Last Tempahan, Goodbye 2011...Hello 2012

Rasanya dah takde tempahan lagi untuk tahun 2011 ni. Mungkin tahun depan baru testing resepi baru, lepas habis pantang. Buat masa ni, layan jelah gambar-gambar tempahan terakhir untuk penghujung tahun ni ek :P

Baked blueberry cheese, saje testing buat bunga-bunga

Piping tak hensem sangat, samada nozel bulat kecil sangat atau teknik piping tak berapa  betul *garuk2 dagu jap* hmmm..

Kek doktor order, kawan passing kat saya aritu. Hehe, tak bagitahu pun doktor saya buat kek :P Rezeki..

Video cara buat bentuk-bentuk bunga guna decorfil (ku guna filling je):

American Chocolate Piano Cake~ My Children, My Inspiration

My children, Taufiq and late Nurfatihah, are my inspiration.

To me, each cake I bake means something special. Especially since the death of my little princess. The princess doll cake was inspired by Fatihah, whom I cannot and never will have the chance to bake a birthday cake each year (may Allah bless her soul). For this particular piano cake, it was inspired by my son, who recently likes to play the piano on my husband's tablet. He doesn't know any notes, nor does he plays it very well. Or to be honest, he doesn't play at all. All he does is crash/smash his fingers on the keyboard and sings 'I love you like a love song baby' by Selena Gomez on the microphone. *rolls eyes fondly*

It was a challenge trying to get smooth, sharp edges round the cake. There was not much problem when I slathered fresh cream in each corners, but it was a chore when I absent-mindedly poured lukewarm ganache on the cold frosted cake. In the end it resulted in quickly-set ganache and I had to make another batch to pour more smoothly over the old one.

Another thing, next time I'll try using Kit Kats for the black keys. Like a smartass, I piped the borders around the cakes without first making the imprints of the white keys. *tsked tsked*. Otherwise I would've have a smoother looking black-and-white keys and a more realistic-looking keyboard. Ah well, what's done is done.

Something I'll keep in mind for future use:

• When pouring ganache over a fresh cream cake, always make sure your cake is slightly below room temperature. This is to avoid your ganache from quickly setting when it hits the cold cream.
• Use 1 part chocolate and 1 part ganache. Too much chocolate and you'll end up with thick ganache that is good for piping but difficult to spread.
• Always do your homework first. A piano doesn't have 4 black keys.
• Most importantly, plan ahead.

In case you're wondering, I used the american chocolate cake recipe that I did a few weeks ago.

American chocolate piano cake

Before pouring the ganache, do crumb coat or you'll have specks of crumb cakes in your cream. I didn't do it but hey, I'm a pro  (yelah tu :P)

Back To Baking Orders

Setelah bercuti 5 bulan, sekarang mula buka kembali tempahan. Takdela giat mana, sikit-sikit je. Rasanya macam nak belajar buat resepi lain tapi belum tiba masa lagi. Nak buat kek yang leceh dan susah, yang jarang orang buat tapi rasanya biar unik. Hehe, berangan-berangan jela dulu. Kek apa nak buat pun resepinya belum difikir lagi :P

Tempahan kek pertama setelah berehat 5 bulan, baked blueberry cheesecake

Kek coklat moist, deco-deco sikit sebab untuk birthday

Kek coklat moist, deco simple-simple. Hantar tengahari, rasanya nak bawa balik makan kat rumah lepas kerja