Brangelina aka Mr and Mrs Smith...as Wedding Toppers

The wedding of Mohana and Pratip in Syuen Hotel, Ipoh. 

A picture of the topper is provided by Mohana. 

It doesn't say Brangelina...or Mr. and Mrs. Smith...I just made it up

...cause it does reminds me of them in that movie.

The bride's costume is a replica of what Mohana wore that night.  

Here's how I did the bride...

...and the groom.

Give them heads, faces and hair from royal icing.

Overall, I'm quite happy with the outcome, just a couple of points to remember for future wedding figurines.

Funky designed cupcakes to match.

The cake theme was "nothing serious, and in warm colours". 

Cool backdrop!

This is what you see as you enter the ballroom.

Another backdrop at the far end of entrance.

Pretty and sweet!

Everything in its place and all ready for service.

Cows as Wedding Cake Toppers...and some Butterflies too.

Another cute animal themed wedding cake topper.

It's cows this time!

Plus some butterflies which are among the bride's favourite things.

Cow figurines in the making.

They have heart-shaped hooves.

View from the top.

Cow have elongated heads so when you see from the top, you can actually see the eyes and such.

But when viewed from the front, you get a smiley face...the pink portion where the nostrils and mouth looks like. :)

Cow shaped spots using all sorts of cutters available on-hand.

Making the butterflies.

Using my collection of butterfly cutters. Metal ones are cookie cutters,

black ones are from the Patchwork Cutters range. 

Tutorial for this can be found here.

Attaching body to the butterflies and wiring them.

This is so that you can position them not just on the cake,

 but also between the cake boards used to construct the tower.

The front view.

Can you see the smiley face?

The 'pelamin', the wedding dais, 

where the bride and groom will be seated for the 'bersanding',

 a traditional Malay wedding enthronement ceremony.

Beautiful main table set-up with a small fountain at the front.

This is where the wedding couple and close family will have their 

formal meal with their guests. (source)

Guests table with the dome tray in the middle, which consist of compartments under the lid, for different dishes taken with rice. 

A reception table with the Guest Book.

Items in the gift pack for guests.

Marshmallows in a jar,

cookies with initials (done by me!)

a 'bunga telur', hard-boiled egg with a stalk of silk flower (another traditional item to signify fertility),

and a prayer book with bride and groom's name. 

A Meaningful Cake for a Wacky Wedding

This could be my favourite cake for this year.

Ideas from Nora, a bride who knows what she wants, and among the very few that I did not get a chance to meet.

The topper for Nora and Hasnul's wedding cake.

Dusting of leaves.

Using 18 gauge wire to form a horseshoe shape.

Wind a ribbon around it.

Wind the leaves starting from top to bottom. 

Monogram using Wilton's Color Flow for strength and puffyness.

Air-brushed with black mixed with pearl sheen, both Americolor. 

Using Satin Ice Chocolate Fondant for both birds and branches.

Attaching the leaves.

A simple designed cake full of meaning.

Horseshoe shaped topper for luck.

Monogram of the couple's initials under it.

Two love birds, one flying towards the other perched on a branch.

Autumn coloured leaves, starting from green, turning dark brown to signify a long marriage life. 

I was told these was done by the bride and groom.

A photo booth for guests to take their pictures.

Totally wacky!

A carnival like atmosphere for the wedding, I can imagine the guests having fun.

A side table near the photo booth with the sign "Take One Each".

Marshmallows, colourful pencils and bookmarks.

Momento bookmarks.

Gift packs for all guests...and me too!

The colourful item in the middle is called "Agar-agar Kering"...a traditional Malay jelly seldom found nowadays. Among the procedure is the drying in the sun for at least 3 days. Tastes like Turkish Delights but with a crisp texture on the outside.

Traditional + Wacky + Meaningful

I have great customers. :)

A Cupcake Tower with Brown Cymbidiums and Rose Buds

A wedding cupcake tower on brown, beige and gold for Lya and Ezan.

The exortic brown cymbidium orchids and rose buds to accompany them.

In terms of flower grouping or arrangements, orchids are seldom placed together with roses.

But I like how they turned out here. 

These are cymbidium buds...in their undusted form 

Cymbidium throat.

The final result of the brown cymbidiums.

 

The Wilton method of making roses, or rose buds in this case.

Air brushing the cake in light gold.

Painting gold lustre to royal iced letterings.

The final assemble.

Brown and gold, earthly and elegant at the same time.

An Impromptu Cake Idea

Occasionally, customers do call up for last minute birthday cake orders. Last minute would mean at least three days in advance which I can accommodate, but again it depends on my workload. At such short notice, they just want a cake in any design, as long as there is a name and the age written. 

 This is a cake for lucky Thashan, ordered by his aunt. 

An aeroplane theme birthday cake using cookie cutters. 

An opportunity to experiment with merging two colours, inspired by the current wedding trend for ombre wedding cakes. Here's a link to view examples of such cakes using different techniques.   

Two aeroplanes and a helicopter, part of my cookie cutter collection. 

I shall one day sit down and group my cookie cutters into themes, an interesting activity! 

Will do another post on that if I ever get to it. 

Cut-outs from fondant.

By the way, Wilton has this technique of cut-outs, over-lays and in-lays.

Applicable for this project.

Lastly, decorate and position your cut-outs and add other details, 

according to theme, such as the clouds here.

A fast cake decorating technique...and interesting too! 

You just have to start a cookie cutter collection and group them into different themes. Each theme could be re-used many times but with different positioning of cut-outs and in different colours with different details which would result in a different looking cake each time. 

Lightning McQueen: Carved Cakes and Cupcakes

Lightning McQueen, a character from the Disney/Pixar Cars 2 animation movie.

Having a soon to be 12-year old daughter has left me outdated with the cartoons kids watch nowadays.

Therefore, it calls for more time and effort researching on the character requested for kid's birthday cakes, also known as novelty cakes.

Here's my Lightning McQueen, for Alexander who turns 3 last week.

Notice the spoiler? The words should be the other way around. Note to self.

Assembling and carving the cake.

Crumb coating with buttercream. 

Cover the cake with fondant and then only transfer to the cake board. 

Stick on all the fondant decorations.

 

This is a smaller carved cake on top of a 6 inch cake and some cupcakes.

They are for Alexander's celebration in school with his friends.

Lightning McQueen banners and poster decorating the classroom.

That's Alexander with his friends singing the Happy Birthday song.

A memorable 3 years old Lightning McQueen birthday for Alexander.