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Welcome!! I'm a full-time mom, an amateur cake decorator but is very very passionate about producing the prettiest cake of all~ I love all things food-related. Still trying to learn as much as i can from Mom's and Grandma's cooking & baking. If you're looking for a specific cake, or just some inspiration? You can find here a list of my favourites. If you want to get in touch, do email me at tjcyee@hotmail.com
Showing posts with label Wedding cakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wedding cakes. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Brotherly Love

A brother specifically planned every detail of a wedding cake for his elder brother's wedding. How schweet~!

Reminds me of an old song...
He's not heavy, he's my brother~

Again, I was hesitant to make a Bride & Groom cake topper but I relented after much persuasion from Dih Haw. I tried it this time with the bride & groom seated down.

Congrats to Dih Chuan! Hope you like the cake your brother 'made' for you...

Design inspired by "Cotton & Crumbs"




Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Joker's Getting Married

This is sort of my FIRST "Male" customer. Not just any male customer but the groom himself! Salute to the bride for allowing and trusting the fiancĂ© to choose a wedding cake and deciding on most details independantly. Either that, or, she had drummed all the details into his head before sending him to run errands. =)  Many girls would wish their fiancĂ© can be so involved in wedding planning.
Sing Huat is known to be a 'Joker' amongst his friends, mainly because he can crack a joke at every thing he sees and at anytime of the day. Also, the big wide smile is practically a fixed feature on his face and I hardly see him going around without a big smile.

For his wedding cake, he chose "Apple Green" and "White Calla Lilies".
The final product. My first attempt with "apple green" color.

Using damask technique, I covered the surface with icing.



Actual picture from the wedding

Apple green wedding cake, with apple green balloons and apple green pomanders~
Well done, Groom!

Congrats to Sing Huat and Cheryl~
May you both always be as cheerful, sweet and happy as the color apple green!

Monday, November 28, 2011

Bejewelled Wedding

Thanks to word of mouth and Facebook, an acquiantance from far away Canada saw my creations and wanted one for her wedding! Well of course I didnt have to deliver the cake all the way to Canada, but she will be back in Sitiawan to host her wedding ceremony. 

Au Yong Li Ping's wedding was held on 20.11.2011, a very very auspicious date! In fact, this is one of the 2 wedding cakes that I had to make for this very date. Li Ping's wedding is a luncheon and the other one is a dinner but it didn't make much of a difference as both cakes had to be ready promptly. It was a challenge indeed and I'm glad I managed it well :-)

I was delighted when Li Ping told me I'm free to design her wedding cake! She gave me a few details such as cake flavor, size, and the rest is all up to me! BIG SMILE.

I decided to try something new and pretty unique to even the cake industry in Malaysia.  I ordered silicon molds from the US and started making buttons, brooches, jewels, and gem stones. 


The main cake was styled with a big red rose and beaded with vintage brooches and gem stones.  Cupcakes were adorned with pearls and red baby roses.


It is not the typical wedding cake that you can expect decorated with just flowers. I'm not sure if many can appreciate the uniqueness of this creation but I'm glad I tried something new.


Friday, October 28, 2011

This is what i call "Classy"...

When Christy told me her friend wants a wedding cake, I started sweating.  When I found out who her friend was, I couldn't sleep for days. Bangsar Babe is coming to town and she wants to meet me!  I'm an amateur sugar artist and I don't even have a name card!
It was during Chinese New Year 2011, I got dressed while reminding hubby that he has to babysit our little boy so I can go out and meet Sue Lynn, popularly known as the Bangsar Babe, the food blogger who has appearances in the media.

What if I cannot meet her expectation? She must have high expectation since she's a food blogger. What if she doesn't like my designs? What if she wants something complicated and I don't know how to do it? Oh no, I can't even speak proper English its embarrassing!  Hundreds of questions running through my head as I was walking towards Christy where she introduced me to Sue Lynn.

What a relief after meeting her in person.... A beauty pageant but yet so down to earth.  We chatted a lil and she tells me her dad's actually from Sitiawan too, small world~ Sue Lynn wants a cake for her ROM ceremony and it's in October which is good news, as it means there's alot of time for me to practice. To my surprise, instead of a tall cake with 100 flowers on it, all Sue Lynn wants was a small wedding cake with the simplest design, but classy of course. Of all the flowers I showed her, she loves my anemone flower. However, the most difficult request was to have a "bride & groom" cake topper.

My specialty is in making sugar flowers and I have zero idea on making human figurines... *cold sweat* again.. Anyway, to cut the long story short, I gave it a try and here it is, after 9 months... The final product... 



The ceremony was held in KL. It was late at night and we were on our way to KL, carrying an extremely fragile and delicate cake on my lap and dozing off as hubby was driving. Suddenly, a wild boar appeared out of no where( i mean seriously!) and hubby had to slam the brakes. I almost got an heart attack, not because of the shock but because I was so afraid something bad happened to the cake!! I guarded the cake with my life! *wink*


Sue Lynn ;-)


The ceremony was oh-so beautiful.... CLASSY is all I can say for the decorations and layout.





Sue Lynn looked absolutely stunning in a gold/champagne dress and I can just see how much Wei Jien adores her at the way he looked at her...


Guess who I met at the ceremony?! Sue Lynn kept telling me that I'll be meeting some very special people at her ceremony and she wasn't going to tell me who it was.She made sure I got my namecards done (finally). True enough, they were very special people indeed! It was Allan and Nigel, from Just Heavenly!!=)) They actually liked and complimented my cake!  They were so friendly and generous in giving me a few tips and advise about the cake making business. Am so grateful!

This is me, giddy with happiness..


Thank you, Christy... You know why...And thank you Sue Lynn for giving me the most memorable experience i  had for the year of 2011...


If you would like to read more about Bangsar Babe's food blog, you can visit her website at:
http://www.bangsarbabe.com/

Monday, March 28, 2011

Ruffles

I was browsing through The Caketress and came upon this beautiful piece of art. It reminded me of a book my mom used to have that teaches how to make many different type of flowers using ribbons. My sister and I tried making them but we didn't have the right kind of ribbons so it wasn't easy! It's kinda like embroidery but using ribbons instead of yarns.

Anyway, here it is, my first attempt at "Ribbon Flowers".. This is one of my personal favourite!

Design inspired by "The Caketress"





This was made for a wedding of my hubby's cousin. Hope they love it as much as me.


Monday, January 31, 2011

One for Eunice

Have been waiting for a chance to play with the color black for a wedding cake and Eunice granted my wish! I was abit hesitant at first, afraid that the bride's family may not approve of the color black. (For those who don't know, black is not a good color especially not for a wedding because everything should be red!..something like that...)

Anyway, here it is, Black Silhouette~

To Eunice and hubby, wish you both life long happiness!





Saturday, December 25, 2010

Pink Christmas for Candy & Andy

I've been wishing and waiting for cake orders. But i didnt expect my wish to come true all at a time! December has been a challenging month for me and to top it off, the wedding is held on Christmas day. Busy busy busy~~ But, satisfying indeed..

This order came in a bit late so i didn't have much time to prepare the decorations for the cake. Just like her name (Candy), the bride prefers sweet pastel colors..sweet pink, baby blue and white. She had initially requested for a 'Bride & Groom' figurines but with barely 3 weeks, there isn't enough time for the figurines to 'harden'. Sorry~ =/

70 orange cupcakes laid out on 4 tiers with a big fruit cake on the top. Each cupcake is decorated with handmade pink sugar roses. As for the top cake, i made poppies with little petals sprinkled all over the cake.

And oh, the orange cupcake is yummy!

Hope she likes it......








Friday, December 10, 2010

A Surprise for Amelia & Leo

This cake was made specially for an old childhood friend. She and her family lives in KL and often travelled to Sitiawan during weekends. I used to wait anxiously for them to arrive so that we can go cycling. On Sundays, we would pack wantan mee and eat it in a park, on top of a slide.. I would say she played a big role in my growing up years...
Sigh, many many fond memories with the Loh family...

Now, more than 10 years later, here she is, marrying a very nice guy. I'm very happy for her! Thought i could surprise her with a wedding cake but told Leo in the end ;-) In all my life, i've always known that she loves the color BLUE. Lydia told me that she likes white roses and white calla lilies too. So here it is, a cake with all her favourite things~

Unfortunately, due to long distance travelling from Sitiawan to KL for the wedding and leaving the cake at my sister's place, some parts of the cake melted! I felt so bad that i have to present her a nearly melted cake. =( The weather is just too hot these days.




I love the laces on the cake. Tedious but sweeet..

Many couples prefer sweet pastel colors for wedding, especially white and pink. I'm glad i get an opportunity to make a blue cake for once.




12.12.2010 @ One Bangsar

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Butterfly Fly Away

This is for Miew Chai and Melissa's wedding. Theme? Butterflies and Teddy Bears!  Isn't that sweet?! One can never be too old for teddy bears..

 Anemone Flowers


Miew Chai & Melissa =)