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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.