a baby shower for N&W

a friend is having a baby boy (how exciting!!!!!) and we had her baby shower last weekend at our backyard.
There was food glorious food all around, from the yummy "nasi tumpeng" from a local restaurant, to the mum-to-be drool inducing soto betawi (Nen i want more pleaseeeee)

And of course.... Sweets!! :D
Monica returned to baking (for those who doesn't know, she claimed that she's retired.. but once in a while, you can coaxed her to the kitchen and bake you some yummy yummy treats)
V(^__^)V

here's some photos of the sweets :D
- and I really must credit all of the photos to Monica & dad-to-be. As lack of sleep made me forgot to take out the camera :P And I must say that their photos made it look oh-so-much-better :D

baby cupcakes


baby onesies sugar cookies

macarons & monica's cheesecake bar (yummeh!!)

monica's brownies cone - "sleeping" and on display!!

and here's a peek of the inside :P

the sweet spread!! (and mummy-to-be's tummy (^_^) )


and here's the cake.
the cake has a story that goes around the outside. From when baby was still a baby, and as he grows....

a relaxing picnic under a tree when he's just born






and when the sun is out, baby is a few month and goes to the beach






and later on.. when baby knows how to climb a tree :P

thanks to N&W for having a baby shower!! Hope you had fun as much as we do !! :)
Cant wait to see little peanut in a couple of months! :)

a take on the macaron tower

ok, here's the last of the 4 orders in a weekend

This was when Masterchef was on TV and everybody was watching it.

Betty always ordered a cake for Pui's birthday every year - and asked if I have done a macaron tower before..

hmm... no.. but why not give it a try, I thought!

Where do you get a cone styrofoam big enough? Ones I found are only small ones, not enough for a macaron tower. So in this version, it's 3 various sizes of round styrofoam, stacked together, as if you're making a tier cake. ... Improvising ... (^___-)

So come the day to assemble the tower together. Came out the tooth picks... and the prayers... that they will stay on :P

*please, please stay on...

Let's just say... I applause the guys that had to do it in Masterchef in that amount of time. *bow bow...

Here's a final look ... with an Asahi 'liquid happiness' propped on top.

Why the Asahi you might asked? Well,... the birthday boy likes Asahi.

...hehehe... okay... let's just be honest.. I didn't have enough macarons...

*improvising...

that 'mac&cheese' ... the cupcake version

hi guys,

looks like the "mac&cheese" is a big hit around the people that matters in my life (**ciehh...).
Whilst some people tends to seem to think that mac&cheese stands for "macaroni&cheese" it's actually "macaron&cheese" (^_-)

This is actually a simpler take on the type of cheesecake that we take for granted back home in Indonesia.

the sweetness of the cream cheese, goes hand in hand with the saltiness of the cheddar cheese. Those who never had cheddar cheese on desserts, always seem to take a step back, comments "its salty!!" but continues with "but it works??!!"

Yes it does work :)

Whoever invented this in the first place.. I bow to you...
I know I eat every last bit of the plate whenever Mum got some cheesecake @ home. Eaten at room temperature when it's soft and sweet, or straight out from the fridge with it's slightly hard, they're both just as good..

so here's some more...


they still don't have a name yet.... what do you think i should call them?
Leave a comment and let me know what you think??

colourful babies

last night as I put together the macarons on the tray, I only just realised how pretty their colours are together *instant happiness

flavours (top to bottom): nutella, mac&cheese, lavender honey, caramel fleur de sel