R.I.P. Raj

Out for early breakfast with couple of collegues this morning..
While waiting, received an sms from sp..
The message said that the security guard we know as Raj passed away in the guard room.. Kind of taken aback on this news.. Someone whom I've know for the past 10 years or so had suddenly left..
Few days back we were still teasing him with his new haircut.. whistling at him and calling him handsome... Joking with him, offering him tibits.. And now, he's gone..
He's been tormented with kidney failure for these couple of years, all the poking of needles into his hand, the dialysis he needs to go thru every other day has never made him an unhappier person.. Infact he has been pretty positive about everything..
He's been a very kind man (at least that's how I felt).. Whenever I stay late alone the office, he'll call me now and then to check if I'm doing fine in the office, asking me not to stay too late..
Rest in peace brother.. Bye..

Valentine's Day

Made these for someone.. Intended to give them to him on the V day..
I had a box of cake mix with me, so, instead of using my own recipe, I gave the cake mix a try..
End result?
Even my not so picky brother says the cupcakes are not nice.. hahaa...
I din even wanted to taste them... whhahahhahaha...
So, I just had them decorated (too late to make another batch of my own recipe), pictures taken and showed them to him instead.. hehehe...
The toppers were made by myself... Cute???
I think so.. Do you?? Hahahhahaha....

Oreo Cheesecake

Haven't been updating my blog for soooooooo long...
After Christmas, I've been pretty busy.. Work.. everything...
Didn't even have the energy to bake... haha...

The only time I've baked after Christmas was this.. Oreo Cheesecake for baby's birthday... Wanted to decorate the cake.. But I was too lazy and tired to move my fingers to do the decoration...Haha...

Luckily he liked the cake, said he liked it heart shaped and its tasty....
Haha... He better liked it...





Actually I was all enthu to participate in the Butterfly themed cupcake contest organized by Zalita...
Who knows.. I was so busy (ok... a little on the lazy side also) that I didn't have the time to do it.. I actually had the shape of the butterfly shaped out with sugar paste (2 days before the closing day)..
Just when I wanted to decorate it... it broke into two!!! =(
Darn....

Pre Xmas Party order!!

VC is having a pre Xmas party on 1 December 2007. He placed an order for 30 cupcakes and a Tiramisu with me!!
He gave me the room to decide on the flavors of the cupcakes and decoration..
Cracked my head on what flavors to make...there's so many options and so many I want to do...
Finally decided on:
1. Rum & Raisin Cupcake with Rum Swiss Meringue Butter Cream
2. Strawberry Cupcake with Raspberry Swiss Meringue Butter Cream
3. Blueberry Chocolate Cupcake with Rich Chocolate Swiss Meringue Butter Cream

Next.. how shall I decorate the cupcakes??!!!
These are what I came up with!!









"Xmas Tree" is Rum & Raisin Cupcake with Rum Swiss Meringue Butter Cream.
"Teddy wants pressie for Xmas" is Strawberry Cupcake with Raspberry Swiss Meringue Butter Cream.
"Snowy & his Candy Cane" is Blueberry Chocolate Cupcake with Rich Chocolate Swiss Meringue Butter Cream.

Made purple stars (with sugar paste) for the Xmas Tree Cupcake deco as VC said the color theme for his Xmas Tree this year is Purple & Pink.. So, to suit his color theme, I had the stars done in purple!!

As appreciation for his support, I made some cupcakes and had them individually boxed (boxes personally made by me!! haha..) for each of his guests to bring home after the party...

Tiramisu........

Hi there!! I'm back!!
Been ages since my last entry.. =p

Made tiramisu today... This time, a different style from what I usually make..
The previous ones I made usually comes in the container.
This time round I want to make something that looks more like a "cake"..haha..

Here you go!!





I like my tiramisu with that strong liquor taste... Added a lot of Marsala wine to the mascarpone cheese... so...sorry kiddos, this dessert is not suitable for you guys...hahaha....

Wedding Cupcakes.... the sequel...

I've just received the best news 5 minutes ago!! It's better than striking lottery!!!

The bride just called me and told me that I scored an A+ for the cupcakes!!! Yeah!!!! I'm really on cloud nine now!!!

The wedding duos were given out to her mum's colleagues today... They liked my cuppies and were impressed with the cupcake deco!!

All the hard work these couple of weeks is really worthwhile!! Satisfaction is definitely here now (to think that I was kind of worried about how the reactions would be when the cupcakes are distributed out to the bride's mum's colleagues)!!!

I really must thank the bride for giving me the chance to work on this project.. Thanks Doreen!!! Muaks!!







P/S: you should see me now while I'm typing this entry.. my grin is almost touching my ears now......hahaha...

Vi's pre-celebration for turning two!!

Slept at 5am after doing all the 100 pieces of wedding cupcakes.. Thot I would sleep all the way till late afternoon...who knows, woke up at 9am!!

While baking for the wedding cupcakes yesterday, I baked a few more extras intending to make them as birthday cupcakes for my princess Vi..

Vi will be turning two this month, on the 13th (her birthday is 2 days before mine..haha..), since she's coming over my place today, we're going to throw her a simple celebration..

Intended to go out and get some cutesy sweets or candies and use them as toppers for the cupcakes, but then.............Heavy rain la!!! I can't go out (hate getting my feet wet)..

Ransack the cabinets and managed to find a box of kids crackers in shapes of sea creatures.. no choice, I'll just have to use what I have.. haha..





Vi enjoyed her birthday cupcakes, the chocolate butter cream smeared all over her face.. she's even poking all her fingers into the cupcake and licking the cream off her fingers..hahaa...





En, was "caught red handed" also.. haha...





P/S: oh ya, had an order to bake a oreo cheesecake for birthday, it's really been a busy weekend for me.. haha..