Kek untuk anak Ayoul

Beberapa hari lepas Ayoul call tanya boleh tak buat kek kereta Lightning McQueen. Pan kereta mmg ada jual dan rasanya boleh sewa kat ICCA. Tp sebab 1st time, so ala2 nervous sikit. Anak Ayoul pulak bg gambar kek macam yg dia nak....consulted Lilot kot2 dia boleh buat... then I decided masa tu tak berani nak take the job coz takut birthday boy disappointed. Photocake takpe tp kek yg bday boy nak ni yg 3D. Almaklumlah, auntie ni macam bidan terjun ke alam baking membaking ni.... :-)


Finally Ayoul kata takpe photocake pun boleh! Phew.... Then pi la tempah edible image. The cost is RM18 for an A4 size. Tp imej yang kita nak print tu kena la sheshuwai dengan kek kita. So far all my pans are either square or round, takde rectangle. Edible image tu mestilah either round @ square. Kalau rectangle, cam x berapa nak comey la! Refer to the 1st photocake yg I buat warna hijau tu. kan macam x berapa comey sebab kek square tp image rectangle.

Anyway, I layer kek dengan fresh cream n chocolate. Finally topping I buat fresh cream yg rasanya according to Naznin macam ice-cream. So, I thought bday boy might like the taste. Lepas tu I pun deco2 la....deco tak hengat sampai lepas tu I dok terfikir....ni bday cake utk boy ke girl? Anak Ayoul boy... Aku pi letak butterflies la.... Bunga2an la.... Erk...ok ke tak ek? Nak buang nanti rosak fresh cream tu.... Susah jugak nak bagi licin surface dia.

Bila my kids balik pulak, they asked me...Ma, why pink? Ha? Mana ada! Mama guna pewarna merah la! Well...obviously my red was not red enough! Sigh... Gotta cari pewarna yg betul2 merah lepas ni! Then hubby pulak commented...what's with the flowers n all? Oppsie.....sorry Ayoul if the cake macam girlie sikit! I really enjoyed decorating the cake! This is the 1st time I used various colours on fondant. Decorating the cake was tiring but it made me happy n I honestly hope the b'day boy will be happy n hoping that he'll recover soon from his fever so that he gets to celebrate his birthday with his friends tomorrow.

Being a novice in the baking world, every single step that I take is a major discovery. Rest assured my friends, I put my heart and soul into decorating every single cake that you ordered. While decorating Ayouls's cake, I was humbled with the knowledge that what I can do is next to nothing as compared to the Almighty's creations. I'm just thankful to be given the chance to do something out of the ordinary....something I never thought of doing....at a ripe age, I must add! Thee hee hee.... Mmm....maybe I should've paid more attention when helping my late Mom bake cookies/cakes ages ago...

In conclusion, don't restrict yourself from trying something new because for all you know, you might fall deeply in love with it! It happened to me! I do love baking and decorating the cakes. There are so many things that I need to learn. Looking at other bakers' blogs made me feel inferior but I am determined to learn and move forward inch by inch! From the bottom of my heart, sincere thanks to friends and relatives who support me. Means a lot to me!