A happy Pooh

This cake was done for my staff Lela...AGAIN A LAST MINUTE ORDER for her sister-in-law...at first she requested for an Ultraman cake but then changed her mind. She requested for a Winnie the Pooh cake...so dlm masa yg singkat..i straight away google semua gambar Pooh..and most of gambar Pooh semuanya sedang duduk...boring pulak..then suddenly bila tenguk this "sweet picture" terus fikir nak buat Pooh sedang baring sambil menungkat dagu with kaki belakang terangkat...he..he...he..ni bukan Pooh tapi my "baby boy" yg memang chubby...I just love to ambil gambar2 anak2 I yg mcm ni...it will be my treasure one day..So berinspirasikan dari model "debab" yang sedang tidur dgn nyenyaknya....I came up with this decoration



So the real Pooh dibuat terbaring kesukaan sambil menungkat dagu...my munchkin tanya kenapa Pooh you tak pakai seluar? He never realised yg Pooh memang tak da seluar..I just lekatkan kepala kebadannya dgn menggunakan air and let it stick there for about half an hour..of course kena letakkan penyokong sementara...kaki dan tangangnya pun begitu juga..lepas I dah constructkan ikut gaya yg I mahu, I biarkan kering dulu so the formation stays..bunga semua dari fondant...





Tepi kek memang purposely dibuatkan tak rata sebab nak tunjukkan effect persekitarannya...and nama Balqis dari fondant..and menggunakan template huruf I yg baru...seronok dapat template ni...love tu di buat free hand...but ikut style template tu> The "stone" dari fondant...all in all...I had fun decorating this cake...Balqis was happy too..unfortunately she had to berebut Pooh dgn anak2 sedaranya..so bercerailah kepala dari badannya..it sound like a sad ending..but that the best thing in cake decorating when people admire our artwork...Happy birthday to Balqis...semuga membesar menjadi anak yg solehah dan menjadi kebanggaan kepada semua especially ibu ayah.

Kasihnya ibu membawa ke syurga...kasihnya anak2 sanggup buat apa sahaja..

Yes finally ada masa untuk update this blog and this time memang excited untuk persembahkan a very special cake...all my cakes are special actually but this time teramat istimewanya..sebab...cake ini was requested by a very sweet daughter for her mom and dad...Qilah...classmate my daughter. She wanted it to be a suprise for her mom...so dengan malu2 dia minta I buatkan a very special cake for her umi and abah yg celebrate their birthdays a month apart..her umi suka pink and her abah suka merah..tu saja yg diberitahu..and she told me that she had small budget...I tak fikir pun pasal harga kek tu...yg pentingnya I had to do it for her coz of her thoughtfulness untuk menghargai kedua2 umi dan abah dia...In my mind, I dah terbayangkan keknya nanti mesti kena ada element romantic and sweet...puas dok fikir.



Mula2 ingat nak buat couple holding hands...stick figures..tapi tak romantic pulak..then terfikir nak buat a pair of white dove..but then changed my mind..coz to me a pair of swans explains everything..the warmth of love, closeness, kesetiaan..etc
and begitu jugalah dengan umi and abah Qilah...abahnya sedang bertugas di Vietnam and Uminya sorang2 handle 6 kids in Melaka tanpa sebarang pembantu..sebab tu I want my cake tu menceritakan kisah cinta, kasih sayang and kesabaran mereka...normally most of my cakes ada cerita...so sebab tu kepala swan betina tu terlentok and tunduk didada swan jantan..bukanke begitu hakikat kehidupan suami isteri yang sebenarnya? Isteri harus patuh and tunduk pada suami selagi suami tidak menyuruh membuat kemungkaran and membelakangkan Allah. Once kita dah bersuami, segala kehidupan kita adalah untuk suami and to me, setiap pasangan harus banyak mendalami ilmu rumah tangga...especially about tanggungjawab suami isteri..bila kedua2 pasangan faham akan tugas dan amanah yg harus dilaksanakan maka InsyaAllah bahagialah rumahtangga..mesti ada perasaan tolak ansur and saling faham memahami antara satu sama lain..tapi andaikata ada perkara yang tidak menyenagkan hati..tegurlah...tapi tegur dengan berhikmah..jgn terus hendak melenting. Zaman sekarang tidak sama zaman mak ayah kita..to me zaman sekarang amat mencabar untuk kaum wanita coz lingkungan sosial kita besar and teknologi telekomunikasi pun terlalu canggih..and sampai ada yg disalahgunakan..tak hairan sekarang kalau kita dengar ramai isteri yang curang pada suami...ada boyfriend diluar and tidak kurang pula masih boleh bercerita dengan bangga tentang affair mereka...semuga Allah menjauhi kita dari melakukan perkara2 yang dilaknati Allah...semuga kita akan bertemu dgn suami kita di Jannahtul Firdaus..biarlah kita yg menjadi ketua bidadari pada suami kita...amin..


Back to the cake...it was a chocolat moist cake covered with buttercream...and fondant figures..dihas dengan pearl sugar and bby the way..swans tu I sapukan dengan violet pearl dust..tu yang nampak kilat. I decided to use the pearl sugar..sebab..bila Qilah minta I buatkan kek ni dengan bersungguh2 (she kept on calling up my daughter tanya macam mana rupa kek ni..but i cakap dgn dia rahsia...) I dapat rasakan the warmth of her love towards her parents and the pearl sugar..dapat menggambarkan sesuatu yg sungguh istimewa dan tidak ternilai harganya...kasih sayang seorang anak pada umi and abahnya. Qila minta anak I bawa kek tu kesekolah and dia sudah sediakan beg untuk sorokkan kek tersebut dari uminya...but I told her not to worry, Aunty Shikin akan hantarkan kerumahnya..so mak dia akan lebih suprise lagi...but it turn out I yg surprise coz bila sampai kerumahnya malam tu, Qila straight away ambil kek tersebut and sorokkan dalam bilik dia..nasib baik umi dia di dapur...but bila Uminya muncul, she invited me in..sebab katanya dah disiapkan juadah untuk I...rupanya she thought I datang berjalan kerumahnya....hmmm..I pulak tak boleh bagitau sebab sebenar kedatangan I....nak cakap jalan beraya..raya dah abis...tak kan nak cakap I datang untuk Deepavali...dlm sibuk2 Umi dia dgn I, Qila and her sisters dah nyalakan lilin and buat surpise untuk umi mereka..and she was so suprised..but happy..so barulah I boleh cakap kat dia tujuan I datang...This was the first time, I turut serta dgn majlis yg melibatkan my cake..and bila cake dipotong..it was like..ouch...biasalah kan..but I was happy to be involved in Qila's suprise project...the best part in cake decorating is when you see all the happy smiles...(he..he..he..pls ignore the scene dlm tv) it's worth more than money...happy birthday to umi and abah Qila ..to bad he is still in Vietnam..but I'm sure dia dapat merasakan kasih sayang anak2 dan isteri tersayang yg sabar menunggu kepulangan beliau...semuga keluarga mereka dilimpahi dengan penuh kasih sayang dan kebahagiaan hingga ke akhirat..

A special cake for a sweet "Serikandi"

This cake was done for my dear friend Hana. Dah lama tak dengar cerita dari Kak Hana. Our kids used to go to the same school..Sekolah Rendah Islam Pintar. Terperanjat juga bila dapat call dari Kak Hana...maklumlah dah lama kami tak bertemu and lebih terperanjat lagi bila dia ingin menempah kek untuk puterinya Shahirah..Alhamdulillah...bolehlah saya berangan2 lagi dan melakarkan ilham diatas kek...

Bila tanya Kak Hana apa yg Shahirah minat...terus Kak Hana cakap...mungkin tema Barbie tak sesuai coz she is going to celebrate her 11th birthday...hmmm..sounds like Shahirah ni mesti orangnya matang...so she gave me the freedom to buat apa sahaja yg simple...so seperti biasa..I would just sit down and masuk kedalam dunia imaginasi I...the cake should be something bright and cheerful to picture her age... with some flowers...at the end..the cake should be something sweet and lovely...and menunjukkan kematangan for someone yg baru sahaja berusia 11 tahun...




Notice the wording on the cake...normally memang I tak berapa suka sangat tulis happy bithday..to me...unless the customer request to do it...I lebih suka tulis something to decribe how special the person yg akan terima kek tersebut...and this time..since the cake was from the mother..so I coretkan "semuga menjadi serikandi solehah"...sekaligus ia melambangkan doa dan harapan seorang ibu kepada anaknya...and this time..wording tu bukan tulis freehand...first time I gunakan template yg I beli dari Cake Connection di PJ...Jaya One to be exact...

To Kak Hana terimakasih daun keladi..harap akak puas hati dengan hasil kerja I..and to Shahirah...semuga akan membesar sebagai seorang serikandi yang solehah..yang menjadi penyejuk hati kepada ayah dan ibu..yang berani untuk menegakkan kebenaran..and yang tahu kenapa kita dilahirkan kedunia...untuk menjadi khalifah Allah...and doa ini untuk semua anak2 kita...

Kek lapis for marhaban

Mesti ramai yang tertanya-tanya kek apa yang didalam gambar ni...pada yang tidak kenal...let me introduce you to Serawak layer cake....to be exact...Serawak Roll...and these are some of the designs yang I buat untuk tempahan "beg jajan marhaban". Serawak roll is my latest product and I learnt it from my darling sifu of kek lapis...darling Mami....she is really an expert in Serawak layer cake...and pernah tinggal di serawak for 30 years..the best thing about her...dia tak lokek ilmu and she is so cool for her age...she is 64...She taught me and my munchkin everything about kek lapis and Serawak roll....we thank Allah for the chance to berguru dengan mami...she is really a jewel...To Mami..may Allah kurniakan kesihatan yang baik and dipanjangkan umur...amin



Pada sesiapa yang berminat untuk jadi pengedar roll Serawak..you can contact me directly....last raya..I banyak jual in bulk to pengedar2 kuih esp di JB and Singapore...so maybe ada pengedar dari KL yang berminat...do contact me...I'll be busy baking roll serawak for this hari raya haji season...and mungkin ada yang berminat untuk dijadikan buah tangan untuk tetamu seperti dalam gambar ni...kecil tapak tangan nyiru saya tadahkan..tapi mesti in advance coz...I'll make sure the cake is very fresh..tiada bahan pengawet yang digunakan...and it is very time consuming to make a complete roll. You can also request for custom colors if mahu dijadikan buah tangan untuk perkahwinan or majlis2 yang lain...he..he..he..senang cerita...most of my cakes are custom made



Notice the lapisan? I try my best to have all the geometry corak bertemu and lpisannya sama besar..that's the beauty of this cake..to me everything about my cake is about art..I just want everything to be beautiful and I'm very happy if my customer cakap...sayang nak makan..cantik sangat...bila dengar ungkapan begitu mesti I rasa happy sangat...hilang segala penat...


Pada sesiapa yg berminat nak jadi pengedar, do contact me directly...and pada siapa yg ingin tahu pasal buat kek lapis can just email me..insyaAllah eventhough I'm not an expert...I will share my knowledge seiklhas hati..coz I believe when Allah dah kurniakan kita ilmu yang bermanfaat...we have to share it...and that's what we call as investment for akhirat.

Happy bday Apa...from Puduki

This cake was specially requested by Anjali for her father's 55th bday..but she wanted the cake to picture her daughter...Niranjana..the only grandchild int the family. Initially she wanted an edible image of Niranjana to be on the cake...but than she changed her mind after having the thought that the picture of her darling daughter would be cut and eaten...phew lega..coz I memang tak suka buat edible decoration.

Sengaja I buatkan concept yg begini..coz it was supposed to be a cake from Niranjana..so the whole cake had to picture Niranjana...playful, cheerful..and babyish....istimewa untuk Datuk tersayang..so I buatkan a figure of "Niranjana" with her milk bottle and favorite toys...and tak ketinggalan bantal busuknya yang ada nama Puduki..nama manja panggilan atuknya. And tulisan India tu I yg tulis sendiri..he..he..he...sebenarnya suruh Anjali tulis perkataan "atuk" dlm tamil..and I copy sajele...

Kek ini disiapkan petang raya...and terus dibawa ke Seremban untuk sambutan harijadi bapa Anjali...she called me masa dinner tu..her mom wanted to speak to me...she was happy with the cake and she wanted to order a special cake for Niranjana's 1st bday...a special big cake...and I was so excited when she told me about the concept that she wanted...hmm..let it be a secret.....can't wait for the day to come...another challenge for sure..Baack to this cake....Anjali siap tanya I a very funny question...lilin tu boleh makan tak kak? Selamba I jawab, tak boleh makan, I belum belajar buat edible lilin...ha..ha...ha..since she had seen all my cakes with all the edible figurines...she thought the candles are also edible...gelak I dibuatnya.



To Anjali thankyou very much for your order...actually this was the fourth or fifth orders from her....I definitely will do something special for your mom's request..

Alif, ba, ta...

This cake was requested by Sis Hidayah...and this time she placed her order in advance...tak da lagi bagi I terkejut terkejut..he..he...he....yup...sometimes memang I kena tolak permintaan...bukan sebab sombong or malas tapi sebab tak mampu nak buat. Normally memang I akan concentrate on one or two cakes only in one day and it also depends on what type of cakes yg I sedang buat...if the cake requires my whole attention, normally I akan buat satu cake saja in one or two days. So jgn kecil hati if I tak amik last minute order..sebab tu pd my regular customer yg dah tahu they will place the order in advance to book for the date.

So back to the cake..I name this cake as cake alif ba ta...sesekali ubah angin..selalu bila cakap pasal kek untuk anak2 kecil kita mesti akan terfikir ABC saja...so I decided to guna huruf jawi...talking about huruf jawi...sedih sgt bila ramai dari anak2 muslim kita yg tak tahu nak baca jawi...and lagi menyedihkan bila tiada iniatiatif dari pihak yg sepatutnya untuk memperkayakan tulisan jawi...mungkin sebab kita fikir..nak buat apa tahu baca jawi sedangkan semua bahan penerbitan kita bukan dalam tulisan jawi..but to me...amat penting untuk mengenal huruf2 jawi..

Hidayah requested for a cake dgn tema tadika ...so sebab tu I chose bright colors..tapi tak boleh buat banyak sgt sebab sebenarnya kek ni dibuat 2 ari sebelum raya..masa amik order tak perasan pun yg tarikhnya 2 ari sebelum raya..ni kes I mematikan hati untuk raya lah ni...actually I ada few cakes..bukan few..lots of cakes ari tu....8 biji kek gula hangus...melalui "tempahan paksaan" oleh my darling neighbours, 4 kek coklat and 2 birthday cakes..he..he..he..tu tak termasuk kek2 untuk ibu mertuaku...sebenarnya...bila amik order for birthday cakes, I tak perasan langsung yg tarikh deliverynya dua ari sebelum raya..actually boleh kata petang raya juga lah tu...bila my munchkin bagitau..barulah I kelam kabut..but alhamdulillah dengan perancangan yg betul dapat I penuhi semua permintaan...



So this cake was specially done for Wafa and Miqdad..permata2 hati Hidayah yang sungguh keletah and aktif...especially si Wafa..kesian si adik terpaksa dibotakkan gara2 sikakak mencuba bakat menjadi "professional hair stylist"...and Miqdad..is so mature for his age..terperanjat I tengok kematangannya....he is so cute. Semuga kedua2 mereka akan membesar sebagai anak2 muslim yg berani dan kuat semangatnya didalam menegakkan kebenaran....Amin



To sis Hidayah, terima kasih daun keladi...tapi jangan order terperanjat2 lagi udah le..by the way, pada sesiapa yg berminat untuk membeli tshirt muslimah boleh le jenguk blog Hidayah at amalwafaonline.blogspot.com...very reasonable price

Renjis renjis dipilis...beras kunyit ditabur

Well...I love that song....bait2 liriknya begitu cantik tersusun...so with the title I'm sure mesti semua dah tahu apa yg I nak persembahkan....yee betul....my first tiered wedding cake..tapi sebelum tu cuba teka yang mana satu cake I...



Pada sesiapa yg biasa tenguk my artwork tentu dapat meneka yang mana satu cake I...yup...the cake yg full with English wild roses tu le yg I punya...this cake was ordered by Fila's mom...remember the sweet girl who ordered the superhero cake for her darling father...and my personal thank you to Fila...coz dia beria2 recommend my work pada her friends...thank you dear......

I was so happy when Fila called me untuk buat kek ni....eventhough I had to deliver few days after raya...At first I was thinking of doing a red cake...I love red sooo much...and lagipun it would be very outstanding and different...but after few sessi phone calls dgn Fila, I decided to come up with the traditional white cake...but with sentuhan romantik and...english theme...coz mak pengantin seorang yg simple..takut nanti terperanjat pulak dia bila tenguk kek merah..



Bunga2 ros tu I buat sendiri guna...fondant yg dicampur sedikit dengan gumtex...It took me one whole day untuk buat bunga2 tu...roses memang my favorite flower and I had been doing roses since I was in standard four.....my mom pandai buat bunga artificial ni...pernah satu kali...our house penuh dengan hiasan bunga...masa tu sedang sibuk bunga riben..my mom tak ketinggalan...you just name it..tulip, roses, orkid...macam2 bunga yg dia buat so I belajar dari pemerhatian I...Masa tu buat bunga ros dari crepe paper...and bila orang sibuk buat bunga sabun..I pun turut sama...pernah buatkan beratus batang bunga telur dari bunga ros sabun...and memang cantik and wangi..but now dah lupa pula resipi bunga sabun....


Senang saja buat bunga ros..yg penting kita jgn takut nak bentukkan..just guna jari jemari kita and cuba bayangkan bunga ros yg sebenar....alunan kelopak semua bergantung pada sentuhan jari jemari kita...just enjoy and jgn stress nak masa nak buat kelopak bunga...coz ia akan hilangkan keindahan kelopak yg kita bentuk.


This is the topper yg ditulis nama pengantin atas permintaan ibu pengantin disaat akhir..actually in my original plan tak nak letak nama pengantin...I just nak buat atas kek tu penuh dgn roses..so kenalah tukar plan...pening juga...coz if ditulis atas kek...tak akan nampak..so terfikirlah buat heart plate yg dilakarkan dengan nama pengantin...and the writing tu tak da pkai template apa2...free hand writing by my darling munchkin...ditulis dengan edible color pen...ditampal dgn bunga2 halus...

Yg ini pula tingkat atas...notis ada a lump of fondant yg memang I letak atas tu..tujuannyan untuk dirikan the topper..if not..topper tu akan tenggelam ditengah2 bunga.



Masa tiba rumah pengantin, berderbar hati I...sedih pun ada coz tengok dah ada kek pengantin..tiga tingkat pulak tu...diletakkan ditengah2 ruang santapan raja sehari...dlm hati I kata mesti kek I akan di letak tepi..tetapi sangkaan I salah...my cake was placed dimeja pengantin and ibu pengantin tak puas2 memuji and she was so happy..menurut katanya..my cake canggih and sweet sangat....sekali lagi syukur alhamdulillah..terasa hilang segala penat 2 hari merias cake tersebut..and she said sayang sangat nak potong kek tu...and akan digunakan untuk bergambar....hmmm



Cuma masa nak balik aje ada masalah sikit...he..he..he..sedih nak tinggalkan kek I...perasaan biasa yg sering dirasai oleh setiap penghias kek....walau apa pun...I really had alovely time decorating this cake..apatah lagi kek bertingkat pertama yg I buat untuk majlis perkahwinan...to Fila and her dearest mom...thank you for the trust that you had in me..walaupun tak ada sample or gambar untuk bahan rujukan...both of you membuat tempahan berdasarkan kepercayaan aje...and it was for a big day pulak tu...tq..tq...tq....terima kasih daun keladi...

More black and white cakes

I love black and white cake...why...it looks very elegant and it saves your day when the customers do not know what they want....plus the fact that they want something simple, not colorful, something sweet and elegant...jadi kek hitam putih pasti akan jadi penyelamat.



This cake was specially made for Lela's mother and this was my first heart shape cake. Why so simple? I just wanted to make something simple but sweet and special. she told me her mother does not like complicated things and everything had to be in order..not really colorful but then she does not know what's her mother's favorite color...so in order to play safe...I came up with this black and white cake...with the word..mak ratu hati...which meant..mom, you are the queen of my heart...how I wish I still have my queen of my heart around :(



This black and white cake untuk majlis pertunangan anak sepupu I ...sebagai hadiah untuk pihak sebelah...actually my schedule was so tight already..tapi sebab sepupu buatkanlah juga...a very simple cake...coz masa memang suntuk..I only had about 20 minutes to do the decoration..so tak boleh fancy2 and I told her in advance...dia tak kisah as long as I buatkan dia satu cake...sebab tu I cakap, kek hitam putih pasti akan jadi penyelamat dlm waktu2 kecemasan. She was really happy with this cake...cantik sangat katanya (I urut dada lega..coz this cake terlalu simple)...he..he..he..actually she had order kek bertunang dari kedai kek...to be honest..bukanlah nak cakap apa...kalau I..sure I akan pulangkan balik...kesian tenguk dia..and masa i handover this cake..dia sedang termenung depan cake yg ditempahnya..and when she saw this cake ..she was sooo happy...walaupun to me..this cake was so simple..anyhow syukur Alhamdullillah..



Yang ini pula...untuk majlis pertunangan juga..tapi sebagai buah tangan sahaja..memang dah dicakap khusus..no fancy decoration...just put it in a simple box...soooo inilah hasilnya...

Battle of the Titans

Nope...this is not raya cookies..and it's a different Ben10 set requested by a very charming "mak Datin" from KL for her son's birthday...she saw the BEN10 set which I did for my friend Azma and she wanted the same set...The best thing was..she sms me a month before the due date...and she sms me at 12.15 midnite. I just laughed at the msg thinking that it was just a prank msg..but I still replied her sms. Suprisingly, she was serious and she wanted the same set for her darling son...soooo...after few sms I decided to ring her up which was about 12.30 midnite and politely rejected the orders since she is in KL and I'm in Melaka, infact I recommended her to somebody in KL but this "mak datin" insisted me to to do it for her and she would come down to Melaka to pickup the whole set..and it was a set of 50 cuppies...well, finally I agreed to her request...

The delivery date was in the 2nd week of Ramadahan and actually I was busy with my Serawak Rolls..but since it was a special order from someone special, I decided to take a break from the kek lapis project and concentrate on this Ben10 for 2 whole days...yup two whole days...sometimes people do not understand why some of the cakes are pricey....its due to the long labour hour...you can't just spend about one hour and expect a very good and detailed artwork...normally I do not like to compromise on the details...I would try to get as closed as I could for every small details...that's the price of an artwork..but frankly speaking my cakes are very reasonable priced and normally I would ask for the budget first to decide the kind of materials that I can use...he..he..he...most of my customers would agree with me...in the end I would go overboard with my artwork but still charge them the price which I quoted...that's very normal of me....

As for the set...I decided to come up with the characters from Ben10 Alienforce too...let me introduce you all with the characters...

The gang from Ben10 Alienforce


The gang from Ben10

To "Mak Datin" darling thankyou very much for your order....I had fun doing this set. Tq for your trust in my artwork.