choo choo choo

Kids these days have lots of choices when it comes to TV. One that seems to be a favourite amongst (almost every) kid is Thomas.

I know who Thomas is, but I-(who-need-to-catch-up-on-kids-tv-characters) didn't realise he has so many friends, whom each look somewhat similar but not the same.

There has been a few Thomas the tank engine requests. And I thought I'd share them with you.

1/ cake & cupcakes set for Oliver

2/ a Thomas 6" cake for Zachary

and its' side views

3/ a Toby cupcakes set for Nic

just some pop

Baby Tristan's 1 month celebration pack

It is customary in our culture to celebrate a baby's first month.
Food (why not... right?) are always a good one to send out - as it will almost always go down well with the recipients. Cakes & other sweets are quite popular fillings for these packs.

The newest addition to our extensive family is Tristan Morgan Henjoto. He turned 1 month young just yesterday.

We prepared a few packs for the family to send out to their closest friends and relatives. It is similar to a baby's announcement I guess :)

Baby Tristan's pack ; a dozen of macs, including:
klepon, rose, black sesame, greentea, mac&cheese and black sesame

This was one of those fun projects to do, because I'm not always in the kitchen preparing the final product (^_-). There were trips to 'non-food' shops to scour for items.

I have had a fascination with paper pompoms ever since attending the short class by Phoebe Gazal @ last year's 30 days of home and entertaining - and thought it will go well for this occasion (okay... so i've used lots of pompoms... everytime i can..)

Happy 1 Month Tristan!!! Grow up fast... and we can play "catch me" and eat sugar flowers together with your big brother P :)

xxx

celebrating Luke's 2nd birthday

This is George. Today, along with him and his friends, we are going to celebrate Luke's 2nd Birthday.


Everyone is here, Mummy Pig, Peppa, Daddy Pig and of course George oh and look!!! a big birthday cake with 2 candles


oh, let's not forget Mr Dinosaur.


Madame Gazelle came to the party, as well as Zoe Zebra


Suzy Sheep came with Mrs Pig, whilst Danny Dog came with a handful of presents!!


Rebecca Rabbit came together with Mrs Cat & Candy Cat.
And look who's right behind them!!
Pedro Pony!! With Mrs Pony in tow.


Look at Luke's presents!!


And more...


And more presents!!!!


"Happy Birthday Luke!" everyone said


"it's now time to blow out the candles" Daddy Pig said.
"don't forget to make a wish!" said Peppa

Alice, Dorothy, Marie & Jack

"Who?" you might say...

This was one of the biggest challenges I've had so far. When Le contacted me if I could make a cake for her birthday celebration, never in my wildest dream did I imagine this is what would come my way.

Le sent details and images of what she had in mind.. and my jaw literally dropped.
She's having a costume party in one of the clubs in town, and the cake was to be a combination of her 4 favourite movies.

Luckily, Le was kind to me :) She wanted this as a dummy cake - and she gets to keep it after :)

Anyway, let me introduce you to Alice, Dorothy, Marie & Jack.

~Alice~

Meet Alice. She fell down the rabbit hole. Why so curious Alice?

So, the top tier is Alice in Wonderland.



It's worked around the mad hatter's top hat. Alice sits on top of the hat, while the white rabbit is perch on the rim (ready to dash any minute).
And you can't not have a cup of steaming tea and the pocket watch for Alice in Wonderland. ~you don't want to be late for tea!! omg , i'm remembering my disneyland visit....


Cake works 360 degree, yes you have a "front", but you can't just have the back blank right?
So, for the back, the Queen of Heart / Red Queen's card soldiers are lined up :) They work nicely in the scheme. They are guarding, and not letting Alice out, like what the Queen wants.


OK, so now let's meet

~Dorothy~

Unlike Alice, she was blown off by a cyclone. Next thing she knows, she's not in Kansas anymore.

In the land of Oz, she made some friends. the Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion and the Tin Man

The Emerald City, Yellow brick road and the journey completes the theme.

Now, let's meet

~Marie~

We didn't do "Marie" the way we do Alice & Dorothy. This tier is merely a representations of Marie, ...Marie Antoinette.

Inspired by the 2006 movie "Marie Antoinette" by Sofia Copolla, we took bits and pieces to represent her. The opulence, wealth, the fashion and the food of her high teas!!!

and last but not least,

~Jack~

Pirates of the Caribbean
This was the hardest by far I think.

I love this movie as well, but it's "dark" nature and amazingly difficult and crazy details in the movie makes it so hard to represent.

So we went back to basic and represent what represents a pirate - his boat, the rough sea, treasures, creatures of the deep (Davy Jones), as well as the pirate skull

Now you've seen the "parts" , and these is what they look like as one

I might be biased, but I'm quite proud of this cake and was slightly sad that I had to give it up :P

Hope you guys enjoyed this post, and Le, I hope you love this as much as I do :)