tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68888607532084874542012-02-16T11:00:32.532-08:00sinful indulgences that make life sweeter...sinfully yourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05600820813400564303noreply@blogger.comBlogger191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6888860753208487454.post-9725573359770994852008-09-28T10:11:00.001-07:002008-10-09T06:26:08.054-07:00

OK I'm going to digress a little here! Those who know me are well aware of my fascination with the super-talented 17-going-on-18 year old singing sensation of American Idol fame, David Archuleta. I love his amazing angelic voice and highly admire his charming and down-to-earth personality. So when the chance came to finally put my two loves together, I jumped on it with passionate enthusiasm!

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Cupcakes make fun and fantastilicious favours - especially when creatively packaged. So I'm loving the see-thru dome covers which shows off individually-packed cupcakes! Neat, mobile and pretty - they make lovely favours for kiddy parties, weddings, what have you.This selection was made for a 4-yr old's birthday party! So I used fun toddler-friendly designs made from fondant and candy choc,

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"Have a Daisy Day" - that was the cheery message I stuck inside each of the press giftbox containing a daisy cupcake! I decided to post about this 'blast from the past' - a project I was pretty proud of from last year - when I received this really nice photo from my customer. Again, I may be good with cakes, but most of the time my customers take better pictures than I ever could!I was asked to

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I remember I had babies in the days when the best personalisation offered with 'fullmoon' giftboxes are crudely rubber-stamped names of your newborn. I ended up choosing the best-tasting supplier and consoled myself that at least the food inside was delicious.For the uninitiated,'fullmoon' gifting is an age-old chinese or rather Malaysian-nyonya tradition of announcing the birth of a baby with

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Oh boys will be boys, and they do want the most 'non-pretty' decorations on their birthday cupcakes - as long as it is their favourite cartoon or action character. So I took on daunting tasks earlier this year - recreating edible Spiderman and Pokemon characters!Doing cartoon characters meant a lot of research and printing tons of cartoon pics for the pattern to be traced out. I remember having

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Dreamy and creamy ... that's how I love my cheesecakes! I've said my first love (cakes, that is) is mousse cakes, yet I have a craving for cheesecakes more often than I admit. In fact, I love all types - Japanese souffle, Boston-style, mousse (chilled) or NY-style in all it's denseness!I remember when I first tackled a cheesecake recipe and it turned out grainy and crumbly ... in the days when

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Birthday themes for young girls never stray far from the colour 'pink', flowers, some hearts maybe, and pretty butterflies! Everything nice... as the poem goes!So whether it's for a precocious 4-year old or young ladies approaching their sweet teens, these cupcakes put a smile on their faces. I particularly like the little fondant bluebirds - they add a 'fairytale' touch befitting a princess

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From a bunch of office buddies for their fave 'uncle' who was leaving the company. I put each of their names on one cupcake, and the design theme was 'Paul Smith' - apparently Uncle Yee Thong's fave designer brand! I tried to recreate the signature Paul Smith wave design in the eclectic designer's palette. Hopefully, 'Uncle' loved my take on Paul Smith!Incidently, I was told everyone was a

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Pink, pretty and everything nice - I love creating these oh-so-pretty cupcakes for sweet little babies like Erin!This is one of my typical 16-pc birthday cupcake-cake - a perfect size for small celebrations, and adaptable to 25 or 36pc squares, or 20/30pc rectangles ... depending on the number of persons in the party. The upside? Great portability, fuss-free, more flavours in one 'cake' (I

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Right on the dot of my 40th birthday, I received a surprising call - a journalist expressed her interest to interview me and write about my cupcakes! Apparently, her editor - Poh Lin had the opportunity to try some and thought they were heavenly! I was absolutely flattered!So in a frenzy, I toyed with the various types of cupcakes I think will make a good impression. I finally decided to show

sinfully yourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05600820813400564303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6888860753208487454.post-62576650392641771782008-04-06T04:11:00.000-07:002008-04-06T04:40:57.282-07:00

This was made for my son's school party, and he requested it pretty late! So, I quickly whipped up the Oreo Crush with a white choc glaze and the Moist Choc with a choc ganache glaze - kids' favourites!I wanted to keep the decor fun - he was in primary 3 - so I opted for a 'Spelling Bee' theme - alphabets complete with little bumblebees!The kids loved it... and so did their teacher ... so much

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My dearest old friends - Allan and Tino of Salabianca (a fabulous homegrown fashion label) - held a new year's party at their hip pad. When they found out I bake, they immediately showed their support with an order of 80 boxes of 'door gifts' for the guests! That's 320 cupcakes!I was given a free hand - so I decided to make the cupcakes very 'Salabianca'! The label is well-known for it's

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I'm not a fan of the colour 'green', so I decided not to have X'mas trees on my X'mas cupcakes! The result was Baublelicious - baubles-inspired designs of festive red, blue and gold!This was one of my early attempts at piping... a bit shaky, I suppose!What's better than homemade goodies to bring some festive cheer?

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Come November, I start bringing out my fruitcake bundt tins, chopping up the fruits, and toasting the nuts. It's the only time of the year I make fruitcake - that wonderfully dense confection with AMAZING keeping qualities!My version of fruitcake is a pretty rich Dark Grand Marnier Fruitcake - the ingredients list is long... but I love what the orangey tang and hint of choc lend to it. It is

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Little girls love Barbies, and big girls love their designer shoes and bags! They don't seem to have enough of them, and even want them on their cupcakes!This was designed for a birthday celebration for 3 very fashion-savvy young ladies. Their friend was spot-on on their first loves and it was most appropriate to decorate the cupcakes with shoes and bags. We even worked out what each one of

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I personally have a soft-spot for European-style mousse (fresh cream) cakes. They were my first ventures when I tried baking at home as I missed eating them after I stopped working (there were less opportunities to visit a good bakery!).For anyone who have tried baking one of these, it is really simple as it involves baking a sponge-base cake, soaking it in some syrup/liquor and layering it with

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I've always done small catering on and off - the whole works - curry, beehoon, desserts etc... so it was 'just' another project when my hubby told me a client of his asked if I could cook up some brunch for her wedding registration at a Buddist temple.Her menu was simple - 'meat-free' food that could withstand the heat at the reception hall (no airconditioning)! She asked for brownies - which I

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Some of my earlier attempts - birthday cakes for my little sweetie pie and a dear friend's son. My girl actually had two - one for the celebration at her playschool and one for our own celebration at home! That gave me a lot of opportunities to try out some designs. All these were first attempts - luckily they turned out well!Only mishap - the balloon on the teddy cake burst when the candles

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Large cakes are never my strengths - and I only mainly make them for my own family's celebrations. Nonetheless, I couldn't talk these 2 girls into switching to cupcakes, so began the challenging journey of creating this cake!The brief was simple - pretty, pink, fairtytale-like! I think a castle would only have a fairytale feel if it is on top of a hill, so I decided to precariously tier a small

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