My dear friend Lynette, from penang msged me on msn late last night asking is she can get some cupcakes for her mom... Usually, for such a last minute order, I wont take but for a dear friend... i'll definitely go all the way out...!
We discussed about the designs and all... finalized with choc chip base... orange cream topped with fresh strawberries! Yummm.....
Strawberries never fails to make cupcakes look so delish and tempting!
Happy Birthday Aunty! Hope it was a great one....
My sis-in-law recently gave birth to the cutest baby boy, Jayden... They stayed over our place during confinement together with confinement lady whom I got a long very well with!
Today's her last day and she wanted to make something special for her god daughter who is 5 today. She's been watching me bake and testing em for the past whole month! :)
She requested choc chip with strawberry icing and that's exactly what I did!
I topped it with sugar hearts and round-pastel-coloured sugars to make it more colourful!
And 5 candles signifying her turning 5 today! Used a different packaging this time. This one has no handle and does not need and boards to support. Simple & nice!
Finally, I stored it in the freezer to set for a while before she takes it bake home! A very hot day today...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIL GAL!
I have a regular customer! Peggen Ewe, all the way from down under - melbourne.... This will be her third order now... and the most special one... for her mummy! She requested for this one to be on the cup-a-cake tree! (only for on-loan tho...)
cup-a-cakes on tree in sepia
Peg requested for 24 cup-a-cakes... with 12 as choc banana and the rest up to me... I wanted to keep it as simple and nice as possible... so i topped it with vanilla cream, hearts, fondant flowers and chocolate shavings. All the same so that it will not look too messy. I mixed choc banana with vanilla choc chip that's why you get a choc & a vanilla base.
Peg's message for her mom....
I've known Peg for more than 10 years now and trust me, her mom still looks just the same! After 4 children... she still looks young & hot!
Happy Birthday Aunty!
Hope you had a great time celebrating your day.
Sorry this didn't turn out to be a surprise...
It's been quite a busy week... This order comes from my own shop! From one staff to another. It's actually Veryn & Friends for Juven & a friend (name to be advised?)
There's always perks to be staffs @ Manila Place. They ordered 12. I gave them additional 6! They wanted choc chip... i gave additional vanilla choc chip... and they wanted orange & pink at first. I wanted to make it more striking because they are all so young... but after putting in the orange, I did not want to put pink coz I'm afraid it'll be too much!
So... texted them to see if adding vanilla instead of pink is alright.... Got the approval! Vanilla it is... They wanted lots of hearts...
So I added fondant hearts on wires... Looked a bit too plain... so I added oreos biscuit... Hmmm looks better now... at least not too flat! Oohh.. these oreos sticks are really yummy!
Then, I added the greetings for them... and a candle for each birthday gal...
And finally, into the box it goes.....!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GALS!
Hope it was a great one & many happy returns!
(I'll post up their pictures soon once i get them...)
so, i started with the basics. I chose gold, silver & black to maintain a boy-ish feel... made the choc chip base and tried arranging them first before i start with the topping
then i added the hershey's kisses choc - milk & choc chip flavors! yumm! also added some dagarees & sugar hearts...
added on a long special candle signifying longevity...
and added on the messages! with a colourful mixture of bright colours coz those are the colours ying said her boyfriend will like. 
hmm... i just realized i do not know what the birthday boy's name is! except for "leng zai" & "ah-boy"!
And finally - the 2-tier birthday messages cup-a-cake!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY leng zai!
note: i received a text late last night from ying. apparently the cake got damaged while travelling from gurney - queensbay. the icing smeared on the messages! My worst fears! I feel so responsible for it... :(
ying, will make it up to YOU & ur friends....!
