiko kek rosak ke..jatuh ke...cuma satu aje....for the edges of the dummy..try to tumpulkan dgn menggunakan roller kecil atau apa2 shaja alat yg sesuai...what i meant by tumpulkan is not...potong or kikis...but gosok saje dgn roller? Kenapa ye? Supaya edges nya tidak mengkoyakkan fondant kita....so sebelum dibalutkan fondant...basahkan sikit polystrine tu..jgn banyak sgt..cukup sekadar sapuan yg nipis utk melekatkan fondant..and hias both dummies....

So when all the cakes sudah siap dihias...it's time to stack...but I will guide u all for both..sets of real cakes n sets of real plus 2 dummies...So for real cakes..lets say if i'm having susunan 10in, 8in n 6in round cakes...Sediakan few dowels...and in my case..i love to use bubble tea straw which can be bought di kedai plastic..straw yg besar tu..don't worry..walaupun straw..tp kuat..memang kuat insyaAllah...So just ambil sekeping board 8in and positionkan diatas 1st tier..let say, I nak letakkan dibahagian tengah...so tandakan dgn toothpick the side...a very tiny mark..so for an 8 in cake as the second tier selalunya I will use 5 dowels...yg disusun dlm ukuran jarak yg sama...so cucuk the straw 1 inch kebahagian dalam dari tanda tepi tadi..and gunting excess yg terkeluar..by right surface of the cakes sama rata and tinggi...by the way, make sure the straw dicucuk sehingga bersentuhan dgn cakeboard pengalas tier pertama...Then cucuk the rest of the straws dalam jarak yg sama ..and since i'm using round cakes..it should be dalam susunan bulatan...Now u guys can guess why i love to use bubble tea straw..normally people use the wooden chopsticks or wooden dowel...but to me...straw bubble tea pun kuat and senang untuk digunting..so..now the first tier dah didowelkan..oops excuse me for my language..hopefully there's no follower yg kerja di DBP..he..he..he...Ok..back to our stacking process..ambil cake board yg 8 in tadi..and tenguk..sama level tak semua dowel..if tak sama level..pastikan straw tadi digunting lagi ikut paras...and if dah tersalah..jgn panik...ambil tweezer and tarik aje keluar ;)..so if u are satisfied ...ambil royal icng sikit and buatkan sapuan nipis diatas first tier yg sudah didowelkan but dalam lingkungan bulatan..jgn sampai terkeluar..this royal icing will secure the second tier..

So ambil the second tier letakkan diatas 1st tier..based ukuran position asal. As for the second tier..do the same process...and boleh gunakan 4 dowels aje..and stack the third tier...but normally my practice...I tenguk distance yg I nak hantar or jalan yg i hendak lalui....if jarak jauh, I will normally buat 2 stacks at home..siapkan dowel for 2nd tier..but pasang the 3rd tier dirumah pengantin...i do not want to take the risk...Begitu juga, if i got to know jalan yg i nak lalui bumpy..walaupun dekat...i will do the same thing too...ha..ha..ha..I tak nak kena sakit jantung if my cake jatuh...

Ok..that is the guide for real cakes..but since Shariffah kata dia akan gunakan dummy for the 2nd and 3rd tier..lagi senang...but still have to dowel the first tier walaupun atas dummy...sebab...bila dummies dah dibalut fondant..ia akan berat...and ada risiko untuk mendap kebawah if tiada dowel...After dah dowel the 1st tier..sapukan royal icing sikit and letak the 2nd tier dummy...Hmm do we hv to dowel the dummy? No need..just ambil royal icing and sapu atas second tier..maker sure tak terkeluar dari ukuran tier ke3...After dah siap sapuan RI...letak the 3rd tier..for dummies..it's ok to stack awal2 dari rumah...Tadaa..siap dah...so buat touch up..oops..lupa nak cakap..pastikan cake board for 2nd and 3rd tier sama besar dgn cake..coz lebihan cake board yg terkeluar mencacatkan cake kita..and pastikan cake board yg paling bawah..the first tier ditutup dgn fondant...our cake will look very damn ugly if tidak ditutup...penat buat cake cantik2 tapi tk cover cake board...ibarat pergi rumah org kahwin..tudung mengelip2..baju mengelip2...tangan pun mengelip2 sampai ke siku penuh gelang...ha..ha..ha..mentang2 Shariffah org Penang..anak mami ....semuanya mengelip2..maaf ya shariffah...but bila tenguk dikakinya...alamak pakai selipar jepun...kan nampak hodoh sgt tu...so beautiful cakes come with beautiful cake boards..and lagi satu..sometimes kita ingat dah cover cake board..cukuplah..tepinya tak apa..oops..a big NO for me...tutup dgn riben yg sepadan..jgn kasi nampak cake board langsung2....alah berapa sen sgt riben..tak sampai rm1 for 1 meter ribbon...by the way..for wedding cakes..gunakan board tebal untuk base...coz if guna board nipis...ia akan merosakkan kek bila diangkat...ia kan meleding sikit...so mybe ada tempat susah nak dapat board tebal..what i normally do is..cantumkan 3 board nipis...gunakan selefon tape..don't use glue gun coz tak even...just balutkan dgn selefon tape few times across the board...

Well I hope, I have answered shariffah's questions..and may my answer benefit ramai lagi new cake decorators...jgn takut...alah bisa tegal biasa...As i've said..ketakutan akan membunuh kita...be positive...always think we can do it...walaupun kita tk pernah buat...once upon a time..fondant was an alien thing to me too...to rakan2 yg ingin bertanya..just feel free to gie me a call..or email me..or can msg me via FB under the name norashikin basiron..if I can tolong..insyaAllah and semuga ilmu yg kita sama2 kongsi akan mendapat rahmat dari Allah...And to sis Shariffah all the best of luck..semuga semuanya dipermudahkan oleh Allah..and semuga this first wedding cake of yrs akan jadi pemangkin untuk kek kahwin yg akan datang..sorry if ada jokes yg mengecilkan hati...well until we meet again...take care and enjoy yr weekends.... ;)

Bunga oh bunga

2011-01-05T09:06:00.008+08:00

Salam and morning to all..as I had promised..I want to show what I had done for the past week...mempraktikkan balik apa yg dah dipelajari dari brother Shahril...and as my first trial..tried to do this wired rose...ha..ha..ha..before this asyik buat bunga malas aje...sekarang buat bunga rajin pula...Actually tak lah susah sgt..cuma maybe sebelum ni belum belajar lagi..so asyik duk fikir mcm mana nak pasangkan wayar tu satu persatu..rupa-rupanya senang sahaja....ok come let see what I had done and insyaAllah I will try to explain the details in the making of this rose..

Mula2 sekali..ofcourse we hv to hv good gumpaste..and what I meant by good is gumpastenya tidak melekit bila dicanai, boleh dicanai senipis yg mungkin, cepat kering and tahan humidity. So far...bro Shah's gumpaste is the best yang I pernah cuba...and senang pula nak buat..lebih senang dari buat fondant..so now, I dah tak perlu buat gumpaste lagi. Tapi untuk rakan2 yg baru sahaja ingin menceburkan diri dlm bidang ni..actually kita boleh buat instant gumpaste..what u need is CMC..which can be bought from any bakey supplier store...ada mcm2 jenis...Add 1tsp for every 200g fondant..uli and biarkan sekejap...and u will get yr gumpaste..

Ok...mula2 kita harus buatkan bahagian bud dulu...bentukkan seperti tear drop..ha...ha..ha..tak pernah tahu air mata kita bentuk mcm tu..but whatever pun bentukkan mcm kon tear drop..and cucukkan dgn dawai 18 yg dibasahkan sikit supaya melekat...make sure bud dah benar2 kering baru kita boleh buat proses seterusnya..and ros malas pun macam ni juga prosesnya...And by the way..gumpaste harus diwarnakan terlebih dahulu mengikut citarasa yg diingini..but jgn colorkan pekat sgt coz bunga ini akan disapu dgn luster dust...so warnakan dgn base color aje...and for this rose my base is very soft pink...

So untuk lapisan pertama..sediakan 3 kelopak...nipiskan hujungnya dgn dresdent tool...yup..u read it right..lebih senang guna dresdent tool dari guna ball tool..then tekankan atas veiner..org melayu panggil urat...Another thing yg I tak pernah perasan ciptaan Illahi yg Maha Agung..senipis mana pun kelopak bunga..ada urat2 terjalin diatasnya..subhanallah..So after taht frillkan balik semula..but jgn tekan kuat sgt..nanti hilang pula veinnya...Lekatkan satu persssatu keliling the cone bud..and untuk kudup bunga cukup sampai layer ni...pasangkan calyx dibawahnya..siap dah...but untuk kuntuman bunga masih ada lagi prosesnya ;)

For 2nd layer sama sahaja prosesnya...kelopak ikut kesusaian...so lekatkan satu persatu...and for the this layer..haaa..disini mula datang rajinnya...coz perlu diikat dgn wayar...so canai nipis..but tinggaklan bahagian tengah tebal sikit untuk dicucukkan wayar..frill and veinkan..but kali ni bahgian tengah kena tekan sikit untuk mendapatkan shapenya...lletakkan diatas bekas buah...alah ..if we go to pasar malam minta sahaja dari penjual buah..bekas buah yg ada bentuk melengkung tu..So letakkan kelopak diata bekas tersebut dan biarkan kering separa..supaya bila hendak dibentukkan masih senang lagi...so bila dah separa kerin..cantumkan satu persatu keliling bunga tadi...gunakan pita hijau..yg dibelah dua...kenapa dibelah dua? Supaya tidak nampak tebal sgt...Actually untuk bunga ni...I tak berapa puas hati sgt..sebab terkurang kelopak bahagian luar..but since this is my first attempt..dimaafkan le..maklumle..budak baru belajar...maafkan le kemalasan yg masih ada lagi..ha..ha..ha..sebenarnya malas nak tunggu lagi, sebab dah tak sabar nak tenguk hasilnya...

As for the daunnya..proses sama dgn daun biasa..cuma in the art of sugarflower..setiap apa yg kita buat harus mcm bunga yg original..it has to look like the real flower...semua mesti ada movement and senatural yg boleh...jgn kejung semacam...So for the daun prosesnya sama..and dimasukkan wayar kebahagian tengahnya...boleh juga mengelat dgn letakkan wayar dibahagian belakang and tampal sahaja..but..walau mcm mana malas sekalipun I ..i don't like to do that way..nampak hodoh..nak buat..buat betul2...aha..memotivasikan diri sendiri ;)...So veinkan dgn veiner daun..mcm2 ada jual..so u all can see the vein at the leave...
So before dicantumkan bunga and daun..diwarnakan semuanya terlebih dahulu dgn luster dust...oops bad news for org Melaka..luster dust can't be found in Melaka..paling dekat di Bangi...SF..I'm not sure if I can ask Mr Lim to bring it to Melaka

So..for the rose..I gunakan plum mixed with burgundy...masa nak sapu..tutuplah kipas..if not warna akan bertebangan...dahlah mahal..satu botol kecil aje harganya dah RM17+ ..ha..ha..ha..tak campur kos perjalanan ke KL lagi..but I'm glad I hv few good friends in KL yg boleh belikan warna2 ni untuk I..For the leave..I gunakan forest green mixed with moss green...So bila dah siap semua barulah dicantumkan semuanya dgn green tape..I was so happy with my first attemp..Actually,when we learn something..we hv to know the technique..once we understand the techniques..insyaAllah kita boleh applykan untuk yg lain..There is no need for us to belajar sampai 10 kelas untuk 10 different flowers..semua teknik kebanyakkannya sama aje...so to all my dear friends especially untuk yg baru berjinak2 dlm bidang kek deco ni..always remember..belajarlah dgn sepenuh hati..and love what u r doing...it's not just cake decorating..it's and art and it's a passion..tak ada benda yg mustahil if we have our passion...and yng paling penting...love what u r doing...U CAN DO IT..INSYAALLAH ;)

My new project...my old flame

2011-01-04T06:57:00.008+08:00

Salam to all...and hopefully it's not too late for me to wish everybody a very happy new year...semuga tahun 2011 ini akan menjadi tahun yg lebih baik untuk kita..semuga rezeki melimpah ruah and semuga umur kita yang semakin menghampiri penhghujungnya diberkati Allah...yup..actually evry kedatangan tahun baru merupakan tanda peringatan kepada kita bahawa tiada apa yang harus diraikan infact it is a reminder for us supaya memperbaiki segala kelemahan dan keburukan kita...jesteru itu we have to berazam untuk mebuat yg paling terbaik untuk terus "menabung" dalam saham akhirat kita kerana perjanjian kita dengan Allah untuk kembali bertemu denganNya semakin hampir....So dear friends jangan kita kata umur kita masih muda...umur kita masih panjang..but sentiasa beringatlah...tiada siapa yang tahu akan bila tarikh kepulangan kita menemui YA Rabb...mungkin esok..mungkin lusa..mungkin minggu depan..mungkin tahun depan...BUT mungkin juga hari ini...apa2 pun alhamdulillah kerana walaupun kita selalu lupa dengan Allah tetapi Allah masih memberi rahmatNYA kepada kita..dan semuga kita akan terjaga dari kealpaan kita..amin...

Okay...let's talk about cake decorating...buat masa ni...i want to show my new project...I will continue about the peacock in the next entry...boring juga agaknya tak habis2 pasal peacock...but I masih belum mention about the peak of the excitement during the competition ;). Ok..ok..ok....let's talk about my new project..apa agaknya project terbaru I ya?

This is my new project..not my new love though....coz I have always love doing this since I was the age of a very small kid....to bexact when I was around 10 years old I had started this thing already...apa ya agaknya...ha...ha...projek membuat bunga...but masa tu buat bunga dari crepe paper le...maybe generasi muda tak tahu apa crepe paper...bermacam2 bunga boleh dibuat dari crepe paper...my first flower was bunga orkid....then followed by corn flower..then the advance one..bunga rose...Actually maybe all my interest in flowers derived from my late mum....she was very creative in flower making...apa sahaja bunga boleh dibuatnya...and from any medium...ribbon, dip, crepe paper, benang, kain, daun getah and even sisik ikan pun juga le...and i'm sure if she is still around she must try her hand on gumpaste flowers too...and I still have my mum's artwork..I guess it was done when I was in standard 6..ha..ha..ha...so sudah berdekad-dekad usianya...and this is her bunga sisik ikan....yup..sisik ikan merah dicantum satu2..yg bunga merah tu..bunga tulip...hasil kerja tangan i and dibuat dari crepe paper...Well I always treasure this "invaluable harta pusaka" from my late mum..alfatihah for her..and may her soul rest in peace in the garden of Jannah ..amin..

Before this I had been showing all of u all 5 petal flowers..which I panggil bunga malas.....it's very simple to do and ambil masa yg sekejap sahaja..so sebab tu I label it as bunga malas...and I always amaze at bunga "rajin"...lol...ada bunga rajin juga...To me..bunga rajin is the bunga which we have to really put our effort...buat kelopak satu persatu...bentukkan..pasangkan wayar..keringkan, warnakan dengan luster dust or any color medium..haaaa...tu baru dipanggil bunga rajin..no short cut ...and memang dah lama I berhajat untuk belajar buat bunga rajin ni..and alhamdulillah akhirnya tercapai juga hajat untuk berguru dgn Bro Shahril..juara pertandingan wedding cake..and kami berkenalan sewaktu di pertandingan tersebut...he is a very humble guy..walaupun sudah banyak merai kemenangan di luar negara terutaman Australia dan UK..but he is so damn humble..infact dia yg menegur I dulu...bukanle maksudnya I sombong tak nak tegur dia..but siapa lah kita..kita orang kecil..dia org besar....but actually before that dah terkena..cuba menegur beberapa org cake artist...walawei..sombongnya bukan main lagi..bukan terkenal sgt pun mereka but lagaknya macam sgt terror and terkenal...ada pula yg kita senyum kat dia..muka dia masam kelat..well..ini bukan cerita rekaan..but what i experienced during the competition...nak tengok kita sebelah mata pun tak nak...and sad to say..most of them are malay decorators...bukan nak cakap pula...i'm a Malay decorator too and basically i'm a freshie in this industry...no offend to any malay decorators yg baik hati...but from my experience..ramai malay decorators yg tak friendly and tidak mahu berkongsi idea or pengalaman..well..always remember...satu ilmu yang diberi tidak akan merugikan or membangkruptkan kita....malah Allah promises to reward us for our generosity and sincerity...so jgn takut...lagipun rezeki Allah yang beri...by the way dibawah ini bunga yg dihasilkan oleh Shah...not me kay...By the way this is Shah's blog add...http://cakexpressions.blogspot.com/

I told Shah that I wanted to learn the most difficult flowers..so that I will know the techniques..I always believe once we know the technique..insyaAllah we can apply it for other creation..sama juga dgn fondant..just go for the basic class...tak perlu untuk pergi belajar banayk kelas..but provided u find a good master,..and if u all perasan..memang I only go for classes yg I really think the person is really a master..sekali lagi no offend..but if logic akal...lebih baik kita belajar dgn org yg benar2 ada ilmu..bukan dgn org yg baru sekali dua belajar...terus buka kelas..and the best thing dia sendiri tak lepas lagi but dah charge mahal...this kind of thing will ruin the artwork...bukan I nak menempelak sesiapa..tapi itulah hakikatnya sekarang..Before belajar dgn Shah, memang I ada google tengok class yg lain..but bila tengok hasil kerjanya..ughhh..tak apa le...or maybe ada sifu2 lain yg I tak jumpa waktu menggoogle..so for this class...we were thought how to do the Jpanese peony, scorpion orchid, capers, balinese frangipani and few sets of leaves...

There were five of us in the class...laili, Sarah, Kak Aini, my best friend Elaine nad myself...Two days of class and it was a very long class...but we had fun...shah was too generous with his knowledge..a very excellent teacher,..a master actually...apa taknya..anak murid Alan Dunn ...and he is a perfectionist...still remember when he asked us to buat the throat of the scorpion ocrhid...mesti ada dua bintil dihujungnya and dibawah dilorekkan sikit..I never perasan all these details..and one of uf buat 3..he told us to do 2 not 3..so we all jawablah..alah bukan org perasan pun...ha..ha..ha..selamba aje dia jawab..I perasan...that's how detail he is..In this class we learned the technique of making the flowers, airbrushing, dusting and hand painting...if u all tenguk daun keladi tu..memang hand painted and ada stroke technique..bukan cincai buat....All the flowers n leaves mesti ada its natural flow..bukan kejung sekejung-kejungnya..the flowers tak boleh jadi macam bunga plastik...So dibawah ni is my flower..alhamdulillah sempat disiapkan sewaktu class walaupun terpaksa dilanjutkan hingga ke pukul sepuluh malam..it was supposed to end at 6....Maaf tak da bnyak gambar for this flower..coz tak sempat nak ambil...we were so busy...working and laughing and gossiping too..lol

I had fun in the class..the class was full with laughters and jokes...especially from Laili..hopefully we'll meet again in different class..By the way, for this class kami menggunakan gumpaste resepi Shah..and I tell u..this the best gumpaste yg pernah I jumpa..bunga I masih lagi keras..tak lembut walaupun dlm cuaca yg penuh dgn kelembapan and alhamdulillah since then I had been using his recipe...Ok doki will pen off here..will show my other flowers in the next entry...salam sayang untuk semua...;)

The dance of the peacock - part 5

2010-12-30T09:18:00.005+08:00

Morning to all....yup still experiencing problem with my internet line..hopefully this entry will go through...And congratulation to the Malaysian team....but pelik why don't i feel the same excitement sewaktu I menonton aksi- Harimau Malaya dizaman super Mokh..yup we won last nite...but I still have to find my excitement button...lol

Ok...lets going back to the peacock..sorrylah if this story tak habis2 lagi...but please bear with me....let's talk about peacock...other than the tail...one of the most challenging part is the wings...for the wings...I drew the outline of the pattern and pinned it on the side of a round polystrine...and then piped the pattern....let it dry than only remove..by the way...semuanya I gunakan Super Ice...it saved my life...it made my life very much easier...All in all I piped 6 wings...when actually I only needed 2 for the peacock...As for the side..I wish I could do the runout technique..but time didn't permit me to do it..or else I wouldn't be able to enter the competition..coz it would take at least about 2 weeks to get it perfectly dry in our Malaysian weather...I guess that's also one of the reason why people do not want to do RI work for the wedding cakes..it takes time and lots of kesabaran yg teramat sangat...

U guys must be thinking why did I do 6 wings when I only needed 2..and what did I do to the balance of the wings...Well I did use 2 of them for my peacock..but the balance didn't survive...4 of them broke sewaktu I nak cuba pasangkan ke badan...maybe some of u kata it was an easy job...well for this creation I always made sure I had plan B...if plan were to fail..then I would go to plan B..so masa hendak pasangkan the wings according to my plan A all 4 broke...yup all 4 and balance 2 and if these 2 last pieces broke..that would mean..i would be sending a cacat peacock..peacock without wings..Actually I was so bercita2 tinggi...my plan A was to pasangkan sayap2nya terapung ..no attachment to any base..but sebab no run out..the wings were fragile..so my munchkin suggested that..why didn't I attach the wing to the base completely..which made sense since I only left with two final wings...so it was either I had to lupakan my cita2 yg tinggi melangit tu..to have floating 3D wings..and attach the whole thing to the base OR go to the competition with a cacat peacock..Well..I had no choice...I wouldn't want to go to the competition with a cacat peacock..so finally the wings were completely attached to the base...that was my plan B...

Well hv to go now...lots of new projects waiting and I will update this blog as soon as possible...with lots of excitement ...I promise... ;)

The dance of the peacock- part 4

2010-12-28T08:43:00.005+08:00

Salam to all...sorry coz had to menghilangkan diri buat sekian lama...my internet line was hijacked by my kids..maklumlah cuti sekolah....tau2 aje my volume being all used up so the line became vry slow...so had to wait until the line is back to normal baru dapat access...so let us continue with the peacock...i'm sorry if this entry membosankan but i just nak documented my experience...a very expensive experience...only those yg faham sahaja yang akan dapat rasa the excitement...

Actually there were 6 peacocks in the competition and i didn't expect that...many people asked me..why did I choose to do a peacock? Well..I had no intention to do a peacock at all...what i wanted to do was to use all the skill and techniques that I learnt from Kelvin Chua's class...Infact masa dlm kelas KC lagi I dah terbayang nak buat something extraordinary for the competition using Royal Icing ...and since i know I do not know how to do extension work...he..he..he..infact until now pun I tak tahu mcm mana nak buat...So in my mind I nak buat something yg very intricate...so I decided to do a peacock..in my mind everything will be from RI piping work...all the bulu n the most important part was the tail....where it will be my master showcase..

for the tail..ada 4 sizes of feathers...and the design was my design..puas juga melakarkan design yg sesuai..it might look easy, but i had to make sure that every line touched each line..if not it would be really brittle...and of course the outline was using the runout technique...For the piping I used nozzle no 1 and it took me one whole week to finish the whole tail...Actually there were about 120pieces of the tail yg I buat..when actually i needed about 60pieces..had to double up coz takut it will break later on...Sakit tangan dibuatnya. Hopefully this won't scare u all to do the RI piping work...maybe sebab i silap technique or maybe sebab I stresses sgt..coz of mengejar masa...so after piping satu persatu kena biarkan about one week for it to be really dry before diangkat..and in my case i let it dry for two weeks...

The tail tidak dipasangkan dirumah...coz i would be really a long journey for this type of design and I'm sure it won't survive the journey if the tail dipasangkan dari Melaka...The tail dipasangkan di Tune Hotel Damansara..no choice...I had to find a place very near to sunway Giza where the competition was held...and all in all about 68 pieces were used for the tail..and by the way..dibawah kepingan RI I terpaksa gunakan kepingan fondant sebagai support...Frankly speaking I was so nervous about this design...all what I know was..this design had to work or else..i would not have anything to showcase for the competition...so I didn't want to take any risk..So all the pieces were glued with RI itself..and tell u guys..I broke lots of the pieces during the process..salah sentuh sikit pecah...salah letak sikit patah..tak bernafas dibuatnya sewaktu pasangakan kepingan ekor ni...but finally sipa juga...and ekornya melingkari keseluruhan kek...

Well..got something to do..ha..ha..ha..i'm trying something new now..let it be a secret for the time being ..but for those yg in my FB friendlist mesti dah dapat agak apa project terbaru I..until kita berjumpa lagi salam sayang and pada yg selalunya sibuk mencari azam tahun baru..selamat mencari...and by the way..azam tahun ni dah terlaksana belum? :P

The dance of the peacock - Part 3

2010-11-25T23:20:00.011+08:00

Salam buat semua...well, it had been a tiring day...sepanjang hari menyiapkan cupcake..20 cuppies but mengambil masa sehari suntuk untuk disiapkan ..,tupun belum siap 100%..Maybe ada yg hairan..kenapa cupcake yg kecil tu mahal harganya...It's because...semakin kecil cupcake tu semakin rumit and leceh untuk membuat hiasannya...i'm talking about fondant cupcakes..not buttercream cuppies...if buttercream, i believe it will take much lesser time...Sebab tu personally I prefer to decorate big cakes....tak leceh and tak rumit...Just imagine nak mengulit satu persatu hiasannya....ooohhh memang memenatkan...20 cuppies with 20 different designs...walaupun begitu, I really enjoy doing it..I always feel guilty just to do simple design for my customer...Every customer is very special to me..so seboleh2nya I prefer to buat customize design..and one design for each customer...and setakat ni alhamdulillah..no repeat design lagi...

Ok, sementara ada kesempatan ni..let us forget about cupcake and sambung semula about my experience sewaktu Malaysian Wedding Cake Competition ..let us talk about the peacock...AS i had mentioned earlier..I wanted everything to be in 3D dimension...and had to be from royal icing..and di pipe dgn menggunakan nozzle no 1 sahaja...I was so determine to do it sehalus yg mungkin and kalau boleh nak saja gunakan nozzle no 0 or 00 but disebabkan kesuntukan masa terpaksa guna nozzle no 1. As for royal icing..I used superice and memang banyak superice yg digunakan in creating this peacock. As you can see..all the small feathers were glued to the body and tidak melekat dibadannya untuk menampakkan kesan 3D...Mesti ada yg nak tahu mcm mana nak buat benda ni...It's so easy..what u have to is to lakarkan template corak yg diingini diaas kertas...as for these feathers..satu corak sahaja I gunakan. Normally people will pipe the royal icing on grease paper...tunggu benar2 kering baru dicabutkan dgn menggunakan spatula yg paling halus....but I found a way which is much easier and less time consuming and less mudarat...ha..ha..ha..Less mudarat sewaktu hendak mencabutnya dari kertas..silap2 boleh patah ketika mengalihkannya..What I did is..I gunakan kepingan plastik..plastik transparent yg biasa dijual dikedai..tapi yg licin...So I tampal plasti tu diatas cake board...and letakkan lakaran dibawahnya...So pipekan aje terus mengikut corak lakaran kita..it will dry so fast and bila hendak dicabutkan lakaran tersebut..just pull away the plastic and it will take few seconds....less hassle and kurang risiko untuk patah. Rasanya hundreds juga I pipekan these small feathers..

Proses untuk melekatkannya ke badan adalah proses yg paling mencabar...coz it had to stand tidak boleh terus melekat kebadan. Kena tunggu benar2 kering baru buat yang lain..and silap sikit boleh patah...Seluruh badan burung was covered with these small feathers..and bahagian paling mencabar ialah dibahagian dada..coz had to ditampalkan mengikut alunan bentuk dada...bukan setakat tampal sahaja...biar nampak beautiful movement of the feathers..

Begitu juga dgn bahagian tengkuknya...setiap bulu dipiped satu persatu..dibiarkan kering and dicantumkan...but design untuk bahagian tengkuk lain dari design bulu badan coz had to sesuaikan dgn bentuk tengkuk yg panjang ...if buatkan bulat2 nampak hodoh pula kan...Actually sebelum buat the whole design for this peacock..I belek satu persatu gambar peacocks..study the pattern, the flows and etc..etc..etc.etc..ha...ha..ha..mcm king mongkut pula dlam filem King and I ..etc..etc...etc...etc...Ok sorry termelalut pula,..but I love that movie.

OK..back to peacock...Yup, lots of reseach on peacocks had been done for this project..and from there i baru tahu rupanya ada white peacock and it's known as albino peacock...So I guess mine can be called the golden albino peacock...Well have to stop..coz have to get ready for my wedding cake project pula... a combination of cleopatra and belly dancer ideas...till we meet again..tq for keep on visiting my humble blog..and try to enjoy what we are doing and be ikhlas in everything than only we can see good results..take care...

The dance of the Peacock - Part 2

2010-11-24T19:40:00.005+08:00

Salam buat semua..alhamdulillah diberi kelapangan sedikit untuk mengupdatekan blog ini...sewaktu menghilangkan diri buat sementara waktu ada ramai yg bertanya kenapa tak diupdatrekan blog..and that kind of questions really make my day..and ada yg cakap they love to read my celoteh here..syukur alhamdulillah semuga ada diantara paparan disini yg dapt menghiburkan hati and juga memberi inspirasi kepada rakan2 especially to thosse yg baru hendak menjinakkan diri dalam dunia dekorasi kek...to be frank, my personal opinion..being a decorator won't make me kaya raya apalagi di Malaysia dimana ramai lagi yang tidak tahu hendak menghargai seni hiasan kek..to them a cake is still a cake walau macam mana dihiaspun..people sanggup berbelanja ratusan ringgit untuk hiasan hantaran yg mungkin kemudiannya akan dibuang begitu sahaja..but untuk membelanjakan ratusan ringgit untuk kek kahwin amat susah...my wish and maybe harapan kawan 2 decorator yang lain..semuga masyarakat kita makin menghargai hasil seni kami..setiap hasil kerja yg cantik dan lain dari yang lain memerlukan belanja yang tinggi dan juga perlu meluangkan masa yg lebih lama especially bila semua bunga2an dihasillkan manually...sedih juga bila kadang2 dimajlis perkahwinan celebriti terkenal..beria2 diperkenalkan siapa yg mereka pelamin, siapa yg mereka gaun pengantin mereka, siapa yg menyiapkan hantaran...but perasan tak..jarang benar or maybe tidak ada pasangan pengantin yang sudi mengwar-warkan siapakah yang bertanggungjawab menyediakan kek perkahwinan mereka..sedihkan..tapi tak apalah. Kepada rakan2 decorator jadikan lah ia sebagai cabaran untuk kita...kita tidak minta disanjung melangit or dipuji berbakul2 but cukuplah kalau waktu menempah mereka tak kata "takkan kek kahwin pun mahal"..yup itu lah hakikatnya..selalu pasangan pengantin mengimpikan kek yg cantik lain dari yang lain..but bila diberitahu harganya..kita pula akan disoal balik "kenapa mahal sangat"...well what to do ..itulah cabaran buat kita untuk meng"educatekan" masyarakat...

Well back to the wedding cake competition..as I had mentioned earlier ..I wanted everything to be 3D and very grand and majestic..so I decided to do a peacock..but the peacock mesti a very grand and proud peacock...but before I introduce my peacock..let me show part of the cakes first...keknya merupakan kek 4 tingkat..the height was very important for me to display the flows of the tails later on...semua bunga dibuat sendir..and since I was very short of time, I decided to do ribbon flowers..which is easy to do..all what u have to do is just to roll the fondant and potong panjang...maybe about 2 inci x 5 inci...kemudian dilipat dua memanjang..but make sure jgn tekan diatasnya..biarkan macam ada gelembung angin..and kemudian digulung sampai habis..so semasa penggulungan tersebut pandai2lah mengubah bentuknya and make sure jgn tertekan sampai flat pula..it's very easy. As for the color..mesti ramai yg dah dapat agak warna apa yang I akan pilih..yup..definitely gold..Ada yg tanya kenapa I tak pilih warna biru, hijau..warna merak..Hmm..I just need my artpiece to attract people's attention from far..and definitely gold and white are the best colors...By the way..actually from my readings...or maybe u all notice...we do not need lots of colors on wedding cakes...2 or 3 colors should be enough and if we decide to have more colors..the additonal colors should compliment the base color. So I guessed I used hundreds of these flowers..dari pada saiz kecil hingga saiz yg besar...penat juga tapi taklah sepenat buat kuntuman ros malas yang selalu I buat...ha..ha..ha...kiranya bunga ni memang amat sesuai dibuat sewaktu emergency or sewaktu kita dilanda sakit malas yg teramat sangat...ha..ha..ha...but janganlah asyik malas aje..sekali-sekala kena rajinkan diri...So seperti selalu..cake tersebut diairbrushkan dengan americolor gold sheen..actually everything was airbrushed...termasuk semua bulu2 peacock..well in order to produce beautiful things memanglah kena buat lebih kerja sikit...actually bukan sikit..banyak....

As for the cake board...I decided to draw feathers on it...Ha..ha..ha..actually ada cerita disebalik cake board ini...and let me share my secret with all of you..Actually my cake board was very uneven...just imagine..tak pernah i cover cake board jadi macam ni...macam tahu2 pula i nak masuk competition..berbagai2 dugaan yg datang...sedih betul tenguk cake board yg buruk...Presentation of cake board is very improtant for all cakes..tak kiralah samada untuk competition ataupun utk tempahan customers...my prinsip..beautiful cakes should come with beautiful cake boards..i really hate to see beautiful wedding cakes on original stupid ugly cake board yg dibeli dari kedai...if kita dah luangkan masa berjam2 and sometimes berhari2 untuk menghasilkan kek yg cantik..kenapa harus dicacatkan dgn cake board yg hodoh...cake board yg hodoh hanya akan mencacatkan hasil kerja kita...just imagine...kita berbaju kurung cantik..siap bersulam..berlabuci lagi...sikitpun kalau boleh kita tak nak ada kedutan dibaju kita...but bila tenguk kak kaki..kita hanya berselipar jepun...ha..ha..ha..some of u might think it looks funny...actually it looks very ugly...so hiaskan lah cake board kita dgn cantik..so berbalik pada cake board I yang dah cacat tu..puas I fikir mcm mana nak buat..then teringat pada Mitch Turner's creation....so base on that...I kata why not I applykan the same technique but my own drawing...so dilukiskan bulu2 burung as if sedang bertaburan...and hasilnya alhamdulillah..infact mendapat pujina dari judges..phew...so to decorator friends jgn panik bila ada kecacatan...mesti ada cara untuk cover semuanya..Guess have to stop here and to be continued soon with more excitements...taaa...salam kasih untuk semua...

The dance of the Peacock - ICCA WEDDING CAKE COMPETITION - part 1

2010-11-18T10:14:00.008+08:00

Salam to semua..had been away for a very long time....busy with syawal projects, competitions, demos and orders...and juga menghadapi dugaan2 dari Allah...alhamdulillah, Allah has given me n my siblings the strength..and hopefully iman kami terus kuat untuk menghadapi segala dugaannya...Hopefully masih ada lagi yg sudi singgah di blog ini...Yup talking about competitions..I joined two competitions...cupcake competition in King Hin Melaka..my first ever competition..alhamdulillah was the champion..but it was a dissapointing competition..tak payah lah i beritahu kenapa...The second competition was the ICCA wedding cake competition..and I only had three weeks to prepare evrything...menggelabah juga dibuatnya coz all my friends dah bersedia sebulan sebelum....oh dear....but lega juga coz I already had something in mind..And apa ye?

Well..since this is my first national competition..i masuk bukan untuk menang ..I just wanna cari pengalaman since I know ramai senior decorators yg akan join..termasuklah my own sifu...Kelvin Chua from Vinism Sugar Art...among others are Shahril...Mad About Cake and my best friends in cake decorating world..Pualine Po Soo...student Calvin Mark, Mama Min...malaysian Debbie Brown.., Liew Man Kwan..the handbag queen, Louis Ng..a very talented young artist especially in novelty cake...tell you all..I was quite nervous actually...But I still wanted to do my best and I just wanted to suprise everybody especially my sifu with my creation...to me winning is not important..the most important thing is how my creation will attract the attention..it needs to be a creation with a WOW FACTOR...Definitely I had to do something different from others...something yg org tak akan buat...and it definitely couldn't be a normal wedding cake...it has to be something totally different..something crazy...and I know I was taking a risk...risk of people kata I gila...ha...ha..ha..memang gila pun kata munchkin I...

I chose Royal Icing as my main medium..and it had to be 3D...everything..tapi apa ye yg I nak jadikan 3D tu...it had to be something yg majestic...the whole thing had to be 3D..the only thing that came to my mind is a peacock...coz of the tail..and the feathers...and ideas of the tail I got it from my MIL's carpet..yup from a carpet...That's me..whenevr I nampak something yg cantik ..I memang really excited and always fikir how to apply on cakes...I just love beautiful designs...bila tenguk corak tu..terus bayangkan how I would do it...and the best thing was...I started to do my work right after sampai rumah my MIL's house ..and it was raya kedua...There was no raya for me..terus keluarkan my artblock, pencils and sciccors...org lain raya..I sibuk lakar idea for my cakes...Ha..ha..ha..bagus punya menantu....but my MIL was very supportive..kept on asking me the progress..I guess I'm a very lucky person...evry family members termasuk ipar duai were also excited about the competition...Maybe u all tak percaya...I was also busy doing all the cuttings for the tail cutouts dalam kereta while temankan my MIL beraya..we were on our way to Ulu Tiram to her brother's house..and thank God ..jalan jam waktu tu..first time in my life..i appreciate jam.......Well had to stop here..hv orders to prepare...will continue updating as soon as possible...with more excitement to share...salam sayang utk semua ;)

Kek lapis legit Indonesia for aidilfitri

2010-09-02T11:49:00.005+08:00

salam to semua...have been busy with kek lapis for raya..by the way my cake lapis is indonesian kek lapis legit....it's very moist and tak berapa manis sgt..And memang i gunakan original recipe from one of the famous cake lapis gurus in Jakarta..and cuma modified sikit to suit with the local taste bud...

Anybody intersted can email or sms me...actually it had been advertised in FB but since tk semuanya ada dlm FB...walau sibuk mcm mana sekalipun masuk juga dlm blog ni...Ada lima perasa...prune, masam manis, rempah betwi, mixed fruit and choc..and it also comes in nice packaging box..sesuai utk dijadikan hadiah raya...and terdapat dlm 3 size...

KEK LAPIS PRUNE

KEK LAPIS MASAM MANIS

KEK LAPIS COKLAT

KEK LAPIS REMPAH BETAWI

KEK LAPIS MIXED FRUIT

By the way...these cakes ada dijual di Plaza Angsana JB..di gerai Zaharah Food..berdekatan dgn Jakel's carpet sale...as for those in Kl...ada dijual di Sugarflours, Taman Desa and can also contact my best friend Elaine at 019-2248794...and for those in melaka..can contact me directly..tq all...

Swan Lake with Master Kelvin Chua (Vinism Sugarart)

2010-08-18T09:32:00.000+08:00

Salam Ramadhan to all my moslem readers, sisters n brothers...maaf diatas segala keterlanjuran kata or gurauan yg over...semuga ramadhan kali ini merupakan Ramdahan yg lebih baik dari yg lepas2 and semuga segala amal ibadah dilakukan dgn penuh keikhlasan...and waktu sahur tadi sempat lah juga ber"tazkirah" to my anak2...peringatn for myself actually...I told them that Ramadhan bukan saja takat tahan lapar and dahaga..kena jaga semua pancaindera...esp mata, telinga and mulut...SO for this month of Ramadhan less TV time for them..can only watch program tertentu sahaja...and it doesn't mean that they can watch an Indonesian drama yg berlatarkan lagu memuji Allah...diantara liriknya yg selalu I dengar..Allahhuakbar..Allah Maha Besar..bila dengar lirik tu mesti kita sangka yg plot movienya pun bercirikan keislaman...nope..this movie penuh dgn adengan yg tk sepatutnya ada dlm sebuah keluarga islam..pergaulan bebas..berpelukan n the worst thing pakaiannya semua sexy...maybe penerbit ingatkan kita penonton bodh yg boleh dibodohkan begitu sahaja...Told them to jaga mulut juga...jgn cakap benda yg tak baik..jgn bergaduh especially. As for telinga , tak boleh dengar bend yg tak baik....straight away my smallest daughter tutup kedua telinganya..when I ask her why...selamba aje dia jawab..."kan ibu suruh tutup telinga"...duhh..gitu pula fahamnya...Well, apapun marilah kita semua berazam utk menjaga ibadah puasa kita dgn sebaik2nya dan semuga ia berterusan hingga selepas Ramadhan..

As I had promised in my previous entry, this entry will be about my royal icing class ...The Swan Lake taught by Kelvin Chua...a very talented artist in cake decorating...I guess ...maybe he is the best local artist. All of his works are very different..tenguk sahaja dah tahu...it belong's to KC..His creations are so unique and detail...pls do visit his blog..which is under my listing..Vinism Sugarart and definitely u will be amazed with all his creations...By the way, dia baru aje balik dari London..segala ilmu diperolehi dari London..This swanlake class cost me RM999 but memang berbaloi..tak ada regret pun. His class was super excellent and to those yg serious in cake decorating can consider going for his class..banyak petua and panduan menghias kek yg diajar ..memang berbaloi sgt..

As the title said...it is a swan lake class..so mesti ada swan ...and sepasang pula..sp this is the 3rd version of my swan..and different technique...teringat pula kata2 KC..these swans can only be found in France during summer at one particular lake...well..that was his joke...yup...the class were full with laughters..Senang aje nak buat swan ni...cuma just to make sure nampak flows of the wings n yg paling distinguish sekali lehernya...It has to be properly bentukkan..or else it will jadi leher itik yg panjang.

This class is all about royal icing piping techniques..2 days intensive class..and we were thought from the basic to advance techniques..and utk class project kami diajar untuk construct gazebo from scratch..just bayangkan hanya dgn menggunakan royal icing dan nozzle no 1 we were asked to dirikan sebuah gazebo..mcm impossible kan..but tak mustahil....bila siap hasilnya memang terpegun...but sebelum tu all the hardwork first..In order to construct this gazebo..we had to study the binaan and sokongan first..siap dgn dasar and tapaknya...semua plan harus dilukis satu persatu...dari tapak...dinding and atapnya..and setiap lakaran mestilah diukur dengan teliti...ha..ha..ha..itu theory...in the class we were given all the layouts and plan...everything was done by KC...Sebelum mula lukis lakaran dgn super ice...we have to gam kan satu persatu kertas surih diatas lakaran yg hendak dilukiskan...and then only we piped the super ice on the top of it..and make sure kertas yg digunakan adalah kertas surih/parchment paper yg elok or else susah hendak ditanggalkan...which mean hasil kerja kita akan mudah patah bila hendak ditanggalkan. Proses lakaran dgn superice senang sahaja, tetapi mengambil masa untuk kering...in our weather normally it takes about two weeks to dry...so dari gambar diatas u can see satu persatu binaan gazebo..semuanya merupakan kepingan gula kering and very2 fragile.

Selepas semuanya kering, barulah kepingan2 yang terlalu fragile tersebut boleh dicantumkan ..memang kena handle very nicely...pada mulanya rasa memang macam mustahil..but ibarat kata..bersatu teguh..bercerai roboh...sebenarnya bila sudah dicantumkan ia akan menjadi structure yg "kuat"...Teknik percantumannya harus dilakukan dgn penuh berhati2 and dilekatkan dgn menggunakan gum glue dari super ice juga...

Memang excited bila gazebo dah siap...semua "lubang" harus ditutup dgn royal icing melalui hiasan tambahan so tak nampaklah sebarang kecacatannya...yup memang begitulah dlm dunia hiasan kek..jgn takut or panik bila terdapat sebarang kecacatn..gunakan kreativiti kita utk cover sebarang kecacatan yg ada...just do not panic...

Actually dlm gazebo ni I plan to buatkan pancuran air..but the thing is..tak sempat kering..so letakkan seekor butterfly kecil...Actually banyak kepingan sturcture i yg tak sempat kering...ha..ha..ha..ini semua disebabkan I was down with bad flu..infact waktu my first class...50% of the time I was sneezing non stop..habis aje class..terus tidur dlm kereta..and sampai sahaja diMelaka terus pergi klinik...And ditambah pula dgn satu projek "istimewa" I yg harus disiapkan..I will post it right away after this entry...special project yg menggunakan teknik piping royal icing..practical..tapi buat benda lain..bukan buat homework....

So here are the pictures of my swan lake project...notice the 2 big butterflies...semuanya dibuat dgn royal icing sahaja...and subhanallah memang cantik sangat..dah tak lagi terfikir nak buat butterfly dgn menggunakan mould...

And these are hasil kerja semua student...and also a group photo...KC is the only guy in the picture..and mesti ramai yg kenal dgn Mama Min yg memang famous dgn naughty cakes and figurines alaDebbie brown..she is the one yang duduk paling kanan sekali....a very fun and bubbly lady...sedikit pun tidak sombong...and gambar ini diambil di class kami iaitu studio Mama Min di Damansara Perdana..a very lovely and homey studio..wish that one day i will be able to have a studio like this...

Well..my hasil tangan tidak dibawa pulang ke Melaka..if u guys go to Mama Min's studi..my artwork is being displayed there...All in all..it was an exciting class...and by the way..mesti ramai yg nak tahu..berapa harga kek yg begini...mesti terperanjat..one tier cake like this is priced RM1000..due to the intricate work..bukan senang nak buat....ambil masa..and kena banyak2 sabar...Akhir kata...semuga ramadhan ini bukan ramadhan yg terakhir buat kita dan semuga amal ibadah kita lebih baik dari tahun yg sudah2...and ingat..puasa bukan setakat menahan lapas dahaga...semua anggota kita harus berpuasa juga...sampai jumpa lagi dilain entry..semuga iman kita bertambah pada bulan yg tersangat mulia ini...amin

The wedding gown - a beautiful cake for a beautiful sister

2010-08-02T11:50:00.014+08:00

Salam to all...life is so busy right now....with my kek lapis project, my royal icing class with Kelvin Chua and at the same time diserang demam...few days pengsan but alhamdulillah dlm demam dapat juga buat this special cake...

This special cake is inspired by wedding gown design..I just love to look at wedding gowns...so cantik and feminin sgt...and lagi satu the most special thing about this cake...I didn't use any single cutter and mould....everything was hand made...and the second tier was decorated with royal icing...it was a very painstaking work..but the result was so wonderful and cantik....By the way..this cake was specially done for cik andam Erin..opss no more Cik andam..Puan Andam Erin....sudah naik darjat...;) The best thing about this cake...it was ordered last year...somewhere in November..masa Puan Erin placed the order...I gelak saje coz lama sgt..but time did fly very fast....akhirnya sampai juga saat dan ketikanya...but malangnya...few days before the preparation...I diserang demam..3 hari tk bangun...and the worst thing..sebab nak baik cepat untuk buat kek ni..i ambil ubat terlalu banyak..overdosed akhirnya..and on the 3rd day...I "lost" my hearing sight...was so panicked..just imagine tidak boleh mendengar..masa tu barulah terfikir...selama ni I just take for granted dengar nikmat Allah...but alhamdulillah now dah pulih dah...so jgnlah cuba2 nak makan ubat lebih..konon nak cepat baik...jadi lain pula akhirnya.

so back to the cake..Dari hari Erin order lagi dia dah beritahu I kek kahwin impiannya...ha..ha..ha...terlalu banyak impiannya...first impian...kek senget...lepas tu tukar pula...kek pastel colors...lepas tu tukar lagi...polka dot cakes...warna pink, biru and choc....ha..ha..ha...everythime dia tenguk wedding cake I..mesti ada aje design lain...but finally..it was up to me to decide everything...Actually when someone place the order..I prefer them to bagi tahu I the color theme and konsep yg mcm mana mereka berkenan...tu saja...and please no pictures of kek org lain, coz I prefer to do my own design..bukan nak sombong tapi ada sebabnya....I don't like to copy other people's work...and I love to experiment with things..so if customer dtg siap dgn gambar...it will kill my design mood...it's not my work then..it will limit my creativity..macam copy paste aje...but alhamdulillah...so far my customers are very alhamdullillah..tak cerewet and serahkan semuanya pada I..but my promise...InsyaAllah I will deliver beautiful cakes for their special day.

As for Erin's cake..as i had said...the idea was based from a wedding gown concept..so dlm kepala terbayang a white cake with hiasan yg halus dan juga ropol2 gown with beads..To me the second tier is the most special tier..u will know why soon and mengambil masa setengah hari untuk siapkan designnya....the second tier is my first time menggunakan royal icing...and menggunakan nozzle number one PME..mesti ramai yg nak tahu..mcm mana i boleh dapatkan hasil kerja yg begitu halus...oops lupa pula...a week before i did this cake..I attended a royal icing class taught by Kelvin Chua...can check his website kat tepi blog I..Vinism sugarart...He is a gifted cake decorator..just got back from London...an excellent master...I attended the swan lake class...insyaAllah after this entry I will update with my masterpiece from the class...and you guys will be amazed.....during the class I dah terbayang yg I nak buatkan design menggunakan royal icing for Erin's cake..

So here it is..the second tier decorated with royal icing design....the design was done freehand...he..he..he...kes malas nak lukis atas cake....Basically, I wanted the design mcm lace..mesti halus...and penat nak buatnya jgn cakap..The royal icing was piped straight onto the cake...penat tangan memicit piping bag. Mesti ada yg nak tahu..my royal icing recipe...Well...actually I gunakan royal icing powder..or known as Superice keluaran Laped dari Itali...so what's the difference dgn royal icing yg biasa...banyak advantage guna Superice....First of all..tak payah nak sukat ingredient....just agak2 banyak mana yg kita nak gunakan...masuk dlm mangkuk and straight away bancuh...teenguk consistency yg kita perlukan..samada untuk piping or runout..if terpekat, campur air..if tercair campur super ice sehingga sampai pada tahap consistency yg kita perlukan...kita hanya bancuh apa yg kita perlukan..If ada lebih simpan sahaja..ia tak akan basi...If kering masukkan sikit air. By the way, tak perlu guna mixer untuk bancuh...cukup setakat satu mangkuk and sebatang sudu. The best thing about this superice...it's very fine...tak akan tersekat kat nozzle...As for this project, I used nozzle number 1..PME..which i think is much better than Wilton...

I really love working with royal icing..it's so easy to use....and bermacam2 benda yg boleh dilakukan dgn royal icing..u will see the greatness of royal icing on my next entry..my swan lake project..As I mentioned earlier...I gunakan nozzle number 1 and had no problem of the icing being stucked ...the flow was just superb..

The patterns yg I gunakan pelbagai..coz I wanted to make sure nampak mcm real lace..and utk tambahkan seri, I hias dengan edible beads..pearl, Ivory and black...semuanya edible which were bought from Cake Connection KL. By the way for those yg diMelaka..u guys can get the superice from KingHin...I straight away inform Mr Lim about Super Ice and suggested to him to bring it to Melaka market..he..he..he senang ..tak payah nak gi KL utk dapatkan supply. By the way, for those yg duduk KL..u can get the super ice from Bakers choice in Setapak, Mama Min's Studio in Damansara Perdana...or Vanilla Pastry in Bangi

As for the 1st tier...I gunakan teknik lipatan...which is very easy to do....gelek fondant nipis...if nak cantik lagi gunakan another designed roller...then lipatkan..mcm lipat kain...lepas tu terus tampal pada cake..By the way, before that the cake kenalah balut dgn fondant dulu. After dah disusun lipatan tu..i buatkan ikatan riben..biasalah wedding gown mesti ada riben...ingat tak masa kecik2..if lukis baju pengantin or princess gown mest ada banyak riben. Untuk tambahkan serilagi..gown pengantin mesti ada beads...so I lekatkan edible beads sebagai hiasan..

For the top tier..teknik yg sama juga...cuma ikatan ribennya dibahagian bawah..bahagian atas ni seolah2 penutup dada pengantin...so i just want hiasan yg simple aje..

So finally ...the whole "wedding gown"..and seperti biasa tier separators done by my darling munchkin...and he had chosen lace ribbon yg seakan2 sama dgn my design concept....he is really good...Oops lupa pula..the whole cake diairbrushkan dgn pearl sheen even utk tier yg kedua...

The cake was sent to ERin's place..and was so happy that the whole family love the cake...yup..memang I merancang untuk beri Erin something special for her wedding...and this is my special gift for her...ha..ha..ha..I mean the design...teringat pula bait2 puitis dlam one of my favorite writer's novel ...bunga yg cantik adalah untuk org yg cantik....so this beutiful cake is for someone beatiful..not only dari paras rupa..but beautiful heart also...she is indeed a very beautiful sister..thank you Erin for all what u had done for me..tq for yr support and thank you for yr words when I am in my down mood...love u..mmmuahhh...

Last but not least to Erin and Shafiee...selamat menjalani kehidupan berdua..and always remember each of u adalah penyokong untuk yg lagi satu...sabar dlm menghadapi
segala ujian rumahtangga..and sentisa berdoa supaya sentiasa bersama hingga ke jannah...By the way...thank you for the warmth hospitality from yr family Datuk Yahya and Datin Rozana...glad that aunty loved the cake...salam utk aunty. To both of u...selamat berhoneymoon..and don't forget my "warning"...ha..ha..ha...

Bila hati telah luka...

2010-07-14T07:07:00.011+08:00

Salam buat semua...semuga semuanya berada didalam lindungan and rahmat Allah..and sekarang kita sudah melangkah ke bulan Syaaban...and after this is Ramadhan..sekejap sahaja masa berlalu..semuga kita semua sempat untuk meyambut kedatangan Ramadhan..bulan yg penuh kemuliaan..pada yg belum habis ganti puasa lagi jangan bertangguh..tinggal tak berapa hari shaja lagi..Well...kali ni, I,m going to present a very special cake...actually dah lama dah buat cake ni..but entahlah kenapa..hati ni berat sgt utk uploadkan hasil kerja ini lebih awal..mungkin Allah hendak merungkaikan sesuatu...and Alhamdulillah, I thank Allah coz merungkaikannya semuanya. Tajuk entry diatas tiada kena mengena dgn kek ni...cuma that's how i feel now....So, in this entry I do not want to comment banyak2...coz khuatir I will be really sad...sedangkan kek ini dibuat dgn penuh istimewa and banyak waktu yg dikorbankan ..I was really excited with this project...and idea utk buat design ini berinspirasikan dari karya Kerry Vincent..my biggest inspirator dlm kek decorating...hopefully one day I can be like her...

This cake is fully fondant covered, tiga tingkat...and everything was stacked together...the first tier..hiasan semuanya dibuat manually...satu persatu...but since this cake is very special..tak terasa kepenatannya..and memang I want something very elegant for this cake...setiap lingkaran love tersebut dibuat two days in advance..dikeringkan betul2 and diairbrushkan dgn gold sheen..by the way..it was a gold and white theme..Bila dah kering dilekatkan satu persatu...and dihiaskan dgn edible pearl..bought from Cake Connection in PJ. By the way..cake board dicover dgn fondant ..

As for the 2nd tier..I guakan a pecial rolling mat...bought from CC..and di hiaskan dgn royal icing putih utk menaikkan serinya...Oleh kerana jarak penghantarannya dlm melaka sahaja so kek ni distack kan awal2 lagi dari rumah...and dihiaskan dgn pearls..

Untuk tingkat yg ketiga..memang dibuatkan kek ini tinggi..about 5 inch tingginya..dan dihiaskan dgn gems ... I used my gem mould bought from SF..

Well..nothing much to say about this cake eventhough it was supposed to be the most special cake yg pernah I buat...it was done full with my love but it also bring sadness to me..and with that..let me end this entry...sometimes it's better to keep silence...sehingga berjumpa lagi...semuga semua urusan kita dipermudahkan Allah..

Juntaian kasih

2010-07-06T07:29:00.001+08:00

Salam buat semua...have been busy lately with dugaan kehidupan yg benar2 mencabar keimanan...but alhamdulillah walaupun dugaan tersebut berat but one of the hikmah is..my siblings semakin rapat and i'm very lucky to have my sister and brother and also my ipar-ipar...tanpa they all, rasanya dah lama I tumbang dlm menghadapi ujian Allah..tak payahlah cakap ujian apa...but sekadar peringatan untuk kita semua...usahlah kita cuba mengecapi kesenangan dengan merampas kebahagiaan org lain dengan cara yg dilaknati Allah..walaupun didunia kita mungkin boleh tersenyum..tetapi ingatlah akan janji Allah...setiap perbuatan yg menyekutukan Allah neraka jahanam lah tempatnya. And I thank Allah for giving me the strength walaupun kadang2 I almost give up...

Ok..forget about problems..let's talk about something which I adore so much..cake decorating..and this time this cake is so special...it was ordered by a very special friend who had placed the order di awal career I...she always had the cofident in me..The cake was specially ordered for her cousin and to be delivered to Dean Dato Osman Saad di Kem Wardieburn Setapak..and color theme was tiffany blue...and immediately terus terbayang a very feminine concept but elegant...Lots of planning and hard work were put into this cake...and cake nya tiga tingkat...13in, 9inch and 7in...tinggi every layer was about 4 in...so jenuhlah menguli and mencanaikan fondant..but I have my own way dlm mencanai fondant and mengalas kek..tak kira saiz besar or kecil and I learned it from the internet...senang aje sebenarnya...what we have to do is..to get two pieces of large thick plastic...normally i gunakan plastic alas meja...first bentangkan the 1st plastic..put the required amount of fondant atas plastic..and then cover dengan helaian plastic yg kedua..So geleklah fondant tersebut sehingga ke tahap nipis yg sesuai...Angkat fondant tersebut but do not peel off the plastic and cuba letak atas kek..Caution jgn letak dulu...just agak2..bila rasa dah sesuai dgn saiz yg dikehendaki...barulah peel off one of the plastic..preferable plastic yg pada permukaan fondant yg kurang memeuaskan...then angkat fondant tersebut and letakkan diatas kek...perlahan2 peel off the other plastic layer...Tada!!! Senangkan...masa I belajar, normally my instructor akan cakap guna roller..and it was really a nuisance espcially bila lapisan fondant yg nak digunakan bersaiz besar...so that's the tip for today...selamat mencuba...

As usual my favorite flowers digunakan..and this time...warna putih and diairbrushkan dgn americolor pearl white..and it makes the flowers very satin or porcelain like..if I'm not mistaken sebanyak 98 kuntuman bunga ros digunakan and kesemuanya disediakan seminggu lebih awal supaya ia benar2 kering.

Untuk dapatkan warna tiffany ni..I gunakan warna teal wilton and plus sedikit warna hijau..bila dah siap semuanya..diairbrushkan dengan pearl white..itu yg nampak jelas warna tiffany..really stand out bila dah diairbrushkan dgn pearl white..for those yg stay di Melaka..Americolor is sold in Kinh Hin Bukit China,..ha..ha..ha..as usual..this is not a promotion and I do n't earn anything from Mr Lim walaupun I kenal rapat dgn dia..this is my way of helping fellow decorators...To me apa yg kita boleh share..harus diberitahu..tak rugi apa2 pun...Ada yg tanya I ..tak takut persaingan ke? To me why nak takut..rezeki Allah beri and setiap org ada cara kerjanya sendiri..we might have the same recipe but bila dimasak, rasa or texturenya mesti berlainan..coz tukang masaknya berlainan..

Untuk kek ini, I mahukan ciri2 feminin yg ketara..so I chose pearls..I love pearls soooo much...cantik sgt butiran permata...and mesti ada yg tanya mcm mana pearl I boleh sama aje besar...I use my silicon pearl mould bought from SF Bangi...I lovr the silicon pearl walupun harganya boleh tahan coz its very flexible. And for this design, I gunakan juga the tear drop pearl...but adjusted panjangnya...Notice or not the upper part...That's the tier separator....styrofoam dibalut dgn riben warna biru juga...I memang tak suka gunakan kaki plastic for my cakes...So I normally dapatkan bantuan my munchkin to come up with the design...I just akan beritahu my munchkin konsep yg I mahukan for my design and he will do all the tier separators for me...dari memotong hingga memasang riben...Ha..haha..I tahu semuanya dah ready untuk I...Yup, he helps me a lot in my work...and maybe that is one of the reason why i'm so spoiled..but two heads are better than one..at the end of every projects..we'll sit down together and and give comments to our work. OOopps..back to this first tier...atasnya I letakkan kuntuman roses mengelilingi tepi kek...and gabungan roses and pearls diatas kek warna tiffany nampak elegan...as requested by Datin X..he..he.hee..sorry..atas sebab2 tertentu have to rahsiakan nama my good buddy ni..By the way, everything is airbrushed..so do not hesitate to get yr airbrush set for cake decorators..its so easy and menjimatkan banyak masa.

As for the second tier..still gunakan pearls but kali ni..I buat tiga lapisan pearls...and semuanya menggunakan mould...but dipisahkan individually and dilekatkan satu persatu mengelilingi kek...konsep yg sama juga..white roses mengelilingi kek..

For the top tier...The height was about 5 to 6 inch...and memang mencabar juga nak balutkan fondant disebabkan oleh ketinggiannya..but dgn gunakan teknik plastic yg i sebutkan diawal tadi..alhamdulillah tiada masalah. And for this tier..I emphasizekan on the tear drops pearl...suka tengok juntaian pearl tersebut mengelilingi kek...and atasnya dipenuhkan dgn kuntuman bunga...

Finally....the whole cake...all the tiers were handsomely done by my dearest munchkin ...Both of us memang very particular about the tier separators..to us...bila dah buat kek cantik..separatornya pun mesti cantik juga...decorating cake is about everything....from A to Z...penat if kita buat kek cantik2 tiba2 nampak "cake board kedai"..no offense...but pada I mcm mana cantik sekalipun kek tu..if nampak jelas cake board kedai tu..nescaya ia akan mencacatkan hasil kerja kita...Oh ya...for the cake board..I "alaskan" setiapnya dgn fondant. Ha..ha..ha..actually tak alaskan pun...dulu2 memang I alaskan cake board dgn fondant...lepastu angkat kek and alihkan pada cake board yg dah dialaskan tu...But now my work becoming easier..one of my decorator firends ajar..tak payah alas...cukup hanya kalau kita "alaskan" keliling kek sahaja...Maksudnya..put our cake on the board yug tidak dialas...balutkan dgn fondant..then canaikan fondant and alaskan atas board mengelilingi kek..so easy and kemas...tak payah susah2 nak alihkan kek..

Finally the cake was delivered to kem Wardieburn...hmm...notice the name...? I wonder who chose that name for an army camp...mula2 pergi WAR..then DIE...malangnya naib lepas tu kena BURN...pulak..WARDIEBURN...ha..ha..ha...We arrived around 6pm to dewan Datok Osman Saad..and sampai sahaja I terperanjat bila tengok hiasan khemah...HIJAU TURQOISE...and my cake was TIFFANY BLUE..immediately I rang up my Datin X..tanya dia..sebenarnya warna apa walaupun I memang confident dia cakap dgn I warna tiffany blue..but seriaulah juga..nasib baik I tak deletekan pesanan sms nya..memang warna Tiffany katanya..dia pun wonder kenapa warna Turqoise...So we assembled the cake..tiernya memang dah siap dipasang..so just assemble aje..tapi terpkasa diletakkan dibahagian belakang pentas dulu sementara tunggu majlis berinai..which later the cake was brought ke depan....Alhamdulillah Datin X was happy with the cake...and warna baju pengantin senada dengan warna kek..how I wish i dapat letakkan sekali gambar pengantin bersama kek..To Hani and Abu..selamat melayari bahtera rumahtangga...banyak2 timba ilmu rumahtangga..banyak2 bersabar...semuga bersama hingga ke jannah...To my good buddy..Datin X..tq so much for your trust...tq for yr encouragement...am I very lucky..so many people whom I loved are always there to give me all the supports..and I my praise to Allah for all HIS wonderful blessings...

Sehingga ketemu lagi...insyaAllah...me so busy now with Indonesian layer cake project...and maaf segala tempahan untuk birthday, hantaran or wedding cake tidak dapat ditunaikan sehingga habis bulan Ramadhan..jutaan maaf pada yg berhajat..

Ini harta Ahmad Albab yang punya....ha..ha...ha..!!!!!!

2010-06-14T10:34:00.011+08:00

Salam pada semua...maaf kerana sudah lama tidak update blog ni..terlalu sibuk dengan musim perkahwinan..alhamdulillah semuanya dapat disempurnakan ..thank you to Allah who always permudahkan my work...Frankly speaking for the past two weeks had been a very challenging period for me...bukan takut tak dapat siapkan tempahan tetapi takut kematian idea...and there was once after decorating 3 wedding cakes and 2 hantaran cakes..I felt like vommitting..mungkin terlalu overwork..but kena tahan juga sebab harus siapkan one main project..

Kali ni I want to showcase Harta Ahmad Albab...bagi sesiapa yang meminati filem Allahyarham Tan Sri P Ramlee mesti tahu apa dia harta Ahmad Albab...bila cakap pasal harta Ahmad Albab..i mesti senyum ingat keluarga jin dlm cerita tersebut...if only jin semua rupa macam tu, mesti kita tak takut...But I guess nowadays orang lebih takutkan manusia dari takut hantu..at least if jumpa hantu...kita hanya takut saja..but if jumpa penyamun yg tak berhati perut..nyawa boleh melayang dalam sekelip mata..semuga kita dijauhkan dari manusia2 jahat yang tidak berhati perut dan gelap hatinya...tiada sekelumit pun perasaan kasihan or simpati pada mangsa...apa yang penting mereka dapat memuaskan nafsu syaitan mereka....

Kek ini ditempah istimewa oleh my special customer...Fathiah..she was among my first customer yang believe in my artwork..and this cake untuk dihadiahkan kepada rakannya yang akan melangsungkan majlis pernikahan. Fathiah was so excited with my previous "jewellery box"..but after discussing with her..rasanya tak sesuai pula kalau dibuatkan jewellery box since kek kali ini untuk dipersembahkan kepada pihak lelaki..so rasa tak kena pula...Tetapi I still wanted to fulfill hajat Fathiah supaya dibuatkan pearls...she love the pearls...puas jugaa cracking my head...the hteme was brown..so finally..alhamdulillah dapat ilham untuk buat peti harta Ahmad Albab ni...

Waktu membayangkan peti harta ini...I bayangkan yg peti ni mesti nampak rusty sgt...sesuai untuk classic look...I used brown color as the base color then di spraykan dgn copper sheen...oh yes..I really love this copper sheen..automatically my treasure box nampak very classic..trully classis..by the way...fondantnya memang tidak diratakan sgt.. untuk nampakkan kesan yg lebih lagi...Ini bahagian belakang kotak...

As u can see from the sides..memang ada bahagian yg memangnya dibiarkan begitu shaja..and by the way kali ni bahagian atas penutup kotak ini I gunakan dummy...coz bahagiannya besar sgt....I cut few polysterine and bentukkan mengikut bentuk yg dikehendaki..and dilekatkan menggunakan royal icing...but jangan lupa letakkan dowel dibahagian tengah kek mengikut ketinggian bukaan penutup kotak tersebut..

Bahagian atas kotak dipotong melengkung..and heart shape yang diatas penutup ni...i gunakan special mould which i bought from Sugarflours in Bangi. Ha..ha..ha..actually my munchkin yang responsible for this mould..everytime bila pergi sugarflours or any kedai gadget..he will belek satu persatu all the gadgets and he will recommend the one which he thought cantik and memang i akan gunakan..he always gives me his full support in whatever I do...walaupun kadang2 dia tahu I hangat2 tahi ayam aje...there was once I was so crazy about the idea untuk wujudkan my own muslimah fashion line..I wanted to be a fshion designer masa tu..and believe it or not..he bought me a very expensive sewing machine and he fully knew that I memang tak ada experience dlm menjahit baju..it was very sweet of him..unfortunately I tak teruskan niat I..but the sewing machine memang berguna according to my munchkin...ha..ha..ha..sebagai penyendal pintu...and sampai sekarang I have to face the ejekan and sindiran sinis from my munchkin...what to do..me and my hangat2 tahi ayam project...so kenalah i sediakan telinga saja...Even now..my muchkin still perli I lagi.."sampai bila agaknya u akan bertahan dgn cake decorating..let me kniw immediately bila u nak beralih arah buat rumah pulak..jadi contractor.."..ha..ha..ta..tak boleh..coz if nak jadi contractor in Melaka "mahal harganya"...

Sebagai hiasan utama kotak harta Ahmad Albab ni.. i buatkan kepingan hati emas and kepingan syiling emas. Pada hati emas tu I lakarkan "I Love U"..to make the gift more special untuk penerima ..and mesti ada yang wonder mcm mana i boleh dapatkan print out yang begitu kecil..Well, I used my Brigette Letter Press which I bought online dari sis Anis Borhan..another cupcakes decorator yang amat berbakat..Why did I choose to do kepingan hati emas? Kenapa ye? well..it has a very symbollic meaning..Dalam mendirikan sebuah perkahwinan, kasih sayang yg ikhlas dan sepenuh hati adalah paksi utama dlm kebahagiaan rumahtangga..dgn kasih sayang maka kita akan benar2 dapat menikmati keindahan rumahtangga..tanpa kasih dan perasaan cinta maka akan hambarlah rumahtangga...ibarat makan lauk yg tidak bergaram..tawarhambar rasanya...tak kisahlah apa nama masakan kita or chef terkenal mana yang masak..tapi jikalau tidak diletakkan garam maka tak sedaplah masakan tersebut. And kasih sayang untuk suami kita harus diberi sepenuh hati..tak boleh hanya 50% atau 90%..ada isteri yang kata tak boleh beri 100% sebab takut kita dikhianati...but always remember janji Allah..if kita iklhas memberi maka Allah akan membalasnya dgn lebih lagi..mesti ada yg sedang mencebik bibir...sayang 100% hubby kahwin lain juga..but cuba fikir..if kita dah buat sedaya upaya, hubby kita kahwin lagi bukan bermaksud Allah itu tidak adil pada isteri2 yang setia..mungkin ganjaran Allah pada kita bukan kasih sayang sepenuhnya dari hubby kita..but ganjaran dalam bentuk yang lain yang mungkin kita tidak perasan or kita tidak akan nampak..but insyaAllah there will always be ganjaran pada keihlasan kita menyayangi dan mencintai suami kita dgn sepenuh hati..Ada juga isteri zaman moden yg nakal..yang menyimpan sebahagian percent cintanya untuk orang lain..jgn terperanjat..memang ramai isteri2 yg "makan luar" juga..kononnya suaminya membosankan or suaminya mendua or mentigakan dia...mcm manapun kita harus sedar status kita sebagai isteri..bagaimana jahat suami kita sekalipun..jgn kita balas dgn tindakan yang akan mencampakkan kita kedalam bahang api neraka..jumpalah siapa yg sepatutnya dan ambil tindakan mengikut undang2 yang ditetapkan..jangan tempah tiket untuk ke neraka..hanya kerana mengikut bisikan syaitan.

Untuk menambahkan realistic effect pada peti harta ahmad Albab ni..i taburkan sekelilingnya dgn brown sugar..My mucnhkin kata..org sedang susah cari gula..ada yg sorok lagi..u pula taburkan begitu saja...alah sikit saja bukan banyak..and lapisan fondant diatas cake board memang ditekankan dgn tangan shaja..coz nak natural effect..and disembuar dgn orange sheen..by the way, this whole cake memang i gunakan airbrush...the box, the coins, the hearts shape and the pearls too...Oh ya, rantai mutiara tu senang aje buatnya..buatkan shaja "mutiara"nya" kemudian dicucuk dgn tali yang digunakan untuk membuat rantai...Lubang kuncu juga dibuat manually..tak payah pakai mould..Buatkan bentuk bujur, guna nozzle 104 and nozzle 8..Taraa..jadilah lubang kunci..Sometimes in cake decorating we just hv to use apa sahaja yang available...

So here is the final presentation of kotak harta Ahmad Albab...and Fathiah was so excited with this box..alhamdulillah..before delivering this cake to her..i dah warning dia, jgn terperanjat kay...coz she will be getting something totally different..perasan tak kali ni kek hantaran I tak da sekuntum pun bunga hiasan..To Fathiah, tq so much dear for yr trust...and tq for being one of my regular customers..tq so much dear..and thank you sebab kek kali ni bukan last minute order..Sehingga kita berjumpa lagi...semuga semuanya berada dalam rahmat Allah sentiasa...and wait for my next entries..coz I will showcase my new collections of wedding cakes..by the way, harap maaf pada sesiapa yang ingin menempah kek hantaran atau wedding cake...tempahan ditutup sehingga lepas bulan puasa..coz i will be concentrating on my kek lapis serawak and kek lapis indonesia untuk raya..Tempahan utk wedding cake and hantaran boleh dibuat tapi untuk majlis lepas bulan ramadhan sahaja..talking about ramadahhan..dah habis ganti puasa ke? Jgn tunggu last minute..nanti takut tak sempat pulak ;)

May we unite in Jannah..n let me be the head of your bidadari

2010-06-01T08:37:00.012+08:00

Salam buat semua..Actually yesterday was a special day for me and my munchkin..we celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary...yup 14 tahun tapi rasanya mcm baru semalam kami bertemu...dalam tempuh 14 tahun terlalu banyak dugaan dan cabaran yg telah kami lalui..terlalu banyak dugaan besar yg kami lalui bersama..but alhamdulillah dugaan2 tersebutlah yg telah menjadi pemangkin yang menyemarakkan lagi kasih sayang kami..and I thank Allah for one of his wonderful gifts to me..Both of us terlalu rapat..my mucnhkin is not only my hubby..he is evrything to me..there's no words which can describe my loves for him..he is always there beside me..tak kira dalam apa sekalipun ..he is always there to give me all the supports in everything that I do or venture into..walaupun seringkali dia tahu I mesti akan berubah hala tuju..and because of that dengan izin Allah segala apa yg I lakukan selalunya terasa mudah..

Both of us memang terlalu rapat...sepanjang tempuh perkahwinan I..belum sekali kami berjauhan wlaupun semalam..normally if dia ada tugasan luar...I will follow him..and begitu juga sebaliknya..kemana2 kami berdua..ha..ha..ha..and because of that I never pergi melepak bersama my girl friends..so does him...bagi yg tidak tahu, selalunya ramai yg mengatakan I queen control...ha..ha..ha..actually he is the one yg King Control...but he gives me all the freedom..but I choose not too..even waktu I bekerja di pejabat dulupun...everyday we'll go out for lunch date..and sometimes we'll had our lunch date in this one small hotel..there was once , one of his friends yg beristeri dua gave him a thumb up and whispered to him "tahniah u dah pasang dua juga"..kami senyum sahaja..kami masih lagi jalan berpimpin tangan walaupun hanya kepasar membeli ikan n sayur...makan bersuap walaupun diluar..and most of the times..if terserempak dgn rakan2 or his clients..ramai yg ingatkan I "perempuan simpanan" my munchkin...ada sekali we were having our snacks at Kluang Station in Tesco...one of his clients saw us and he joined us..my munchkin bangun untuk ambilkan i tissue..and this old guy tanpa segan silu boleh cakap.."I suka tenguk perempuan cantik macam u" (tang mana cantiknya pun I tak tau le...tu maybe ayat2 memikat)..I duk senyum aje le..dalam hati I berkata..mesti dia ingat i perempuan simpanan my hubby..When my munchkin sampai..dia bisikkan sesuatu..my hubby selamba jawab "Eh..this is my wife lah"...tersenyum sipu that guy..Yup, people always salah faham bila lihat kami berdua..normally bagi yg tak kenal kami, mesti ingat yg kami ni "pasangan kekasih gelap"..Pelikkan..just because we are behaving like husband n wife yg sepatutnya ramai yg tak percaya kami suami isteri..coz ramai pasangan suami isteri yg percaya bahawa buat apa nak tunjukkan kemesraan bila dah kahwin and terutamanya bila dah ramai anak and usia dah meningkat..Pada kami, semakin tua kami semakin rapat lagi hubungan kami..infact i'm missing him now..ha..ha..ha...he is at his office...Selalunyahe will always call me from work and i love to send him loving sms..telling him how i miss and love him..benda2 ni semuaya kecil saja..tetapi kesannya amat besar sekali..

To Allah, both of us berdoa..semuga dikekalkan jodoh kami berdua sehingga ke Jannah and let me be the head of his bidadari..dlm kegembiraan semlam menyambut hari ulangtahun perkahwinan kami..ada juga perasaan sayu..and he noticed it..he asked me why? Tak boleh keluar kata2 untuk menjawab his question but after being asked few times..with tears in my eyes..I told him that..I'm so afraid to face saat2 perpisahan abadi kami..I just can't imagine life without him and I pray hard that biarlah Allah mengambil nyawa I dulu..and he is free to kahwin lagi..I'm too scared even to imagine life without him..he hugged me and said that..."segala apa yg ada diatas dunia ini hanya pinjaman dari Allah...we just have to bersyukur yg Allah beri pinjaman yg terbaik pd kita..but satu hari nanti, samada kita suka atau tidak..kita harus pulangkan apa yang dipinjamkan oleh Allah. So smentara kita masih hidup ini, jgn persiakan segala kesempatan yg kita ada..coz we'll never know bila Allah akan mengambil pinjamanNYA"..Yup..i had already know that...and dah lalui this dugaan when arwah my mum pergi unexpectedly...my life totally changed..but as what he said..Allah telah mengambil balik pinjamn yg terbaik yg diberikan kepada I...and siapa I untuk marah...or menyalahkan takdir

By the way..jangan salah faham pula..all the pictures bukan gmbar kek...mesti ada yg ingat kek...semuanya bunga betul...kebetulan pula...mybe bukan kebetulan..actually bila kita dah terlalu rapat..we tend to berfikiran or mempunyai idea yg sama...mybe the telepathy yg terlalu kuat..normally when ever I nak tekan button phone to call my munchkin, my phone mesti berbunnyi..he is calling me..dlm banyak hal lain pun begitu juga..normally kami dapat meneka apa yg "disembunyikan"..Secretly i made an arrangement with my florist to sent him the bear basket..full with red roses and ferrerro rochets..and he also gave me almost the same thing plus my favorite perfume..the first perfume he gave me di awal perkahwinan kami..

To all readers..sorry to dissapoint u all kali ni...memang banyak kek yg i belum uploadkan lagi..but today I just want to dedicate this entry to my munchkin..he is my love..he is my soul..he is everything to me..and i thank you Allah for one of HIS wonderful pinjaman..and semuga both of us will be string andaikata satu hari nanti Allah menarik balik salah satu pinjamannya..but till that day arrives...I will try my best to treasure all the loves that we share...to my munchkin..I will love u till the end of my life..may we unite in jannah and let me be the head of your bidadaries...

OUR FAVORITE SONG ...MAKING LOVE OUT OF NOTHING AT ALL - AIR SUPPLY
I know just how to whisper,
And I know just how to cry.
I know just where to find the answers,
And I know just how to lie.
I know just how to fake it,
And I know just how to scheme.
I know just when to face the truth,
And then I know just when to dream.

[Verse 2:]
And I know just where to touch you,
And I know just what to prove.
I know when to pull you closer,
And I know when to let you loose.
And I know the night is fading,
And I know that time's gonna fly.
And I'm never gonna tell you ev'rything I've gotta tell you.
But I know I've gotta give it a try.

[Verse 3:]
And I know the roads to riches,
And I know the ways to fame.
I know all the rules and then I know how to break them.
And I always know the name of the game.
((But I don't know how to leave you,))
And I'll never let you fall.
And I don't know how you do it,
Making love out of nothin' at all. (Makin' love.)

[Chorus:]
Out of nothin' at all. (Makin' lo-ah-ove.)
Out of nothin' at all. ((Makin' lo-ah-ove.)

Out of nothin' at all. (Makin' love.)
Out of nothin' at all. (Makin' lo-ah-ove.)
[ Find more Lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.org/t9 ]
Out of nothin' at all. (Makin' lo-ah-ove.)
Out of nothin' at all.

[Bridge:]
Ev'ry time I see you all the rays of the sun,
Are streamin' through the waves in your hair.
And ev'ry star in the sky is taking aim at your eyes,
Like a spotlight. The beating of my heart is a drum.
And it's lost and it's lookin' for a rhythm like you.
You can take the darkness from the pit of the night,
And turn into a beacon burning endlessly bright.
I've got to follow it, 'cause ev'rything I know,
Well, it's nothin' till I give it to you.

[Instrumental break.]

[Verse 4:]
I can make the run or stumble.
I can make the final block.
And I can ((make every tackle at the sound of the whistle.))
((I can make all the stadiums rock.))
I can make tonight forever.
Or I can make it disappear by the dawn,
And I can ((make you every promise that has ever been made.))
((And I can make all your demons be gone,))

[Coda:]
But I'm never gonna make it without you.
Do you really want to see me crawl?
And I'm never gonna make it like you do,
Making love out of nothin' at all. (Makin' love.)
Out of nothin' at all. (Makin' lo-ah-ove.)
Out of nothin' at all. (Makin' lo-ah-ove.)
(Ah-ah.)
Out of nothin' at all. (Makin' love.)
Out of nothin' at all. (Makin' lo-ah-ove.)
Out of nothin' at all. (Makin' lo-ah-ove.)
(Love, lo-ove.)
Out of nothin' at all. (Makin' love.)
Out of nothin' at all. (Makin' lo-ah-ove.)
Out of nothin' at all. (Makin' lo-ah-ove.)
(Love, lo-ove.)
Out of nothin' at aaaall.
(Makin' love.)
(Makin' lo-ah-ove.)
(Makin' lo-ah-ove.)
[Fade:]
(Love, lo-ove.)
Out of nothin' at all. (Makin' love.)
Out of nothin' at all. (Makin' love.)
Out of nothin' at all...

Smokers die younger ?????

2010-05-24T12:00:00.010+08:00

Salam buat semua..had been so busy last week smpai tk sempat untuk update this blog...gonna be very busy again..but as usual..after finishing a big project, i will normally take a day off...untuk refresh and reenergize balik..after this will be a very2 busy and tight schedule..musim org berkompang dan bersanding sudah tiba..maklumlah cuti sekolah..but nowadays bila2 masa ada majlis kahwin..bukan mcm dulu..cuti sekolah baru sibuk..cakap pasal org kahwin..I really miss majlis kahwin dulu2...seronok and meriah sungguh...can still remember if kat rumah datuk I ada buat kerja kahwin...sebulan sebelum majlis semua dah sibuk..apa taknya...sibuk kumpul waris untuk pembahagian tugas, beras and kelapa udah disediakan...and berasnya mesti beras padi baru yg sungguh sedap rasanya....kelapa pula disediakan beratus biji....untuk buat kerisik lain...untuk buat lauk lain....and seminggu sebelum majlis....buluh2 sudah dikumpulkan untuk buat khemah dan juga meja hidangan...bagi kaum perempuan pula, mereka akan sibuk bakar bahulu and buat kuih kering untuk dijadikan sebagai hidangan waktu menolong dan juga untuk bekalan berkat..sehari sebelum majlis perkhawinan..kaum lelaki pula akan sibuk membuat persediaan menyembelih kerbau...dan setrusnya melapah..begitu meriah sekali..bungga manggar dan bunga telur dibuat sendiri dari kertas bunga...dan yg paling best telur2 akan dibungkus didalam kertas tisu...dibalutnya telur tersebut..kedua2 hujungnya dipintal dan kemudian diikat ditengah...sekarang dah tak jumpa lagi...bukan kata nak jumpa telur dibalut kertas tisu...nak jumpa telur pun susah...sebagai ganti diberi gula2 or jeli..dan bagi yg mampu bermacam2 "door gift" yg mahal disediakan untuk diberi pada tetamu...begitu berbeza majlis dahulu dan sekarang...sekarang..majlis perkahwinan dibuat didewan...tiada lagi gotong royong...makanan disediakan oleh caterer ..kadang2 if pergi tak rasa langsung suasana perkahwinana...even keluarga pengantin hanya datang waktu majlis persandingan sahaja..dan dirumah andainya tiada bilik pengantin maka kita langsung tidak akan tahu bahawa terdapat majlis perkahwinan sedang berlaku....

Ok..let's forget about perkahwinan sementara waktu..actually for the past two weeks and akan berlarutan hingga kehujung bulan ini...I will be doing lots of wedding cakes and hantaran cakes....so let me take a break from wedding theme now....and lets talk about "smoking cigar"

this cake was a special request from Nadia and Datin "H"..pemilik busana Vantage di Ayer Keroh...terdapat pelbagai barangan Vantage yg terdapat di kedai Nadia..for those yg ingin berkunjung ke Melaka...kedainya terletak benar2 dipinggir lebuhraya memasuki negeri Melaka...Datin "H" wanted a special birthday cake for her darling hubby Datuk "Z"

I was busy and ada banyak tempahan when Nadia placed the order...she told me abbout what she wanted..her father loves cigar...so she wanted a cake with cigar design..tak kisah mcm mana as long as cigars...and her father's favorite is Davidoff..I was so excited with the chance of doing something different..and immediately agreed to do it walaupun I tahu ada banyak tempahan yg harus disiapkan..ha..ha..ha...peluang keemasan yg tidak boleh ditolak...

Sp puaslah I google cigar Davidoff and decided to come up with Maduro cigar which is one the most expensive cigar produced by Davidoff..mula2 ingat nak buat dlm cigar box..but this Maduro cigar came in a very simple leather box...bahagian tepinya sengaja tidak diratakan untuk menampakkan kesan natural effect...biar nampak kesan kedutan...And ditepinya disisipkan "helaian kertas bungkusan" cigar tersebut

Dibahagian sisi pula..dijalinkan pula dgn "tali fondant"..and this time I used my newly bought extruder...so senanglah sikit..bukan sikit..senang banyak actually..tak payah nak dipintal dgn tangan lagi...

And finally the cigars...at first i thought it was so easy to do the cigars...apa susahkan nak buat sebatang cigar..and I was so wrong...kerja rumit untuk mendapatkan saiz yg betul and yg betul2 dapat memenuhi kotak tersebut...and yg paling rumit ialah untuk menampakkan kesan effect..satu persatu helaian fondant diguakan untuk membalut cigar tersebut...and diwarnakan dgn tangan utk nampakkan kesan effect pada warna cigar tersebut..if not..it would be totally flat color...

So instead of using the Davidoff logo..i replaced with a very more meaning ful logo.."a. y. a. h" yg ditampal satu persatu diatas cigar tersebut...and helaian riben emas melingkari cigar tersebut and diatasnya ditulis nama org2 yg menyayangi Datuk Z...at first Datin H was malu...hanya disuruh letakkan Datuk Z...and Datin H...but to me..tiada apa yg harus dimalukan bila kita ingin meluahkan perasaan kasih sayang kita...akhirnya Nadia asked me to put down "Ayang" nama panggilan manja Datin H..tha'ts more I like it..semakin tua semakin sayang..itulah erti sebuah kebahagiaan rumahtangga...

So dibahagian tepi sekali..ucapan and doa istimewa khas untuk suami dan ayah tersayang....semuga segala apa yg diimpikan tercapai...diatas cake board juga ditulis ucapan selamat untuk Datuk Z..

Ha..ha...ha..sewaktu membuat cake cigar ni..my son kept asking me..tidak bahaya ke hisap cigar..kenbapa tak boleh hisap rokok tapi boleh hisap cigar...terdiam I seketika..memang I ni anti merokok...I don't hate smokers don't get me wrong...it's okay for them to smoke..it's their right..hak asasi kata ramai smokers..BUT please respect non-smokers..we also have the right too...right not to be polluted with the smoke from yr smoking habit...If they want to bahayakan diri mereka it's their choice..but as a second hand smoker..risiko kita lagi tinggi..especially for kids,pregnant ladies, old people...and sesiapa yg allergic pada asap rokok..esp for asmathic people...please kasihan kan kami...u can smoke..but please don't smoke in public...Mesti ada yg nak tahu wether my munchkin is a smoker or not..he WAS A SMOKER..a social smoker...hmm macam2...social smoker kononya..he only smoked bila ada kawan2 but he quitted from smoking bila disebabkan oleh kempen2 anak2nya sendiri...there was one incident he was driving with the kids..when suddenly my son pointed to an anti smoking billboard...yg tunjukkan belahan otak yg kehitaman...spontan sahaja my son cakap "padanlah ayah hisap rokok...sebab otak ayah dah tak boleh digunakan lagi"..ha..ha..ha...not only that...they also buat konsert adik beradik..nyanyi lagu anti merokok..and they also stuck all the stickers anti merokok around the house...and whenever they followed him ke kedai runcit...my munchkin mesti malu if beli rokok..coz my kids would cakap kuat2 especially if ramai org " kata tak nak merokok..tapi beli juga rokok"...and finally i confronted him and said it nicely to him..."I don't mind if u smoke...but just imagine..if u mati sebab merokok...what will happen to anak2 yatim yg u tinggalkan...I tak kisah coz I boleh kahwin lain (nauzubillah...I didn't mean it..saja cakap to make him think clear) but how about yr kids..they can't afford to get the pengganti for u....what will happen to them...think about it" and I left him alone..and alhamdulillah berkat usaha my kids and doa yg tidak putus2..my munchkin quit smoking...cuma bila my father hulur rokok diambil juga...nak jaga hati konon...but he had to bear all the "sindiran" from my kids..as for my father..he is 60 plus already..hisap rokok gudang garam lagi..but still sihat..and my munchkin's great grandfather hidup sampai umur seratus lebih...heavy smoker...hisap rokok gudang garam yg asli lagi..and masih ingat lagi kata dia..."siapa kata org hisap rokok mati muda..tengok aku...sihat aje"..hmm...but tenguklah macam mana kerjanya..kudrat yg dikeluarkan and yg penting pemakanannya...

To Nadia and Datin H, thank you for the order...but too bad coz I tk dapat jumpa Nadia...mucnhkin I yg tolong hantarkan coz I had to finish my other cakes..I had fun doing this cake...and may Allah bless your family...to all my dearest friends...sehingga kita berjumpa lagi..do pray that Allah will permudahkan segala usaha kita...slam kasih sayang

Gadis dan bunga

2010-05-13T23:03:00.015+08:00

Salam buat semua..semuga semuanya berada didalam rahmat Allah...alhamdulillah i'm recovering from my backache and going back to Kota Tinggi ....ribuan ampun dan maaf pada tempahan yg terpaksa ditolak..This is the week which I spent most of my time infront of TV with laptop on my lap...bukannya tenguk apa...sekarang kan sedang demam piala Thomas...so I was following the games too...but too bad, watching the game now macam dah something missing...dah tak ada "mmph" lagi...can still remember during my childhood days..if ada game badminton..zaman2 Misbun Sidek, Razif and Jailani and Foo Kok Keong...bersemangat sangat tengok..penuh suspen and banyak kejutan...there was a game which I couldn't forget...masa tu Malaysia VS musuh tradisi Indonesia and berada dalam perlawanan penentuan...game yg akan menentukan pasukan mana yang akan mara..and the game was played by our Foo Kok Keong...a very veteran player...one thing yg buat I tak lupa was his fighting spirit...he was running all alround the court like a tiger to fight and he never gave up...he let out all his energy and spirit and in the end he was the Wira Malaysia..we won the game...Watching Hafiz Hashim playing yesterday..nothing compared to Foo Kok Keong..he played with real fighting spirit and masa tu tiada langsung imbuhan lumayan yang ditawarkan..apa yg ada adalah semangat untuk menjulang nama Malaysia..and talking about fighting spirit..mesti ada yg sudah lihat satu iklan yg memaparkan Datuk Soh Chin Aun..bintang bola sepak lagenda negara...looking at the iklan..bagai kembali semula to my childhood years too..antara kata2 Dato SCA dlm iklan tu ialah.."before the game..we were so scared and so nervous that we will loose and when u went out from the tunnel"...."and when you are in the field u go in like a tiger and wanting to win the game" and his words at the end begitu bermakna..."there is no point of telling everybody that we are playing for the country..the most important show it"

Maybe ada yg tertanya2 apa yg cuba I nak perkatakan tentang iklan Datuk Soh Chin Aun...ha..ha..ha.. he is not my uncle kay...tapi let's talk about cake dulu before i merepek lagi jauh tentang iklan tu...This hantaran cake was ordered by my dearest Nurul ..my first customer in the baking industry..she ordered 20 loafs each of marble and banana cakes..that was then my first jump into the baking industry..and there wasn't any slightest hint that I would try my hand in cake decorating...and now I'm more into cake decorating than baking...and i'm enjoying every seconds of my work...Nurul wanted a special hantaran cake for adik iparnya..and since she was my first customer ..I planned to do something very special for her..it had to be something beautiful but different....yup I always love to make a cake which does not look like a cake..I love to be different...why we have to be the same as others when we can be different?

So this time round I buatkan bunga2 combination of pink, purple and white
..and ofcourse my favorite flower..roses. Dibandingkan dgn bunga lain ...roses memang bunga yang paling sesuai untuk dijadikan hiasan berbanding dgn bunga lain..sesuai dgn gelaran ratu bunga...Cuma kali ni sebagai bunga "penyibuk"...dibuatkan juga carnation and few other small flowers...All the flowers were airbrushed..and kali ni I gunakan pearl, purple, pink and green sheen..can see the difference ..sungguh ketara sekali...bunga yg diairbrush dgn sheen nampak berkilat mcm bunga porcelain....cuba bandingkan dgn bunga dibawah...which i used luster dust applied manually dgn berus...See the differences? With luster dust..tak semua bahagian bunga dapat disapu and it took longer time to siapkan..

Maybe ada yg ingat,I dah pernah buat bunga dlm bakul...and kali ni I buat juga bunga dalam bakul but different presentation..if dulu my bakul was so "biasa"..kali ni bakulnya ada bentuk dibawah...Actually I didn't carve this cake..sayang pula kalau dipotong...what I did was..baked the cake in my barbie's doll pan..and terus dapat shape mcm tu..b ut of course kena potong bahagian bawah sikit untuk lebih stabil lagi...And anyaman bakul adalh dari fondant..kena buat satu persatu...he..he..he..ni kes terover excited lah ni..sebenarnya boleh guna roller yg ada basket texture..but I guessed I just wanted to have a natural looking rattan basket..and tell u all the satisfaction after seeing the hasil of my work really made me forget about penat menganyam..Actually masa buat bakul ni, I encountered a big problem..kerja yg sepatutnya cepat dah jadi lambat disebabkan oleh fondant yg I gunakan..normally I gunakan Bakel's Pettinice but there was no stock in Melaka..so no choice..terpaksa guna a local brand..which cost me almost the same as Bakel's but quality wise..cukuplah I cakap..I do not want to use that brand lagi..ha..ha..ha..tak boleh tahan..kena cakap juga...it's not white, it's not pliable, it's not halus and it's so difficult to mix the colors..and texturenya macam tpung kuih pau tak jadi..bottom line..NO WAY I'm going to use that brand again walau murah mcm mana pun sekali harganya...I was so furious with that brand..immediately rang up bos King Hin and let him know about that...he..he..he..now ke knows already and always have Bakels for me..tq Mr Lim if not kena pergi KL to get my stock..

Ok..back to this bakul...kali ni ..dibuatkan juga tangkainya...untuk menjadikan tangkai ni lebih kukuh...takut patah ditengah jalan..since ia akan dibawa pulang ke Kelantan...I gunakan wayar ..Bentukkan dulu wayar tu sebelum dilingkar dgn fondat..ukur dulu panjang mana yg kita hendak..So bila dah puas hati, lingkar sahaja wayar tu dgn lingkaran fondant..but peringatan..everytime kita menggunakan bahan yg tidak boleh dimakan untuk hiasan kek kita..we hv to let our customers know..so mereka akan berhati2 takut dimakan oleh kanak2...there was one customer of mind yg called me up and tanya.."kak shikin, lilin tu edible tak?"...masa tu I gunakan fancy candles..since everything boleh dibuat dari fondant, the customer ingat lilin pun I buat..So sepatutnya kita harus tunggu tangkainya kering baru dicucukkan pada kek supaya tangkai dapat berdiri dengan senang disebabkan tiada tekanan berat, tapi sebab I mengejar masa terus cucuk sahaja..lepas dibalutkan tangkainya dgn fondant, dihias pula dgn riben fondant juga...Masa buat bakul ni, bibik I asyik perhati aje...tiba2 dia tanya "Ibu, bakul ini boleh diangkat atau tidak jika dipegang tangkainya?" Tergelak I dengar soalan dia...tapi suspen juga mana tahu tiba2 dia angkat bakul tu...Ha..ha..ha..rupanya bila hantar bakul ni, soalan yg serupa juga diaju oleh tuan rumah " Boleh ke angkat bakul ni?"..Memang bakul bunga ni nampak real..ramai yg terperanjat bila diberitahu sebenarnya ia adalah kek..Thank you Allah for giving me the idea..alhamdulillah.

So semua bunga disusun and my father was sitting beside me masa tu..bagi advise mcm mana nak susun bunga..he..he..he..my dad is also one of the person yg selalu bagi moral support in my cake decorating work..infact he was the one yg cadangkan supaya I gunakan lingakaran wayar untuk mengukuhkan tangkai bakul..He also said..jgn susun bunga mendatar..biar turun naik...ha..ha..ha..he is an expert...coz masa hayat my mum, my mum loved to buat and ubah bunga..she was so good and creative..and there was this one time during raya..our house penuh dgn bunga riben hasil seni my mother..setiap ruang atas meja semua dipenuhi dgn bunga riben..infact sampai kena letak vase atas lantai..org nak beli dia tak nak jual..sayang sgt katanya..can understand her feeling..but I had no choice..bunga tahan lama..tapi kalau kek? But everytime nak "berpisah" dgn my artwork mesti ada perasaan sedih...maklumlah dah berhari2 kita mengadapnya..tiba2 diserahkan pd org lain and tahu pula ia akan dipotong..hu..hu..hu...

So here is the final artwork...was so satisfied with the result..and the customer was so happy too..masa deliver this flower basket...ramai yg terpegun...and ada yg terperanjat when they got to know it was a cake..and all the flowers were edible..

Ok..before I end this entry just wanna continue a little bit about iklan Datuk SCA in the beginning of the entry..we have to be like tigers..fight with a spirit..punya keazaman yg tinggi tak kira dlam bidang apa juga yang kita ceburi..tak kisah lah kita surirumah tangga ke, tukang sapu tepi jalan ke, pegawai besar di pejabat..cake decorator..student..semua yg kita lakukan haruslah bersemangat bukan suku hati or separuh hati...give our full commitment..and jgn takut or risau dgn ketidakupayaan kita..coz "ketidakupayaan" or "ketidakbolehan" kita hanyalah illusi dlm kepala kita yg akan membantutkan kebolehan dan kreativiti kita..jgn terus kata tidak boleh...jgn terus matikan langkah sebelum kita cuba mengangkat kaki masuk ke gelanggang..cuba dulu..give our best try..jadikan halangan sebagai pemangkin yg dapat membakar semangat kita...bila kita sudah cuba dgn memberi sepenuh commitment kita..if tidak menjadi seperti apa yg kita harapkan at least kita puas hati..and jangan kita asyik kata kita akan give our best but in reality..ia hanya words at in our mouth..cakap and buat..tunjuk pada semua..so to my decorator friends especially for my best buddy Elaine who is having big project this coming June..always believe u can do it..give yr best walaupun upahnya tak seberapa..coz ia akan menjadi pemangkin for yr future artwork..if u never try u will never know...ha..ha..ha..fight like a tiger..if kecundang kita puas hati at lest kita dah mengeluarkan cakaran yg hebat...if u all notice..pasangan beregu negara..dipanggil sebagai pasangan bidan terjun..kedua2nya gempal...first time international appearance for one of them...berjumpa dgn pasangan terbaik Eropah...and see how they fought..they fought like real Malaysian warriors..kudos to them..walaupun kalah..their fighting spirit was superb...so to all..stay positive and fly high eventhough sometimes we do not hv the wings...To Nurul and her MIL..thank you for the trust...will be happy to do the wedding cake nanti..hint..hint...;)

Red hot...

2010-05-12T09:03:00.011+08:00

Salam...masih lagi dlm mood "bercuti"....but too bad..i hurt my bak..dah 3 hari kena duduk bersandar aje..ni baru sikit..bagaimana agaknya org yg kena slipdisc...Sakit mcm ni pun I dah rasa gelisah...but alhamdulillah tak lah teruk mana...cuma susah sikit nak bergerak....so taking the advantage to upload another entry yg sepatutnya dah lama dimasukkan...Feel bad today..coz had to turn down a request from a sweet daughter to do a mother's day cake @ teacher's day cake...Had rejected last nite..but she said can i make it for next weekend..to her everyday is a mother's and teacher's day..she is the best mum an dbest teacher to her..I was so touched with her words...and she is only 13 and all the way from Seremban...beruntung the mother for having such a lovely daughter..but too bad coz memang my schedule is really pack for next week..I feel really bad actually..;( So sorry dear...

Ok ...coming back to my entry..this red hot wedding cake dibuatkan istimewa untuk Yana...pasangan kepada Ismail yg I buatkan kek golden wings tu..Two tiered cakes..full fondant...dari mula lagi Yana memang cakap dia nak kek kahwin warna merah garang...supaya org tak berani nak makan...but she wanted white flowers..

Actually she wanted buttercream cake...but I managed to convince her to go for a fondant cake...coz of the look...bukannya buttercream cake tak cantik..but a fondant wedding cake nampak lebih elegan lagi ... to me lah..tak tahu pula pada other cake decors..but most of my friends in KL memang hanya buat fondant wedding cake sahaja..it's a trend in KL..but not in Melaka...maybe tak banyak sgt kot exposure kat melaka..frankly speaking, even kedai2 yg jual brng2 kek pun tak berani nak order fondant banyak2 apalagi dlm packet besar..but alhamdulillah I always got my supply from Mr Lim at KIng Hin Melaka..the only place yg berani jual pack besar..jgn terperanjat..ada juga supplier baru yg boleh tanya kita balik.."Bakel's Pettinice..apa tu?" Tepuk dahi I bila disoal begitu coz they should know all the products in the market...

As for the flowers..i buatkan my fav flowers..roses and mesti ada yg masih nak tahu macam mana ye dapat bunga yg berkilat satin like macam ni..he..he..he...airbrush dgn pearl sheen...boleh juga guna luster dust ..but ia akan ambil masa yg lama nak sapukan satu persatu dan bukan semua bahagian boleh kena...with airbrush hampir semua sudut n celah boleh dikilatkan dlm masa yg sangat singkat..Ramai juga yg kata tak mampu untuk beli airbrush...don't worry if u r really a serious decorator..u won't regret..my airbrush was bought at RM398..Tan See Fong's..but got to know later di Bakers Choice pun ada jual but at much cheaper price..if I'm not mistaken RM200+ aje and free 6 big bottles of sheens worth RM100+..so it's a good bargain...those yg berminat can contact Jay Wong..tauke Bakers Choice..their shop is in Setapak...

Kek bahagian atas ditutupi penuh dgn bunga and memang kali ni i buatkan bunga2 putih halus menjalar kebawah since i hanya boleh bermain dgn warna putih..lingkaran tersebut i gunakan royal icing and dilekatkan dgn press flower kecil..actually it's good to have this press sets...they are very handy...As for the borders..i pipekan juga dgn royal icing bentuk pearls..I sendiri wonder waktu type entry ni kenapalah i tak gunakan my pearl mould..oh ya baru teringat coz waktu i buat kek ni..my munchkin yg ada diploma and degree in pearl border sakit teruk waktu tu..I was shorthanded..

Yana wanted kek yg tinggi..at first I gunakan kaki plastik..but bila tinggi sgt mcm tu..rasa mcm tak sesuai pula..so in order to create more effect i gunakan styrofoam yg dibalut dgn silver paper..

The cake was delivered to her place very early in the morning...but before that ..malam sebelumnya i dah hantarkan kek lapis hantaran Yana..warna merah juga..diatasnya dialaskan dgn fondant dan dihiasi dgn bunga2 kecil..Kek ni i yang bakar but my darling munchkin yg susunkan...can see from the photos bagaimana halus kerja my munchkin..and luckily the cake was done before he felt sick...poor munchkin and poor me coz kena buat semuanya sendiri ;( I am so lucky to have someone like my munchkin yg sentiasa memberi galakan pada I dalam semua bidang yg i ceburi and the best thing he always give me his helping hands..there are things yg he cannot do..decorating cakes or making figurines..but he will still sits beside me sampai pukul 2 pagi with his cup of nescafe..thank you Allah for one of yr wondefrul gifts and I guess my mucnhkin is the main factor yg buatkan i develop dgn cepat dlam cake decorating ...about a year ago..i knew nothing ..not even buttercream..Alhamdulillah tidak terhingga.

By the way..memang tiada gambar yg diambil dirumah Yana..coz dlm I duk kelam kabut kena buat semua bersendirian..tertinggal pula my kamera..so sorry..

To Yana..and Ismail..semuga berbahagia hingga ke jannah...thank you so much..u guys were among my first customers...appreciate yr trust..Pd semua...salam kasih sayang dan semuda dirahmati Allah..to my cake decor friends...hiaslah kek dgn setulus hati coz it will be shown on our decorated cakes...to all my sifus..terima kasih utk semua tunjuk ajar...

Pink...pink..pink...everything is pink

2010-05-11T09:10:00.016+08:00

Salam pada semua...having a very long break..ribuan ampun dan maaf pd tempahan yg terpaksa ditolak pad minggu ni dan hujung minggu coz i'm going back to my MIL's place in Kota Tinggi...dah lama tak dapat balik disebabkan oleh kesibukan membuat kek..so memang minggu ni dikhaskan untuk balik ke Kota Tinggi..By the way..mesti ada yg tanya kenapa I tidak mengucapkan selamat hari ibu..Well, sebenarnya I don't celebrate mothers day...to me tidak ada tarikh khusus untuk menghargai jasa dan pengorbanan seorang ibu..setiap masa kita harus menghargai ibu kita...Kenapa kita harus terikut2 dgn budaya Barat yg meraikan hari ibu pada 9hb May...kenapa satu hari shaja untuk hari ibu..hari yg lain2 tak payah ingat ibu ke? Talking about this..yesterday I went to a clinic..kebetulan sebelum giliran I, giliran seorang ibu tua..jln pun terketar2..dtg bersama dgn anak perempuannya yg bermuka masam..memimpin ibu tua tersebut....Dlm hati I "beruntungnya dia masih ada seorang ibu"..bila tiba giliran makcik tersebut...anaknya bangun memimpin kepintu bilik doktor...dlm hati I "beruntung makcik ni..ada anak yg menjaga beliau..alhamdulillah"...but rupa2nya sampai kemuka pintu sahaja..and i was melopong bila tengok anaknya pulang ketempat duduk...oh dear..kenapa dia tidak mengiringi ibunya berjumpa dgn doktor? Masa my mother ada dulu..walau macam mana sakit my mother pun..i mesti nak masuk bersama walaupun my father sudah ada..coz I wanted to dengar sendiri apa kata doktor...He..he..he..and dalam sakit2 I, masih lagi merungut perlahan2 pada my munchkin...sbenarnya I suka memerhati org lain..sometimes ada yg baik untuk kita ikut dan teladani...dlm I sibuk membebel perlahan2...pintu bilik doktor terbuka dan makcik tu keluar "Ton..doktor panggil nak"...barulah anak perempuan tersebut masuk..and yesterday was a day after hari ibu...Apa gunanya kita berbelanja beratusan ringgit membeli hadiah istimewa pada hari ibu...seolah2 ibu2 kita hanya istimewa untuk satu hari sahaja...and hari2 yg lain ibu kita tidak dipedulikan..sedihkan...Pada yg masih ada ibu..hargailah ibu kita sepanjang masa...jgn bila mereka tak ada baru kita rindu untuk menghargai mereka..udah terlambat dan tiada gunanya...And as for me..walaupun dah hampir 1 setengah tahun my mum pergi kembali menemui Ar-Rahman...hati ini terus dibuai kerinduan..and kebetulan pada "hari ibu" tersebut i was on my way delivering a cake to Bangi..sepanjang jalan semuanya lagu untuk ibu..non stop...he..he..he..siapa dapat bagi tahu...berapa banyak lagu utk hari bapa pula? Garu kepala ya nak memikirkannya...dlm kepala i cuma ada satu lagu saja untuk bapa..tu pun lagu "Bapa ku kahwin lagi"...ha..ha..ha..dah lah tak da lagu yg dicipta istimewa utk para bapa..yg ada dicipta hanya lagu "bapa ku kahwin lagi"..kenapa ye...tak istimewa ke kaum bapa? Or kaum bapa memang selalu buat hal bila isterinya dah tak "mengancam"?

Ok...enough about "bapa ku kahwin lagi"...lets talk about cakes...this cake actually is a birthday cake...ditempah khas oleh kawan semaktab I..cik Sufiah..Dah lama dah cake ni dibuat cuma baru hari ni ada kesempatan utk downloadkan gambar2nya...Sufiah minta kek ini dibuatkan istimewa berwarna pink..untuk anaknya EFA..she told me Efa loves pink so muc..he...he..he..so is the mother...she wants something very special..and she told me Efa loves animals..Mula2 terfikir nak buatkan kek kucing ....but after second thought..I ubah jadi kek 2 tingkat..yg dipenuhi dgn lingkaran ranting and bunga2 kecil and juga butterflies yg berterbangan...

My colors choice are definitely pink and white..tapi with few different hues..Even warna kek pun tidak sama...bahagian atas warna pinknya cerah sikit...and untuk menaikkan lagi seri pink tersebut..i selitkan sikit dgn bunga2 merah..masa ni belum ada iarbrush lagi..so taklah nampak kilat..Rasanya if di airbrushkan mesti kek ni lagi outstanding..

Lingkarannya memang dibuatkan kasar...i just wanted this cake nampak meriah..so dibuatkan juga daun2 yg besar mengelilingi kek..instead of the normal border

Why ya kek bday dua tingkat? Normally bday kek satu tingkat...Saja je i buatkan special untuk sufiah..coz from her msg to me..she loves all my creations and puji2an melambung tinggi..lagipun i tak pernah jumpa Sufiah semenjak kami berpisah selepas tingkatan lima..so this was the first time meeting...excited sgt...so sebab tulah i buatkan kek ni special utk Sufiah and Efa...tak rugi..friendship is above all...and lagipun i memang tak mahu buat something normal..i just wanted it to be a great suprise for the bday girl....EFA...

Atasnya dipenuhi dgn rama2..I love butterfliy so much..rasanya butterfly is synonym dgn kelembutan and kebebasan...seronok tengok butterfly berterbangan..Walaupun nampak kecil..tapi rama2 mempunyai kekuatan yg tidak sepadan dgn saiznya...Begitulah kehebatan and kebesaran Allah yg mencipta mahluknya..ada seenis species rama2 yg terbang sejauh 20 ribu batu hanya untuk bertelur..and after habis bertelur mereka akan terbang pulang sejauh 20 ribu batu lagi..and pulang mereka hanya untuk menghadapi saat2 terakhir kitaran kehidupan..penghijrahan mereka hanya untuk memastikan agar species mereka terus mebiak dibumi Allah..Subhanallah

So the cake was delivered all the way to Bangi..malangnya dapat jumpa sekejap sahaja coz I wasn't feeling well..nak bercakap pun suara tak da...but was so happy dapat jumpa Sufiah yang masih ceria dan tidak berubah..ketawanya masih lagi mcm dulu..sentiasa happy..And the best thing..the birthday girl was so happy to see her bday cake..senyumnya meleret..and she really love pink..mlm tu attirenya semua pink..selipar pun pink..i'm glad i had made the right choice for her..and she called me "aunty cake"..,ha..ha..ha.. a new name for me..

By the way..sufiah juga order 50 cuppies utk diberi pada kawan2 sekelas EFa..and i buatkan cuppiesnya sama theme dgn bday cake...

To Sufiah..tq so much for yr keen inrest in my design...actually by the time i uploadkan entry ni..dah dua kek i buatkan untuk sufiah..delivered to Bangi..a romativ cake for her darling hubby...will upload it later. And Efa masih lagi panggil I "aunty cake"...rasany sampai dia kahwin pun i still akan jadi "aunty cake"..to Efa semuga akan membesar menjadi serikandi solehah..amin

To all..sehingga berjumpa lagi...semuga kita sentiasa dirahmati Allah...and pada sesiapa yg pandai cipta lagu..pleaselah cipta lagu khas untuk kaum bapa..so takdalah bila tiba hari bapa..anak2 akan mendedikasikan lagu "bapaku kahwin lagi"..kesian mak2..mesti senyum kelat bila si anak tujukan lagu tu pada bapa mereka...and always remember..everyday is a mother's day...kasih hormat and sanjung kita tidak terhad pada 9hb May sahaja...kesiankan pada org yg develop the idea 9 may is a mother's day...love yr mum dearly walaupun mereka kuat berleter or membebel..coz bila mereka dah tak ada kita akan rindu pada semuanya...;( A msg i received from somebody which i like to share and renungkan bersama:

To all lovely mothers..it's normal when u're in 20's , u look very "MENGANCAM", When u 're @ 30's, u begin to behave "BERMACAM-MACAM", When u turn 40s - 50s , u will feel "TERANCAM" and sadly when u reach 60's org langsung tak boleh "CAM"..
To me sedihnya jadi seorang wanita yg begini...and pada yg mencipta kata2 ni..seolah2 mereka tidak yakin dgn diri sendiri..jgn perkecilkan kehebatan dan harga diri seorang wanita..jgn kita merendahkan diri kita..berbaggalah kerana Allah mencipta kita sebagai seorang wanita dan ibu...salam pd semua

Merah putih salju

2010-05-06T08:27:00.015+08:00

Salam buat semua...semuga hari ini kita akan terus mendapat rahmat Allah dan memperolehi segala kemudahan dariNya dalam menjalankan urusan harian kita. I'm taking a short break so it's time for me to update this blog with one of my latest cakes..to those yg cakenya belum diuploadkan minta maaf banyak2...rasanya tak cukup tangan nak buat semuanya..Last week sahaja i baked lots of cakes and gambar diatas adalah sebahagian dari kek2 yg ada untuk weekend project and masih ada 5 lagi yg belum dibakar waktu gambar ini diambil...memang I wish sangat ada org bake kan untuk I so that I can concentrate in decorating only. Setakat ni alhamdulillah, all the decoration stuffs are done by me...all the flowers and figurines..sometimes dlm kesuntukan masa, my munchkin cadangkan supaya I beli bunga2 dari CC..but to me my cake is my art..evrything I nak buat sendiri walau susah macam mana sekalipun..Infact few minutes ago, ada seorang rakan yg menelefon utk menempah kek and she stold me that one of her friends pun dah berjinak dgn homebake..and she suggested edible image to me...Well, susah nak cakap ye..coz setiap org ada preferencenya..and me ..I tak suka guna edible image coz to me..ia setakat ambil gambar..pergi kedai buat tempahan..and lekatkan sahaja atas kek..no offense to anybody and I minta maaf banyak2 if I ada menyinggung perasaan decorators yg lain...to me my cake is just not a cake..it's an art..sebab tu everytime dapat tempahan puas kepala ni berfikir..apa pulak I nak buat sekarang..coz I love to be different..why do we have to be the same as others when we can create something different...sekali lagi ampun dan maaf if kata2 I menyinggung hati rakan2 decorators yg lain...

Kek kahwin kali ni lain dari yg lain yg pernah i buat...coz its white..purely white..and dibuat khaas untuk sis Khuraizah yg I amat senang sgt berusan dgn dia..tidak cerewet langsung..dia menyerahkan semuanya pada I..cuma satu aje pinta dia..she wanted white cake and very simple cake..actually dia turut menempah kek hantaran dari I...and this time..I buat kek empat segi..which I tak pernah buat sebelum ni. Khuraizah sent me few photos of her dream cake...which is extremely very simple for me...Untuk kek kahwin, she wanted putih and bunganya merah..but bukan merah yg terang...Hmm, masa mula2 dia cakap merah, in my mind terlintas warna merah cili..and dah readykan fondant utk warna tu..but 2 days before menghias, I sms dia and tanya sekali lagi..coz if based on kek hantarannya warnanya lembut..and why untuk kek kahwin pilihan warnanya begitu contrast...Persoalan itu akhirnya terjawab and betul sangkaan I..dia tak nak merah terang..hmm..so tukar warna kepada merah hati...hopefully it suits her request...So bunga2 ros ni dubiuat sendiri seperti biasa...dan dispraykan dgn pearl sheen..bukan red sheen coz i tak nak nampakkan kemerahannya sgt.

Kek bahagian bawah hiasannya simple shaja..I hanya gunakan my lace pattern and this lace cutter is very easy to use....I highly encourage those yg nak beli lace cutter beli this type...I have few of the cutters, but I love this the most..got it from ICCA..comes in 3 designs in one packet...tapi rasanya di Sugarflours pun ada..What we do is..just roll the fondant..tekan dgn lace mould tu...if u notice the pattern is so sharp..and kemudian potong dgn cutter..so easy..I guess this is the easiest lace cutter yg I pernah gunakan.

Bahagian atasnya pula...dibuatkan empat segi juga..cuma..tinggi sikit..coz i need the height..and kek ini telah dipotong menguncup keatas..he..he..he..for some reason too...Tepi bahagian bawah I gunakan lace cutter juga..but ditepi I gunakan my embrodery print..tapi frust sikit sebab tak nampak sgt kesannya..mungkin sebab i press waktu dah dibalut dgn fondant ..jadi ia menekan fondant ke dalam and printnya tak sharp..next time kena buat sebelum membalut....as u can see kat bawah..the prints on my cake board is very clear and very sharp...by the way, this embroidery set u can get it from Sugar Flours..ada macam2 pattern actually and its very handy...boleh digunakan untuk cupcake...

So this is the top of the cake...sebenarnya tujuan i potong menguncup kek 2nd tier ialah untuk membentuk sebuah kotak yang terbuka and bunga2 terkeluar dari kotak tersebut...Khuraizah wanted something vry simple..and she sent me photos of very simple cakes..rasanya tak sampai hati nak buat begitu simple..and this is my simple. Bahagain penutup cake is a real cake...selepas beberapa kali buat kek berpenutup, alhamdulillah dah tak ada masalah lagi..

So kek kotak tersebut diletakkan senget tetapi senget sikit shaja..so taklah nampak formal sangat..and bunga-bunga disusun jatuh terkeluar...At first, hanya bunga merah sahaja yg diletakkan and I tak puas hati...nampak tak berseri..So proses kerahan tenaga pun bermula..I minta tolong my munchkin tolong buatkan bunga2 putih tu untuk I..he..he..he..walaupun just bentukkan seperti peraldrop..it really meant so much to me..coz it was already late at night...by the way..keseluruhan cake ini di airbrushkan dgn americolor sheen including all the small flowers..evrything has to be berkilat...Finally this cake dapat disiapkan and frankly speaking bagi diri I, memang puas hati sgt coz of the white and red effect..it looks very elegant...I was so pleased, hilang rasa penat.

So the cake was delivered to Khuraizah's place at 6.30pm coz her cake cutting ceremony was after majlis berinai..Senang hati bila mak Khuraizah kata she was so pleased with the hantaran cake which i sent in the morning..I was told semua org kata cantik and amazed at the cake..Thank you Allah for giving me the ideas..Walaupun mak Khuraizah cakap begitu, I masih berdebar lagi ni coz nak tunggu apa pula komen pengantin..and Alhamdulillah she was so happy with the cake..I takut sgt coz she wanted something simple..and the best thing warna merah yg i pilih untuk bunga kena sgt dgn warna merah pilihannya..alhamdulillah..

To Khuraizah...thank you sooo much for y trust in my work and thankyou to u and yr family for yr hospitality...suka sgt bila hantar kek dapat tuan rumah yg peramah and tinggi budi bahasanya..I will always lemah dgn org yg tinggi budi bahasanya..sebab tu wlaupun my price qutation was for simple cakes..but I decided to give more than what she paid for..coz of her budi bahasa waktu berurusab melalui telefon dgn I..Semuga Khuraizah dan suami bahagia hingga ke jannah and i'm sure both of you will raise excellent solleh and sollehah kids..how do i know..insyaAllah bagaimana acuan begitulah hasilnya...tq sis.

By the way, dibawah ini adalah pelamin Khuraizah..it was so simple tapi sweet sgt..and ia adalah hasil kerja tangan Cik Andam Erin...a self taught mak andam..frankly speaking i'm really amazed at her makeup talent..she can simply turn someone to a beautiful princess and the best thing is she only use natural colors..if tak percaya can go to her delimaandaman.fotopages.com...she is Melaka based and her price is very reasonable...by the way I won't be promoting her if her work is "lauya"..seriously she has a big talent..nasib baik Michael Jackson dah tak ada..if not mesti dia pun minta Erin make-upkan dia...he..he..he..saja nak menyakat Erin.

Sehingga berjumpa lagi in the next entry..take care..to new cake decors jgn takut ...always believe in your own talent..;)

Crocs shoes for sales...while stock last

2010-05-03T09:34:00.010+08:00

Salam buat semua..finally dapat update my blog.....was so busy last week, decorating 2 sets of wedding cakes, 2 sets hantaran cuppies, 1 set of kek hantaran and a garden theme birthday cake..a very tiring week but i enjoyed all the work...and happy when all the recipients were happy and excited to see my work..thank you to Allah...

Oh ya..dlm sibuk tu..ada juga buat bisnes lain...jual kasut croc pulak..ada mcm2 warna and design and original lagi..gambar kat atas tu among some of the stock yg ada..tinggal 5 pasang aje lagi..so if u guys are interested pls emel me..and the offer is while stock last..

Ha..ha.ha..actually croc dekat atas tu memang original..buatan tangan I sendiri..tapi croc fondant lah and parts of my decoration. This birthday cake dah lama buat dah..orgnya pun dah ganyut dah..ha..ha..ha..sorry sis Nisa..cuma baru masuk entry aje..banyak sangat yg nak di downloadkan tapi tidak berkesempatan...This cake was ordered by Dilla..her request was...via email

"elmo tu kira theme dia la.. its depends on akk la nk buat mcm mane ye.. we believe in u.. :)additional design.. dilla attach skali kt akk gmbr nz & gmbr nz with musa.. tu akk dsign mcm yg akk buat gadis najlaa tu.. pastu akk design gmbr mcm ade 5 little girls duduk together.simbol setiap sorang akk tulis NZ,KF,KD,HH,KP (nisa,kak fateen,kak dilla,huda hazrina n kak puteri).. mcm frenship mcm tulaa..huhu..
if akk ok..akk design mcm2 jenis gmbr kasut crocs sebb nisa suka kasut crocs...huhu..
n akk letak gak la gmbr love2 skit k..

Main wordings on the cake will be HEY NYSSA! SAY HYE-HYE 20, BYE-BYE 19!
Selamat Hari Tua! Ade aku kesahhh? Yang Adooo!! XOXO~"

Hmm 5 little girls duduk together..and kasut crocs..if buat 5 girls rasa mcm boring pulak..so I combinekan kedua2 hajat tu diatas satu benda..kasut crocs with their initials on it..so lepas potong kek tu..kasut crocs tu boleh jadi souvenir to each of them...and semuga persahabatan mereka kekal abadi..And kasut Crocs disusun di tepi kek..

Elmo was not difficult to do..it was so easy..infact masa i buatkan Elmo tu..my 6 years old daughter pun sibuk buat elmo kat tepi I and elmo dia really look mcm Elmo yg sebenar...so to new beginners if my 6 years old daughter can do it..u all pun mesti boleh lagi buat any figurine...making fondant figurine is just macam main dgn tanah liat..or nama glamornya playdough..Mesti ada yg kata..main tanah liat boleh lekat mcm tu aje..but if fondant nak lekatkan mcm mana? that was my question masa first time I belajar fondant..Tak susah..lekat aje dgn gam UHU..nak kuat lagi guna gam Gajah..gerenti tak tercabut..ha..ha..ha..don't try this attempt...Senang aje sebenarnya nak cantumkan fondant..guna air aje..air biasa tu..bukan air sirap or air teh ok...i guna aje air dari paip tu...but sebab ni kan makanan..so i gunakan air dari my mineral pot..Ada juga yg gunakan putih telur..and gum glue yg dibuat dari fondant juga..

So the Elmo I buatkan kepalanya sahaja..seolah2 terkeluar dari bungkusan..sebab tu I buatkan mcm bungkusan terkoyak...Actually I didn't cut the cake..ada yg buat macam tu..but what I did was..coverkan kek dgn fondant mcm biasa...then i buatkan potongan koyakkan tu dari lapisan fondant kuning and putih..kemudian dicantumkan ditepi elmo..it was easier than cutting it straight from the cake.

Dilla sertakan sekali gmbar2 si Nisa dgn cik abang Musa..and gambar Nisa sekali..So I buatkan 2 frame untuk gambar2 tu..frame yg ada lambang love..maklumlah org tengah hangat bercinta..semuga kekal hingga kejinjang pelamin..but nasihat ikhlas dari seorang kakak..semuga Musa and Nisa dapat menjaga peradaban muslim and Melayu..jgn terikut dgn budaya masa kini...belum apa2 lagi dah mcm suami isteri..kemana2 berkepit..dunia ni mcm milik mereka dua org aje..tkda segan silu langsung..lebih2 lagi bila dah dapat lesen "tunang"..lagi hebat hubungan..maklumlah dah di approvekan oleh mak bapak..tak boleh tegur..bila tegur muka masam...I'm sure my dearest adik Nisa tak termasuk dlm golongan pasangan bercinta yg hanyut dlm dunia mereka sendiri..

Dilla juga minta supaya dituliskan ucapan khas untuk Nisa..and kerana ucapannya panjang sgt..i buatkan mengelilingi kek..and umur Nisa memang I buatkan dlm tulisan roman..so biarlah berapa umur Nisa sebenarnya menjadi rahsia kpd sesiapa yg tidak tahu membaca huruf roman...Ha..ha..ha..me myself actually tak tahu baca huruf roman..pening tenguk XXII or XXVII..but masa buat kek Nisa ni lah baru I faham and tahu mcm mana nak baca angka roman..I'm sure ramai yg mcm I juga hanya tahu 1-5..I,II,III,IV,V....lepas tu dah mula garu kepala..actually if sampai sepuluh mereka gunakan X..so if u tenguk XI...is 11, XII is 12 , XIV is 14...ha..ha..ha..jgn tanya lagi..i pun pening..but my munchkin is very good in this roman numeral..I kan kahwin dgn org Roman..ada iras Julius Caesar lagi..By the way..XX diatas kek tu maksudnya 20 and XVIIII is 19..10+5+1+1+1+1..oops sorry peningkan kepala u all..and to Nisa sorry revealkan umur u..but u far younger than this old kakak..hu..hu..huBy the way the XOXO tkda dlm roman numerals..XOXO tu maksudnya hugs and kisses..bahasa budak2 sekarang...makin pening kepala..

Diletakkan juga lambang love atas kek tu..actually I really admire persahabatan they all ni...very rapat and masing2 really apprecite their friendship and the best thing is mereka bukan sama umur..ther are seniors and juniors..sebab tu..dibuatkan "we love you" diatas 3 heart shape yg dicucukkan dgn wire

So finally the cake was delivered to Dilla and I was told Nisa was really suprised with the Elmo cakes..dapat bayangkan mcm mana excitement nya...Well to dearest sis Nisa..a vey belated happy bithday..but I had wished her a day after..ingat nak wish dia on the day...but takut pula kek tu belum direveal lagi...kek tu terpaksa disorokkan dulu a day before the celebration at a nother friends house coz one of the special guest was not around masa tu..hmm cuba teka siapa..? Siapa lagi...Cik abang Musa si Nisa lah..To Nisa..selamat melangkah ke fasa dekad yg ketiga ..semuga menjadi anak kebangaan ibubapa...yg sentiasa tahu menjaga nama and maruah keluarga..and semuga menjadi muslimah solehah..and please no more "SUBUH ORDERS" for me..only her knows the meaning of subuh orders...

Ok doki..till we meet again in another entry...actually tak sabar nak tunjuk gambar2 kek2 kahwin yg terbaru..new design ala Kerry Vincents and set kek kahwin warna putih..my first white cake..will post it as soon as i'm free..this week penuh dgn kek..hari ni pun kena buat set cuppies..and I masih lagi menaip..ketemu lagi dilain entry and semuga kita mendapat rahmat and hidayah Allah..

Juraian Mutiara Kasih

2010-04-23T09:31:00.011+08:00

Salam pada semua...yup..this week supposed to be a busy week but kita merancang but Allah yang menentukan..for the first time in my cake deco history (he...he...he...mcm lama sgt) saya ditipu oleh seorang mak andam dari Kajang..tak payahlah sebut namanya..but hati ini terkilan kerana sebagai seorang makandam dia mesti tahu etika perniagaan begini..Bukan untuk mengutuk mak andam ini but supaya menjadi iktibar kepada semua cake decorator supaya mengambil iktibar dan berhati2 supaya tidak ditipu oleh manusia yg tidak berhati perut..Ceritanya begini..this mak andam kajang..tidak pernah saya jumpa..majlis perkahwinannya di Bemban..hujung minggu ni...Dia telefon saya dah lama..asking me to do cake kahwin tiga tingkat full fondant..beria2 call..but seperti selalunya saya cakap...sabar lama lagi..then she called lagi..nak buat tempahan hantaran Manchester United...lepas tu call lagi nak 200 cupcakes for VIP...Well...I blocked the date for her walaupun ada few orders coz I don't think I can manage it..2 weeks lagi dia nak kahwin..I called her..but tak angkat..finally dia angkat and tanya siapa ni? Hmmm..dia kata phone dia rosak sebab tu tak boleh call me..padahal my number ada diblog...at the same time masa buat tempahan, dia cakap dia baik dgn my friend Mak Andam Erin..and sepupu dia ada dua orng nak tempah kek kahwin from me somewhere in June and September..She told me the color of her cake..hijau lumut and putih and i dah beli dah barang2 utk hiasan. A week before..called her up..dia kata dia nak jumpa..actually banyak kali dia cakap nak jumpa but setiap kali nak jumpa ada aje alasan tak jadi..By the way, cake fondant tiga tingkat dah jadi kek buttercream...mak tak suka fondant..tak cantik, cupcake cancel..tupun sebab i yg tanya..sedara sponsor...kek hantaran tetap jadi..Hati ni memang rasa tak sedap..so i tak buatkan keknya..bila she got to know about the price..dia kata nanti dulu tanya mak...sampai lah kehari ni dia tak bagi maklum balas..Melaka is so small..Rupa2nya ada banyak lagi cerita tentang mak andam kajang ni yg i tahu dari kawan2 dlm bidang ini and semuanya cerita yang sama..terperanjat I. Kesimpulannya..this mak andam sebenarnya tak da budget tapi nak yg best...but apa salahnya if dari awal lagi cakap budgetnya besar mana..so boleh adjust accordingly and janganlah order ni order tu..and yg bestnya pada awalnya dia kata budget tak kisah..Memang marah sgt..it's not the money but this mak andam is in the same industry should know mcm mana rentak urusan perniagaan..at least give a courtesy call to cancel or minta maaf but dia buat bodoh aje...Now I know why ramai pasangan yg baru berkahwin tidak bahagia and ramai yg bercerai...coz dari awal lagi dah menganaya org..but to this Mak andam don't worry..sebagai seorang yg teranaya...I doakan supaya u diberi hidayah..tapi always remember..if kita menganaya org..one day kita akan dianaya lebih dasyat lagi..My mistake was, I didn't ask for the deposit coz I trusted her and she kept on saying that dia kenal baik dgn my friend..So pada cake decorator yg lain ambil iktibar...jgn sampai ditipu oleh org yg tidak berhati perut...To mak andam Kajang..semuga perkahwinan u di Bemban pada hujung minggu ni akan berjalan dgn lancar and semuga rumahtangga u bahagia hingga kejannah and semuga u diberi hidayah..coz bagaimana kita begitulah anak2 kita..coz kita adalah acuan kepada anak2 kita...if u are reading this, terimalah teguran iklas ini dgn hati yg terbuka.

Okay back to my cake story..so sorri I just want to let out my frustration..This cake hantaran adalah set hantaran yg ditempah oleh Kak Nora Qausar (Sesiapa yg berminat nak tempah cookie raya can contact her..i'll give u her number and deal straight away dgn dia..harganya amat berpatutan untuk pemborong..don't worry I don't take commission..ikhlas menolong rakan2). So as usual..i love to create a cake which does not look like a cake..so this time round..i decided to buatkan kotak jewellery..or kotak barang kemas yg dipenuhi dgn mutiara..Tema yg dikehendaki ialah warna emas...

Atas kotak ini..ditengah2nya dihiasi dgn sekuntum bunga mawar berwarna merah hati..and keseluruhan kotak ini berwarna putih dan dilingkari dgn lingkaran berwarna emas. Penutup kotak ini adalah real cake..yg diletak diatas board..Lingkaran ditepi bunga I gunakan patchwork cutter..memang berguna cutter ni..and tak susah sgt nak digunakan..By the way, I gunakan textured mat untuk membentuk corak diatas fondant putih..which I bought from Cake Connection..and pricenya very reasonable compared to W**** textured mat..ada 4 corak semuanya....bila dah siap gelek fondant tu..tekankan textured mat tu dibahagian atas..senang sgt..:)

Lingkaran tepi...I gunakan fondant bukan royal icing..and if dilihat betul2 sebenarnya ia terangkat dari permukaannya....I gunakan fondant extruder untuk membuat lingkaran ini..semuanya sama besar..dikeringkan and di airbrushkan dgn warna emas. And untuk mencantikkan lagi, i lekatkan keliling penutup ni dgn lingkaran pearl..i used my blue silicon mould which is so flexibe..and i got it from Sugarflours Bangi..ha..ha..ha..macm iklan pula...nope, bukan tujuan promosi..i don't earn anything pun..but just nak memudahkan rakan2 decorator utk mendapatkannya..

This cake is quite big...i gunakan board kek 14 inch..and beratnya jgn cakaplah..I had to bake two 9x13 inch cakes for this box..And every single thing of this cake was airbrushed..bahagian putih i gunakan pearl sheen..i really love the Americolor sheen set..by the way..it also comes in a big bottle which is lagi ekonomi..in Melaka u can get it from King Hin Bukit China..tak semestinya kena guna airbrush...boleh sapu dgn berus lukisan.

As for the lid..dilekatkan dgn royal icing and dibahagian depan ada dowel untuk menampung berat kek and supaya ia dapat dilihat seperti terangkat..this is my second experience so taklah berdebar sgt mcm sewaktu i buat the purple flower box dulu..By the way...mutiara tu memang dari fondant and edible..dibulatkan satu demi satu and dicucuk dgn benang..mcm nak buat rantai yg sebenar..and this was done by my daughter..I just want the box to look elegant..and mahal...

Bahagian alasnya..seperti biasa...alas fondant yg digubah supaya membentuk seprti kain satin..and diairbrushkan dgn warna emas..So the whole presentation..a jewellery box penuh dgn untain and juraian rantai mutiara..was so excited masa disiapkan..puas hati sgt..so was Kak Nora's family..komen Kak Nora..mereka tergamam and it was so different...alhamdulillah..

So sehingga kita bertemu lagi..pada my fellow cake decorator friends ambil iktibar dari pengalaman I..jgn sampai tertipu..And kepada readers lain yg mungkin ingin menempah..jgnlah takut...its better to berterus terang dari awal tentang apa yg dimahukan and juga tentang budget yg tersedia..we can go flexible tapi pada harga yang berpatutan...jgn kita cuba menipu and menyusahkan org lain especially bila kita hendak menempah kek kahwin..maybe nampak tak da benda..alah tipu kek kahwin..tapi bukankah kita sebenarnya hendak memulakan rumahtangga kita..if dari awal kita dah anaya orang.dlm proses hendak mendirikan rumahtangga..macam mana kita nak rumahtangga kita bahagia and diberkati..To mak andam Kajang...terimalah teguran ini dgn hati terbuka..

Persada Kilauan Emas

2010-04-21T09:09:00.011+08:00

Salam buat semua..tak sabar rasanya nak tunjukkan my latest wedding cake...which is the most special wedding cake yg I pernah buat...memerlukan masa and tenaga yang paling banyak, but I'm so happy. This cake was ordered by Lady boss Qausar Cake House..bagi org Muar mesti tahu Qausar Cake House...Roti Qausar lebih sedap dari roti Kim Ling..lembut dan gebu. Sebab tu walaupun I kat Melaka, I still want Qausar to hantar roti mereka ke kedai I..no offense..setakat ni rasanya belum ada roti Bumiputera di Melaka yg dapat menandingi Qausar..They also sell the best raya cookies..

The lady boss known as Kak Nora memang pakar dlm membuat roti, cookies and dah tentunya pakar kek juga..SEbab tu bila dia call untuk tempah wedding cake dari I..macam tak percaya aje..Berdebar pun ada, coz macam nak dapat report kad dari cikgu pula..she wanted fondant cake tiga tingkat, cupcakes and hantaran and kesemuanya harus dihantar ke Shah Alam..Design terpulang pada I, as long as the flowers merah hati..harga pun tak kisah..Bila dia cakap tak kisah harga I was a bit reliefed cz ia memudahkan kerja I...that means I can just do anything for her..To be frank, everytime dapat order I mesti maklumkan kpd yg menempah that my cake is considered expensive if dibandingkan dgn kek dikedai..coz normally if di Melaka ni, they want buttercream sponge cake with buttercream flowers...which I don't do..bukan tak boleh buat, but my love is fondant decorated cake...and kerjanya memang susah..u will know why after reading the whole entry this time.

Okay...starting from cupcakes..oleh kerana main cake dipenuhi dgn bunga, caupcake nya i buatkan simple..but walaupun simple masih lagi rumit kerjanya. Hiasannya hanya bunga kecil2 dan rama2 yang dibuat sendiri. Bunga kecil, selalunya i buat terus letak atas cake..but not this time...even the tiniest flower on the cupcake..semuanya dicetak and diletakkan pada "veiner" mould supaya nampak urat2nya..dikeringkan..bila dah dikeringkan..diwarnakan dgn airbrush and dikeringkan sekali lagi...and this time diletakkan dlm bilik yg beraircond supaya bunga tak jadi lembik. As for the butterflies...nampak simple tapi kerjanya leceh...Untuk butterfly I gunakan patchwork cutter which I beli dari Sugarflours Bangi...pada yg berminat utk mendapatkan gadget tersebut..boleh beli online and mereka akan hantar...Back to the butterfly, adunan fondant hendaklah betul2 "keras" seperti yg dikehendaki supaya senang utk dicetak..if not ia akan melekat di acuan tersebut..and bila udah dicetak bukan ia akan terputus terus...have to cut keliling design..boleh juga sebenarnya diputuskan terus but hasilnya tak cantiklah...tepinya akan jadi mcm kertas yg dikoyakkan..Lepas tu dikeringkan diatas kertas keras yg dilipatkan berbentuk "V" supaya kepaknya akan berdiri. Kemudian diwarnakan emas menggunakan airbrush..tu baru satu bahagian..dikeringkan semula..kemudian diwarnakan pula bahagian belakang..and proses pengeringan lagi sekali..Ni baru buat butterfly dgn bunga kecil2 pun dah ambil masa.

So for final arrangement on the cupcake, dasarnya I memang gunakan warna putih but fondant digelekkan dgn textured rolling pin corak butterfly and bunga juga..and untuk menaikkan seri and kilat..I airbrushkan dgn pearl sheen..kemudian baru diletakkan segala hiasan bunga kecil2 and butterfly dgn menggunakan royal icing..and setiap bunga dihiaskan dgn manik emas..all together semuanya 70 cupcakes..

As for the flowers, I buatkan my favorite flowers..roses..merah hati..masa dapat tempahan, puas I tanya semua org merah hati tu macam mana coz i takut i salah warna..and ramai yg bagi advise especially my friends from My Cake Decorator Club..siap ambil gambar lagi tunjukkan pada I warna merah hati macam mana..tq Kak Zalina..another cake decorator juga...can go to her blog to view her beautiful creation here..http://exclusivebakingoodies.blogspot.com. Bunga ros ni disediak 2 minggu awal..salah satu sebabnya ia ambil masa untuk buat and perlu betul2 kering..I used about 80 kuntum bunga untuk kek ni..lepas semuanya kering di spraykan dgn red sheen..keringkan lagi..and diletakkan dlm bilik aircond..tiap2 hari check takut bunga2 ni jadi lembik..alhamdulillah tidak. As for the daun..gunakan pencetak daun bunga ros..and dispraykan dgn green sheen..quantity daun dua kali ganda dari bunga..

Now..the main presentation the cakes..tier 1..cake choc moist..12 x 4 inci..Tier 2..kek marble strawberry and orange...and choc..10 x 6 inci and tier 3..kek yg sama cuma ukurannya 8 x 5 inci. Memang sengaja gunakan ketinggian yg berlainan for some purpose..u will see it in the whole presentation. Puas menguli fondant and the most difficult part was..nak balut kek ni..coz bawahnya besar sgt...tapi alhamdulillah..oh ya..yang buat lagi penat ialah fondant harus diwarnakan dulu dgn warna ivory..berpeluh dibuatnya..penat sgt tangan..and yg paling sukar ialah bila hendak membalut kek yg kedua dan ketiga coz of its' height..my first pengalaman balut kek tinggi. Bila semua dah siap dibalut..di spraykan pula dgn warna emas menggunakan airbrush..yup i love my airbrush set..it makes my job easier and i really love the americolor sheen..normally if I gunakan can spray, the cost is more RM50 per cake..but since I'm using airbrush my color cost is much lesser..but of course the airbrush is not cheap..Tepi kek pula I hiaskan dgn edible pearl bought from Cake connection PJ...By the way setiap lapisan kek, I gunakan board tebal..coz nak tampung berat..if gunakan board nipis, ia akan merosakkan kek..coz satu board senang utk melengkung...so altogether for these cakes I used 12 cake boards yg dicantumkan utk jadi 3 keping board tebal..and tepinya dibalutkan dgn riben..

Kek no 1 and 2, bunga dihiaskan keliling..but for kek 3..bunga disusun atas permukaan kek..supaya nampak lebih meriah lagi..cupcake disusun bahagian bawah and disusun bertingkat. Actually the stand dirancang dan dibuat oleh my darling munchkin..He was the one yg responsible for everything...color, structure, tinggi, material and susunan...keliling dibalut dgn riben berkilat warna senada..and dialas dgn kain baldu maroon..tak senang nak buat stand ni..and waktu membeli material untuk hiasan kek ni..i was so lega..coz i don't like to to handle benda2 begini..pening...Thank you Allah for a wonderful husband yang selalu memberi perhatian and always be with me dlm semua urusan yg i buat..without him, cake ni tak akan dapat dipersembahkan sekian rupa...Alhamdulillah..

Alhamdulillah kek ni dapat disiapkan lebih kurang pukul 10 mlm..6 hours delay dari waktu yg i jangkakan..coz of few gangguan..can see all the messes..and semua ahli keluarga terlibat..my kids are very helful especially si kakak...normally bila i dah penat sgt..i akan SOS dia untuk menyiapkan hiasan i..but yg ringan lah..but i guess if give her the chance to decorate a whole cake..insyaAllah she can do it already. That night she kept reminding me about the dowels..takut i terlupa pula..memang bahagian doweling ni mendebarkan I..normally i akan letak dowel lebih sikit sebab suspen..walaupun tahu secara theory boleh tampung berat kek..but cake kali ni memang mendebarkan I..even bila siap dipasang dirumah pengantin, I masih lagi cuak and berdebar2 takut customer call cakap kek runtuh..but alhamdulillah tak pernah jadi pulak..and muga tak akan pernah ;)

So finally here is my cake..tapi gambar dirumah...rasa happy sgt tenguk kek ni..segala penat lelah hilang..to me..this is my best work..i spend two weeks of my time untuk siapkan kek ni..and maybe ada yg tanya kenapa gold..Well, kak Nora tak kisah dgn warna yg i pilih..and being somebody yg sukakan kelainan.. i decided on gold..nampak mahal and outstanding..and lain dari yg lain..selalu kan warna putih..

So the cake was delivered all the way to Shah Alam..majlis mula pukul 5 petang so I sampai pukul 2 ptg..seronok jumpa family Kak Nora..they are so frindly especially pakcik Abas...rasa macam dah kenal lama sgt...and yg lebih mengkagumkan I is their humbleness..masyaAllah...banyak nasihat yg diberikan kepada kami berdua..antara nasihatnya..kaya macam mana kitapun..semuanya adalah pemberian dari Allah...jgn sombong..and kalau ada rezeki lebih bantu saudara yg memerlukan..coz itulah kunci kekuatan and kejayaan..Memang terpegun sungguh coz tak sangka...tak payah cakap berapa besarnya rumah tuan rumah..all what I can say..kesemua ahli keluarga ini..both sides bukan calang2 orang but kemesraan dan sifat mereka yg suka merendah diri memang menakjubkan..tapi memang begitulah seharusnya sikap kita..ikut resmi padi..makin berisi makin tunduk kebumi..jgn jadi lalang..makin berisi makin tegak menyombongkan diri..semuga kita semuanya dijauhkan dari sifat2 begitu.

Alhamdulillah akhirnya kek sampai ke destinasi dgn selamat dan tanpa sebarang cacat cela..and finally tegak berdiri di ruang santap VIP..Berdebar juga nak terima kritikan dari tokey kek..alhamdulillah rasanya kak Nora puas hati..begitu juga dengan semua ahli keluarga yg lain..phew lega...Memang setiap kali hantar kek memang berdebar nak tunggu reaksi tuan rumah..

Before i end this entry, pada rakan2 yg baru hendak berjinak2 dalam kek decorating...jgn takut untuk sahut cabaran..yakin dgn diri sendiri and plan betul2 and insyaAllah akan dipermudahkan segala urusan kita..till we meet again..semuga dirahmati Allah..;)

GONG XI FA CHAI !!!

2010-04-20T08:41:00.010+08:00

Ha..ha..ha..mesti ramai yg tertanya2 kenapa entry kali ni bertajuk Gong Xi Fa Chai...actually this was my project during last Chinese New Year...cuppies set untuk dijadikan hadiah...instead of the normal practice bagi hamper..this time I tried to introduced these gifts pulak...To be frank, I always kagum dgn kebudayaan masyarakat china...and my favorite is the lion dance..I will always stop whenever I terserempak dgn pertunjukan tarian singa..Segala pergerakan dan paluan gendang kumpulan tersebut memang benar2 mengkagumkan..evrything is about cooperation and cordination...Bila dgr paluan gendang besar china..memang rasa bersemangat. Ha...ha..ha..there was once I almost nak hantar anak lelaki I pergi belajar tarian singa..

Masyarakat China memang banyak adat budaya yang sungguh unik..budaya hormat menghormati diantara satu sama lain..especially menghormati org2 tua mereka..dan juga kemuafakatan mereka menyokong diantara satu sama lain menyebabkan bangsa mereka sungguh berjaya...but tak tahulah kalau mereka juga akan menerima nasib yg sama dgn bangsa melayu...

Actually tak banyak design yg I buat untuk set gift ni...dua set...Classic and Golden sets ..and 4 design sahaja..tupun dah meletihkan coz semuanya halus2..

For the Golden set ada dua design and the name described everything..ia diwarnakan emas..and handpainted lagi...satu cuppies ambil masa about 15minutes to be finished, and being me..i memang tak tahan bila kena mengadap nbenda yg sama juga...but since kena siapkan tempahan..kenalah sabar. So the first design is the mercun set with bunga sakura...bila buat mercun ni teringat sewaktu zaman persekolahan i di MRSM Muar, Bakri Batu 6, yang terletak dipiinggir pekan kecil dimana kebanyakan penduduknya kaum China..Everytime CNY, mesti meriah dgn bunyi mercun dibakar..and non-stop..benar2 meriah..but tak boleh tidurlah...bising sgt..tapi seronok..by the way all the decorations are from fondant..

Design yg kedua merupakan set tanglung and buah limau..and i like this design the best..and kerjanya pun paling renyah

The 2nd set is the classic set..and the design is a bit tradisional..and classic..i gunakan warna merah..hiasan utamanya..buah limau and bunga sakura...

Set classic yg kedua is the "wang china"..i lupa pula nama dia..masa nak buat benda ni siap telefon my chinese friend bertanyakan namanya..but now dah lupa pula..and bila set ni siap i senyum sendiri..coz ia benar2 nampak classic and macam dlm kalendar china yg lama2.

Masa mula2 I buat promosi set ni , I ewas really hoping akan dapat banyak tempahan..but once tempahan dah start masuk..rasa mcm..aaahhh tak nak terima lagi tempahan coz kerjanya rumit..and harus dibuat dlm masa yg singkat untuk menjamin kesegarannya....bukannya boleh dibuat 2 weeks in advance..i finished everything sehari sebelum CNY and tepat pada masanya untuk diberi sebagai hadiah...all in all, I had fun doing these gifts sets..insyaAllah next year there will be a different design..

Till we meet again in the next entry...semuga semuanya dirahmati Allah..and so sorry coz entry kali mi so short n simple coz i'm in the middle of getting ready for my wedding cake this weekend..but tak sampai hati pula tengok blog ni tak diupdatekan..insyaAllah..in my next entry I will show case my best artwork for wedding cake..to me..it was very grand..the best of my artwork..take care..;)

Tidak Melayu Hilang Di Dunia..

2010-04-14T22:42:00.013+08:00

First of all..before I go further with this entry....let me point out tht this entry has nothing to do with my political belief and nothing to do with racism..being a Malay I just want to write something about how I feel observing the depletion of the Malays...and they blame modernisation as the culprit...

Andaikata HanG Tuah masih hidup, mesti dia akan menangis melihat anak bangsanya yg mula pupus dari muka bumi ini..bukaN pupus secara fizikal..tiap hari ramai anak2 Melayu yang dilahirkan..but ramai yang akan membesar dgn nama Melayu sahaja ..tupun kalau dinamakan Melayu..Cuba kita lihat sekeliling kita berapa ramai anak2 remaja Melayu yang bangga jadi org Melayu..kadang2 geleng kepala bila melihat cara mereka berpakaian dan berinteraksi..tak payah cakap pasal pergaulan sosial mereka..budak bandar and budak kampung sama saja..Kadang2 budak kampung yg lebih bila dah sampai ke kota..agaknya sebab nak sesuaikan kulit mereka dgn kepanasan hawa kota..Tak payah cakap sebab mereka tandus agama...anak Pak Imam pun sama juga..pakai baju dah lah singkat and sempit..terdedah sini terdedah sana..Sedihkan, bapak kat kampung puas ceramah kat masjid ingatkan org lain..anak sendiri kat kota dah lupa harga diri..lupa dirinya beragama Islam and lupa dirinya seorang Melayu..Sedar atau tidak, orang Melayu hari ini rata2 ramai suka berhibur dan berpeleseran...siapa pengunjung konsert Jom Heboh, siapa peserta rancangan mencari bintang baru..tak kira bintang tua or bintang kecil, siapa penonton teramai rancangan hiburan di TV..jawapannya satu sahaja..ORANG MELAYU..Berapa ramai org Melayu yg menyertai rancangan menduga akal and kebijaksanaan( rancangan pop kuiz, Ewah2 etc tak termasuk dlm senarai) ..jarang jumpakan peserta Melayu???

Aaagh!!!! Melayu sudah semakin hilang di dunia..mungkin satu hari nanti anak cucu kita kena buka kamus dewan untuk mendapatkan definisi tepat MELAYU..

Sorry .. I emotional sikit bila cakap pasal Melayu...always ngusik my munchkin...nasib baik I bukan org Melayu...nasib baik I campuran Satu Malaysia..Cina, India, Melayu and Bugis...Kenapa pula malam ni I cakap pasal bangsa Melayu..actually penat sgt hari ni..bukan hari ni..for this week blum rehat lagi..ni I sedang ambil nafas..refresh and sambung balik kerja hari esok..Tu yang ambil peluang update blog..and this time I nak present something yang berkaitan dgn simbol orang Melayu..tanjak or tengkolok or destar..and juga keris..

Maybe ada yg tidak tahu apa dia tanjak..rasanya a picture can tell a thousand word..tak payah nak i huraikan apa dia tanjak. One of my dearest customers..Lynn..the one yg I buatkan vintage bag pink and alat2 solek tempuh hari, beria2 mahu I buatkan kek hantaran berkonsepkan kemelayuan..infact dia emelkan sekali gambar kek..sepasang baju melayu putih diatas songket hitam, disertakan dgn songkok hitam, seutas tasbih and senaskah al-quran..semuanya dibuat dari fondant..I called her up and minta izin utk buat something different..coz I do not want to hasilkan hasil kerja org lain..tapi sebab utama..I don't like to buatkan gubahan Quran from fondant..maaf pada yg terasa..Al-quran is our Holy kitab yg harus dijaga dgn apa cara sekalipun kehormatannya..bukan utk dibuatkan hiasan diatas kek..Alhamdulillah Lynn tak kisah as long as ada unsur Kemelayuan..and mesti ada silver, white and black..

So..bila cakap pasal unsur Kemelayuan..terus terbayang nak buatkan setanjak and keris..dua2nya simbol kemegahan status orang Melayu...masa dululah..sekarang ni kalau pekai setanjak pergi shopping org kata gila...kalau pakai keris kat pinggang sambil ronda KLCC silap2 kena tangkap..So puaslah I google cari gambar keris. Mula2 ingat nak buat keris terbuka sarungnya..kena marah dgn munchkin I. Rupa2nya ada rahsia disebalik keris terbuka sarung apalagi kalau ia tegak terhunus keatas..pantang org Melayu..ia seolah2 mencabar org untuk berlawan dgn kita..dlm erti kata lain mencari musuh. Sumpah..I tak pernah tahu yg kita tidak boleh mempersembahkan keris yg terbuka sarung..well I learnt something. So dibuatkan keris yg bersarung..and diwarnakan silver and gold..actually semenjak ada airbrush, semua kek yg I buat mesti nak di airbrushkan dgn sheen..I am using americolor sheen here...senang sangat guna airbrush...cepat and lebih ekonomi..and hasilnya mengkagumkan..

Sebagai hiasan..diletakkan 3 kuntum mawar putih sebagai penyeri and sebagai simbol kasih sayang Lynn pada buah hatinya. And you all boleh nampak dgn jelas kelainan pada bunga mawar kali ni..bukan sebab i dah edit dgn picasa..memang berkilat macam ni..airbrush dgn pearl sheen..

Tanjak dan keris adalah dua simbol kemegahan orang Melayu..cara persembahnnya pun kena ada cara..penuh beadat dan penuh kelembutan..so kedua2nya diletakkan diatas persada bulat..yang juga diairbrushkan..and I gunakan my new textured roller bought from Bakers choice in Setapak. To my fellow friends yg involve in this deco world ..jgn teragak untuk invest in gadgets..mungkin hari ni kita tak gunakan..but esok lusa mungking the gadgets yg jadi gajah putih boleh memudahkan kerja2 dekorasi kita...bukan sahaja nampakcantik tapi menjimatkan masa kita juga..

Finally introducing the main object..the tanjak..Tapi kita tengok pandangan dari belakang dulu ye. Notice lipatan kecil dibelakang..Jangan salah faham..ini bukan dibuat dari fondant semuanya. Actually it is a mini cake yg dibalut dgn fondant..nampak senang tapi sebenarnya kerjanya rumit for a self taught and a beginner like me coz I beria2 nak menghasilkan seperti tanjak yg sebenar..and kalau tak silap..lipatan tanjak ni diberi nama Dendam Tak Sudah (don't ask me dari mana nama ni dapat and kenapa dipanggil begini, sedangkan kalau diikutkan budaya org Melayu yang pemaaf, kita tidak boleh berdendam) Tanjak ini dikatakan berasal dari Negeri Sembilan and sipakai oleh Yang Dipertuan Agong..Daulat Tuanku. so I follow all the lipatan. To be honest I gave up already..was so frustrated sebab tak menjadi..apatah lagi masa buat ni..ini merupakan kek yg keberapa dlm hari tu I pun dah tak ingat lagi and I was so tired...malam pun dah larut, so I just leave the cake like that..The next morning terus dapat idea nak buat mini cake ni..and alhamdulillah menjadi..and terus call my munchkin..by the way, sengaja digunakan corak lingkaran untuk menampakkan kesan songket..

So here it is, my tanjak Dendam tak sudah..actually I wonder juga sape yg bagi nama mcm ni..honestly ia tak mencerminkan budaya nenek moyang kita yg selalu berpesan..jgn berdendam..maafkan aje..Dendamlah yang akan menghancurkan kita. Nak pakai tanjak dendam tak sudah tak apa..tapi ingat..jangan berdendam :)...Selalunya tanjak akan dihiasi dgn brooch, si I buatkan brooch silver and hitam..

Well, finally before I end this entry..thankyou to Lynn sekali lagi..semuga my artwork dapat puaskan hatinya yang inginkan konsep Melayu..hitam putih and silver. Actually she got to know about my work from my blog..yup, most of my customers adalah dari blog I..terima kasih atas sokongan yg diberi..walaupun kadang kala terpaksa menolak tempahan..bukan sebab sombong..but tak mampu nak membuatnya..i'm afraid if kalau kerja tergopoh2 nanti hasilnya tak cantik...and terima kasih kepad pengunjung blog i yang sentiasa memberi kata2 sokongan and perangsang..thank you so much..hanya Allah yang dapat membalas segala kebaikan...and sehingga kita berjumpa lagi..hayatilah lirik lagu dibawah..first time bila dengar lagu ni..meremang bulu roma dan tanpa disedari air mata mengalir..and rasanya airmata ini akan terus mengalir kerana bangsaku sudah semakin hilang...

Anak kecil main api
Terbakar hatinya yang sepi
Airmata darah bercampur keringat
Bumi dipijak milik orang

Nenek moyang kaya raya
Tergadai seluruh harta benda
Akibat sengketa sesama kita
Cita lenyap di arus zaman

Indahnya bumi kita ini
Warisan berkurun lamanya
Hasil mengalir ke tangan yang lain
Pribumi merintih sendiri

Masa depan sungguh kelam
Kan lenyap peristiwa semalam
Tertutup hati terkunci mati
Maruah peribadi dah hilang

Kini kita cuma tinggal kuasa
Yang akan menentukan bangsa
Bersatulah hati bersama berbakti
Pulih kembali harga diri

Kita sudah tiada masa
Majulah dengan gagah perkasa
Janganlah terlalai teruskan usaha
Melayu kan gagah di Nusantara

An apple a day keeps the doctor away

2010-04-05T08:49:00.022+08:00

But if the doctor is handsome, keep the apple away...ha..ha..ha..that was among one of the famous lines when I was small....tu belum lagi...I have a pen, my pen is blue, I have a friend..and my friend is you...and everybody wrote the same thing on each other autograph...he..he..he..nowadays..budak2 tak de lagi simpan autograf kawan-kawan..dlm autograf muka surat depan pasti ada tulis segala biodata tuanpunya..siap ada makanan kegemaran..minuman kegemaran..and tak lupa cita2...

Coming back to the handsome doctor...bila dah besar ni, kalau boleh i tak nak gi jumpa doctor..walau macam mana handsome doctor tu sekalipun...Sebab utama..if dah kena pergi jumpa doctor..mesti ada sakit...and nowadays senang saja nak dapat sakit...cancer espcially breast cancer is normal now.. Well, since i dah mention about breast cancer..suka sgt nak ingatkan kakak2 and adik2 always check for any unwanted bump di breast kita...it might be sebesar biji kacang..do not take it for granted..u can always do the checkup sendiri..statistic reveal that 1 out of 4 woman boleh dpt cancer..the chinese leads the number..malays paling kurang dapat cancer. TAPI to my malay friends..jgn senyum coz kematian paling tinggi yg disebabkan oleh breast cancer ialah dikalangan wanita melayu..Why..sebab wanita Melayu tk nak dapatkan rawatan di hospital..lebih senang dapatkan rawatan alternatif and trdisional..lagi satu sebab takut tak dapat diterima suami lagi and sumai cari lain..don't laugh..that's the fact...mereka hanya pergi utk dptkan rawatn bila dah stage 3 or 4 stage yg dah almost critical..stage 1 and 2 normally peluang cerah utk diselamatkan lagi..infact my aunty dah almost 11 tahun survive dari breast cancer...once dapat tahu dia terus buat rawatan..and she is very positive..sebab tu bila i tahu ada sesiapa yg ada cancer buah dada..i selalu give my aunt's number and let them talk to her coz she is very positive..to her..everyday is a new day for her..she live to the fullest and she is very active too...So to my dearest lady friends, do not take fogranted of breast cancer...sesiapa sahaja boleh kena termasuk kita...tapi pelik ye..kenapa dulu jarang benar dengar cerita pasal breast cancer..infact nenek2 kita sihat walafiat panjang umur..siap boleh hisap rokok daun lagi separuh tu..and my grandma..use to have that "sentel tembakau" in her mouth all the time and kuat makan sirih..tapi tak kena pun cancer mulut..Wonder why..maybe sebab tak banyak pollution, tak banyak fastfood..tak banyak etc...etc...

This cuppies were specially done for Azlin for her darling sister who is studying medicine in Manipal College...Bersungguh2 dia minta i buatkan cuppies utk adik dia..can sense from her voice that she loves her sister soooo much and sooo special to her..as if I could feel her deeply love for her sister masa dia bercakap dgn I..Actually I was so busy masa ni..but since this is a very special request for somebody very special...i terima juga..but Azlin was so flexible...dia tk kisah bila i boleh buatkan as long as i boleh buatkan..eventhough if boleh dia mahu awal..sebab dia nak pergi kursus...I tried my best to make it for her...Memang i really love my work now..coz my artwork wiling to make other people happy..alhamdulillah.

She requested a medical theme and her darling sister loves green...So it was easy, a set of medical cuppies..but the thing is her sister baru tahun satu..so I had to come up with a "a life of a medical student theme"..he..he..he..baru nak memulakan perjalanan untuk menjadi seorang doktor yang hebat..and here is the first cuppie...books with a mug of coffee...trying to burn the midnite candles..which I hate to do during my student life..I didn't like to stayup..I loved going to bed early...the more I burned the midnite candles...the worst my grades would be..So what normally I did was never to skip my classes eventhough during a heavy snow period..and I had lots of classes started as early as 7.30 in the morning. I believe the concentration in classes is one of the main factor to success in studying and another tip for students...respect yr teacher..tak kisahlah cikgu tu tak pandai mengajar ke...membosankan ke..ALWAYS RESPECT YOUR TEACHERS...restu cikgu amat penting untuk seorang anak murid...sampai sekarang..if I terserempak dgn my teachers..rasa hormat sangat and rasa best sgt..coz they are also one of the main reason I menjadi seorang manusia yg berakal..semuga Allah merahmati semua golongan cikgu2 yg banyak mengajar..tapi pelik ya..kenapa aura cikgu sekarang and cikgu dulu2 lain..aura cikgu lama ni boleh meremangkan bulu roma kita...he..he..he..tak boleh cakap panjang2 pasal benda ni..nanti ramai kawan cikgu2 I yg marahkan I...tapi nak cakap juga. Cikgu sekarang..bukan semua lah..segelintir sahaja..tapi yg segelintir inilah yg merosakkan profession perguruan kita..mereka bukan setakat jadi cikgu pada anak2 kita..tapi mereka juga agen insuran, agen unit trust, agen avon, bos pusat tuisyen..bos tadika and ada juga cikgu yg jadi cake decorator..no offense tu anybody..bukan niat nak menyinngung..tapi itulah hakikatnya..cikgu2 sibuk cari duit lebih..mungking benda2 inilah yg menghilangkan aura cikgu sekarang..Tak pelik ke...disekolah mengajar..dirumah ajar tuisyen pula pada murid yg sama dikelas..kena bayar pulak tu...maksudnya....rasa tak payah I teruskan this discussion..but it's a very sad thing..harap tidak semua cikgu yg menjadikan profession perguruan sebagai landasan semata2 kerana nak cari makan...jadi cikgu hanya sebab tak da kerja lain..so kena masuk maktab perguruan..last choice..

He..he..he..jauh pulak i menyimpang..ok..ok..ok...back to the cuppies...next is the elegant white uniform...this uniform memang hebat...it brings some charisma to doctors...nampak gah aje bila kita nampak doktor dgn uniformnya....

Microscope tak boleh tak ada...one of the main apparatus dalam lab..actually terkial2 juga i nak buat this tiny mini miscroscope..but alhamdulillah menjadi juga.

The next one is the stethoscope..tak sah if tak ada benda ni utk seorang doktor..ha..ha..ha..masa i kecik2 if doktor tak da benda ni dia bukan doktor...kiranya macam polis dgn pistol le..saling melengkapi status....The next apparatus is alat untuk periksa blood pressure and kandungan gula..so sorry..i do not know the scientific names for these things..apa yg I tahu both of these merupakan alat yg diperlukan dirumah I sewaktu my mum was around..my mum jaga sgt kandungan gula..and she was very careful with what she ate..sampaikan kadang2 geram bila she didn't want to take sugar for her diet..but finally dia pergi bukan kerana diabetes or darah tinggi but for no reason..pergi tanpa sebab and mengejut..al-fatihah to my mum...

Next in line...the thermometer..x-ray..and ubat...My mucnhkin loves the x-ray the most..siap boleh nampak hati lagi...kan best kan kalau xray boleh nampak hati org baik or tidak...Ubat2 tu bukan ubat betul kay..semuanya fondant...

If talking about medical mesti ada ambulance and first aid boxkan..so here are the ambulance...and the first aid box..masa buat ni lah i baru perasan..ada dua different symbols for medical "cross" and "bulan"...kenapa ye? Any doctors in teh house care to explain the differences...By the way salute to all ambulance drivers..you all drive mcm F1 drivers...really laju but jaga aspek keselamatan semua..I really love to hear the sirens of ambulance, police and kereta bomba if I'm driving..rasa mcm best sgt bila ketepi...mcm dlm movie pulak..he...he...he...but sometimes sakit hati sgt bila tenguk ada drivers yg tak kisah untuk ketepi..mereka buat "dek" aje..dah tentu ada kecemasan and perlu sampai kedestinasi dgn segera..just imagine if dlm ambulance tu mak bapak kita yg perlu dapatkan rawatan segera..or rumah kita yg terbakar..and just because sikap sombong segelintir manusia...musibah yg sepatutnya dapat dibendung tidak dapat dielakkan..

Last but not leats..the main cuppies to my presentation..Yup...when Azlin told me that her sister Amalina is studying in Manipal College..right away I google about Manipal..sebab tu pilih warna ni utk presentation I..and memang dibuatkan kata2 perangsang utk Amalina...semuga akan tercapai harapan bukan sahaja Amalina tetapi seluruh keluarganya...but satu nasihat ikhlas..jadilah seorng doktor yg benar2 berkhidmat atas prinsip kemanusiaan bukan kerana wang ringgit...maybe to a doktor kematian adalah perkara biasa..but setiap nyawa berharga hingga kesaat akhir..jangan dijadikan qada dan qadar sebagai alasan bagi menutup kecuaian kita..actually itulah penyebab kematian my mum..kecuaian doktor..if by suing the hospital and doctors yg merawat my mum (sorry to say...two of the doctors were sibuk bercerita and giggling sewaktu my mom di beri bantuan pernafasan..it happened right infront of me) boleh menghidupkan kembali my mum..nescaya I will do that..but finally as usual qada dan qadar digunakan sebagai alasan..but sedihkan if we got to know it happened coz of kecuaian doktor..So to Amalina, my doa supaya you will be a very good doctor..insyaAllah..doktor yg tahu amanah and tanggungjawab yg sebenar kenapa dia jadi seorang doktor..bukan kerana sebab satu hari nanti dia boleh jadi kaya raya dgn menjadi seorang doktor pakar..with that I end my entry..slam utk semua..maaf pada sesiapa sahaja yg mungkin tergores dgn entry kali ni...To Azlin tq so much dear..glad that boleh buatkan cuppies utk ungkapan kasih pada adik you...