Baking Is the Way!

I was so unhappy with my previous business as it went nowhere after a year the tsunami tragedy hit Japan. But somehow sometimes the one that we least expected is the one that gonna saves us.

I have always been very passionate about baking. Watching Martha Stewart show on the TV is always such a delights even for the reruns. There's something about her that really makes me feel wanna bake. I love her books as they are very detail in explanations. Martha pretty much fuel me to become excellent in baking and always wanna do more.

But with what is happening to me lately, I have my best friend Kamizi to thank to. He recognizes my talent in baking and when everything fell apart, Kamizi immediately asked me to start baking and sell them to his friends and colleagues at MAS Holidays, Subang.

His colleagues immediately become my training ground to test my baking skills and recipes. But of course I did my best not to humiliate Kamizi to his colleagues. And so far they are still ordering cakes and pies from me on weekly basis. And that count for something right? I must have done something right. And I also think that they know that it's okay to make mistakes as long as I listen to their comments and improve it the next time.

I sure hope this new career path will be the one for me this time. Something that is enough to make a living and pay the bills.

I sure hope that baking is the way......

All the best to me, myself and I.

My PAVLOVA Evolutions

Ever since I started selling my cakes to friends and friends's friends, request for uncommon desserts just pouring in. And Pavlova is one of them desserts that is so rare to be seen sold at bakeries around KL. 

To tell the truth I know what Pavlova is and I have seen it many times before. But I have never eaten one or made one myself. However since there were orders for Pavlova from my customers, I figure might as well learn how to bake it. How hard could it be right? Well, it's kind of hard! 

The first time I made it the Pavlova came out okay, but since I have never made one and there's no teacher around to tell me whether it's good or bad, I decided to bake another one. Then I realized the first one I baked was the better one and I sold my very first Pavlova to my customer and she loved it. And I ate the second one, the bad one with a bunch of friends and they loved it too. 

Below (pictures 1 to 3) are my first Pavlova (with Strawberries, Blueberries n Kiwis) that I sold to a customer a while back. The one with Cherries on top (Pictures 4 to 6) was made yesterday for a customer and she loved it too and regretted that she didn't order 2 of it. 

 PAVLOVA 1

 PAVLOVA 2

PAVLOVA 3

 PAVLOVA 4

 PAVLOVA 5

PAVLOVA 6

White Snowy Coconut Cake

Coconut is such a tropical fruit. The fragrant smell of coconut is so intoxicating that it will reminds you the last beach vacation you had. I am such a cake lover but I hardly see a lot of varieties for Coconut flavor desserts and cakes.

I have been keeping this idea for a Coconut cake for quite sometimes now and finally last week I came out with a recipe of my own with Coconut as the dominant flavor. The basic for this cake is just a White Cake so it is quite easy to turn such a plain cake into another hit of delectable dessert. When I made it, I know that I wanted it to look so white and frothy and almost like a cloud. So I decided to use a white fluffy frosting made from egg whites, sugar and light corn syrup. The result from this frosting is so perfect to serve the idea that I had. But the only problem is once the cake is frosted, it must be consumed immediately for best result.

The white color from the frosting brings out the gorgeous taste of coconut in the cake and so I named it WHITE SNOWY COCONUT CAKE.

STRAWBERRY LOVECAKE...... My Latest Creations

As I look at all the cakes out there I thought I should create something with my name to it, so I decided to create my own original cake. I love cakes very much and I thought I should create a new Strawberry cake that will do justice to this fruit of love. Below is the photos of my Strawberry Lovecake as I call it as....

BAKING IS A PASSION!!

My love for baking started many years ago. And I have always enjoyed entertaining friends and families. I believe my friends love to come to my dinner parties as my home is cozy and inviting and my home-cooked food are original and truly comes from my heart.

I think it's time for me to share my baking goods as to me baking is a passion that really got me going and excited. However I do get a little disappointed and mad when my cakes or pastries came out a little less than perfect. I would normally curse at myself and beat myself up. Not literally though.

Below are a bunch of cakes that I have been making and sells to my small collection of fans out there. To them, thank you so much for giving me a chance to grow and develop my skills, my recipes and my designs.

My own recipe and design, my Strawberry Love Cake...it's my latest creations.

My Red Velvet has been selling like mad ever since I made this many months ago.

My recent Marble Butter Cake with dark Chocolate Frosting. Simply delicious and satisfaction guaranteed! Haha!

Marble Butter Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting. This is the older version of the cake using a different Buttercream.

This is my American Chocolate Cake Classic.....It's the Devil's Foodcake with White Fluffy Frosting. I still need to perfect this recipe as the one I'm using now came out a little dry and not too soft. Maybe i will develop my own recipe and test it.

My Rainbow cake.... This is something that you should not miss and must try!

My Pavlova with fresh Strawberries, Blueberries and Kiwis.

My Chicken Mushroom Pie that will be a perfect meal to go with your coffee or tea anytime of the day. This can be refrigerate for several days and still be good and the pastry will not go soggy. This pie is a treat!!!

My Apple Pie...made to order with US Granny Smith Apples

My Sardine Rolls....Crunchy and yummies to the tummy. A perfect pastry for an afternoon tea break.

FIMO Lollipops & Candy Canes Christmas Tree

This project was requested by MPH Bookstores at the Curve Shopping Mall to decorate their window for this Christmas Season. Their theme was Sweet Tokens of Love, and Lollipops and Candy Canes are the main idea for the decoration. So Staedtler asked me to make Lollipops and candy canes as many as possible to decorate the Christmas tree and the whole window is dedicated to showcase Staedtler's range of products.

FIMO Lollipops and Candy Canes in large tin bucket.

Large & Small of Lollipops in tin bucket.

Three sizes of FIMO rainbow lollipos.

Green & Pink FIMO Lollipops.

Multi color FIMO Lollipops and Candy Canes

Putting together a 7' tall Lollipop Christmas Tree.

Sweet Tokens of Love.

The large STAR on top of the tree is also made from FIMO.

SWEET TOKENS OF LOVE at MPH BOOKSTORES The Curve decorated with a FIMO Lollipops Christmas Tree and all of Staedler's finest products.

FIMO Figurines of Roald Dahl Books.

I was requested by Staedtler Malaysia to create FIMO figurines for Borders Bookstores of Roald Dahl books in conjunction with Roald Dahl's anniversary.