playing with chocolate ganache

Fresh strawberries + Chocolate that melts in your mouth.

Decided to experiment with the combo and came up with these rather delicious cupcakes, hehe ^_^  but it’s still a little too sweet for my liking, have to cut down on the strawberries and sugar next time, best served chilled. Well, it’s all about experimenting today ;p first with the cupcakes then with the chocolate ganache. This is my first time frosting with chocolate ganache and I really like the outcome. Still need to improve the skill though

Happy Belated Birthday to both Ricky and Kian Aun!! ^_^

*smiles*

simple butterflies

Specially baked for Cheryl. We are ALWAYS here for you. I know you’ll like the pink and white combo

The Chocolate Mud Cupcake

(Thanks liyen for the recipe ^_^ I added in some evaporated milk though to enrich the muffin)

… with love …

They’re still rather messy, hehe. Hope you like it anyway ^_^

the first try

Back in Ipoh ^_^ And being me, I can’t wait to try out my first cake decorating at home.

The results…

Well, it didn’t exactly turn out the way I wanted it to be. Partly because I made mistake in the baking part resulting in a very uneven cake, haha. Like I’ve mentioned before, it’s not a masterpiece but I guess it’s alright for a beginner ^_^ My next try will be with some simple chocolate works and abstract designs… the flowers are too girly sometimes ;p

the classic white

Buttercream is the basic. We then moved on to royal icing, fondant and gum paste.

This one is my favourite because we get to experience with our own embroidery and style rather than the previous ones where we have to sort of go according to the chef.

The embroidery

The little flowers

The ribbon and rose

basket of roses

It started off with making roses and freezing them for 2 hours…

While waiting, we can bake the cake, ice it using crumbs technique and apply basket weaving on the sides. Putting everything together, this is my humble little basket of roses ^_^

Some close up shots

Well, there are still lots of flaws here and there but cake decorating improves with practice. So don’t be surprised to receive little gifts of cakes from now onwards

buttercream

I’ve always wondered how Jean in “The Perfect Man” creates those beautiful cakes and whether those techniques demonstrated in “Gateau Affairs” are for real. And to me, knowing how to bake is not enough, it isn’t exactly personalized. So, eventually I googled up cake decorating and ended up taking lessons in Taylors College. The best part is not only have I acquired a skill but with the internationl certification issued, I can do some part time job in a bakery if I wanted to.

Let the pictures speak for themselves.

The first few ones are basically learning to apply piping techniques using butter cream. Personally, I think they’re abit congested with colours and designs.

The ones on the left are demonstrated by chef. Well, I guess you can tell the difference anyway ;p

Finally, buttercream rose on cupcake ^_^

It was a really fun experience and not as easy as I thought it would be. Not to mention, it’s super cold in the kitchen (have to maintain a low temperature when cake decorating) and the long 8 hours a day. But I’m loving it