Wilton Method of Cake Decorating Course 1 (Lesson 4)

Our finale cakes!!!!


Cynthia's


Juliet's


Orlanda's


Elaine's


Aida's


Hamida's


Cedric's


Mine!!


I like Elaine's deco.. reminds me of a wedding cake..The colour combination v nice too..

Orlanda's roses are really unique.. white with a tinge of colour at the top..

Hamida's & Juliet's cakes looked as if they're taken from the fridge of some cake shop..

Aida's roses on the cake look real..

Cedric's cake is really cool with the black roses..

and *ahem* I think my cake's really different from the rest.. in a positive way.. haha.. It's kinda kiddish but it embodies almost all the techniques we learnt during the course! the Wilton rose, leaves, clown, flower, shell...

phew! I'm glad it's over.. I think I need a short break from baking...

Wilton Method of Cake Decorating Course 1 (Lesson 3)

Clown! Relatively easy to make..


Wilton Flowers:


Top left: Base
Top right: Done by teacher
Bottom left: My first attempt
Bottom right: My second attempt

I think my first attempt is nicer than my second attempt!

We gotta make 5 roses and bring to class on Weds.. I've made 2 so far and they suck.. but I too lazy to re-do them.. Still need to make 3 more AND I gotta bake a cake as well.. my right arm already a bit aching from doing the roses... sigh.. and it's 8plus pm already!!! better start baking the cake now..

Wilton Method of Cake Decorating Course 1 (Lessons 1~2)

I've signed up with B-I-Y. Cost fee amounts to $270.

But by the end of the first lesson, I think I spent at least $100 more just to get the additional tools and ingredients required for the class..

Just some of the stuff I bought:


Stuff in Phoon Huat definitely is much cheaper! I could have saved like 10bucks if I bought all my stuff at Phoon Huat instead of B-I-Y! grrrr..

1st lesson - teacher "lecturing" and doing demo..

2nd lesson - hands-on.. we had to bring an iced cake to the class..

I did a chocolate cake.. The instructor taught us how to ice a cake in lesson 1.. So I iced my chocolate cake with yellow frosting..

During lesson 2, we were taught simple piping techniques.

Here's my cake after lesson 2!


The rainbow design is transferred to the cake.. The words are piped by me.. quite ugly lah.. I still haven't get the hang of it..


Close-up on the rainbow.. nice tiny piped stars!


Breakfast for today!

I scrapped off most of the icing when I ate it.. too sweet for me.. I think only kids can take this kind of sweetness..

No cake required for Lesson 3 but we have a final project to do in Lesson 4 which would require us to ice a cake in our own design.. Will post more photos after the last lesson (lesson 4) :)

Banana Bread

Chunky gooey mixture before it enters the oven:


Ta Dah! End product!


Cut!


With my swordsfish bread knife! courtesy of cousin bun!

Tasted not to bad but would have tasted better if the bananas were more ripe. I had to make do with whatever bananas were left hanging by my kitchen window.. as usual, it was a last minute decision to bake.. Nonetheless, it was my first time i tried this recipe and will prob do so next time!

I guess it's called Banana Bread instead of Banana Cake 'cause it has a more dense texture than cake.. though no yeast or bread flour was used... walnuts were added to the recipe for that extra crunch..

Birthday Cupcakes - Jan/ Feb

For Mdm Foo:


For Miss Pek:


For Snowy Kiddo:


Happy Birthday Girls! Hope you enjoy the cupcakes!

According to Amy, muffins are those with the exploded tops and usually do not have any icing on them.. Cupcakes on the other hand are smaller and usually have icing on them.

Thanks for the enlightenment Amy! :D

Big Box of Cookies

Bigger box! Though it looks just twice as big as the smaller boxes, it can contain 3 times the amount!! ~ 160 pieces in the big box... (~ 50 pieces in the smaller box)

Thank You!

Thanks to all who've ordered :)

It was a pleasure making them for you!

FYI, these are available all year round and not just for CNY! So please do let me know if you're interested in them at any point! (",)