Cake Decoration Method

I've enrolled for Course 1 of the Wilton Method for cake decorating and went for my first class yesterday. Hmm... It's very basic and quite slow for me in terms of the techniques for basic cake decoration. The benefit of attending that particular class was more of discovering new method in terms of tools and equipment of cake decoration.

This were what we got together with the first class. Not everything will be inclusive with the course fee. There are quite many things we need to buy, or should buy IF we want the cake decoration to be perfect.

If you do a lot of piping designs with nozzles, you will definitely want to have one of these! This is a great solution. I've been spending quite a lot of time cleaning up my nozzles after using. Imagine if butter icing got stuck in the nozzle for many days (weeks). So they must be cleaned up thoroughly and cleaning the really small area of these very small nozzles are really tough.

Spent a lot of money on the course and I was hoping to stop spending (spending big money I mean) for a while. But, there is this tool box which is really useful and more convenient and economical if I get them in one full package instead of loose items. I think lah, it's always like that when we go shopping - should we buy all in one go for the bulk purchase discount, or get them over time...

More cool stuff coming up!

Happy Birthday Sis!!!

Here is the cake!! Happy birthday sis aka MC.

The chocolate cake with handmade chocolate decorative items...

Loads of presents

Pop-up birthday message

Little flowers

Shine like a star!

To the best sister:

Someone who can predict my mood through merely sensing of the air around me;

Someone who can still be very cool even though I am in my tornado grade of tantrum;

Someone who can read my mind even though that particular thought is locked in the deepest area;

Someone who will strangely be in a bad mood for no reason just because I am in one extreme impossible mood.

I hope I can be there for you rain or shine like you've been there for me in even worse weather; and always there to share my happiest moments.

Thank you for being such a wonderful sis.

Happy birthday.

A Special Birthday Message

There is this very special person,

who has always been thought of in many special ways.

This is her very special day,

with people closest to her wishing her in many special ways.

A box of little indulgences has been requested,

to add colour, love and loads of warm wishes to her very special day.

May your days be filled with joy, health and many pleasant surprises.

Happy Birthday Jocelyn!

May all your dreams come true.

Hand Made Presents!!!

I was not supposed to blog tonight. Monday nights are normally late nights for me. But I must simply blog this before I go to sleep. (I was contemplating whether I want to voice out my complaints at work or not, but not in here lah. Don't spoil the post haha)

I got my birthday present from Carebear last night. Thanks dear!

Hand made card. So talented right! I'm very touched. Thanks! (The pop up effect is great and perfectly done)

Hand made bag charm (so it said on the label!) - same colour with my handbag some more. :)

And I NEED to blog about my other presents soon. Soon...

Cake Decoration First Project

My weekend pass-time while waiting for MC and BIL at MVMG who were attending a lunch gathering cum birthday party. And this was one of the very rare weekends which I actually had lunch with MFG.

Went over to my auntie's last night to carry out our first candy making project. These candies, like I told you the last time, are actually made of chocolate melts. My plan is to have them as decorative items for my cakes.

So what we did in project one... sis made some chocolate clusters - melted chocolates added with chunky almonds, raisins, marshmallow and what ever she could find haha... That includes surprisingly, Honey Star.

I was making mainly stuff from the candy melts, and I needed them for the birthday cake decoration for MC's birthday. Hee... Aren't these little chocolate present boxes cute?

I also made something from this mould, which I will show you when I post MC's birthday cake on Wednesday.

There are still many great ideas in here and I will try them when I have time later. Basically all I need are the moulds.

Will you love them?

Something special for a little 4 year old princess, from her favorite uncle...

I'm not sure if she take candies and sweets, but I thought little star look cute on the mini cupcakes, don't they?

Jelly beans are perfect to add colours to the cupcakes.


Hmm... more sweets, I do hope I'm not encouraging a child to take on a "bad diet" here...

Stones chocolate to match the little flowers.

Chocolate coated coffee beans, just in case the adults would like to have a share of the cupcakes.

TTB: I think children will generally like cupcakes...

Cupcakes: You think she will love us?

TTB: I do hope so ^^

Drugged

Yesterday at the clinic:

Doc: I'll give you one day MC tomorrow.
TTB: Huh doctor?! Am I SO serious??
Doc: If you take the medicine, you will be very drowsy.

And I have no idea when he said drowsy. No wonder I needed MC. I went to work today because I felt perfectly alright even though my boss and colleagues insisted that I looked pale. Must be the antibiotic draining the colour of my face. Before noon, I decided to leave the office to rest before I get more nagging from my boss for not taking care of my health. After taking the medicine when I came home, I practically fell into unconscious kind of deep sleep. Geezz... must give such a strong medicine meh doc?

So now, still feeling a bit numb, but throat feels fine (or maybe just got numbed by the drugs) and coughing under control. Will go sleep soon. I mean, go sleep soon after I've read a few pages of my story book.