Kitchen Aid Mixer

I am pleased to annouce that I am now selling Kitchen Aid mixer for those interested in owning them. I have been using the mixer for about a year now and am really happy with the performance. This is THE MIXER to own and now, you can own a mixer celebrity chefs such as Jamie Oliver, Nigella Lawson have been using by ordering from the comfort of your home. We offer 2 models as follows:

1. Artisan series KSM150

*Specifications
Wattage : 300 W
Maximum dough capacity : 1.2 kg of all-purpose flour or 1 kg of whole wheat flour
Flat Beater
Wire Whip
Dough Hook
4.8 L Bowl with ergonomic handle
Tilt head design
10 speed slide control
Pouring shield
Available in following colurs (subject to availability)
(White, Empire Red, Pink, Majestic Yellow, Imperial Grey, Cobalt Blue, Tangerine, Grape, Ice Blue)

2. Heavy Duty Series K5SS

*Specifications
Wattage : 325 W
Includes Pouring shield
10-speed variable speed control
Bowl-Lift model
Dough Hook
Flat Beater
Wire Whip
4.8 Litre Bowl
Available only in white
How to order

1. Email us your order including your 2 colour choices for Artisan series.
2. Please wait for our confirmation. Once confirmation received, bank-in the payment. We can only order the mixer for you once full payment is received.
3. Mixer should be available from the supplier within 1 week from the date of your payment.
4. Mixer can be picked up from our place in Ampang or can be delivered to your place at a minimum delivery charge. We use reliable courier service. We can also deliver free at certain areas. Please enquire on this.

- Mixers have 12 months warranty against defect directly from the supplier in Malaysia.
- Prices for both Artisan and Heavy Duty series is RM2,400 per pcs.

We are currently having a promotion on Kitchen Aid Mixer at a very attractive price. Please enquire via email.

Twilight Saga

It's been quite some time since I last posted an update to the blog. I've been quite busy with work, baking, my kids and many more that I could not find time to even check out my blog. Anyway, I'm hoping all this will change as I'm having a much better breathing space now.... Hopefully :)

Anyway, for the past few weeks I've been baking some cakes and cupcakes and will upload pictures as soon as I could find where my card reader has dissapeared to :). I've also taken up some reading lately and the latest book that I'm reading is the Twilight Saga which consists of 4 books (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn) and this partly contributes to me not updating my blog. :)

I picked up the books after hearing much rave review from my collegues and I decided to read and see what the hype was all about. After reading the first few pages, I was hooked. I could'nt put the book down as the story was really captivating and very very addictive. The storyline was really good. It makes you tingle and feel warm and fuzzy all inside when reading the book. It's very hypnotising and it makes you yearn for such love to exist in this sometime cruel and harsh world.

For those who loves a good love stroy, I truly recommend reading Twilight. It's actually an International bestseller and the movie just came out last December. Its about a vampire (Edward) falling in love with a human girl (Bella) and there was a conversation between both of them referring to their situation in the book that was so cute that goes as follows:

"And so the lion fell in love with the lamb ...." he murmured

"What a stupid lamb," I sighed.

"What a sick masochistics lion"...he replied.

Do get hold of Twilight the book and read them. If you can get hold of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th series, get them too coz believe me, you can't get enough of their love story and you would want to read the books until the end to know the conclusion. You won't regret them. :) This is the best love story so far.

For those interested in watching the trailer, go to http://www.twilightthemovie.com/

Happy Reading.

P/S: New Moon movie will come out this November 2009. Can't wait to see it :)

Wilton Method cake decorating

Since I've always been learning cake decorating by my own through books and the internet, I've always wondered the techniques and correct ways of cake decorating done by professional cake decorators. This year, I decided to stop wondering and enrolled myself in the Wilton cake decorating class. I started Wilton's Course 1 early of the month. When I joined, I was quite surprise to find out that most of the students have cake decorating experience and some even have their own family bakery. They enrolled with the same reason as I did which was to equip ourselves with the correct techniques in cake decorating.

I'm glad I enrolled since the classes taught students many techniques to decorate a cake. When applying these tehniques, cake decorating becomes much easier and better.

In the first class, we learned all about tips, folding parchement paper the wilton way and how to do crusting buttercream. I was happy to finally know how to do a crusting buttercream as all this while, I only use non-crusting buttercream. What's the difference you may ask - well its stiffer than normal buttercream thus do not require to be refrigerated and holds decoration much better for a longer period. Also, you are able to make the buttercream smooth like a fondant unlike the normal soft buttercream. My only reservation was that its uses shortening instead of butter and loads and loads of sugar :( . I prefer my buttercream to be all butter with just the right sweetness :).

In the subsequent classes, we learned how to do transfer design, how to pipe novelty figurine such as clown and the wilton roses.

For those interested, Wilton cake decorating method is an internationally renowned courses in cake decorating. ICCA Malaysia is authorised to conduct classes for the Wilton cake decorating method and those interested may enroll themselves either at ICCA branches at Kota Damansara, Hartamas or Petaling Jaya. There's 4 courses: Course 1, Course 2, Course 3 and Course 4 (optional) and at the end of each course, certificates would be given to successful participants. For those who completed all 3 courses may even have the opportunity to become a Wilton Instructor that's licensed to conduct Wilton cake decorating classes. I recommend those interested in cake decorating to attend Wilton cake decorating courses since in my humble opinion, the knowledge gained is priceless. I'll be attending the 2nd course in February and will update the blog with this later.

The picture shows the cake that we did at our final class. The decoration uses crusting buttercream. Not too happy with the roses though :( .... neeed to practice more on this :)

Barbie cupcake

2008 has passed and here comes 2009, the year of the Ox under the Chinese calender. For 2009, the first cake that I baked was cupcakes for my friend's daughter. She wanted a barbie cupcake and here's the pictures. She later told me that her daughter refused to eat the cupcake and wanted to keep them instead. :)

Welcome 2009!

Another year has gone and a new year has arrived. Wishing all my friends a very Happy New Year and may 2009 brings many happiness, prosperity and wonderful things for all of us.

My Kids Birthday

We celebrated both our daughter and son's birthday on 28th December 2008. Ayra turned 5 and Adam turned 2 yrs. For weeks I was cracking my heads on the design of the cakes for them, as they keep on changing the characters that they want. In the end I decided on a Barbie Mariposa cake and a Dibo the Gift Dragon since my daughter loves Barbie and my son loves Dibo. If any readers have not heard of Dibo, well, its a purple dragon that brings gifts to those who wish and airs on Disney channel everyday at 9am. Barbie Mariposa on the other hand was the latest Barbie series where Barbie's character was a Fairie, trying to save the Fairyland from destruction..or something like that..:)

I started baking on Saturday night and since the party was on Sunday at 4pm, I only started decorating the cakes in the morning. I had strict instruction to both my kids that no one was to disturb me so that I could finish the decoration in time to get ready for the party and the drive to McDonald where the party was being held.

I baked a chocolate moist cake topped with chocolate ganache with edible picture of Dibo and his friends for my son and an orange cake for the Barbie Mariposa. The inspiration to do the Barbie Mariposa cake came after seeing the work of a fellow blogger and cake decorator, Kak June of cupcakekasih http://sayasukacupcake.blogspot.com/.I really love her work and wish that someday I could be just like her. The drive to McDonald was also a challenge since the wings attached to the Barbie was huge and I had to hold the cake all the way to McDonald so that the Barbie doll stayed intact.

I really love how the cakes turned out. They were a hit and no leftovers for me to eat :( Here's the pictures. Hope you like them too :)

Flower Garden

This is a flower garden cake, adorned with colourful flowers and butterflies made from soft fondant. The cake itself is one of our favourite - orange butter cake with orange mousse filling topped with buttercream. The orange cake is very refreshing and gives a zest to those who eat.