Looney Tunes Cupcakes

 Ordered by Kak Radin from Dungun. She said she wanted a set of cupcakes for her daughter and son for the weekend and free design. Yeay! I love to hear that... free design! Meaning it's up to me to design the cupcakes. But... she did mention she wanted cartoon characters if possible. What a good opportunity... I always wanted to make Looney Tunes characters ever since I bought the book Cartoon Cakes by Debbie Brown last year, but never had the chance. So, below are the pictures.

hei.. where's my body gone? I can't stand pain, it hurts me!

I tawt I taw a puddy tat!

^@#?! - +&*!

Suffering succotash!

Hiya! What's up doc!

 I didn't do the whole body because my cupcake box is only 3 inches height. The box lid would not be able to close if I have done complete body of the cartoon characters. Except for Tweety though, because it is so small! 

Maybe, after this I would do a Looney Tunes cake! So , stay tune and  thanks for your time reading my posts!

A topsy-turvy maroon wedding cake!

Maroon themed.

This is my first trial to make a topsy-turvy cake. The three tier wedding cake were made from rich dark chocolate moist cake recipe. I baked altogether nine of two inches tall cakes, that is three layers of cake each tier.

...wedding cake with figurines on top

I made the figurines myself with sugar paste or ready-to-roll fondant mixed with CMC powder. At first, I thought it would be hard to make it but I think it was rather easy compared to making figurines with the people mould that I once tried in a course. Especially in trying to put the clothes on them.

...the side view!

 The picture above was taken at my home in Kerteh, Terengganu, before we deliver it to the customer in Bachang, Melaka. Yes, the cake traveled a very long journey! I'm not going to tell you the whole story on how the journey was but I'll say it was very, extremely slow drive I ever drove before on a highway! Just imagine all the bumps and the potholes on the Malaysian roads that I had to go through! Ahaks!

...artis at work!

 Luckily for me my in-laws house is in Melaka. So I made the last minute work and touch-up on the cake there before I deliver it to the wedding.

safely delivered... at the location of event!

Overall, it was an awesome experience for me. I love making wedding cakes. It just makes my life sweeter! Thank you very much to Zetty and Mahathir for ordering this cake for the bride and groom from me! Don't worry Zetty, when your turn comes, I'll definitely make a jaw dropping wedding cake for you. Hahaha!

Bugs & Bees Cupcakes

I was very excited when a customer ordered this cupcakes! I always wanted to make lady bugs and bees with sugar paste but never had a chance to until I have this order.

Happy Birthday to Wazif!

 Thanks Syara for your order. I enjoy making them and hope your son and his friends like it and enjoy them!

Lady bug...a close up!

 The cupcakes were made from rich chocolate moist cake recipe and top-off with simple vanilla buttercream, coloured in green.

Bee... a close up!

 I made the small bushes and cut flowers from sugar paste or ready-to-roll fondant.

Bunch of bees and bugs on board!

Owh.. I miss them very much! Maybe I'll make them some more next weekend but this time just for my own kids!

My Tiffany Box

A lovely presentation!

I made this tiffany box last month for... yes, you can go ahead and guess.

...a close up!

It's for Syuhada's hantaran kahwin. She wanted to present her wedding ring with sugar style! Love her idea! 

Blue Tiffany Box

Everything is made from ready-to-roll fondant icing mixed with some CMC so it'll hardened once it dries up.

... the wedding ring!

 I could not just make an empty box, could I?! For the ring holder, I made a small pillow from cotton and some satin cloth and ribbon. So, to put a ring in place on the pillow you just need to slide in the ribbon through the ring and twist it a little to hold the ring uptight. 

..another option of presentation

Actually the ring you see in the pictures is my ring. I just wanted to test and see whether it works or not. 

Sweet & Romantic Mini cakes

...at the location of the event!

Since I already post about the red and blue romantic wedding cake that I made for Syuhada's wedding, I should make a follow-up post about the mini cakes I made for her as well for her 'hantaran kahwin'.

... amongst other hantaran!

The wedding theme was white and blue. Yes, as you can see in the pictures... the lovely hantaran! Wish that I could post the picture of each hantaran, but this two are the only ones that I have.

Sweet & Romantic Mini Cakes.

A total of six mini cakes I made out from my rich chocolate sheet cake recipe, brushed with vanilla sugar syrup and iced with plain buttercream icing before I cover it up with vanilla white ready-to-roll fondant icing. On top each of the mini cakes, I put a rose bud, a small half-open rose, four violet blossoms, a few rose leaves, a lady bug and a bee. The large blue roses were just there for photograph purposes only. It's for the wedding cake actually but I was thinking it looks nice on the plate in between the mini cakes.

From the front view.

I really like the bees and the lady birds... they are so cute and I enjoy making them and so I make a lot of them. Actually, the bees and the lady birds were meant for another order... coming up soon Bee & Lady Bird Cupcakes.

...my bees & lady birds!

Anyway, I thought it would be okay if I put the extra bees and the extra lady birds on Syuhada's mini cakes. It's to make up for me not having able to make the design like the original request from my customer. You see, they requested the design to be exactly like the one in Peggy Porschen book, Cake Chic... hmmm if i'm not mistaken. The one that have cage on top ... do you know? If not never mind...hehehe... Yeah, they want me to make the cage as well. Well, I did make the cage from royal icing exactly like the instruction from Peggy Porschen's book, the only thing is that I did not make it earlier... in advance so that the royal icing has time to set and dry. I thought I could just dry it up in the oven for a few seconds but to my horror I have read the instruction wrongly. Silly me!!! I told myself I knew it!! ...but I didn't listen to my better judgement!

..a little close-up!

So what I did... first, I tried to make the six cages that I need out of a mix of fondant and gumpaste and florist wires. It turn out okay but I was not satisfied with the look. I want it to look perfect but it was not. So I give up and I called my customer ( it was the bride's good friend who ordered the cake) including the bride-to-be (at that time) and told them I'm sorry and told them honestly the situation and they were great and very kind to me. Alhamdulillah...  they understand and they love the mini cakes as it is without the cage on top!