My little cakes for you: May 2009

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Floral Cake with Intricate Basketweave

I call this cake...blooming beauties!

Heart Cookie & Cupcake

Yay! I'm so happy that I've finally managed to create these sweet & pretty little cakes (not so little size) that come with heart shaped sugar cookies ( made by smallhousecookies.blogspot.com)

Happy Teacher's Day

This cupcake cake made for all the teachers at Sek.Sri Kayangan Shah Alam. My son (Kyle Iqram was delighted to present this cake for them....Happy teacher's Day Ms Diana.....( His favourite teacher)

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Mix N Match

Little size of Vanilla cupcakes swirled with Vanilla buttercream icing 'N' Sponge chocolate cupcakes swirled with chocolate buttercream icing

White Daisies

' Happy 17th Besday' dear Shasha may Allah berkati dan rahmati selalu. Good luck in your SPM... I hope you like d cuppies speacially ordered by your beautiful MOM.....

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Most of you might wonder why these cuppies were taken in such a way? Actually I've got some new books from my 'hubby' ( Thank you dear 'B' for getting those amazing books all the way from AKL (Auckland)...keep on looking for more great books ya!! One of the books (which amazes me),not just about recipes or decorating cupcakes but mostly on how to present them in multitude of ways,One of the ways was on nice paintings and that was the reason why these cuppies end up taken on a scenery painting which I've painted myself (yes ,I do folk art decorative painting as well besides baking and such...) so what do ya think? Little cakes....painting??

Milk chocolate ganache

Charm and delight your friends with these divine little cakes..Chocolate cake frosted with milk chocolate ganache and edible sugar flowers on top

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Edible Images

If you have your own image , please send the attachment to mylittlecakesforyou@gmail.com preferably image size is >3ookb for better clearer image quality.

Friday, May 15, 2009

Flowery Cuppies

Sheena..... suprise for you!!! Sorry not my mistake on delivering the cuppies 2 days after MOTHER'S DAY ya, no no no... 'someone' smsed me too late lah on sunday morning 1oth of may hmm??Alamak most of my baking ingredients pulak dah habis... and it was on sunday don't know where to get all the stuff specially the icing sugar( which can get only at selected baking shop) but anyway glad that you like it and very sweet of 'him' to celebrate the 'DAY', 2 days after pun kira ok lah he he he and the most important is that he chose 'my little cakes for you'.

Purple Roses

Purple roses on a cake with rose bud on each of cupcakes...great for any occasion

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Swirl pink flowers

Swirl flowers on 'little' size cupcakes to match with the oval cake....

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Cake slice

Just one rosebud,a rose,a rosette...makes a plain cake slice perfectly elegent!

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Little cakes

Eat me I'm yours...'LITTLE CAKE'

Cupcakes are now becoming so popular that they are establishing themselves in many new ways. People are for instance , sending cupcakes instead of flowers , chocolates and etc to celebrate all kinds of special occasions from weddings , Aqiqahs , anniversaries and many more. Cupcakes come in many shapes and guises , but the one thing they all have in common is that they're small , individual sized cakes decorated with pretty icing and so versatile , truly there's a cupcake design for every occasion . Cupcake tiers are now the new fashion in wedding cakes too. Cupcakes are without doubt 'a cake for all seasons' universally appreciated by young and old.....

Using Colour

Mix and match vibrant colours to make your cake designs stand out , or learn how to add subtle tones for a more delicate finish . Your skill with modelling and piping is important , but a stunning ends result hinges upon your ability to combine and use colours .

THE COLOUR WHEEL

The colour wheel helps you to see how one colour relates to another . If colour are close together on the colour wheel and have colours in common , they are said to be related . Related colours go well together . The colour wheel is made up of primary colour , secondary colour and tertiary colours .

Primary colours

Red , yellow and blue are the primary colours , they are pure colours and all other colours come from a mix of these three . Red and yellow are warm colours , and blue is cool .

Secondary colours

Secondary colours are an equal mix of two primary colours . Blue and yellow produce green , red and blue produce violet , and yellow and red produce orange .

Tertiary colours

Tertiary colours , or the third layer , come from using one primary and one secondary colour mixed together .

COLOURING VARIABLES

There are no absolutes in mixing icing colours because of the many things that can affect the colour , such as ingredients , temperature and humidity , time and light .

INGREDIENTS

Shortening , margerine and butter make colours turn darker , whereas lemon juice softens colours . If you use salt in your buttercream icing , mix your colours the night before , if the salt is not thoroughly dissolved , it will leave little light spots in your icing .

TEMPERATURE & HUMIDITY

In icings that contain shortening , margerine or butter , the temperature of the room , heat of your hands and warmth of the liquid you add can affect the icing colour . Warmth seems to make the colour darken or become deeper .

TIME

When using buttercream icing , soft or light colours can be made and used immediatetly and will only darken slightly . But when you are striving for dark colours , mix in the colours and then let the icing sit overnight before decorating , you won't have to use quite as much colour . Charcoal grey will turn black . and an almost red will turn bright red .

LIGHT

When your creation is finished , be careful to protect your work from sunlight or other bright lights . Pinks are especially susceptible to fading . Purples fade to blues , blues to grey , black to purple or green .

SHEILA LAMPKIN

My little cakes for you