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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... ;)