A Hundred Cupcakes on a Cupcake Tower

Here's how a cupcake tower with 100 pieces of cupcakes look like.

Total of eight tiers with extra spacing for flowers.

This event is a combination of wedding and mother's birthday, it is actually a gift from my customer.

Therefore, you see the combination of longevity peach, peony and the Chinese character for "Double Happiness"

The large peonies are artificial fabric ones.

Loving the idea and look of using fabric flowers for cupcakes tiers.

A tutorial of a mini peony for cupcakes.

I'm also starting to like this format of presenting tutorials which is common now in Facebook and Pinterest.

One look and you can immediately see the sequence of steps instead of scrolling down to get the whole picture. I'm limiting them to 5 steps...I love working with limitations. :)

My cupcake class handouts have these 5-step tutorials too. 

All the easier for my cupcake students to continue their self-learning at their own pace.

I think that's what I will call them in future...my "5-step tutorials". 

The Fraker Wedding • March 24, 2013

 

 

 

The Finley Wedding • March 24, 2013

My 100th blog post :)

Time to celebrate my 100th blog post!

As I write this, part of my house is being repainted, 

with the aim of creating a more conducive idea inspiring environment.

The 100th blog post...need to make it a good one.

This cake is done for a wedding planner sometime late last year...instruction given was champagne, cream and white showing tone effects.

Here's a look at some behind the scene cake work. 

Doing the pleats. 

Rectangular cut-outs and folds of the same size...assembled to form pleats. 

Second tier, flower cut-outs and royal icing piping at boarders and lines to make lace effect.

More pleats at the top tier.

Assembling the flowers, calla lilies and sweetpeas. 

Sweetpeas to provide some ruffles to straight lined calla lilies.

Just playing with the lines of flowers...abstract art using flowers,

another idea I want to grow for my designs.

Green and Red Wedding

A green and red wedding theme at Indulgence, Ipoh.

The cake...a ruffled design by Cotton & Crumbs in the Wedding Cakes A Design Source (Issue 44),

in supposedly ombre green, with some red, in the form of butterflies.

Each guest gets either a red or green apple,

and a clothes peg, hand-made personally by the bride.

A closer look at them. 

One in Western bride and groom costume,

the other in the traditional Chinese wedding costume.

Creative!

Simple dining room set-up.

A Ferrero Roche tower made by the bride and friends.

A sweets and fruits display table at the reception, also by bride and friends.

Red and green eggs, unique!

A closer look at the cake...ordered by bride's aunt and mom.

The insides of the cake,

some green (pandan flavour) in it too.

My first wedding cake for 2013.

The Steveson Wedding • September 16, 2012

My daughter Erica got married. This cake was inspired by Erica's love of glitz. Each tier had a different design; rosettes, ruffle  nd smooth, which gave the cake an edgy-chic element. The touch of glitter gave the cake an enchanting glow that changed with the light of the day... It's was spectacular. It was a yellow butter & chocolate cake, with a whipped creme filling. This cake is yet another one of my favorites... for obvious reasons :) Cheers!

An All White Wedding Cupcake Tower

The wedding cupcake tower for

Shiau Ferng and Jone Thau 

at Royal Perak Golf Club, 17th Nov 2012 .

My first video (created on YouTube) of a wedding set-up, 

full photography credits to my friend Celia Chai.

As I see it, photography is somehow like making cakes too.

First, you must have the equipments and tools,

then you need the skills (know-how),

lastly, you need "the eye".

Watch the video and see the set-up of the wedding through Celia's eyes.

My cake pictures are so much better than any I have taken before.

Thank you, Celia!