Hole in one ?

Salam pd semua...alhamdulillah dapat menyiapkan segala projek tempahan pada minggu ini. And memang kali ni tempahan yg ada semuanya mencabar..lain dari yg lain but I'm happy coz my cakes are making an impact in Melaka..at least among the circles of my customers and their friends...will upload the phgotos later



Well...cake kali ini merupakan tempahan istimewa dari seorang anak untuk bapanya..mesti ada yg cakap..biasalah tu...anak buat tempahan kek birthday utk bapanya...apa yg istimewanya? Biasalah tukan...Ada something yg luar biasa about this cake..coz this cake sebenarnya merangkap kek perkahwinan..and this is my first humor wedding cake..totally lain dari kek perkahwinan yg biasa and I was really suprised sewaktu dapat tempahan untuk kek ini...by the way, pada mereka yg ingin menempah kek perkahwinan...please confirmkan betul2 warna2 yg diidamkan coz tak mahu ada salah faham waktu penerimaan kek..maklumlah kan kek tu utk hari penting....sebenarnya belum terjadi apa2 masalah lagi..just takut manalah tahukan coz normally I ni jenis yg suka lain dari yg lain..especially dari segi warna and design..for my melaka customers, please do not expect yr cake will be something like apa yg terdapat di Italy Bakery, Massie or Mei Chong....I do not like to use buttercream and sponge cake..with all the cream decoration..that's another reason why my cake harganya lebih tinggi dari harga kek dikedai..normally I will use buttercream icing and fondant decorations...as for colors..normally i will play with colors..so pls do not expect a totally white cake from me..ha...ha..ha...So to all my dear customers...if u are asking for a red cake..definitely u will get a red cake...so be ready to be different...;)



To be honest, I was really excited masa dapat tempahan kek ni...By the way yg menempah kek ni was Ain...Ain told me she wanted totally a different wedding cake..not the tradisional one..she wanted some humor too...and paling penting she wanted a golf wedding cake coz her father loves golf soo much...Oh dear, memang excited terus..terbayang the a golf course with the lakes and bunkers...a week before the due date...I discuss with my darling munchkin about my ideas...so as usual he challenged me to do something different...soo I decided to do a two tier cake..with a golf buggy as the second tier..As u can see.. the buggy I elevatedkan sikit coz tak nak nampak penyek..so bawahnya I letakkan base yg dibalut dgn green fondant...The buggy was created from an 8" cake...yg diukir menjadi bentuk buggy...pd sesiapa yg berminaat nak buat kek sebegini...before potong, sejukkan kek dlm peti sejuk dulu..so the cake will be firm waktu dipotong and tidak pecah...bila dah dipotong sapukan dgn buttercream icing and balutkan dgn fondant...



Sebelum I went into further with the buggy, let me introduce u all to the "couple"...yup among Ain's special requests, she wanted toppers pengantin on the cake..wearing tuxedo and wedding gown...so seperti biasa she had to answer lots of questions..so that I can produce a very highly customised cakes...another reason why my cakes harganya lebih tinggi dari kedai..coz semua decorations are very highly customised...and normally the design is exclusively for that particular customer only..cz to me...the customer special day is my special day too..and kalau boleh biarlah designnya mempunyai nilai personal yg tinggi...and yg paling penting the design is specially utk dia sahaja...alhamdulillah setakat ni tak ada repeated design lagi..I always pray to Allah to give me ideas..and tonnes of ideas...






As for pengantin lelaki, dipakaikan tuxedo hitam and with muka ceria..maklumlah pengantin baru...notice the young face? Sengaja di buat pengantin muda...nak bagi credit and buatkan hati pengantin lelaki lagi berbunga2..






As for the pengantin perempuan, dipakaikan wedding dress yg berbunga2 kecil and dihiaskan dgn manik2 kecil yg berkilat juga. By the way, gaun disapu dgn pearl sheen utk nampakkan kilatannya...Ain told me, it was ok if buatkan pengantin tk bertudung..but sebab I really nakkan cake higly customised..buatkan juga tudung...pakaikan tiara perak..I had fun "mengandam" kedua2 pengantin ni..mcm buat Barbie and Kent pulak...Sebenarnya tak susah sgt buat figurine ni..practice and practice..ha..ha..ha..talking about practice, i only practice my skill bila ada tempahan and normally practice waktu beginilah paling challenging coz we have to do it perfect terus and minimisekan error..more picturs of the pengantin for you to enjoy.






So, sebab ain wanted a golf cake..dibuatkan padang golf..if u notice..memang cake ni tak dilevelkan coz nak create image range yg berbukit and tidak rata...dibuatkan juga bunker dari brown sugar yg ditaburkan atas buttercream yg di warnakan coklat..dibuatkan juga golf bag..actually my munchkin yg buatkan...first time dia tolong i buat figurine sebab dia boring duduk ngadap i buat..Dibuatkan juga bola2 golf for the border...






No platenya memang very personalised..tak boleh beli kat JPJ walaupun at a very high price and tak berkaitan dgn kenderaan askar...ZMY49 stands for Zainal Mohd Yassim 49 sempena nama pengantin lelaki dan usianya..yup he was celebrating his birthday too, so this cake gabungan kek kahwin and bday juga...bahagian depannya diletakkan kanggaroo bar so biar nampak garang ... hiasan yg lain, flower bouquet and dah tentunya sign "sudah kahwin".




Dah tentu ramai yg menyangka, I akan buatkan pengantin lelaki yg main golf..nope..u are wrong..kan kek ni sepatutnya kek humor..so I buatkan pengantin lelaki duduk atas boot buggie perhatikan pengantin perempuan yg main golf...sekali sekala biarlah isteri main golf...sering i dengar dari my friends merungut ditinggalkan hubby semata2 kerana golf...and ada yg sanggup buat oversea trip hanya untuk main golf..ha..ha..ha..i'm lucky coz my munchkin tak main golf...so in this story, I buatkan hubby yg jadi caddy pd isteri dia..sebab tu golf bag disandarkan di tepi kaki pengantin lelaki...



and as for pengantin perempuan, smpai tercampak kayu golf yg dipegangnya coz of excitement sebab hampir2 buat pukulan hole in one...way to go girl! Tu yg hubbynya buat thumbs up...congratulating isterinya....




So the cake was delivered to rumah pengantin...and immediately i was surrounded with anak2 pengantin..they were so excited with the cake..."huyoo! siap ada buggy and golf ball"..."ayah ni asyik2 dgn golf"..the kids and the cheir cousin duk mengelilingi I waktu setup kan cake...toppers hanya diletakkan bila sampai..coz takut "tercedera" sewaktu dlm perjalan if dipasang awal. Lupa pula, diletakkan juga "Happy birthday" and "Selamat pengantin baru"



To Encik Zainal dan pasangannya Puan Siti Sa'adiah....semuga berbahagia hingga ke akhirat bersama2 anak2 tersayang...and to Ain...actually I'm amazed with keberanian u mencuba something yg terlalu lain dari yg lain....tqvm sis..i had fun buatkan kek ni untuk yr dad...memang lain dari yg lain....hopefully kek ini akan menjadi pembuka kepada kek humor yg lain...;)

Mawar merah bicara cinta

Salam untuk semua..mencuri kesempatan untuk update my blog..rasanya dah tak terkejar lagi untuk update my cakes...actually hari ni penat sgt menyediakan bunga2 untuk kek perkahwinan hujung minggu ini..memang penat nak buat satu2 tapi if hati dah suka tak perasan masa berlalu...memang mengkhayalkan and i really enjoy what I'm doing.



Kek kali ni sebenarnya merupakan salah satu kek hantaran yg disediakan untuk Aton...her wedding cake is shown in " kasih bersemi berpaksikan adat"..Actually ada 4 kek yg disediakan utk Aton and this is the second cake..tetapi kek ini merupakan kek hantaran yg dibuat untuk belah pihak lelaki bertemakan warna biru turqoise..and sengaja i buatkan kek ni...nak bagi suprise...yup a handbag cake..channel lagi..nak bagi yg original tak mampu...nak beli kat China Town lagi lah tak boleh sebab mesti dapat tahu keciplakannya...so buatkan kek aje le..at least buatan kek original..talking about original and branded item ni..pernah tak kita terfikir...if somebody yg mcm I yg kurang mampu dan kurang berduit menggayakan any original branded handbag..tak kisahlah Channel ke, LV ke, Gucci ke..mesti org kata.."alah, mesti beli kat Petaling Street.."..but just imagine if seorang Mak Datin yg kaya raya, berkedudukan and ternama pakai "ciplak" branded handbag yg dibeli dari Bandung, walaupun dia mengaku seikhlas2 hatinya bag tu beg ciplak, nescaya ramai yg ketawa berdekah2 menyangkakan Mak Datin buat lawak...Tapi itulah hakikat kehidupan yg sebenar..kita selalu menafsirkan sesuatu berdasarkan pada mata kasar kita sahaja..ha..ha...ha..tapi I memang tak mampu nak beli beg yg beribu2 ringgit tu...and to my munchkin if u hv the intention to buy one for me (mcm banyak dpt bonus)..pls provide the receipt too..so i boleh tukar balik and amik cash, lepas tu gi holiday...lagi besttttt...he..he..he



So beg Channel ni sebenarnya dari sebiji kek bulat yg dipotong dua and dilekatkan together...don't worry..tak akan jatuh..lepas sapu dgn buttercream salutkan dgn fondant..Talinya, kali ni i ngelat sikit..disebabkan oleh kesuntukan masa, i terpaksa implant wire bunga kedalam tali tu supaya dapat berdiri teguh.



Zipnya dibuat manually..tak gunakan mould..actually sometimes we don't hv to buy the expensive gadget...just gunakan bahan2 yg ada disekeliling kita..be creative..but adakalanya kita perlukan gadget juga..lagi senang kerja sebenarnya..but kalau mcm zip ni..buat dgn tangan aje..bukannya susah sgt....



Pada sesiapa yg berhajat utk buat kek handbag...i galakkan sgt mencuba. Taklah susah sgt especially for those yg dah biasa dgn fondant..sama aje mcm kek biasa...cuma bentuknya aje lain...memang penting utk berguru..but if we hv to spend abaout RM300 - 400 for one class..baik duit tu dibelikan gadget ;)...by the way this advise is for those yg dah semi advance or advance...for beginners..my advice..gi belajar basic fondant dulu..once dah faham semua sifat and teknik asas fondant, google aje diinternet..banyak site yg buat tutorial and the best thing is..it's FREE..my fav site is cakechannel.com and sugarteachers.blogspot.com...I learned a lot from that site..sebenarnya everything needs confidence...I always put in my mind..everything is about cake...don't be afraid to experiment...if salah tak apa..but most of the time if kita yakin dgn apa yg kita buat, insyaAllah we can do it right kali pertama.



Finally for the final touch up, I letakkan tiga kuntum mawar merah and kepingan kelopak mawar..sengaja buatkan merah garang . Thistime i decided to guna teknik lain dlm buat bunga ros...and untuk memudahkan lagi Aton, I letakkan "kain satin"..and trust me..this is the part yg paling ambil masa...coz I wanted the lipatan to be perfect...asyik lah kena buka balik baru dapat lipatan yg memuaskan hati i...and dikilatkan dgn silver sheen from Americolor...I highly encourage u all to get this product..it's cheap..satu botol hanya RM7.50 and lebih senang digunakan..sapu saja terus..tak perlu dibancuh dgn apa2..i love the pearl sheen and gold color...By the way, "kain satin" ni disiapkan sebelum kita letak cake..The funny thing Aton tanya I kena pulangkan ke alas silver ni? She thought it was real at first glance ;)



I had fun doing this handbag...trust me, tak susah membuatnya...just give a try..insyaAllah if a beginner like me can do this simple handbag, apalagi for those veterans and seniors..mesti lagi cantik and mengancam. Ok, that's it fot this entry..do take extra care especially in this extraordinary hot weather...penyakit senang merebak...banyakkan minum air masak..and sabarrrrr banyak2..cuaca panas begini memang senang but temperature kita naik...he..he..he..i'm talking about me..so to all dear friends..do take care and muga ketemu lagi di next entry...insyaAllah

Finally, MU is here !

Salam to dear readers..taking a break from my busy schedule...maklumlah da start musim kahwin so..sibuklah dgn kek kahwin and hantaran pulak...sambil2 melayan few birthday cakes....Baru siap membakar dua biji kek lapis serawak untuk hantaran...tu baru bakar..belum susun lagi..memang rumit kerjanya...and most of the time, my darling munchkin will help me to construct kek Serawak...Mesti ada yg tertanya2 samada my darling munchkin ni orgnya lemah gemalai coz begitulah perception org..lelaki yg bergiat dlm bidang seni hiasan kek selalunya org yg lembut gemalai..Definitely he is not thay type of guy...bukan sebab I isteri dia but memang he is tough and macho..ha..ha..ha..bonus nak keluar..so kena bodek lebih sikit ler...but memang kenyataan he is not a softie...boleh tanya Kak June Cupcake Kasih...My munchkin joint all the classes yg I attended..class fondant Kak June, class kek lapis dgn Mami and my first buttercream class with Tan See Fong's wife...for kek lapis Serawak, have to admit that his work is much better than me...he is so teliti and sabar teramat sgt..and me...my tahap kesabaran is very minimum..if doing benda yg sama dlm satu masa yg agak lama...But he is my pillar of strength...he is the most valuable "asset" and "gadget" yg I ada...sebab tu I can produce the best in my artwork....not to forget he is also the worst commentator...

Ok..enough about my darling munchkin....let's talk about cupcakes pulak hari ni...this set of cuppies were ordered by a dear sister in MMU...Nisa...and the cuppies are for her BF's bithday..Cik abang Musa who is a fanatic fan of MU...Nisa emailed me a set of cuppies picture..she wanted something like this...ribuan ampun dan maaf kiranya ini adalah hasil kerja sesiapa yg membaca blog I.



I politely declined the request..first sebab, it's not nice to copy other people's work but tak dapat dinafikan..kadang2 mesti ada persamaan coz to me in cake decorating, memang kita tak boleh lari dari persamaan tapi jgnlah sampai 100% serupa..tu dah meniru namanya....Secondly, coz I wanted to stick to my own decoration and design..tak seonok bila kita menghasilkan semula hasil kerja org lain..tiada kepuasan..and tentu those yg involve in cake deco agree with me...buruk mcm mana sekalipun hasil kerja kita...kepuasan yg dirasai memang sukar diperkatakan dgn perkataan..it's our own work...Tu sebab pada para ibu dan isteri..cubalah buat sendiri kek harijadi untuk keluarga kita dan I'm very sure yr hubby and kids will be so excited..



Seperti biasa, I'm not into edible printed image..logo MU ni 100% dibuat dgn tangan ..ha...ha...ha..and by me..not my munchkin cz he was at work..but alhamdulillah dapat disiapkan..masa mula2 bergiat dlm bidang ni, I rasa mcm susah sgt nak buat logo MU, but alhamdulillah after lots of practices and few logos, kerja membuat logo sudah semakin senang..bukan tak nak pakai edible printed image, but to me tak dapat rasa challenging and kepuasan dlm menghasilkan karya..so susah mcm mana pun, I will try my best to do it manually. So this logo diletakkan diatas 4 cuppies.


Nisa requested untuk letakkan nama 3 fav player Musa together with the team numbers...Rooney, Owen and Berbatov...so siapa pula player yg nama MMA and with the jersey number 20? If tanya pada Sir alex Ferguson pun dia tak akan dapat beritahu jawapannya coz itulah jersey istimewa untuk Musa and the number 20 indicate umurnya...Happy birthday Musa, semuga pertambahan umur akan menambahkan kematangan usia.

As for gadget yg lain, seperti biasa...tak boleh lari dari bola, bendera, muffler...memang this time tak buat boots coz i nak selaraskan semua warna merah putih...and since this cuppies untuk lovebirds..dimasukkan lah elemen kasih sayang and percintaan in this presentation.



Nisa was extremely excited and suprised bila terima cuppies ni coz she was expecting me to do seperti gambar yg dia beri...and the cuppies were more than what she expected...The next day, she sms me saying that ibu Musa her MIL to be suka sgt dgn cuppies ni..and ingin tempah utk kek hantaran...ha..ha..ha...don't tell me it's kek hantaran for Musa...nangis cik Nisa kita..Semuga hubungan Nisa and Musa akan berkekalan hingga ke jinjang pelamin..special discount untuk package tunang and kahwin from me...Well till next time, take care and enjoy life to the fullest..but always ingat siapa diri kita and kemana arah tuju kita..stay positive....To my darling munchkin, if u are reading this...everything written up there semuanya sincere from my heart..ha..ha..ha..bila bonus keluar?

A big love catch

Salam buat semua...so sorri dah lama tak update ...so busy actually "busy demam"...almost seminggu my engine stop and kena overhaul...and lost my voice too...komunikasi either dgn sign language or sms aje...masa sakitlah baru terasa betapa besarnya nikmat yg Allah berikan..Masa tulah juga terbayang...Allah hanya menarik nikmatnya selama seminggu..bagaimana dgn mereka yg bertahun2 terbaring tanpa mempunyai upaya..betapa sabarnya mereka and org yg menjaga. Pd mereka yg mempunyai ahli keluarga yg bernasib demikian especially pesakit yg dah berusia, semuga sabar melayani kerenah mereka...jgn dikasari atau dimarahi mereka and yg paling penting..layanlah dgn lembut dan penuh kasih sayang coz memang seksa bila tak boleh bangun and terpaksa terbaring mengharapkan bantuan dan belas kasihan org lain.


Maybe ada yg tertanya2 gambar apa yg dipaparkan diatas....hmm..basically cake kali ni is a very special cake...coz first time I cuba untuk mengukir kek...yup me and my experiment...and the idea dari buku yg baru I beli...party animal cakes. I love that book so much...semuanya menunjukkan step by step mcm mana nak ukir kek berbentuk binatang..semuanya cantik2 belaka.

Kek ini istimewa dibuat untuk Cik Andam Erin....hmm..note that..she is still a "Cik" eventhough she is a Mak Andam..infact the first time she called me up..I guess few months ago..lama dah..I was so suprise when she introduced herself..tetapi..eventhough she is still a Cik...she is not available...By the way, Cik andam Erin kita ni memang pandai mengandam...her solekan is so natural and sweet..tak percaya just go to her site di delimaandaman.fotopages.com...Ni bukan untuk tujuan promotion but memang solekannya cantik and dia memang gifted dlm persolekan and she is selfthought..Teringat masa I jadi pengantin...nak menangis dibuatnya..sampai sekarang i do not want to see my wedding album....ha..ha..ha..

Erin wanted a very special cake for her darling fiancee..and she was so excited about the birthday cake....all her request was email to me 2 months before the date and frankly speaking I was quite nervous too coz her expectation was so high...she sent me the photo of her fiancee...abang Piee..and she gave me all the infos about him...he loves fishing, he has a blue boat and he loves blue..she wanted me to do a fishing cake...cik abang Piee sedang memancing dlm bot biru dia...so I did everything that she requested..cik abang Piee fishing dlm bot bewarna biru..with a small red pail...and lots of fish..tapi kenapa ye cik abang Piee kita terperanjat???



As usual, I love to add humor in my cakes....when Erin told me she wanted a fishing theme cake...mulalah mcm2 idea dlm kepala I..At first I wanted to do a normal cake...with a boat on it and ...but I'm bored with that type of cake already...I just wanted to do something different..and the book came to me on time..I decided to challenge myself to carve a cake...Some people must be saying that I'm crazy...but my darling munchkin encouraged me to do that..infact he was busy searching high and low for the carving knife..and he is my recipe to artwork..So dgn penuh debaran I carved the cake. By the way, in order to carve a cake..sejukkan dulu cake dlm chiller so bila diukir ia tidak akan mudah pecah..and inilah hasilnya..



Let me put all of you still in questions....sepasang mata berbulu mata lentik mengalahkan Ziana Zain...milik siapa agaknya? siap bertopi and tersenyum manis lagi...Well, before I crafted this cake, I send a message to Erin asking her her humorous level...tak nak nanti becauce of my cake dia upset and tidak puas hati dgn I. Alhamdulillah she told me her humorous level is at the maximum level...senang kerja I...so this is the whole cake..



Yup..it's a cute pink whale..Why pink? It's Erin's favorite color...The whole presentation is about Shafie's big catch...Sebenarnya whale ini merupakan dari sebiji kek berukuran 9 in X 13 in and dipotong dua untuk mendapatkan ketinggian. I drafted the plan for the whale an carved the whale according to the plan..and let me tell u all..it wasn't that easy..especially to get the right shape...had to do it slowly coz if tersalah potong...habis semuanya...After coating with buttercream baru disalutkan dgn fondant...



Actually ekornya berasingan and solely from fondant and dicampurkan sedikit dgn CMC supaya keras dan kukuh...so senang untuk ditegakkan...by the way I used royal icing to lekatkan ekor pada cake board. As for the waves...bukan buttercream...semuanya fondant...before I wrap my cake board with the blue fondant , I letakkan few rolls of fondant underneath..so bila diletakkan fondant...bentukkan alunan ombak dgn jari..tapi susun biar ikut flow ombak, jgn ada yg melintang membujur..Bila dah dapat bentuk ombak yg dikehendaki, ambil royal icing and sapukan dihujung atas "ombak"..basahkan berus lukisan dgn sedikit air..make sure untuk lembab saja..then lakuakan sapuan tarikan pada royal icing...senangkan...bila kering ia akan jadi mcm ombak...



So untuk hiasan, I buatkan satu topi kecil dari fondant yg diletakkan bunga2 kecil. diatas whale ni i letakkan pancuran air yg seolah2 keluar darinya...pun senang juga nak buat...bulatkan fondant bentukkan seperti tear drop and lekatkan pada wire bunga...make sure jgn sama panjang supaya nampak jelas pancuran yg terbuka...by the way, pancuran tersebut disapu dgn pearl dust supaya nampak berkilat seperti air.

Berdebar juga bila hendak deliver cake ni..before hantar i sms erin "my cake presentation today tidak ada berkaitan dgn yg hidup or yg mati. If ada persamaan semuanya adalah secara kebetulan". Alhamdulillah..she was so happy with the cake..infact the whole family was so suprised with the cake..maybe they were expecting a normal cake...but i guess the word normal is not in my dictionary when it comes to novelty cakes. I just love to experiment and be different..baru challenging.




Maybe ada yg kata what a waste pd sisa kek yg dipotong...well, of course I also wanted to show the romantic side of Erin..so i buatkan five heart shape mini cake for Erin and semuanya adalah paduan warna pink and biru...warna kegemaran kedua merpati sejoli ni..And honestly, this the first time I buat mini cake. Before that I selalu wonder why people charge at least RM15 per piece for mini cake..Well sebab susah and rumit nak buat..coz of its size...Frankly speaking, in doing novelty cakes and fondant cakes memang rumit and bahan yg diperlukan untuk menghias pun agak mahal..tu belum cakap lagi masa yg hendak dimabil untuk construct the whole cake. Sometimes pelanngan tak faham and mereka kata mahal..but kerjanya memang rumit..tak macam kek buttercream which only takes shorter period untuk selesaikan..Bukan saja nak letak harga tinggi but memang itulah harganya...kalau tak percaya, cubalah buat mini cake or fondant cupcake..and i'm don't mean yg pakai cetak2 aje...memang rumit and ambil masa...



Well, to Erin and shafiee yg akan bakal melangsungkan perkahwinan mereka in July (Semua kek kahwin and hantarannya insyaAllah akan dibuat oleh I and she had booked the date somewhere in October and I was like...let's be serious..she was serious..hopefully umur i panjang)...buat homework banyak2 about alam rumahtangga...cuba cari peluang melalui pembacaan especially dlm mendirikan sebuah rumahtangga berlandaskan islam..insyaAllah jika semuanya dilakukan berlandaskan Islam, rumahtangga akan aman damai and diberkati InsyaAllah...

Seorang gadis bernama Fateen Najlaa

Salam pada semua..I memang really rehat dari cake today....sebenarnya ada project untuk CNY gift..tapi tak apa..i need a rest..next week will be a very busy week for me...hopefully dapat bernafas....entry kali ni is for seorang gadis bernama Fateen Najlaa...a very high motivated and high spirit young lady..all in all she is a girl yg mempunyai wawasan...Actually this order was a suprise for her and ditempah oleh rakan2 yg menyayanginya...before that seribu kemaafan kepada cik Nisa (oops this is different Nisa..ni cik Nisa yg come lote...yg selalu menyakat I di MMU) coz tidak upload kek abang Musa u dulu...sabarlah ye...muaaahh..

I wanted to do something different and special for the bday girl and juga my adik2...so I google nama Fateen and alhamdulillah terjumpa blog dia. Actually gambar diatas cupcake ni adalah dari gambar sebenar yg I dapat dari blog Fateen Najlaa...Gambar dia merenung jauh ditepi pantai..a very nice shot. So I decided to potraitkan gambar ni atas my cupcake...nak tengok dia perasan tak..ha..ha..ha bukan dia soghang yg perasan..semua kawan2nya perasan..



Her friends Nisa and Dilla gave me all the things that they wanted on the cupcakes..diantaranya ialah lambang UPG (university peer group) together with it's motto...to unite, to develop, to give...and lambang faci team...Yes, Fateen seperti yg I nyatakan diatas...is a very high motivated person, sentiasa berfikiran positif and rajin menolong rakan2..she is actively involved in these two persatuan..infact she is the first female president for MMU University Peer Group...She loves her persatuan soo much and all the members love her too. Beside that, she is a good writer too...so pada sesiapa yg berkenan nak jadikan Fatin calon menantu or kakak ipar or adik ipar..can go to her blog and see for yrself at alfa-najlaa-mnor.blogspot.com...and she is pretty too...dari segi rupa and also akhlak..ha..ha..ha..lepas ni i nak ceburkan diri dlm satu bidang lagi..bidang matchmaker...


Dilla and Nisa wanted the cuppies to be in purple..warna favorite Fateen...Semua lakaran diatas cuppies ni menggambarkan Fateen...her love for her association, her life, the loves from her friends and their appreciation...semuanya ada...Beruntung Fateen coz mempunyai rakan2 yg begitu menyayangi dirinya...semuga hubungan persahabatan mereka akan kekal abadi selama2 nya tak kira samada sewaktu senang atau pun susah...Memang, it's very difficult to find sahabat yg sejati..setiap hari kehidupan kita dikelilingi oleh ramai kawan2 tetapi berapa ramaikah diantara mereka benar2 kawan sejati...seorang pakar motivasi terkenal negara ada mengatakan..sekiranya kita dapat menyenaraikan sahabat sejati sebanyak sebelah tangan..kita dah cukup kaya...tak ramai...5 org saja and kita dah cukup kaya...Mesti ramaqi yg kata, alah 5..sikit saja..but now I want you to senaraikan 5 sahabat sejati..sahabat yg sanggup berkorban untuk kita..berkorban apa saja...and sanggup bersama kita dikala kita berada dalam tahap kejatuhan yg maksimum..i'm not talking about kesedihan sewaktu kematian..Mulut memang senang cakap mereka adalah sahabat kita sewaktu kita senang..but bila kita benar2 berada dlm kesusahan mereka akan menjauhkan diri dari kita...sebenarnya jika kita hendak mengetahui siapa sahabat sejati kita..adalah sewaktu kita benar2 susah...So back to my question now...dah dapat ke sebelah tangan menghitung siapa sahabat sejati kita? Even sedara mara kita sendiri or adik beradik kita sendiri pun belum tentu dapat disenaraikan dlm kategori 5 org tu.....Sedihkan...I pernah dengar ada seorang suami berkata kepada isterinya.."tak payahlah awak risau nak buat baik pada adik beradik awak...sebab belum tentu awak akan jumpa mereka di akhirat"..pd I sebab belum tentu jumpa diakhirat lah maka I nak berbuat baik didunia tak kira adik beradik atau kawan...Bayangkan sedara sedarah sedaging yg keluar dari perut ibu yg sama boleh berfikiran bagitu, apa lagi kawan2 kita...So to all my dear friends, berbuat baiklah dgn semua org tak kira pangkat apa sekalipun or bangsa apa sekalipun..selagi namanya mahluk ciptaan Allah kita harus berbuat baik...




Ok..lets talk about cake now...I letakkan juga butterfly..sebagai simbol jiwa muda Fateen yg begitu carefree, periang dan bersemangat tinggi...by the way the butterfly I gunakan my patchwork cutter..I love the patterns on the wings..next time, I will color my butterfly...



So..final arrangement..semuanya 30 cuppies..disusun dlm bulatan..setiap cuppies yg dibahagian tengah ada cerita tersendiri...lingkungan luar dipenuhi dgn cuppies yg dihias dgn rama-rama. The best part, Dilla called and requested for another 1 cuppie..hmmm...adik2 I ni memang bertuah...nasib baik I memang ada buat cake lagi..so I agreed. But I decided to give them a special suprise...I think they deserve to have a suprise from me coz of their kindness...Actually what they wanted was a boigger cuppie with the logo of UPG...untuk another suprise waktu weekend gathering mereka...So I buatkan a mini cake..not mini actually ..besar juga..and it was fully covered with fondant and with UPG logo on it..and the motto around it...and the biggest suprise for them...the cake was FOC...



Well to Fateen, teruskan berkhidmat and berkarya..and to my dearest adik2 jagalah tali persahabatan..jagalah sebaik2nya...suburkan kuntuman persahabatan yg sedia ada....and ingatlah...jadilah tunggak yg dapat menyokong rakan2 kita tatkala mereka hampir rebah...itulah makna persahabatan yg sebenarnya..Sebelum i end my entry kali ni...cuba senaraikan sekali lagi sahabat sejati kita..cukup 5 tak/ Nak dapat 2 pun susah rasanya. But kita sendiri harus mengingatkan diri kita supaya kita sendiri termasuk dlm senarai 5 sahabat sejati yg kawan kita senaraikan....so jadilah sahabat sejati kepada sahabat kita...

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Salam pada semua...semuga semuanya diberkati dan di rahmati Allah...I'm trying my best to upload all the photos of my work...Actually this cake was done somewhere in December and it was my first full fondant wedding cake...Actually the pengantin yg menempah is my own "anak buah" - Norliyaton..she tapau all her wedding cakes termasuk all the cakes for hantaran...tq..tq..tq...for the trust...Decorating cakes for yr own family members is not easy...lagilah banyak pressurenya..ha..ha...ha...all the judges are worst than Simon Cowell...ampun maaf to all my cousins if you guys are reading this...but alhamdulillah, my work won their heart...

Norliyaton or better known as Aton is my anak buah sedara..10 years younger than me..and I always make sure that she does not address me as her aunty at any time at any place...ha..ha..ha...to her and her siblings..I'm their young Kak Nora...Her mother is my cousin sister and she was the one who babysat me when I was small..sampaikan nak pergi berdating dgn boyfriend pun dia bawak I...so when her daughter ,Aton kahwin, I had to return her kindness in a a very special way...and its thru my cakes.



Since Aton had chosen a very traditional wedding..dari hantaran sehinggalah kepada persalinan sewaktu malam berinai dan juga pelaminnnya...By the way persalinan yg dipakai didalam gambar diatas ialah pakaian pengantin tradisional Melaka...pengantin perempuan memakai sanggul lintang yg beratnya teramatlah sangat..tetapi cantik dan halus seninya. Pengantin lelaki pula memakai jubah panjang dan juga "tarbus"...Everytime I melihat pengantin mengenakan pakaian tradisional Melaka, I mesti terpegun..terpegun dgn kehalusan seninya and dgn kegigihan pengantin perempuan yg terpaksa tegakkan kepala sepanjang masa coz the sanggul memang berat..

Talking about traditional wedding...tak ramai diantara anak2 Melayu kita sekarang yg mahu memperagakan pakaian pengantin tradisional..masing2 excited untuk mengenakan busana modern...and not to mention about the wedding reception too...ramai yg berlumba2 untuk mempersembahkan "kemodenan" masing2...no offense..but semakin hari semakin hilang budaya Melayu kita yg begitu berseni dan indah..and sometimes mungkin ada diantara kita yg confuse bila menghadiri majlis perkahwinan..perkahwinan org melayu or "mat salleh"..bila kita tengok ada tok imam and tok kadi barulah tahu..ohhh rupanya org melayu yg kahwin...just imagine..paluan kompang digantikan dgn aluan bagpipes..and siap ada floor dance lagi...sedih bila tenguk adat istiadat kita dipinggirkan...

Petik sireh ditepi tanjung
Sireh diletak didalam gangsa
Adat dikelek adat dijunjung
Itulah pusaka warisan bangsa

So back to my cake, I decided to do a very traditional cake for her...but the problem is she wanted everything to be in gold and brown...pening juga fikir mcm mana i nak dapatkan gold colour..coz I hanya ada gold luster dust...which is very leceh untuk diapplykan diatas kek...Alhamdulillah I managed to get edible gold spray...but the price per can saja dah melebihi harga sebungkus fondant..but what to do..I wanted it to be very special for her...So, the whole cake was sprayed with the gold spray...



Untuk hiasan tepinya..bagi menampakkan kesan tradisional, I gunakan my newly bought lace mould...from sugarflours di Bandar Baru Bangi Seksyen 9..I tak boleh masuk this shop...it's a heaven for cake decorator..semua yg I tenguk..kalau boleh semua I nak beli...and they have lots of gadgets for cake decorating...for cake decorators yg berminat nak tahu tentang sugarflours..do visit this site sugarflours.com..the owner..Wati is a very nice and friendly lady..infact all of their staffs are very friendly..rasa tak nak keluar dari kedai tu...he..he..he..siapkan ajelah duit.. By the way, pada sesiapa yg duduk jauh boleh just call them up and minta tolong poskan barang yg kita perlukan...



He..he..he..back to the cake..sorrylah, sometimes I got carried away...but I love to give credits to those yg memudahkan kerja2 I and at the same time my fellow decorator friend pun can make use of the infos. Tak rugi kita berkongsi pengetahuan....so let's continue with the cake. I hiaskan juga dgn gold beads and few kuntum bunga rose fondant...talking about fondant...masih ramai lagi yg tak tahu apa ia fondant...ha...ha..ha..jgn malu..coz I dulu pun tak da idea what is fondant..actually fondant ialah campuran gula icing, gelatin...halal ofcourse..glucose syrup, shortening...and rasanya manis...taklah liat mana pun..and mungkin ada yg kata fondant keras berdentung" bila disalutkan pada kek...sebenarnya taklah keras "berdentung"..yg keras berdentung tu is gumpaste...bahan yg sesuai untuk membuat bunga and figurine..Sebenarnya, I prefer to buat kek fondant coz i find its very versatile and banyak benda yg boleh dibuat..and kek fondant tak akan cair.

So the cake was sent to KL together with other few hantaran cakes...and masa hantar cake tu...ramai yg sedang merewang..so kecoh jadinya when they saw all the cakes..semuanya positive responses..alhamdulillah. To Aton semuga berbahagia sehingga ke jannah...sabar menghadapi asam garam kehidupan berumahtangga...hope to hera good news soon.