Ironman ...Again

Ironman must be kids favourite these days judging from the request that I received from customers for this cake. Nevertheless, this time it was for a teenage girl who simply adores Tony Stark aka Ironman. A simple cake as per request.

Ironman, Ultraman and Spiderman

A superhero cake for Hafiy Irsyad. The cake is chocolate ganache cake topped with 3 superheros: Ironman, Ultraman and Spiderman. Enjoy your celebration at your kinddie lil Hafiy.

Biskut Lidah kucing Rainbow / Pelangi

Biskut Lidah kucing atau katetong adalah biskut popular rakyat Indonesia. Di datangkan dalam pelbagai rasa, biskut yang nipis dan rangup ini memang sedap di makan bila-bila masa. Mengunakan resepi asal dari Indonesia, biskut ini dalam warna pelangi amatlah menarik untuk dihidangkan terutama pada hari perayaan atau majlis hari jadi atau sebagai cenderahati. Sesiapa yang tidak pernah makan biskut ini, kami alu-alukan anda untuk mencuba. Sekali makan pasti nak lagi.

Smoked Beef Risoles

A rissole (from Latin russeolus, meaning reddish, via French in which "rissoler" means "to [make] redden") is a small croquette, enclosed in pastry or rolled in breadcrumbs, usually baked or deep fried.[1] It is filled with sweet or savory ingredients,[1] most often minced meat or fish, and is served as an entrée, main course, dessert or side dish.

At Sweet Cravings, we offer 2 types of delicious Rissoles: Chicken in white sauce and Smoked Beef with carrot and boiled egg. We offer them frozen, 20 pcs per pack at RM22.00 for smoked beef and RM20 for chicken. A delicious afternoon treat for your loved ones or keep them in stock the freezer to serve to your guests especially during the coming Aidilfitri 2013. 

Fried Smoked Beef Risoles - Halal. My absolute favourite. 

Cakes and Cookies for Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2013

Hi

Its been awhile since I post updates in the blog..been posting in my FB which was easier..write, upload photos and post..a bit guilty for neglecting the blog so will try to find time from now on to blog.

Anyway, we are now at our 13th day of puasa and although its a bit late, as usual, I will be offering cakes and cookies for this coming raya. This year, I am concentrating more on Sugee and Kek Buah kukus and 2 cookies ie Lidah Kucing Rainbow and Biskut Seroja. For those who wish to order, do let me know in advance ya. 

Biskut Lidah Kucing Rainbow - a thin and crunchy butter cookies. 

RM28 per container (abt 60 pcs)

Kek Kukus Buah 

Size: 4" x 8" - RM30

Kek Sugee 

Size: 4" x 8" - RM35

Pure butter

Pillow Cake with Crown

One day I received an email from a customer telling me that she wanted me to do an arabian theme cake for his 1 year old boy birthday bash. She gave 2 options: either a castle cake or a pillow cake with crown on top.

After emailing the necessary details she opted for a pillow cake with crown on top. I was excited to do this commission as I had only done pillow cake once and that was just 1 tier and not 2 tiers plus a crown.

With my limited experience in doing pillow cake, at first I thought of buying the wilton pillow cake pan as they look gorgeous when done but considering that the design was quite straight forward ie cut corners and do the necessary carving to resemble a pillow, I decided to take the challenge and do the cake without the pan.  The carving was quite tricky but as long as you have a dense cake, sharp knife and if possible, a template, carving the cake was manageable. 

Since the theme was arabian, I decided to go with bold colours ie orange, blue/purple,  green and a bit of red. The crown was hand painted in gold (oh how I wish for an airbrush machine :) ) with no 1 glued in the middle. I decorated the crown with plastic gems that I have from my charm bracelet craft to make it more regal. All in all, it took me whole night and a bit more to finish decorating the cake. I was quite happy with the result and wish little Prince Meshal a very happy birthday. Enjoy the cake and the birthday bash.

Teddy Bear cake

3.3.13 - My youngest,  Marissa is 2 years old. I cant believe that it has been 2 years. Time really flies.

On 3.3.13 my family decided to do majlis aqiqah for adam, marissa and my super duper chubby niece, Aisha. Since it was Marissa's birthday, I decided to bake her a cake and celebrate her birthday together with the aqiqah. She loves teddy bear and hence, I decided to do a 3D bear cake for her.

There is a wilton bear pan in the market but since I do not wish to purchase the pan, I decided to just bake a round cake and carve the cake into a bear shape.  The carving and decorating took me roughly 5 hours to do and finally when she woke up and was ushered into the kitchen by her brother and sister, her first remark was "ooh! Besarnya bear, takuttttt" ("ooh! Big bear..I'm scared"). That lasted for 5 mins and after that I had to shoo her away before she start to hug the cake :)

The aqiqah cum birthday celebration went smoothly. Thank you for those who attended. Your presence had made the event merrier.

Thomas and Friends

I received an urgent request for a Thomas and Friends cake for his son's last minute small birthday party cum family/close friends meet up. She wanted a 3d one. This is my first doing a 3d thomas train cake and I was pretty satisfied with the outcome..will need few more practice for a perfect thomas. Hope she and her son likes it. My daughter marissa was crying.. "want train..want train" when she saw the cake...so the resemblance is there :)...

p/s: I thk thomas' s face should be a little wee bit bigger :)

Portugese Egg Tart

Welcome 2013 and wishing all a happy new year with hope that 2013 will bring happiness, prosperity and good tidings to all.

One of my favourite dessert is the famous Macau egg tart aka portuguese egg tart. Since today is a public holiday, I took this opportunity to bake some for tea. This is a very easy dessert to bake especially if you use ready made pastry.

For the egg tart, I used Kawan ready made puff pastry that is easily available in supermarkets. For the custard filling, you just need the following ingredients:

1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup whipping cream
3 tbsp caster sugar
1 tbsp corn flour
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 egg yolks
Pinch of salt

Method:
1. Combine milk and whipping cream with 1tbsp sugar and heat them in a pot under slow fire.
2. Mix throughly the balance of the sugar, corn flour, egg yolks, vanilla extract and salt together in a separate bowl.
3. Once milk mixture comes to a boil add half to the egg mixture and mix together and add to the pot of milk. Stir until it becomes a custard. Set aside to cool.
4. Heat oven to 175C.
5. Place the pastry puff in muffin tray that have been greased and fill the pastry with the custard , 3/4 full.
6. Bake for about 20 to 25 minutes until golden brown.
7. Serve the egg tart once cool.

Enjoy!