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 :)

Year of the Rabbit

Lots of celebrations lately... (only just realising as I am typing this up), from Christmas and New Year, Australia Day, CNY and Valentine.... can't wait for the next one!!

with Cap Go Meh just past, the Chinese New Year celebration is officially over.
Late as this maybe, here are some CNY cupcakes for this Bunny year.

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!!!
How are you celebrating it?

shopping is tiring

really?
Shopping sure can be... but who doesn't like shopping? not me.. :P

This set was done to celebrate Era's birthday. The concept is that she's surrounded by all the girly things she loves to do.

a tired birthday girl after a shoppign venture

the shopping (damage)

lingerie, ghd hair straightener, cupcakes, shopping bags


happy shopping!! :)

Wedding cake & cookies for Vera & Vincent

Vera text-ed me ages ago (can't remember when anymore)... All i know, it is marked in the diary :)
She's organising her wedding for October 23rd.

We met up a couple of months ago, to brainstorm and come up with a final design for them. Vera & Vincent are sooo easy to work with, full with ideas, open to suggestions - one couple you do not want to disappoint :)
We come up with detailed ideas for the cupcake tier design, as well as design for the sugar cookies that will become their bonbonaire

The date draw closer, and there's a 3 day conference during the same week **cries!!!!

What do you do?.....
(Try to) be organised - and stay up all night ... that's what... When you've said you'll do it.. you do it!! Bought some Coke to help me last through the night... :P

So... here are some photos

individual cookies for the guests

they are individually named - and will be both bonbonaire & seating card

i love how they all lined up on my table :) *note to self : be super careful with spelling!!


named, stuck on the backing, packaged & ribboned

And this is the cake / cupcake tier :)

The wedding's colour theme is yellow & white. Thus the colour theme of the cake is linked back to this.
Did you notice the girl sugar cookies' dress colour?

Handmade love birds grace the top of the cake (a red velvet), with a top hat & a pretty veil ;)
I thought of putting flowers around them - but it takes away from its simplicity.. and so I left the bird couple on their own :)

love birds details






the cake!!!!

And before I left - I took a moment to take in the breathtaking view from the room. St Michael's Golf Club @ Little Bay is just beautiful!!!
Having the room to myself during set up means I can roam around and went snap snap snap ^__^

The view just opens up - as is it's never ending *taking it all in...

Congratulations Vera & Vincent!!!! thank you for the sweet text you sent me after :)
Have fun in your honeymoon!!!!!