Lingkaran kasih

salam semua....finally i can gantung my apron for a short while...had been busy baking cuppies...hundreds of them for the past few days..and honestly, I prefer baking cakes compared to cuppies. If setakat 25 biji tu ok sangat le..but if dah beratus-ratus rasa mcm nak pengsan..kerjanya leceh sgt..kena isi satu persatu...if big cakes..tuang aje semua dlm acuan terus aje bakar..and boleh buat kerja lain. When it comes the time to decorate lagi haru...1000 cuppies..1000 kali kena hias...if big cakes senang aje..but I still enjoy doing it...maybe salah satu kebagusannya membuat cuppies..the whole family members have to help me....my 2 youngest tolong isikan cawan kertas, my eldest tolong sapukan cream n my munchkin...kena pegang piping bag tolong I decorate... ;)



Ok...this entry is my showcase for a work which had been done long time ago..sorry ye Farah..aunty is so busy...cuma ada masa sekali seminggu saja nak update my blog..This cake ditempah khas oleh Sis Farah dari Seremban istimewa untuk kejutan kakak kesayangannya yg bernama Farah juga..ha..ha...ha...me too having the same problem..I have two adorable and lovely Farahs too..Farah Diyana...and Farah Eeman..n they go to the same school..and bila cikgu cakap pasal Farah..I have to ask them which Farah. And the best thing my sister lagi besar masalahnya nanti..she has 4 lovely Faqihas..my beautiful and lorat nieces in Kemaman. Oops..I dah mula melalut...So according to Farah, she wanted something very sweet and English...So in my head terus terbayang..small roses yang melingkari sekeliling cake..pink and white...laces n butterflies..



So my roses kali ni memang small roses...with different hues of pink...senang aje nak buat ros ni..and tak ambil masa yg lama...and the green lingkaran I gunakan royal icing...begitu juga dengan daunnya...gunakan piping nozzle utk daun...nozzle no 67, 66 and 65...and ada yg lebih kecil lagi..65s...and of course the daun will be small...sesuai untuk cupcakes...



Oops..jangan tertipu..itu bukan lace dari royalicing..ramai yg ingat royal icing...I gunakan lace mould bought from sugarflours...Phew,berpeluh membuatnya masa mula2...habis semua rakan2 bakers i kacau that day ertanyakan mcm mana nak dapatkan hasil yg terbaik..including Kak Nor Zalina..tq kak for yr willingness to teach me via FB walaupun masa tu u sedang dalam percutian..tq kakak ;). What I did was..campurkan sikit CMC pd fondant...and sapukan icing sugar pd mould..then gelekkan fondant atas mould tu...be very careful bila keluakan fondant dari mould coz it will be so small and nipis and mudah koyak..it took me the whole morning to master it..if susah guna pin untuk removekan fondant tu and terus tampal pada kek...once u dah master the technique, it will be easy then..so to make it very english looking, I tampalkan keliling kek..which took me the whole afternoon to do it..but hasilnya berbaloi..cantikkk....

So this is the bottom tier...keknya memang besar..a 14 inch cake...and kali ni susunannya I buat sebaris kebelakang...coz i nak menampakkan lebih lingkaran dibahagian hadapan...as if bunga2 tu terkeluar dari celahan kek....


And as for the second tier...I used bigger size lace and different design too...but tiada bunga menghiasi tier ni..i just wanna a white tier yg romantic...sebab tu ada white butterflies..I love butterflies and as usual...semuanya diairbrush dgn white pearl Americolor sheen..



And for the top tier..or maybe i boleh panggil topper kot...actually it was a dummy
So it was filled with bunch of roses yg dikelilingi butterflies...




And here is the final rupa of the whole set..ans as usual the tier separators were done by my darling munchkin...


This cake was sent to Seremban and alhamdulillah the pengantin and her sister..both Farahs love the cake..Alhamdulillah...






To Farah senior..semuga rumahtangga berkekalan hingga ke Jannah and to Farah junior..when yr time comes do contact me...;)

Jasamu dikenang...catatan istimewa utk 2 insan istimewa...

Jika hari ini seorang perdana menteri berkuasa,
Jika hari ini seorang raja menaiki takhta,
Jika hari ini seorang presiden sebuah negara,
Jika hari ini seorang ulamak mulia,
Jika hari ini seorang peguam menang bicara,
Jika hari ini seorang penulis terkemuka,
Jika hari ini siapa sahaja menjadi dewasa,
Sejarahnya bermula dari seorang guru biasa....

Salam buat semua...kata2 puitis diatas memang menyentuh perasaan and i'm not sure siapa penulisnya..but ia begitu menyentuh perasaan...walau apa sekalipun kita..setinggi mana kita berada..semuanya bermula dari seorang guru biasa...tanpa mereka kita kita iarat layang2 putus tali..terbang tanpa hala tujuan..to all the teachers...semuga Allah memberkati segala usaha mendidik anak bangsa menjadi seorang manusia....




Well...this wedding cake dibuat istimewa untuk sepasang suami isteri yg sungguh istimewa and banyak berjasa to me...Cikgu Haji Zainudin Mah Jilis dan Cikgu Hajah Rohaya Alias...bekas cikgu MRSM Muar dan sekarang mengajar di MRSM Pontian...and they were my two advisors in MRSM Muar dari form 1 hingga form 5..kiranya macam ibu and ayah kami di MRSM..and there was one bad incident which tarnished my name but my dad..Cikgu Zainudin was the one yg membela I coz he knew I didn't commit the offense and till now I really appreciate the trust that he had in me...Banyak and besar sungguh jasa kedua2 mereka didalam proses pembelajaran and pembesaran I...and tidak terbalas budi mereka..so when their eldest daughter kahwin..i offered to do the wedding cake for them as a token of my love and appreciation for this two insan yg sgt istimewa...terima kasih cikgu...and by the way..i had known both of them dari zaman bujang mereka...and when they announced they were getting married we were so happy..so actually i had known both of them way before the pengantin was born..oh dear...i'm so old already...lol


Since both of them are very special to me...I decided to buat something very special and this was the first time I came up with life size flowers spray...and I chose Cathaleya orchid as the main flowers and accompanied with other wild flowers and berries..and leaves and I tried my best to make them as realistic as I could...tak lah susah sgt buat bunga2 ni..yg penting kena canai senipis yg boleh and mengikut bunga yg asal...I decided to choose a white cathaleya with some pinkish lips..and purple wild flowers and some orange berries...supaya complement dgn tema perkahwinan...purple...


And in this spray..i gunakan few techniques which i learned from brother Shahril in making flowers...dusting, airbrushing n lot more..and I also refer to Alan Dunns book...trust me...tak perlukan seorag yg kreatif to come up with this flower..sesiapa sahaja boleh buat..asalkan sabar and yg penting punya keinginan..pls jangan mengalah sebelum mencuba...we won't go far if we keep on saying to ourself or to others that we are not creative..once u said that, it will block evry capability that u hv..so dear friends always mencuba and always believe we can do it...


There was a story behing this my first spray...it took me from morning till afternoon to complete the arrangement.maklumlah orng baru..sterkial2 dibuatnya..sakit juga tangan memintal the wires...I had to make sure the arrangement tersusun cantik and in place..bukan caca merba...Actually i memang tak pernah susun bunga...I don't like to do floral arrangement..rasa mcm tangan kayu aje...ut as i said earlier...do not use it as an alasan..think positive..and alhamdulillah, I was very satisfied with the arrangement...When everything was finished and i was so lega..so I decided to keep it in my cabinet coz nak solat zuhur..letak sahaja.."bump"..i tak perasan ada satu kayu tebal kat tepi cabinet tu..mybe my kids yg letak...and it falled right on my spray....terhenti nafas I for few seconds..rasa nak menangis..coz it hit my main flowers..one of the petal patah...nasib baik bukan the lips...and few others also patah...sedih sgt...tk sempat ambil gamar..bayangkan dah penat buat n patah dalam sekelip mata....so lepas solat zuhur, I buka balik semula spray ni...buat balik petal yg baru and buang bunga yg patah..ganti yg baru..nasib baik ada buat lebih...and redo balik....and this time it took me only about 10 minutes to complete the spray coz maklumlah dah tahu mcm mana kedudukannya...alhamdulillah...but sedihlah juga...


For this special cake, i decided to do some painting at the sites and the colours senanda dgn warna2 spray i...pink, orange, purple and hijau. Semuanya dilukis tangan dgn menggunakan berus number 1 and 3/10..ada dijual dikedai stationery or craftshop. I didn't use any templates..everything was freehand and base on imagination..and i wanted every pieces to be different from each design...mye painting is another thing which we can just let go all the imaginations that we hv...By the way..i gunakan color Wilton..



This was a two tier set..and this time I used different hues of purple for each tier..yg bawah huenya lebih gelap sikit and both of them i airbrushed dgn pearl sheen..as for the borders...i gunakan purple yg lebih gelap n tried to make it as simple as i could coz I wanted the spray to be the main attraction..and kali ni susunan kek pun semuanya kebelakang untuk memberi ruang for the spray...and the spray was assembled at the venue..coz i didn't dare to take the risk of it jatuh during transportation infact all the way to the venue, I pegang spray tu..mcm baby pulak...he..he..he...



So the spray diletakkan di atas kek bila sampai dilokasi..by the way...i did balutkan bawahnya dgn aluminium foil dan juga flower pick yg i buat sendiri...ha..ha..ha..save my money....no need to buy the expensive one..and i owe this to my darling munchkin creativeness..what he did was..he cut the buble tea straw...and bentukkan sperti flower pick...it's important to use a flower pick or aluminium foil bila we want to cucukkan bunga..during my early days..i admitted..i just prick the flowers to the cake..maklumle belajar sendiri..but actually we are not supposed to do like that...so now every of my flowers mesti i gunakan aluminium foil untuk balutan and my homemade flower pick...then baru dicucuk pada kek...and now i always pesan pada my customers..do not eat the flowers..penat buat...and lagi satu ia boleh dijadikan kenangan perkahwinan..if disimpan betul..ia boleh tahan bertahun lamanya...syarat jgn kena air or simpan ditempat lembab..and for my fecorator friends..i find a way to simpan my flowers..walau hujan lebat macam mana pun ia tak akan "layu" or sweating..and no aircond..simpan didalam kabinet or bekas yg tertutup..or dlm kotak...and insyaalah ia akan tahan..




So alhamdulillah...mission accomplished..frankly speaking, berdebar juga buat cake ni..maklumlah, this the first time i menggunakan this kind of design ..takut people won't appreciate it and yg paling mendebarkan I...this cake was for my cikgu...he..he..he...i do not know why...wlaupun usia i dah tua..tp bila dealing with my ex-teachers I masih lagi rasa that i'm still under their pengawasan...to me, teachers always have special place in my life...mcm mana tinggi pun ilmu kita and sekaya mana kita pun..always remember...we owe it to our dearest cikgu2 yg pernah mendidik and membimbing kita...I was so happy to meet my "dad" and "mum" for the first time after 23 years...and alhamdulillah they like the cake..so that means...i passed....ha...ha..ha..mcm exam pulak...





Well before i quit...will like to extend my thank you to both Cikgu Haji Zinuddin and Cikgu Hajah Rohaya...maybe i never say this before to both of u..but terima kasih yg tidak terhingga diatas segala jasa cikgu berdua didalam mendidik dan membimbing saya...menjadikan saya sebagai seorang manusia...terima kasih tidak terhingga..halalkan segala ilmu dan bimbingan yg dierikan...tiada apa yng boleh diberikan bagi membalas budi baik cikgu walaupun segunung intan dan emas permata..hanya doa kepada Allah supaya dipanjangkan umur cikgu berdua, diberi kesihatan yg elok dan semuga sentiasa dirahmati and diberkati Allah..jasa dan budi baik cikgu akan saya bawa sehingga mati..terima kasih cikgu...

Red hot...

Salam...masih lagi dlm mood "bercuti"....but too bad..i hurt my bak..dah 3 hari kena duduk bersandar aje..ni baru sikit..bagaimana agaknya org yg kena slipdisc...Sakit mcm ni pun I dah rasa gelisah...but alhamdulillah tak lah teruk mana...cuma susah sikit nak bergerak....so taking the advantage to upload another entry yg sepatutnya dah lama dimasukkan...Feel bad today..coz had to turn down a request from a sweet daughter to do a mother's day cake @ teacher's day cake...Had rejected last nite..but she said can i make it for next weekend..to her everyday is a mother's and teacher's day..she is the best mum an dbest teacher to her..I was so touched with her words...and she is only 13 and all the way from Seremban...beruntung the mother for having such a lovely daughter..but too bad coz memang my schedule is really pack for next week..I feel really bad actually..;( So sorry dear...

Ok ...coming back to my entry..this red hot wedding cake dibuatkan istimewa untuk Yana...pasangan kepada Ismail yg I buatkan kek golden wings tu..Two tiered cakes..full fondant...dari mula lagi Yana memang cakap dia nak kek kahwin warna merah garang...supaya org tak berani nak makan...but she wanted white flowers..

Actually she wanted buttercream cake...but I managed to convince her to go for a fondant cake...coz of the look...bukannya buttercream cake tak cantik..but a fondant wedding cake nampak lebih elegan lagi ... to me lah..tak tahu pula pada other cake decors..but most of my friends in KL memang hanya buat fondant wedding cake sahaja..it's a trend in KL..but not in Melaka...maybe tak banyak sgt kot exposure kat melaka..frankly speaking, even kedai2 yg jual brng2 kek pun tak berani nak order fondant banyak2 apalagi dlm packet besar..but alhamdulillah I always got my supply from Mr Lim at KIng Hin Melaka..the only place yg berani jual pack besar..jgn terperanjat..ada juga supplier baru yg boleh tanya kita balik.."Bakel's Pettinice..apa tu?" Tepuk dahi I bila disoal begitu coz they should know all the products in the market...



As for the flowers..i buatkan my fav flowers..roses and mesti ada yg masih nak tahu macam mana ye dapat bunga yg berkilat satin like macam ni..he..he..he...airbrush dgn pearl sheen...boleh juga guna luster dust ..but ia akan ambil masa yg lama nak sapukan satu persatu dan bukan semua bahagian boleh kena...with airbrush hampir semua sudut n celah boleh dikilatkan dlm masa yg sangat singkat..Ramai juga yg kata tak mampu untuk beli airbrush...don't worry if u r really a serious decorator..u won't regret..my airbrush was bought at RM398..Tan See Fong's..but got to know later di Bakers Choice pun ada jual but at much cheaper price..if I'm not mistaken RM200+ aje and free 6 big bottles of sheens worth RM100+..so it's a good bargain...those yg berminat can contact Jay Wong..tauke Bakers Choice..their shop is in Setapak...



Kek bahagian atas ditutupi penuh dgn bunga and memang kali ni i buatkan bunga2 putih halus menjalar kebawah since i hanya boleh bermain dgn warna putih..lingkaran tersebut i gunakan royal icing and dilekatkan dgn press flower kecil..actually it's good to have this press sets...they are very handy...As for the borders..i pipekan juga dgn royal icing bentuk pearls..I sendiri wonder waktu type entry ni kenapalah i tak gunakan my pearl mould..oh ya baru teringat coz waktu i buat kek ni..my munchkin yg ada diploma and degree in pearl border sakit teruk waktu tu..I was shorthanded..

Yana wanted kek yg tinggi..at first I gunakan kaki plastik..but bila tinggi sgt mcm tu..rasa mcm tak sesuai pula..so in order to create more effect i gunakan styrofoam yg dibalut dgn silver paper..




The cake was delivered to her place very early in the morning...but before that ..malam sebelumnya i dah hantarkan kek lapis hantaran Yana..warna merah juga..diatasnya dialaskan dgn fondant dan dihiasi dgn bunga2 kecil..Kek ni i yang bakar but my darling munchkin yg susunkan...can see from the photos bagaimana halus kerja my munchkin..and luckily the cake was done before he felt sick...poor munchkin and poor me coz kena buat semuanya sendiri ;( I am so lucky to have someone like my munchkin yg sentiasa memberi galakan pada I dalam semua bidang yg i ceburi and the best thing he always give me his helping hands..there are things yg he cannot do..decorating cakes or making figurines..but he will still sits beside me sampai pukul 2 pagi with his cup of nescafe..thank you Allah for one of yr wondefrul gifts and I guess my mucnhkin is the main factor yg buatkan i develop dgn cepat dlam cake decorating ...about a year ago..i knew nothing ..not even buttercream..Alhamdulillah tidak terhingga.

By the way..memang tiada gambar yg diambil dirumah Yana..coz dlm I duk kelam kabut kena buat semua bersendirian..tertinggal pula my kamera..so sorry..





To Yana..and Ismail..semuga berbahagia hingga ke jannah...thank you so much..u guys were among my first customers...appreciate yr trust..Pd semua...salam kasih sayang dan semuda dirahmati Allah..to my cake decor friends...hiaslah kek dgn setulus hati coz it will be shown on our decorated cakes...to all my sifus..terima kasih utk semua tunjuk ajar...

Merah putih salju

Salam buat semua...semuga hari ini kita akan terus mendapat rahmat Allah dan memperolehi segala kemudahan dariNya dalam menjalankan urusan harian kita. I'm taking a short break so it's time for me to update this blog with one of my latest cakes..to those yg cakenya belum diuploadkan minta maaf banyak2...rasanya tak cukup tangan nak buat semuanya..Last week sahaja i baked lots of cakes and gambar diatas adalah sebahagian dari kek2 yg ada untuk weekend project and masih ada 5 lagi yg belum dibakar waktu gambar ini diambil...memang I wish sangat ada org bake kan untuk I so that I can concentrate in decorating only. Setakat ni alhamdulillah, all the decoration stuffs are done by me...all the flowers and figurines..sometimes dlm kesuntukan masa, my munchkin cadangkan supaya I beli bunga2 dari CC..but to me my cake is my art..evrything I nak buat sendiri walau susah macam mana sekalipun..Infact few minutes ago, ada seorang rakan yg menelefon utk menempah kek and she stold me that one of her friends pun dah berjinak dgn homebake..and she suggested edible image to me...Well, susah nak cakap ye..coz setiap org ada preferencenya..and me ..I tak suka guna edible image coz to me..ia setakat ambil gambar..pergi kedai buat tempahan..and lekatkan sahaja atas kek..no offense to anybody and I minta maaf banyak2 if I ada menyinggung perasaan decorators yg lain...to me my cake is just not a cake..it's an art..sebab tu everytime dapat tempahan puas kepala ni berfikir..apa pulak I nak buat sekarang..coz I love to be different..why do we have to be the same as others when we can create something different...sekali lagi ampun dan maaf if kata2 I menyinggung hati rakan2 decorators yg lain...




Kek kahwin kali ni lain dari yg lain yg pernah i buat...coz its white..purely white..and dibuat khaas untuk sis Khuraizah yg I amat senang sgt berusan dgn dia..tidak cerewet langsung..dia menyerahkan semuanya pada I..cuma satu aje pinta dia..she wanted white cake and very simple cake..actually dia turut menempah kek hantaran dari I...and this time..I buat kek empat segi..which I tak pernah buat sebelum ni. Khuraizah sent me few photos of her dream cake...which is extremely very simple for me...Untuk kek kahwin, she wanted putih and bunganya merah..but bukan merah yg terang...Hmm, masa mula2 dia cakap merah, in my mind terlintas warna merah cili..and dah readykan fondant utk warna tu..but 2 days before menghias, I sms dia and tanya sekali lagi..coz if based on kek hantarannya warnanya lembut..and why untuk kek kahwin pilihan warnanya begitu contrast...Persoalan itu akhirnya terjawab and betul sangkaan I..dia tak nak merah terang..hmm..so tukar warna kepada merah hati...hopefully it suits her request...So bunga2 ros ni dubiuat sendiri seperti biasa...dan dispraykan dgn pearl sheen..bukan red sheen coz i tak nak nampakkan kemerahannya sgt.



Kek bahagian bawah hiasannya simple shaja..I hanya gunakan my lace pattern and this lace cutter is very easy to use....I highly encourage those yg nak beli lace cutter beli this type...I have few of the cutters, but I love this the most..got it from ICCA..comes in 3 designs in one packet...tapi rasanya di Sugarflours pun ada..What we do is..just roll the fondant..tekan dgn lace mould tu...if u notice the pattern is so sharp..and kemudian potong dgn cutter..so easy..I guess this is the easiest lace cutter yg I pernah gunakan.



Bahagian atasnya pula...dibuatkan empat segi juga..cuma..tinggi sikit..coz i need the height..and kek ini telah dipotong menguncup keatas..he..he..he..for some reason too...Tepi bahagian bawah I gunakan lace cutter juga..but ditepi I gunakan my embrodery print..tapi frust sikit sebab tak nampak sgt kesannya..mungkin sebab i press waktu dah dibalut dgn fondant ..jadi ia menekan fondant ke dalam and printnya tak sharp..next time kena buat sebelum membalut....as u can see kat bawah..the prints on my cake board is very clear and very sharp...by the way, this embroidery set u can get it from Sugar Flours..ada macam2 pattern actually and its very handy...boleh digunakan untuk cupcake...






So this is the top of the cake...sebenarnya tujuan i potong menguncup kek 2nd tier ialah untuk membentuk sebuah kotak yang terbuka and bunga2 terkeluar dari kotak tersebut...Khuraizah wanted something vry simple..and she sent me photos of very simple cakes..rasanya tak sampai hati nak buat begitu simple..and this is my simple. Bahagain penutup cake is a real cake...selepas beberapa kali buat kek berpenutup, alhamdulillah dah tak ada masalah lagi..





So kek kotak tersebut diletakkan senget tetapi senget sikit shaja..so taklah nampak formal sangat..and bunga-bunga disusun jatuh terkeluar...At first, hanya bunga merah sahaja yg diletakkan and I tak puas hati...nampak tak berseri..So proses kerahan tenaga pun bermula..I minta tolong my munchkin tolong buatkan bunga2 putih tu untuk I..he..he..he..walaupun just bentukkan seperti peraldrop..it really meant so much to me..coz it was already late at night...by the way..keseluruhan cake ini di airbrushkan dgn americolor sheen including all the small flowers..evrything has to be berkilat...Finally this cake dapat disiapkan and frankly speaking bagi diri I, memang puas hati sgt coz of the white and red effect..it looks very elegant...I was so pleased, hilang rasa penat.




So the cake was delivered to Khuraizah's place at 6.30pm coz her cake cutting ceremony was after majlis berinai..Senang hati bila mak Khuraizah kata she was so pleased with the hantaran cake which i sent in the morning..I was told semua org kata cantik and amazed at the cake..Thank you Allah for giving me the ideas..Walaupun mak Khuraizah cakap begitu, I masih berdebar lagi ni coz nak tunggu apa pula komen pengantin..and Alhamdulillah she was so happy with the cake..I takut sgt coz she wanted something simple..and the best thing warna merah yg i pilih untuk bunga kena sgt dgn warna merah pilihannya..alhamdulillah..

To Khuraizah...thank you sooo much for y trust in my work and thankyou to u and yr family for yr hospitality...suka sgt bila hantar kek dapat tuan rumah yg peramah and tinggi budi bahasanya..I will always lemah dgn org yg tinggi budi bahasanya..sebab tu wlaupun my price qutation was for simple cakes..but I decided to give more than what she paid for..coz of her budi bahasa waktu berurusab melalui telefon dgn I..Semuga Khuraizah dan suami bahagia hingga ke jannah and i'm sure both of you will raise excellent solleh and sollehah kids..how do i know..insyaAllah bagaimana acuan begitulah hasilnya...tq sis.



By the way, dibawah ini adalah pelamin Khuraizah..it was so simple tapi sweet sgt..and ia adalah hasil kerja tangan Cik Andam Erin...a self taught mak andam..frankly speaking i'm really amazed at her makeup talent..she can simply turn someone to a beautiful princess and the best thing is she only use natural colors..if tak percaya can go to her delimaandaman.fotopages.com...she is Melaka based and her price is very reasonable...by the way I won't be promoting her if her work is "lauya"..seriously she has a big talent..nasib baik Michael Jackson dah tak ada..if not mesti dia pun minta Erin make-upkan dia...he..he..he..saja nak menyakat Erin.


Sehingga berjumpa lagi in the next entry..take care..to new cake decors jgn takut ...always believe in your own talent..;)