More Celebration! Celebrating My Mom

I was so honored to have been able to make my beautiful and wonderful Mom her first birthday cake!  She lives half the world away from me and during this visit, we got the chance to celebrate her birthday.

I remembered when I was little she used to make my us (my brother, myself, and some cousins) birthday cakes for our birthday.  I still have vivid memory of some of our birthday cakes that she crafted with love.  She can't believe that I remembered vividly some of the details of the cakes she made.  My Mom is truly a woman of many talents: she's a amazing cook, wonderful baker (she makes mouthwatering goodies, from breads to delicate cookies), a fabulous make-up artist, and a businesswoman.  Yet, she is very down-to-earth and humble.

I love you Mom!

(pardon some of the dents on the cake, my little boy can't wait to eat them before I was able to take a proper picture).  


 

Let's celebrate!

Lots of things to celebrate in April!  First off, nobody punk'd me during April's Fools Day.  Then came Easter and birthday celebrations and let's not forget about my obsession with Game of Thrones.

For this post, the first celebration this month is celebrating the first month of cute Baby Vanessa.  The design is based of the Mom's beautiful announcement design of the singing bird.  The color scheme is based on the soft pink with light purple accent that are used in the announcement card.
 
Thank God for my Momma who came for a visit, she helped me boxing up the cakes and the cupcakes in the wee hours, attaching the announcement card, and tying all of the ribbons.  I love you, Momma!
 
Happy One Month Old baby Vanessa!!

March Round-Up

Boy, what a month has it been!  We're so blessed that my dearest Mom came for a 2-month visit and she has been spoiling us with her amazing cooking and baking.  It's almost like she thinks that we're too skinny (which is totally not) and she starts feeding us non-stop with all of her wonderful cooking and baking.  Oh boy.  I might have to not eat for a month after she leaves.

This month, for me, is all about girls and cherry blossoms.  I long to see those beautiful cherry blossoms to bloom, but we haven't seen much due to some extended winter weather.  Hopefully we will see them soon.
I have two boys and making things pink are very much enjoyable to me!
The first cake is the pink themed angry birds cake for a sweet little girl who loves angry birds.
The second cake is for Robert's best friend, Catie.  She wanted a pink ladybug cake.
The last cake of the month is the cupcakes for a baby shower with pastel colors
(for more pictures go to our Facebook page)
 

More Pink!

Angry Birds is like my daily bread, my 4 year old son keeps on talking about it, build "structures" from pillows, tissue boxes and empty boxes he could find around the house, and he even made the slingshot with his cheese strings. Endless possibilities, everything can be structures and don't get me started with the slingshot.  My son seems to be quiet when you first meet him, just say the trigger word "angry birds" and the dam would break until you regretted using that trigger word.  Oh boy.
 
When my client asked me to make Angry Birds cake for her daughter's birthday, I did not hesitated. My son was truly happy that I made another Angry Birds cake. And since he's doing pretty good in his "sketching," I let him sketch the structure for me, which he was more than happy to do. 


This is my take on a girly version of an Angry Birds. I took the inspiration from the "cherry blossoms" in the game by creating soft pink tone on the cake and adding some blossoms for the girly factor :) Enjoy! 

Night Owls

My husband and I are night owls... and also TV freaks.  We would watch all of the premieres and decided whether it's worth watching and whether they're going to be picked up or not.  There were some heartbreaks before but mostly we got most of them right.  We've been patiently waiting for the Game of Thrones to resume the second season on HBO.  I finally finished my second book and very much ready to see the book being translated into the screen.  I know some of my friends (and clients) share the same sentiments.

Back to the owls, these are a different kind of owls, they're sweet and cute ones!  These owls were made for our client whom after our chat, I found out that she was a classmate of my husband back in the university years!  What a small world!  These owls are for her sister's baby shower.
Congratulations, V and D!

 

Pretty in Pink!

I am thrilled to be able to do pink cakes this week, due to the fact that I have two boys (and my darling Husband) and I am the only girl in the household.  There's no way that I would make pink cakes.  The first cake I made was a joint effort between the birthday girl's Mom, who I met through Robert's school and we've been best coffee buddies ever!  She baked the cakes and I decorated the cake with her.  Of course, my little mister chatterbox kept on talking about his new game, angry birds - knock on wood, in the background while we're doing the cake, but we managed to finish the cake in just about an hour or so.

The second cake is for a little girl who celebrates her one month birthday!  It's customary in Chinese/Indonesian tradition to celebrate the one month old baby.  We would have a little gathering with our close friends and family, have some yummy food, and of course, some cake!  I was pretty bushed at the end of the day and I didn't do a proper "photoshoot" with the cakes.  Please forgive my quick and instant "background" for the cake.  Hope you all enjoy these cakes as much I did.

Happy Valentine's Day

Sugar Penguins wishing everyone a Happy Valentine's Day.  Eat lots of chocolates today, I know I will....