My bad day

This cuppies set was ordered by Sis Hana for her boyfriend...unfortunately...it was a last minute order and I had the superhero cake to finish..It meant that I won't have much time to put my thinking cap on for this cake..and it took me about 20 minutes to finish the deco...Hana wanted something lovey dovey for her boyfriend..and honestly..masa tu I memang really blank...that's the main reason why I do not take last minute order..it kills creativity....to Hana..i really apologise for my bad artwork....to others please place your orders in advance so I can do all the planning..and honestly most of the time I will do my homework thoroughly for every designs...once again jutaan maaf to Hana...

Wheels on Fire !!!!

I was decorating the birthday cake for Nabila when I received an sms from my dear sis Aminah requesting for another cake for her son's birthday..Azmeer..ha..ha..ha..that was so much like Kak Aminah...normally I hate last minute order..but I can never reject any request from her...

To be honest I was quite panic..coz I had very limited time to decorate two cakes in a very short period of time...that was the reason why I didn't do much for Nabilah's cake (Azmeer's sister)...and when I was told that Azmeer loves motorbike...automatically I was thinking to do a Harley Davidson cake...I guess most bikers would love to own a Harley...including me! I'm not a biker..infact I am very much afraid to ride even a small hondacup...but I'm very much in love with Harley..to me a Harley is a symbol of strength, power and success ..it's my dream to own a Harley Superbike one day in my golden age...ha..ha..ha..just imagine...riding on a Harley along the highway wearing a Harley leather jacket and helmet...not to forget with a bandana covering my face....all eyes would be on me wherever I stop...and just imagine how the jaws of young dudes drop when they realize that the rider whom they whistle at is actually a cute grandma...ha..ha..ha..me and my imagination..anybody care to have that kind of advertisemet?? but it's always in my dream that I would have a pillion rider...and ofcourse my darling handsome munchkin...




Ok..lets forget about my "wild dreams"...due to the time constraint I only managed to do a 2D bike..without the harley logo...I purposely left it out ...so let it just be a motorbike cake...to make it alive..I just add some "fire effect" using orange piping gel....maybe one day...I'll get the chance to do a 3D Harley Davidson cake...

A sweet bday cake for a sweetgirl...Happy bday Nabila

This simple cake was made for my dearest sister..Kak Aminah..for her sweet daughter Nabila...It was a last minute work...notice the girl figurine in the middle of the cake..for those who want to learn how to make it...just log in to cakecentral.com and go for fairydolls...it has all the tutorial...I love this site..they have lots os easy tutorial on figurine..step by step guidance and it takes few minutes to master it..however I was not really happy with the figurine...the detail especially due to the time constraint...u will know why later...

The apple blossom flowers are handmade...the creepy crawlers were buttercream icing..
The candles..bought from Bake With Yen in Puchong...As for the girl in the middle...have to reduce the size of the body next time because when u start to do the dress...it will make the girl look fat...so reduce the size of the body to half of the normal size...

To Kak Aminah..thank you for the order..and to Nabila..happy birthday dear...

Finally.. SuperTheva reveals his handsome face

So sorry...the shot was not really good...but I was quite please with my "copying work" I guess i managed to get as close as possible to the real handso,me Theva...what do you say Vanitha??? He..he..he..only his darling girlfriend can justify the "resemblance"..

Actually I was late in delivering the cake..so I couldn't snap lots of pictures...infact I totally forgot about the candles and the cutting knife...so these are the only close-up pictures of SuperTheva



Here is the final picture of the whole scene...the tunnel..the landslide..the broken railway track...the frightened Hamtaro..and of course the Superhero..SuperTheva the greatest hero...


Finally..some of the photos during the delivery..,everybody was suprised and amazed..since they were expecting a normal superhero cake...once again I was in seventh heaven....the reaction and the faces of excitement .... no words can decribe how I feel..to Vanitha and Theva..thank you so much...hmmm...I'm waiting for your big day.... :)

A fan admiring SuperTheva in his "carriage box" before the assembly....hmm..Vanitha should be very proud with her superhero




More of the crazy and fanatic fans of SuperTheva couldn't wait to snap his photos..






THE END

Where's SuperTheva? Will the engine survive the crash???

Finally SuperTheva was there...but still shy to show his face...the engine was finally stopped by him with his bare hands..saving the life of Hamtaro who was screaming his tongue off ...SuperTheva saved the day..thankyou to SuperTheva...

Help!!!! Save the Hamtaro..

Help! Please help the Hamtaro...Why suddenly there was this Hamtaro in my story...Actually this Hamtaro was requested by Vanitha...in order to tease her boyfriend ...she also requested a tractor..unfortunately I turned down the request coz it won't fit in my steam engine character...It was easy to do this cute Hamtaro..and since he was in danger...his face explained everything...

More pictures of the tunnel and steam engine

Ramadhan Qareem...yes..finally bulan mulia yg kita rindui mengamit kita semula..to all muslim sister and brothers..Ramadhan Qareem..let's pray that Allah will grant us with good health...and strong Iman...and let us maximise our ibadah..and let us pray that Allah akan beri peluang pada kita untuk menjumpai malam seribu bulan...

Sayu hati coz this is the first ramadhan yang I sambut and lalui without my dearest mum...It's so different without her around...life is not the same without her...pd rakan2 yg masih berpeluang untuk merasakan kehangatan pelukan seorang ibu..jagalah hati ibu dengan sebaik2nya...jgn merungut or tarik muka if mereka berleter..coz once mak kita tak ada..kita akan merindui semuanya..and I really envy those yg masih ada mak....for the past months life had change dramatically for me...and that is one of the reason why I choose to do cake ddecorating...coz once I'm busy with a cake...I will "be in a different world" ..a world where I can forget about my sorrow and sadness...I miss my mak so much...and betul kata Allah..syurga bawah tapak kaki ibu..and kasih seorang ibu dibawa sampai ke syurga...If only I would have another few seconds to be with my mum..I will never let her go...how I wish.... :(

Ok...let us forget about rindu yg tidak kesampaian.....here are few pictures of the steam engine and the tunnel..Ignore the toothpicks..it's to strengthen the rail track so that it would look like as if it was dangling....

It's a bird..it's a plane...it's Superman!..oops..IT'S SUPERTHEVA!

Sambung balik...so bila the day came, I had to reconstruct the SuperTheva..notice the "T" symbol...and this is the first time I'm going to work on the cake...to come up with the train ...at first, was thinking to make evertyhing from fondant...but than it would be a waste..since people don't really like fondant..mesti ada yg tak tahu fondant boleh dimakan...he..he..he...mcm i masa mula2 dulu..fondant tu apa benda pun I tak tahu...fondant dibuat dari glycerine, gelatin..halal..., glucose syrup..icing sugar, shortening and air...senang saje nak buat..tapi nak mengulinya..paling I tak suka...

So I potong the cake untuk buat steam engine dr kepala..but I tak nak buat the whole train...so my munchkin came up with the idea...the engine keluar dari tunnel..untuk buat lebih dramatic lagi..I belah dua kek tu and pisahkan as if ada tanah runtuh...baru real sikit ceritanya...the tunnel and the train dr kek yg lain...tunnel tu I salutkan dgn batubatan original...he..he..he..just kidding..but that's what some of my adik2 thought...why I letak batu atas kek? Cement was choc buttercream...

Back of the tunnel...notice the "stones" look like real

So the story of this cake...SuperTheva..being the strongest man..was trying to stop the train with his own bare hands..from falling into the land slide..notice the railway track putus..and kesan tanah runtuh...cake crumbs with cream..


(to be continued)...kena deliver cake :)

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's superman..ooops sorry..IT'S SUPERTHEVA!

What I'm going to show now..it's one of my experiment with the Melaka people..what's the reaction to this kind of cake...

Well the title tells everything....It's about a muscular and strong brother who loves to spend his time in the gym..and this cake was requested by his darling girlfriend..Vanitha as a suprise for his birthday...she placed the order two weeks in advance and requested for a Superhero cake..and she wanted Theva's face to be on the figurine..but she requested for an edible photo of him to be pasted on the superhero's face...and being me..who does not like to deal with edible picture (at the moment....ha..ha..ha..tak boleh habis cakap..takut satu hari nanti kena buat 2 cakes of Manchested United..pening I nanti. After negotiating with her, she agreed not to have the edible photo but with a promise that I will try to "copy" his image as close as possible...eventhough I do not have any idea yet how does he look like..seperti biasa le...confident aje buat janji...but actually that's the secret to all the improvement in my artwork....whenever I make any commitment ahead..it will give me the challenge to better my work...

She send me the photo of her darling..and I knew I was in abig trouble once I saw the photo...well..a promise is a promise...cracked my head on how I'm going to present the cake..I knew Vanitha would only expect a cake with a superman on it..that was simple..but I just had to challenge myself as usual...so together with my darling munchkin..we cracked our head...which superhero...how to show his strength etc..etc...now only I knew that there are 100s of superheros...Finally we agreed that superman..was the best candidate..and as to show his strength...he would be trying to stop a running train...my Diyana cadangkan..LRT...tapi mmacam biasa..i nak buat something different..so I decided to do the steam engine...coz memang nampak power and kuat sgt...

So I started with the superman first..he had to be muscular...he is the picture...memang i puas hati sgt this time...unfortunately when the day came I couldn't use this superman..coz of it's size..it was much bigger than the steam engine...so kenalah buat balik semula



(To be continued)

P/s : To Vanitha...this is the headless "Theva" yg mula2 I buat...but I prefer..the one which I presented kat u all...sabar..nanti sambung lagi...nak deliver cake

Farmyard story 10 (tertinggal pula) - the busy...busy...bugs

Hmm..sebab dah terlalu banyak..sampai terlupa pula these sets of hardworking bugs...These are my fav bugs..but this time instead of sayapnya tertutup seperti biasa..I bukakan sayap the ladybirds..and as for the bees and the beehive..if u masuk site kak min sanusi..mesti perasan yg ia hampir sama..well got the permission personally from her via emel to buat the hive for my project...tq sis...cuma i tambah pintu kecik tu...normally i memang suka add element mcm tu...coz most of the time..i'm always in mmy imagination world once i dah start decorate..

These little bugs teach me lots of things..we have to rajin berusaha..and tanpa jemu...Allah shows us banyak pengajaran melalui kehidupan haiwan and tumbuhan...the world should be our class...belajarlah dari kehidupan and pengalaman...and always bersyukur...

Farmyard story - The end...

Phew...finally..i'm going to end the farmyard story..and here is the picture of the final layout...every cuppies has it owns story...I really had fun while doing all the figures...a big thank you to Kak Yasmin Sanusi from bakingproject.com...banyak i belajar dari site kak Min..dia tak lokek mengajar org n menabur ilmu kat sitenya..hope to meet kak min personally one day...and I am very touch bila Kak Min membalas emel I dlm tempoh yg sekejap walaupun I know she has a hectic schedule..thank you very much sis..and semuga Allah merahmati Kak Min...

So with this..i end up the farmyard story..but soon there will be another story..the superhero story...just wait....To sis Ainil...tqvm for giving me the chance to upgrade my skill via your order...harap yr friend was happy with your thoughfulness...

farmyard story 11 - help!!!!!!!!! lari!!!!!!!

"Tak nak! Tak nak! Antuuuu!!!" that was the remarks from my anak bongsu Ali....he loves every objects in the farmyard story...kecuali benda ni..kenapa ye???? Even my bibik pun tak suka benda ni....ok let us tenguk apa benda yang ditakuti oleh my dearest Ali....jeng..jeng..jeng....


Masih tak clear lagi...saje je nak bagi suspen...but this is the one which I like the most in my cuppies story this time...sebab tu i tunjukkan at almost at the end...i just want to do something different and something yg really boleh mencabar my skill yg tak seberapa....ni..just to beri semangat pada others..always give the best in our work..and always bersyukur dgn anugerah yg Allah berikan pd kita...teringat pesan my mom..bila kita nak bersyukur dgn apa yg kita ada always tenguk kat bawah...jgn tenguk kat atas...for example let say..kita selalu merungut bila makan makanan yg tak sedap...but always ingat kita masih ada lagi makanan yg hendak dimakan..compare to org yg hanya dapat makan nasi dgn garam...kita komplen kereta kita kecik...but bila diatas jalan raya..cuba perhatikan berapa ramai kawan2 kita yg hanya mampu memiliki motosikal..and nak lebih bersyukur lagi..cuba tengok those yg terpaksa bawa baby naik motor...dlm panas terik matahari...mesti sayu hati kita bila tenguk baby tu....so itulah formula my dearest mother bila ingin bersyukur...but bila hendak berjaya..tenguk keatas pula..tenguk org yg lebih berjaya drpd kita..cemburui mereka..but in apositive way..tekadkan azam yg kita akan berusaha kearah itu and we will do much better...so for my friends out there...in this baking or deco industry...jadikan kerja2 lama kita sebagai tanda kesyukuran kita..yg kita telah maju..I'm sure ramai yg akan duduk and belek hasil kerja yg lama and senyum sendir..waktu tu kita rasa mcm dah best n cantik sgt..tapi..sebenarnya..hmmm...senyumle sendiri..and always jadikan rakan2 yg lain especially those yg memang dah terror sebagai sumber inspirasi..I'm sure ramai yg teringin pergi kelas Debbie Brown or Peggy Porshen..but kosnya terlalu tinggi....so rajin2 le tenguk hasil kerja mereka and learn from there..tak dapat rotan...akar pun berguna juga....

Okay...back to the farmyard story...introducing.....


Mr Loba Loba...ha..ha..ha...nope...its Mr Orang2...this is my fav character in this set....just see the hand and actually kakinya tersorok so tak nampak....bila dibuat dari fondant..berat juga....nasib baik orang2 so tak kisahlah nak pakai bamboo picks


So the story was....the Kelinci cuba mencuri lobak diladang..tapi tanpa disangka..ada sepasang mata yg garang sedang memerhatikannya...takut memang takut..tapi curi tetap curi...coz..the orang2 cannot move!! so dari takut jadi berani...in this real world..we have to be very brave and confident..DO NOT GET ME WRONG...i tak suruh mencuri or buat benda yg melanggar undang2...what I mean is...sometimes kita kurang keyakinan diri..kita takut untuk mencuba...kita takut hasil kerja kita tak disukai org...and these kind of negatives feeling akan menghalang kita untuk memanjangkan langkah kita...think positive..cari dimana kita ada peluang...I pernah terbaca one of the rakan bloggers (maaf kalau terkena somebody) yg sedih bila cuppies yg dibawa untuk promosi pd one customer terbalik dlm kereta..but dia bersyukur sgt cuppiesnya jatuh once she knew that the customer is a Wilton instructor.....dia malu dgn hasil kerjanya...to me..I will be more than happy to present my work to any Wilton instructor walau buruk mcm mana sekalipun hasil kerja I...coz disitu ada peluang untuk baiki kelemahan kita...if tak buruk..macam mana nak improve hasil kerja..always think positive....

Well, hv to go ...ada order birthday cake utk a sweet girl....since it is a last minute order..so tak boleh nak buat figurine banyak sgt....take care...and think positive and always bersyukur...

Farmyard story 9 - the magic faraway tree

I'm sure ramai yg pasti baca buku ni masa zaman kanak-kanak dulu...I love that book so much....a story about a magic tree..and everytime there would be a different land on the top of it...land full with fantasies and happening things..if life can just be like that...without sadness and sorrow..just happiness...but then it won't be known as life...it would be called as "dreams"...he..he..he..me and my dreams..

I learned to make this magic faraway tree from Kak June...nak tahu macam mana? Tu kenale pergi class dia..but as I've said before...all these needs imagination and I'm sure everyone of you out there can do the same...coz all these figurine things are just like main dgn tanah liat waktu kita kecik2 dulu..except that this "tanah liat" is edible..happy constructing...

Farmyard story 8 - Si Kelinci yang licik

Kelinci? Mesti ramai yg wonder what is Kelinci...he..he..he..itu bahasa indonesia..yang maksudnya arnab..in this shot...he was trying to steal the carrots...under a pair of fierce eyes...belonging to...let it be a secret...

Yup, sometimes will do apa sahaja untuk memenuhi hawa nafsu mereka..walaupun mereka mungkin merosakkan or mengambil harta org lain...or meranapkan kebahagiaan org lain...dlm ertikata lain mereka ingin hidup bahagia dengan air mata org lain...samada caranya halal or haram they won't mind as long as they are happy..semuga kita dijauhi dari memilikki perangai seperti ini..and sentiasa ingat what goes around comes around...hari ni kita ambil hak org lain and kita tersenyum bangga dgn kejayaan kita..tapi kita kena ingat...entah esok or lusa Allah akan memulangkan segala kejahatan yg kita lakukan kepada kita...ha..ha..ha...sorry for being emotional today...geram dgn org yg selalu menganiaya org lain hanya kerana dia ingin hidup senang....

Farmyard story 7 - mama chicken dan anak2nya

Well..I'm back..after bergelut dgn kek superhero I which was supposed to be done on Saturday..but Sis Vanitha had an exam on that day..so party postponed to tonight...hmm...party on school nite? It's normal for my adik2 in MMU....I will posts the picture later tonite...let it remain a suprise for the superhero...

Back to my farmyard story....mama chicken with her darling chicken....this is my Diyana's fav...my darling eldest daughter...she just love everything about the chicken especially the eggs and the broken shells...bila upload gambar ni..baru peraasan that I forgot to the lines on the chicken wing...next time kena detail lagi...

Farmyard 6 - Si quackie

Introducing Miss Quackie....all lonely in a blue pond....


Before I did this Quackie, I watched few videos on how to construct a duck..just to see how other people doing it...maybe..to some it looks easy..truthly enough it is very easy to construct a duck..but sometimes...by looking at others..we can improvise our technique..let it be the simplest technique..we just have to improvised...so that we can get the best result...

Farmyard story 5 - Si ikan kaloi

My son loves this design especially si ikan kaloi...his comment was..."mesti kawan ibu ingat ikan tu seekor..rupa2nya ada kepala n ekor saja"

Farmyard story 4 - My grandma's well...

Bila buat perigi ni...i teringat zaman kecik2 dulu sewaktu balik kampung my grandma..di Melaka..masa tu I duduk KL...I love her perigi so much..there was a small stream running nearby..with all the greens around..and not to forget ..the water is so clear and segar sgt..he..he..he..especially di bulan puasa...Masa bulan puasa ni le..the perigi was our favorite spot...me and my cousins selalu gi cuci muka...and sambil cuci ..curi minum air...bila ingat semua ni it makes me smile...



My grandma's perigi juga merupakan tempat anak2 dara kampung bergossip and mengumpat juga...every morning most of the anak dara nearby akan datang untuk cuci baju...masa tu pakai sabun cap kapak...I wonder masih ada jual lagi atau tidak sabun cap kapak ni? And normally semuanya akan berkemban saja... :)) Nowadays...perigi dah jadi macam bahan antik pula..and I believe most of our kids tak tahu pun perigi tu apa...

Farmyard story 3 - vegetables and fruits for sale

Ha...ha..ha....I am resigning from decorating cakes....nak jual fruits and vegetables pulak...just kidding...me ..tanam pokok??? My mom always gelakkan I..beli pokok bagai nak rak..akhirnya jadi potpourri...tak da masa nak siram...Actually I am not very satisfied with the cabbage..it looks more like a green rose...will try to perfect it next time..



By the way..the "tanah effect" I guna brown sugar yg ditabur atas buttercream yg diwarnakan coklat.

Farmyard story 2 - Mama Moo and Missy Bekk

Well...look who is here ? Mama Moo with her gift to the world...walaupun sikit but to some people it means a lot..so when we want to give something to others, jgn khuatir samada apa yg kita beri tu mahal or not...yg pentingnya keikhlasan kita sewaktu memberi....buat apa beri bergantang2 if hanya untuk show-off saja..


But bila kita dah beri jgn pula kita suka mengungkit pemberian kita...bak kata my mother..bila tangan kanan memberi..biarlah jgn sampai tangan kiri kita tahu...itu namanya ikhlas...



By the way, apa halnya pula dgn Missy Bek tu...sampai tertiarap...hmm kes makan dah terlalu banyak le ni...ada yg tak ada makanan sampai kena mencuri....ada pula yg sampai lupa diri bila mendapat lebih rezeki dari Allah...





Tapi memang begitule adat alam...bila tak ada kita sanggup melakukan apa sahaja untuk mendapatkan impian kita walaupun kita tahu risikonya amat besar ..but bila dah dapat...kita mula lupa daratan...sebelum dapat kita sering mengadu pd Allah akan kekurangan kita dan merayu supaya kita dikasihani...but malangnya once dah dapat...kita sering lupa pada yg Maha Esa...as if apa yg kita ada semuanya adalah dari hasil titik peluh kita tanpa pertolongan dari Allah...


Jgn ada pula yg ambil hati...but itu lah yg I mahu ceritakan melalui cuppies 2 ni...puas i belek kambing biri2 nak tenguk struktur bulunya...yes..i'm that kind of person..ramai yg tanya kat mana I belajar buat figurine ...my answer...i cuma attend kelas Kak Jun and that's the only formal class...yg selebihnya I belajar dari internet...or pemerhatian I..now bila nampak apa saja interesting I akan belek and berangan yg I akan hasilkannya dlm bentuk fondant....he..he..he..tidur pun terbayang2..hanya yg siapa yg berada dlm dunia "fantasi" akan faham maksud I..Miss Bekk tu ambil masa juga..sebab I buat bulunya satu2....just roll the fondat sampai nipis and rollkan..so nampak curly effect tu....my daughter cakap..nasib baik ibu tak kena buat lima ekor.. :))

Farmyard story 1 - Si Oren and Cik Menti

Well...finally my work on the farmyard cuppies is done...and I'm so happy and proud with my artwork..to me personally...this is my best artwork....I would like to thank Kak Yasmin Sanusi from bakingproject...I dapat banyak knowledge bile browse her site...and I personally msg Kak Min minta kebenaran...coz when it comes to ideas sometimes we might has the same idea...and ofcourse most of the time u can't avoid having the same thing as others...tapi bila fikir...all the cats in the world semua ada 4 kaki...he...he..he.. but as a courtesy to other artist...and at the same time I do not want people to say that I plagiate others...its better to get the permission or at least give some credits....and everyone will be happy....

So...coming back to the cat and mouse story..these cakes are parts of the farmyard story...every of my cake has it own story....and i enjoy doing it...

Introducing my first cat....Si Oren...sedang duduk diatas batu...hmm..he seems like he is eyeing something...apa agaknya ye ?


Tak bergerak2 si Oren memerhatikan sesuatu...maybe musuh or maybe mangsa yg akan menjadi rezeki...apa agaknya ye???





Ooooo...no we know...he is eyeing Cik Menti (my mother always reminded me not to panggil cik Menti with her real name...this creature understand us..and they will react violently against us)...rupa2nya Cik Menti juga mencari rezeki yang terbiar didepan mata....without realizing that she is under the watch of Si Oren yg menunggu masa untuk menerkam...apa agaknya rasa perasaan Cik Menti bila realize ada sepasang mata galak memerhatikannya?



Of course kita dapat agak apa yg dirasai oleh Cik Menti especially when we are trying to grab something which do not belong to us...berdebar2..takut..panik..dan bermacam2 lagi..

Thank you Allah for giving us rezeki yg halal and kita tidak perlu mengambil hak org lain..but to some people they have to do it..in the name of survival...pada kita yg diberi rezeki oleh Allah sentiasa lah bersyukur dgn nikmatNYA dan jgn lupa untuk bersedekah..krn bukan semua yg kita dapat itu milik kita secara total..sebahagiannya adalah milik org lain...and always remember...tangan yg memberi itu lebih baik drpd yg menerima...and the more we give InsyaAllah akan dikurniakan rezeki yg berlipat kali ganda...