Sarah's 3rd Birthday Cake

Yesi, Sarah's Mom who previously ordered some cupcakes for Abel's birthday this time ordered a birthday cake for Sarah, Abel'sister. Sarah really likes car toys. Therefor Yesi asked me to make a birthday cake with cars in it but still need to have a girly appearance on the cake.

So...here it is!



2 layers of chocolate sponge cake with vanilla syrup to moist the cake. Butter cream icing, taart toys and chocolate decoration.

Glad that Yesi loves the cake, she said that the birthday cake is cute. And received her sms this morning :

"Jeng Dewi kuenya mois spt yg aku minta. Menteganya jg gak terlalu manis. Enak deh. Makasih yo, Sarah seneng bgt."

You are very welcome Yesi...glad that Sarah loves the cake.

Fruit cake Melisa

Melisa, my cyber best friend again order a cake for the person she loves. Previously she ordered some small size cakes for her daughter, Meene, 1 month celebration. This time Melisa wanted a heart shape cake with fruits topping.



It's 2 layers of vanilla sponge cake with vanilla syrup to moist the cake. I use the combination of chocolate and oranges for the cake filling and strawberry butter cream and fruits as the topping. Plus adding some chocolate sticks and greem bow to make the cake more appealing.

I am glad Melisa loves the cake so much, here is the text message I received from her yesterday when she received the cake :

"Udah terima kuenya. Iiiii cantik gw ampe senyum2 sdr hihihi"
(Have received the cake. Iiii beautiful I can't stop smiling hihihihi..."

Thanks Melisa for your repeated order, awaiting for the next, haha...

Brownie to soothe yourself

When you feel blue....I hope these brownies will cheerful your day....

Edible pic chocolate fruit cake

This order came from the Queen of Cupcakes. An edible chocolate fruit cake for a boss in the company she works for.



It's 3 layers of chocolate sponge cake with chocolate ganache and blueberry filling and covered up with chocolate ganache and some fruits topping. To moist the cake I used vanilla syrup.



I was a bit confused when had to asemble the fruits because there were not much area left to assemble the fruits.

Thank you Ibu for your order and trust.

Barbie Cake for Ara's 3rd Birthday

Dedek, Ara's aunty ordered this barbie cake since a few weeks ago. Dedek wanted to have pink as the color theme of the barbie. So dress should be in pink and white ornaments. Dedek also wanted me to do the hairdo for the barbie doll.



So here it is....I took pictures of some details of the barbie doll cake.





Following the barbie doll cake, actually I made 4 cupcakes in momma liner with pink and white theme also and each cupcake has letter and number for ARA 3. Also I made 2 extra cupcakes, one of them to put the candles. But I was about busy with anything else and didn't get a chance to take more picutures of the cupcakes.



Thank you mbak Dedek for your trust and order. I was happy to be part of you and your family happiness. Happy Birthday to Ara.

Multiply Birthday Cupcakes

These cupcakes ordered by Ari, a friend from Multiply where Multipliers in Indonesia call her as the President of Multiply ID hahaha....

Ari ordered these cupcakes since a few weeks ago, she ordered for chocolate cupcakes with chocolate chips filling. But, the fact was we have missed some other important point for this order. We didn't discuss about the decoration theme, packaging etc. So I just made up everything by myself.



These cupcakes actually was packed individually very nice but I just didn't have time to take more picture of the cupcakes as the delivery man already waiting in front of my door.

Happy Birthday Multiply Indonesia, thank you Ari and Multipliers for your order and trust. I am happy to be part of the celebration. Apologize for being absence for the celebration.

Brownie Cupcakes

This brownie cupcakes recipe is one of the best brownies I have ever had! The method is very simple and the taste is very rich as they combine cocoa and chocolate. I don't use the frosting...too sweet for out teeth :-)

The recipe is taken from one of my favorite websites, Martha Stewart. I decided to add a teaspoon of vanilla extract for a better flavour and change the method a little bit.

What I post here is how the way I make my brownie cupcakes based on Martha Stewart recipe.




Ingredients :
6 tbs unsalted butter
8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate + 3 ounces chocolate chips
3 large eggs (my eggs were pretty small so I used 4)
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/8 teaspoon baking soda (I decided not to use baking soda as I don't like the taste and substitute it with 1/4 baking powder)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts, (optional) - (didn't use it)
Nonstick cooking spray
Mrs. Milman's Chocolate Frosting (decided not to use the frosting)

Directions :
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a 12-count muffin tin with cupcake liners. Set aside.
2. In a saucepan over low heat, melt the butter and 8 ounces of chocolate. Stir until smooth. Remove from heat, and set aside.
3. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs and sugar. Add flour, cocoa, and baking powder . Stir in the melted chocolate and vanilla extract until combined. Stir in remaining 3 ounces of chocolate chips and nuts if desired.
4. Using a 2-ounce ice cream scoop, fill cupcake liners 3/4 full with batter. Bake until a firm crust forms on the cupcakes, about 20 minutes. Remove to a wire rack to cool, about 10 minutes. Remove cupcakes from pan, and continue to cool on a wire rack.
5. Ice cupcakes with a generous amount of chocolate frosting.

Notes :
I only fill cupcake liners 2/3 full with the batter - 3/4 is too full and in my oven it took 30 - 35 mins to get them done.

Triple Choco Chilled Cheesecake - Ingkan

This is a sudden order from Ingkan, Abel's Mom who last time ordered Abel's birthday cupcakes.



Yesterday Ingkan buzz me and asked me whether it would be possible for her to order cheesecake for her beloved husband. I was shocked when she mentioned cheesecake because I am not too familiar with baked cheesecake. Then I gave another alternative which is chilled cheesecake and after some discussion finally she decided to order Triple Choco Chilled Cheesecake.



It's 3 layers of cheesecake with oreo biscuit base. First layer is white chocolate cheesecake, second layer is milk chocolate cheesecake and third one is dark chocolate cheesecake. I decorate a little the cheesecake with whipped cream, some cheeries and chocolate. Put the nice ribbon to express Ingkan's happy feeling to welcoming her husband tonight.

Thank you Ingkan for the order, my best greetings to your lovely family. God bless!

Comment from Ingkan sent via sms last night :
" Dew, kuenya nyampe dlm keadaan sempurna. Dan rasanya wuenak banget! Suamiku suka banget dan nambah ampe 2x. Anak2 jg suka...Will definitely pesan lg darimu :-) Thanks ya dear..."

Fruit Pie for Ade

Last week a good friend that I met thru sehat mailing list buzz me on YM. She shared with me a good news that she is expecting her 3rd child. Wow!....its absolutely a wonderful news. To balance the bad sickness she is having, she needs something fresh, healthy and tempting for her tummy. And her choice ended up to my Fruit Pie.

The funny thing this morning was when I essemble the fruits I suddenly blank, got no idea what to do with the fruits. Almost one hour I just stood next to dining table looking at my pie and kind of mad to myself. Finally after I looked at the clock and time keept running I decided just to follow my heart and feelings for the fruit decoration.




I hope Ade will like it, thanks Ade and wish you for the healthy and happines as you are expecting the new one.

Comment from Ade :

"Mbak uenaaakkk bangettt...temen-temen kantorku juga bilang enak..thanks ya.."

Colorful Barbie Doll Cake

This is a repeated order from Ibu Elly - Morie's Mom. This time she gave me some pictures of the details of barbie dress that she wanted to be made for the barbie doll cake. When I saw the pictures...I was just shocked. The costume has wings!!! Tried to make the wings but ended up unsuccessfully. On the next day I text Ibu Elly and telling her all the truth. I told her that I am not that professional. I would do the best I could do...if finally she would be unhappy with the cake, then its FOC.



I only took the color theme of the costume for my barbie doll cake, plus some little designs that I might think could be adjusted to the barbie doll cake. Other details I just made up by myself.



Sunday afternoon after the cake was delivered I received a text message from Ibu Elly:

"Bu Dewi, sudah saya terima, bagus banget anak saya seneng banget. Brapa ya harus saya transfer ya. Minta no rekening Mandiri ada?"
(Bu Dewi, I have received it, its beautiful and my daughter is very happy. How much do I need to transfer. Is there any Mandiri account?)

I was soo happy! even still not sure until yesterday evening if Ibu Elly happy with the barbie doll cake I made. Thank you..thank you...and thank you very much Ibu Elly!

Fruit Pie for Angela

Besides ordering cuppies, Angela also ordered a fruit pie. This time I was happy because finally I could use all kind of fruits I wanted on my pie. They were strawberries, green grapes, kiwis, peaches and oranges..wow!!! I wish we have some good fresh berries here in Indonesia and with a good price too so that I can use to assemble them also in my pies. Too bad, for now...fresh berries are still good to be true to be found here. If we could find them, might be in a very unreasonable price!



Here was the text message I received from Angela :

"Aku suka banget ma pie nya. Seger. Bener2 sesuai ma penampilannya. BAru dimakan tadi pagi mbak, secara banyak makanan dr daerah, aku gak mau merusak rasa hehehehe..."

Cuppies for Angela

I met Angela thur Multiply and last weekend she ordered a dozen of cuppies. She didn't give any theme or cake flavour so I just decided my self to make her a dozen of vanilla cupcakes with chocolate chips filling and pink and yellow flower swirl as decoration.

Text message from Angela regarding the cupcakes :

"Untuk cupcakesnya buatku makan satu kenyang cukup, kuenya padet banget ya mbak, anak-anak yang suka"

Mandarin Orange Chocolate Cake

A Mandarin orange chocolate cake to close the order of Midodareni night.

2 layers of chocolate sponge cake with filling of chocolate ganache and mandarin orange. I used light mandarin orange syrup to moist the cake, then the cake was fully covered with chocolate ganache and topped with mandarin oranges and red cherries.



Dearest Fajar, thank you soo much for your order and your trust you given to me to take part on this very important moment of your brother and inlaw to be. My best regards for the happy couple!

O & A Cupcakes

O & A are the initial of the bride and the groom. Fajar wanted me to write down those initial on the cupcakes and put a red chocolate heart shaped in between.



Basic color requested was pink and to make it more merrier I put love trimits and fondant flower.

Fruit Taart Midodareni Night

The second order was Fruit Taart. Just like other fruit taart, it made of 2 layers of sponge cake with blueberry filling and strawberry flavour butter cream and I combined peach heavy syrup and mandarin orange light syrup to moist the cake.



The fruits to assemble the cakes were grapes, strawberries, kiwis and peaches.

Mini Savory Pies

As part of the midodareni night order, Fajar asked for a box of mini savory pies. The pie fillings are shraded chicken, beef sausage, carrots and mushroms with creamy white sauce and shredded cheddar cheese topping.

Midodareni Night order from Fajar

It's a repeated order from Fajar where a few months ago she ordered a box of cupcakes for her brother engagement. Tomorrow her brother is getting married and in our culture there is a ceremony a night before the wedding called Midodareni Night.

This is the ceremony where the couple in their single status get together with their relatives and friends for the last time before they get married on the next day.

Fajar ordered 4 kinds of cakes and I will post them in my blog one by one.

Chocolate fruit taart cake

I met Ani thru Natural Cooking Club (NCC) mailing list. It's a pleasure for me to receive an order from her. She ordered for a chocolate fruit taart cake and one thing I like from her a lot is when she contacted me to order this cake, she said I please just take my time, I can do her cake anytime I have time for it. Wow!....thank you very much mbak Ani. It's been a pretty busy week for me.



Again, thank you very much mbak Ani!

Mini Barbie Cake

It's my first time to make mini barbie cake. Order came from Jurike Armanto (Ike) who owns Mom's Kitchen. Ike order this mini barbie cake to be put on the top of her niece birthday cupcakes tier.




Maybe because I am not used to do the mini barbie doll yet then it seemed harder.



Mbak Ike, this is the best I could do...apologize if it didn't turn out as you expected. I will do better in the future.

"Ndodok Lawang" Cup Cakes

"Ndodok Lawang" is javanese idiom means that it's a ceremony for a family to introduce themselves to their future inlaw before the proposal, engagement or even marriage ceremony of the couple.



These cupcakes I made for Ika's family, a friend that I met thru Multiply. 2 dozens of cup cakes with two flavors : chocolate and vanilla with chocolate chips filling. Color theme is blue and pink, decorated using butter cream, some love shaped sprinkles, fondant flowers and pink chocolate heart shaped.

Kezia's 3rd birthday barbie cake

Finally,...Kezia's 3rd birthday barbie cake!



Made of moist chocolate butter cake decoration full of fondant and color theme pink. I played with a little purples and whites to make the barbie more stunning.




Got text message from Einy this morning saying thank you for the barbie cake and cupcakes. Kezia really loves the barbie cake.

Thank you for your order also, Einy!

Kezia's edible image cupcakes

This is Kezia's edible image cupcakes to be shared to her classmates. Chocolate cup cakes decorated with creamy butter cream and Kezia's edible image. Packed nicely individually with pink ribbon.

Kezia's 3rd birthday cupcakes

This is a repeated order from Einy, Kezia's mom. Last year when they celebrated Kezia's 2nd birthday, Einy also ordered some cupcakes and birthday cake. This time she even ordered some more. And her orders were divided into 3 things.

First was total of 85 cuppies to be shared to Kezia's teachers and friends in the neighborhood. Einy wanted 3 different colors : blue, yellow and pink with flowers and butterflies decor from fondant. But I didn't understant that I ended up making diffferent kind of decoration. I have apologized to Einy and Ari also gave them some discount for the mistake I have done.



special packed for Kezia's teachers



special packed 3-3 for friends in the neighborhood


I hope this kind of thing won't happend again in the future. The cupcakes were vanilla with chocolate chips filling and lemon cupcakes.

Thank you Einy for given me the second change :-)