Botanical Bas Relief with Hand Crafted Phalaenopsis

I made this cake for my friend Jessica who is celebrating her birthday today.
Design inspiration comes from decorative ceramic handmade botanic bas relief tile that I found on the internet.

(source : Henfeathers.com)

 

I opted for a more free flow design with a bit of asymmetrical approach and this is what I came up with.

Love the white on white contrast texture of botanic bas relief and hand crafted sugar Phalaenopsis with delicate frills.  To connect the design with the cake board, I painted a very light green on the frills.

 

 

Cake flavour was carrot cake with excellent spice flavours, paired with a moist crumbs, sweet pineapple, golden raisins and crunchy walnut.with lemon curd Swiss meringue butter cream covered with home made marzipan.

Scout Backpack cake for SJIJ Scout Investiture 2015

I am a Scout mum and this was my 3rd year contributing a cake for SJIJ Scout Investiture event. 
This year, my son suggested a 3D sculpted backpack cake and I took the challenge.

The cake was carved entirely out of cake and the size was about 20cm wide, 30cm height.(which is equivalent to a height of 3 tier cake)
The main challenge of this cake was to maintain a stable support with such a tall and slim structure cake.

 

I was not breathing until this cake survived the transportation and cake cutting ceremony. 

 

 

Love how the Scout Backpack cake put together with Scout badge cupcakes made by my baking buddy Christina of Baking Bees.

 

 

Cake cutting ceremony officiated by Mr Antong Shahruddin(Asst Chief Commissioner of South District) and Mr Timothy Goh( Principal of SJIJ)

 

Cake flavour was chocolate cake with chocolate ganache filling.

 

 

 

 

Edible Lace and Frill Applique with Hand Crafted Sugar Gardenia

This project really reminds me of the wedding dresses I made during my designer's days.
There is no brief, the customer just want a pretty cake adorned with sugar flower for her mum.
She pretty much gave me the liberty to design the cake and that is a music to my ears.

Design inspiration comes from the corded lace applique from wedding dresses.  Fondant frills were added to give a softer touch.

Love the simplicity of White Gardenia to gel the design together!

 

Cake flavour was sugee cake with homemade marzipan

 

Happy Mother's Day!

 

 

V is for Victory

A letter V cake for Josephine's farewell.

 

Below is my customer's message behind the "V"

 

V is for Victory

"Victory belongs to the Lamb who sits on the throne." Rev

The pure white sacrificial and red blood of the lamb reflects my working life at VIC.

 

Cake flavour was vanilla sponge cake with passion fruit Swiss meringue buttercream.

 

Handcrafted Sugar Gardenia

Finally, I get to seat down and explore new sugar flower.
Gardenia is a beautiful flower and the scent is just as wonderful to experience. 

This flower has some deep floral meaning, it actually means"You are lovely" and also a symbol of a secret love.

 

Love the Gardenia over the natural background,  will you mistaken this a real flower?