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Birthday Cake Basket Weave Design

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Birthday Cake Basket Weave Design
My friend (Jean) ordered this basket weaved design birthday cake for her mother-in-law. This was made in a rush hour. I felt so worried that she may not like the cake but I got good feedback that the celebrant liked the cake very much.


2captchaThe cake was vanilla cake filled with strawberry jam. I got the recipe from the cake boss website. Anyhow, this was the second time I tried the Basket-weave technique in decorating the cake. Looking at the design, it looks very simple and easy to do however, it’s not really easy, it really needs more careful because you might forget whether vertical or you are already in the horizontal line. As new to this technique I forgot several lines but I managed to hide it with some decorations like the flowers or the leaves on it or around it.

The flowers I made were a combination of buttercream icing, royal icing, and gum paste. In my experience, it is really not a good idea to decorate the cake in a rush because if you make mistake there will be no time to fix it. Fortunately, in my case, I have made several royal icing flowers and gum-paste flowers so it turned it very handy.

By the way, thanks to my friend Jean who trusted and gave me an opportunity to explore my creativity.
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Barbie Birthday Cake

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For everything, there's always first time so here we go, my first ever baked and decorated birthday cake for my one and only daughter Angelynna

On December 30, 2014 was her 4th birthday. She requested just before her birthday to have a Princess Birthday cake. I told her that yes e have to buy her birthday cake on the store same as we usually did in her previous birthday and her brothers however, she wanted me to bake a cake for her, with of course decorations.
I was speechless because the fact that I have no idea in decorating cake and also not good in baking. I remember one time I baked a cake and it was a big failure because the result was like cement. huhuhu! Really a problem for me.
Well for my daughter I am going to try again, who knows maybe this is the time. I tried to bake two weeks before her birthday, my first attempts was a big failure. I followed the instructions but I really didn't know what happened why the result is a big fat "F". After five times of attempt, I am glad I did it. Wohooh! A big success really I was happy.
Then the decorations, well, I knew it was not perfect but my daughter was really happy.
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Puto Cheese

Puto Cheese

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It is called "Rice Puto" these are mini rice cake in Filipino version. These are delicious mini rice cake from the Philippines sweet delicacy.
However, my children protested "NO!!!" well, I said you can call them whatever you want. LOLz.
The recipe that I followed is from the Goldilocks recipe that I found online since year 2006. But at this time I cannot find the recipe I was using. The recipe posted below... I found it in other site. http://www.filipino-food-recipes.com/puto.html
INGREDIENTS
§  3 2/3 cups Rice Flour (or 1 pound bag)
§  1 can Coconut Milk
§  3 cups hot water
§  4 teaspoons Double-Acting Baking Powder
§  1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence(optional)
§  1 1/2 cup Sugar
§  1 stick butter, softened
PREPARATION TIME: 10 minutes plus 1 1/2 hour for letting the mix rise.
COOKING TIME: 35 minutes
1 Mix together the coconut milk and rice flour. Add the sugar and softened butter.
2 Heat up the water and add to the rice flour mixture. Strain and let it cool down thoroughly.
3 Add the baking powder and vanilla essence and set aside for an hour and a half.
4 Pour the mix on a lined muffin pan up to 2/3 full.
5 Steam for 25 - 30 minutes or until the top is firm and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
6 Let it cool down before taking out of the pan.
When I cook this yummy snacks I do not put cheese as per request of my kiddos, they love it without the cheese on top.
Source: Lutong Pinoy
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My Little Pony Castle Cake

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Angelynna 5th Birthday Celebration (Dec. 30, 2014)
It was lovingly baked and decorated for my one and only daughter Angelynna on her 5th Birthday.
My Little Pony Castle Cake was one of my daughter's dream to have on her 5th birthday. She requested this cake three months before the celebration. When I searched online and viewed different styles of Castle cake. I said to myself O gush! how could I do that? that's so difficult to do, I really thought that it is difficult to do, so I made an option to her to buy from the store but she refused, she insisted that I know how to decorate it and she believed that I could do it.
I told my daughter, it was difficult to make but I will try because I want her to be happy. She told me that she will be going to invite her friends in school and so, she wants to show to them her castle cake. So then, I tried my very best and I am glad and satisfied that this was the result of that efforts. She was so proud and pleased! I decorated the cake to the last minute in order not to spoil the surprise. When she woke up that morning, she couldn't believed what she saw on the living room, the cake that she really wanted! "My Little Pony Castle Cake". She was ecstatic and cried of happiness. The best feeling when the mother fulfilled her daughter's wish on her birthday is the "hug and thank you".
The cones (the top of the castle) were not too dry but good enough to stand out this were also because of the pieces of card stock which served as the support of the cones to prevent for collapse. At the very top of the cake castle was a tea candle to brighten up the top.
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AristoCat Birthday Cake

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Aristocat (Cute Cat) Birthday Cake for my friend Sarah's one and only daughter Amira on her 23rd birthday last January 23, 2014.
It is one of the best cakes I've ever made. LOL'z, Well I can say it is! My Friend Sarah asks me if I can bake and decorate a cake with a cat on it because she wants to surprise her daughter. I was hesitant at first because I didn't have a clue how to make a cat.
As I a new to my craft, I did not make a promise to her since I know it would be difficult to do. If I would make it this will be my first because I have never done this before. Yet, I told my friend yes I will try to make it for her.
To make a fondant cat is not easy. I did try so many times with no success so I need help from Mr. Google. I made several researched online and on YouTube on how to make a fondant cat. I am very much happy that I found this tutorial and I was able to follow the steps. Of course, the first time I did was not really nice looking, so I also made several attempts until the picture above was the result.
My friend Sarah had called the next day asking not to continue the making of the cat because she feels it very difficult for me. However, everything is already made but I never said anything to her that it was done. I just told her that it was okay.
The day when she picks up the cake she was like an awed... and really amazed how the cake turns out. She thanks me so many times and paid more than the amount I asked for.
This is the link I used for making my pinky kitty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbCaI5ToGX0
💝😉Thanks Sarah for giving me this opportunity.
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Purple Velvet Birthday Cake

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 Wonderfully done! Good job to me... hahaha...

Another great achievement and experienced given to me from a good friend Jovelyn who believes my talent. Thank you for your trust. Well, I bugged my friend a little bit just because I just wanted to do it, I really want to make more experiment. Purple and golden yellow are my favorite color, so, I really insisted. This was another Mocha cake dressed with beautiful and sweet purple fondant decorated with golden yellow ribbons and white roses.
As a beginner, covering square cake with fondant is difficult, this is because of the corners and of course I am not use of using fondant to cover the cake, I still prefer buttercream coated cake. For the ribbons and the roses, I made them ahead of time, since it needs to be dry. Actually, the original feature of the cake was not planned like what the picture showed.

My friend sent me a picture to follow however when I stacked the cake together,I didn't like the outcome. I felt like there is something missing piece on it. It's true indeed! The original cake was 3-tiered but my friend wanted to have 2-tiered cake. This was the reason why I changed the position of the cake a little bit and added happy birthday on the side of the cake on top. I also added two hearts with the celebrant names and two love birds.
I really love the result, it was really worthy the efforts. The contentment in my part was really wonderful. The price of the cake is $150 but the happiness and the moment itself when I saw my sweet arts is far beyond that. I almost cried that for the first time making this cake is almost perfect.
Before I forgot, the flavor of the cake is Mocha as per request of my friend.
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