Christmas Rush

For a change, I decided to lie low this Christmas compared to last year (it was too much to handle last year) and I also had to decline a few as I also got sick. Nevertheless, it was still busy in the oven.

The cake for our family noche buena feast

Playing second fiddle in the dessert front for our noche buena 

Trio of Filipino desserts for our Filipino Christmas Party

One of the orders before Christmas

New & Improved Cookies & Cream Cake

I have decided to make a version 2.0 of the Cookies & Cream Cake. More Oreos in the cake and frosting including chocolate cream flavoured ones - an Oreo overload indeed.

WHAT'S NEW: The Buco Pandan Cake, Another Filipino Flavor Added

The last of the Filipino trio is a pandan chiffon cake with cream and cream cheese frosting then garnished with macapuno strips in the filling and topping.

I will be posting recent orders and more surprises next time.

The Ube Macapuno Cake : A New Addition to our Cake Family

After some requests, I finally made another Filipino-flavoured cake. Like the mango cake, an advanced notice is needed as the ingredients are not always available.

More Birthday Cakes to Come...

Here are some late posts of birthday cakes I made last month.

New Cakes for Summer (or what's left of it)

This blog has been silent for a while, the bakery was still busy but the baker just didn't have the time to blog (excuses, excuses...I know). At least with the absence, I was able to come up with more creations for you to enjoy.

I finally tried this most requested cake and I have to say this is one of my favourites too. 

And I've come up (yet again) with another chocolate cake variation and this time with a shiny, rich icing. A bit of a challenge when frosting as it really flows but it really melts in your mouth. 

The Crazy Birthday Weekend

I didn't even know how I managed to make all these birthday cakes but I did. This kicked off the start of the birthday season (I can feel as there were loads of birthday party invitations and also gifts to give). The highlight was my first time to make a three-layer cake (sort of), it was amateurish but I still managed to pull it off. Not bad for my first time. Of course it wasn't really three-tier as I used this floating tier-style cake board which is highly recommended for first timers (because I'm not sure if I can make three layers which won't fall off, I don't want to take the risk). I'm also trying to improve on my lettering as I wanted to give a personal touch on my cakes especially for those celebrating their birthdays but I know I'm getting there.

I will post a better picture of the three-layer cake when I got the pics from hubby's digital SLR.

Clockwise from left: Carrot Cake, Chocolate Cake with Roses/Hello Kitty, Cookies & Cream Cake embellished with Choco Jammie Dodgers and Chocolate Cake with Roses for a garden party theme 

May & June Orders

Sorry it's been really busy and I was not able to post lately...of course, it's business as usually. I still haven't posted the recent cakes I had. I will try to post them this week as this is the start of the "birthday season" including my daughter's first birthday. 'Hope everyone's enjoying the British summer (which doesn't really happen most days lol).

Clockwise from left: the new Red Velvet, Black Forest, Strawberry Cheesecake, two orders of Cookies & Cream and Blueberry Cheesecake

More Cookies & Cream, Red Velvet and Carrot Cakes

April Orders So Far

These are my recent orders for just these two weeks (so far). As of press time, we just arrived from a baby shower where I made cupcakes for. The only baby shower where I made the cupcakes were mine last year (how time flies...).

Clockwise from top left: carrot cake, m & m's cake, moist chocolate cake and the newest cake, strawberry cheesecake

Baby Shower Cupcakes: an assortment of vanilla cupcakes with buttercream frosting, cookies & cream cupcakes, carrot cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and chocolate cupcakes with blue mocha frosting (from top to bottom)

More Orders for March

Sorry I was not able to update this blog for so long, I've been really busy baking and now that I'm back to work, it even gets busier. These are my remaining orders for March, unfortunately, I was not able to take a photo of the last one (cake & cupcakes because of last minute preparations and we also went to the party ourselves; preparing to go especially with a baby can be so challenging).

Mothers of March

March started with our birthdays (yes me and hubby's - we're just a day apart) and Mother's Day. I had three orders of Black Forest cake (looks like I'm making the same cakes each month) for UK Mother's Day. These are three different cakes. :)

I added the Mother's Day toppers for the three cakes. 

February Carrot Cake Overload

Sorry for the late post, as usual I'm busy with motherly tasks and the usual. I made a total of 5 carrot cakes for this month (including 1 for early March but under the last February week so I still consider it as Feb). Two of the cakes were for friends' birthdays so they were not considered as orders and I was not able to take photos of them as they were made very last minute.

Here are the three orders of carrot cakes:

This was for a wedding anniversary so I added the cake topper. 

Both were made the same week. To explain the different carrot cake decorations, Sainburys ran out of the decorations so I had to order the others online. 

New & Improved Moist Chocolate Cake

An update on the boxes - they have arrived last week which is exactly one week from dispatch date. I ended up emailing the company and they said they should've arrived and I should check with my local sorting office.  If there is no luck, I can let them know again. But before I was able to call the sorting office (which I had a hard time looking for their number that actually works), the boxes and cake boards have arrived.

Now enough of the ranting. I have another order this month for a chocolate cake and here is my improved version and new look. As per feedback, I lessened the dark chocolate flavor on the frosting. I still have to put a bit of dark chocolate though to give it's desired deep chocolate color. Also in the background is the new cake box design. Unfortunately, my signature cake boxes are no longer available for my desired size but the cake boxes are equally fabulous. It's probably a good time to have a new look for the cake box since it's the new year.

A shinier chocolate ganache with less dark chocolate flavor 

Epic Fail

Over the weekend, I was so ready for my first baking challenge for the year. I have prepared the cake in advance but was on massive last minute pressure after the boxes and boards I ordered failed to show up. As of press time, they have not yet been delivered. I am utterly disappointed with this, they will definitely have an unhappy customer in me. I have been ordering from the same vendor ever since and I never encountered any problems with them as delivery was always prompt. Anyway, the saga still continues.

With that, I failed to take a photo of my black forest cake as I had to finish it in a rush, just in time for pick-up. Anyway, I had to rush to town to buy a box and a cake board for this order but I was glad that I was able to finish it on time.

Moving on, I have created another section (Latest Offers) for you to view what we have in store for the coming V-day celebrations. We have a sneak peek below.

Be.Back.Soon.

Since it's now 2013, I'll try to come up with new designs and of course, improve my cakes as well as their decorations. Yes, the feedback and comments have all been noted. I have my first 2013 order this week and I will post more pictures soon.

Happy New Year!

Ending the year with the last orders for 2012, these were made during the last week of 2012.

I've run out of boxes (I ordered 20) and since there are no deliveries after xmas (and they only deliver on January), I have to use these makeshift boxes which I made myself.