Bring a smile to a child's face....

To me, one of the greatest joy of baking is seeing a child gleefully smiles when looking at their birthday cake. With edible image, that happens quite a lot, especially the ones where there's a picture of them together with their favorite cartoon character(s).
Here're the cakes I made for their birthday celebrations at the kindergartens /day care centers.
Ordered by Yanie, disney princess cupcakes and a cake for 80kids

Order from Yati & her friend Ju, Dora and boy&girl themed photo cake

 

From the parents via Cikgu Nab of TFE

 

To those whose cake pics are not posted, I'm so sorry. My daughter Yna was experimenting with "what things float and what doesn't" while being left at home with Dad. One of the item, needless to say, is our previous Sony CyberShot , submerged in a mug of tea! Maybe it did survived for a while, since the last image stored seems like an underwater video, ha ha ha.

These pics were taken using 'my' (?) new Cybershot Exmor, and I'm still fumbling with the settings.

My wish of getting a DSLR was shot down with hubby's remarks that the DSLR will suffer the same fate as our camcorder, nobody wants to carry it around their neck when we go on holidays (which has not happen since hmmm.... so long ago) :-(

Tomorrow is the start of yet another long weekend holiday....... "Selamat Menyambut Maulidur Rasul"

20th Birthday Photo Cake

Everytime Emi, age 21, called me Chik (aunty), i'm reminded how old hubby and I are. Then again, I remember that all my school/uni friends' makcik and pakcik (aunts and uncles who are the second last daughter or son to your grandparents) that I knew were the most fun & hippiest amongst all the other aunts and uncles, lol

Emi ordered this to surprise her friend at Pulau Rebak, Langkawi. I think this 2kg 3 layers chocolate and vanilla sponge cake with raspberry and chocolate fudge filling, survived the long drive and boat ride to that island because I received message from Emi later saying "...everyone loves the cake, delicious..." That coming from those who are so used to eating their 5-star resort' desserts,  i am so very happy :D

My first attempt at making buttercream roses, I think they look more like cabbages than pink roses :(

Birthday Cake.... with Wedding Picture

I've always printed the edible image as it was sent to me, i.e. shoulder height, waist height or full length. Looking at this cake I can't help thinking I should have cropped the picture to waist height and framed it. It would have saved me a lot of time removing the original background and finding a frame template for it which are available mostly in landscape orientation.
The dark chocolate ganache is poured over a thin layer of chocolate fudge covering on this cake, with a layer of strawberry puree and cream filling in the middle.
Thanks Mona for ordering; sorry I couldn't get you the fresh strawberries because it wasn't available at the only one hypermarket in Kulim... :-(

Dora Cupcakes and Princess Cake

Elsie called from Perth to order these for her nieces. Cupcakes with Dora images for Kakak (older sister), and a pink princess cake for Adik (younger sister); both sets with the girls' pics too. I arrived at a spacious apartment with the doors wide open. The wind was blowing softly, smoke and noise from the busy Penang streets just disappear at this top floor of the apartment block.
I was greeted by Elsie's mom, standing beside her was a very sweet little girl which I immediately recognized as adik was also waiting, and... she was wearing a Dora t-shirt! I felt my heart skipped a beat, did I swapped Elsie's instructions? Alhamdulillah... i found out later that i didn't.

Later in the evening Elsie called again just to inform me that the girls and her mom liked the cakes very much. I've also started building Bakeryna pages on Facebook as suggested by Elsie. Thanks so much Elsie!

P/S Adik's pic was superimposed with Snow White's black hair wig, tiara and princess dress

For Princess Ain

Thanks to Facebook I've managed to connect to many of my old friends (excluding a few ghosts of my past... :D). Except for a few who resides in northern part of malaysia, the last I met most of them was a quarter century ago, oh dear... I am soooo old.
Tie wrote on my wall that she'd like to order a cake for her daughter and wanted the pic of Ain to be edited to dress like a princess. A few nights later when hubby saw me looking confused in front of of my lappie he asked me why. When I told him about Tie's request, his reaction was "what...? you said u can do it?", and my reply was "err... yes".
I think the picture turned out okay (hubby agreed too), except that Ain doesn't like to see her red haired :(
Tie also ordered some 100+ cupcakes for all the kids at Ain's kindy (PASTI) too. Thanks Tie!

From Aunty Nana with Love

These cuppies were ordered by Sharina, or "achik nana" as she's fondly known by her family, for her little nephew Luqman Aliff.

She provided 4 pics for the edible images, and wanted the cuppies with just a little buttercream and colorful sprinkles. Luqman was cheering so happy when he saw the cupcakes, I could still hear him cheering even when the door was closed as I was walking back to the car. That is one of the many moments that makes baking so meaningful to me.

Thanks Sharina, congratulations on the arrival of your new nephew, another birthday to remember! (Chombi, her sis received their bundle of joy last week after 10 years of waiting.... )

Zufar & Barney Cake

Looking at Zufar's pic with his cute smile and dimpled cheek just makes you want to reach out and squeeeeze his little cheeks. This is 1.5kg moist choc & vanilla cake with choc fudge filling . The polka dots are in Barney, BJ, Baby Bop and Riff colors. Thanks for ordering, Atie.

P/S To those whom I have to decline your orders the past few weeks, please accept my sincere apology. Our family has to spend the past few weekends in Alor Setar GH visiting & discussing treatment for Asyraf's spinal injury due to a motorcycle accident. Asyraf is my hubby's nephew, age 23, just finished college, a paternal orphan since age 5. Spinal surgery (incl. bone graft, pedicle screws & rod fixation) has been scheduled for this week. Please pray for his speedy recovery.....

Ben10 Choc Cake for Adam

This order came from Mas for her son. Mas wanted it delivered to Adam's babysitter's house where they had a birthday party for Adam. Adam was definitely excited to see his face with Ben+his 10 alien force forms on the cake.
Thanks Mas for requesting just a simple choc cake (it was choc moist & choc sponge layered with choc fudge). I was in a hurry to send Yna to the hospital because she's been having fever for 5 days, prescription from the local paediatric 3 days earlier did not cure her fever.