Sarah's birthday and Mama's mini gathering of ex-schoolmate

For this birthday, I engage Party People ( http://www.partypeoplevent.com/ ) to decorate the house for Sarah's party as well as organizing games for the kids. Sarah's friends live a bit further away from our house so I wasn't expecting all her friends would come. Instead, I invited my friends knowing that they'll definitely come. Furthermore a few months back, I was supposed to host our ex-schoolmate potluck but due to some unforeseen circumstances, the potluck was cancelled. So, I guess this was the so called belated gathering minus the potluck...hehe.... Here are some pictures...

Adam Aimeen's Cake

Mula prepare icing pukul 10 pagi tadi. Kek Lightning McQueen ni kecik sikit, tak berat macam Barbie, tapi memang lebih satu kilo. Cumanya macam Strawberry Shortcake, kerjanya tedious sikit. Rumit dan kena buat xtra careful. Kalau ikutkan kena pakai tip no 16. Tapi I used slightly bigger, tip no 18. Kalau pakai 16 menangis nak tunggu habis.... :-) Anyway, hope the birthday boy like it. I used 2 types of icing- Vanilla Fluffy Buttercream and Wilton Buttercream. Wilton punya icing ada smell yang I'm not fond of. Actually it's the clear vanilla yang buatkan bau dia macam tu. Kenapa guna icing Wilton? Sebab nak dapatkan warna putih untuk windscreen dan lampu kereta Lightning McQueen. Selain itu, Icing Wilton juga digunakan untuk buat mata, dan sticker kuning/oren kat kereta. Other than that, warna merah (walaupun nampak macam pinkish sket) dan burgundy tu semuanya fluffy vanilla buttercream. Warna merah habis sebotol tapi tak dapat merah menyala macam kereta McQueen.

Work in progress

 Finishing....

The final product!

Wilton Better Baking Series 1

Finally dapat jugak attend kelas ni yang dibatalkan bulan lepas sebab kurang sambutan. Bulan lepas banyak sangat cuti, itu yang tak ramai boleh join. This round sampai 16 orang dalam kelas. Kelas start pukul 11 pagi. Wah, mudanya instructor, Kevin namanya. Tapi walaupun nampak muda, Kevin was very good at explaining and answering questions. Ok, hari ni buat 2 jenis kek- Butter Cake n Choc Fudge Cake. My partner is Nawar... Kami tak habis2 gelak dalam kelas. Asyik2 kami la yang last siapkan task. Kekeke.... Dah bake 2 cake rehat sat for lunch. Lepas tu sambung untuk cake frosting pulak. I tell you, the Fluffy Vanilla Frosting tastes very nice but a bit sweet, though. Yg tu takpe sebab boleh kurangkan icing sugar. Hak choc fudge pun sama. Apa pun, Nawar n me yang paling last keluar kelas coz kami siapkan jugak frosting our cakes. Ada yang balik buat di rumah.... Me? Tak kuasa mak!!! Weekends dah penat bergelumang dengan buttercream. Esok nak kena prepare buttercream untuk kelas hari Khamis pulak..... Huhu.... Dah siap tu, dengan handbagnya, dengan beg kertas isi barang2 plus 2 cakes terhegeh2 bawak ke kereta. Baru la rasa penat yang teramat sangat. It was a good class. Learnt lotsa things. Banyak benda yang tak tahu rupanya....sebab tu kena belajar! :-)

Choc Fudge Cake with Choc Buttercream Icing

 Butter Cake with Fluffy Vanilla Frosting

I bagi the whole Choc Fudge Cake kat my neighbour, Adzura. Siapa nak makan sampai 2 biji kek? Next week I'll be baking Pound Cake and Red Velvet Cake.....mmmm.....nak bagi kat siapa pulak ye? Zura sure tak nak..... tadi pun I practically forced her to take the cake....hehehe......