jen | February 27, 2009
The February 2009 challenge is hosted by Wendy of WMPE’s blog and Dharm of Dad ~ Baker & Chef. We have chosen a Chocolate Valentino cake by Chef Wan; a Vanilla Ice Cream recipe from Dharm and a Vanilla Ice Cream recipe from Wendy as the challenge. After another busy month i was a little [...]
jen | February 26, 2009
Another great workshop by Planet Cake. This time it was Novelty 102 where we made an island complete with a cute little pirate and treasure chest. I’m not sure if this was easier than Novelty 101, or if it was because my skills are improving but it certainly was still a lot of fun and [...]
jen | February 24, 2009
As well as making a cake for my birthday, i also made cupcakes. Because a girl just can’t have one or the other (and admittedly it was a backup plan incase my cake didn’t turn out!) Coconut Cupcakes Makes 12 125 grams butter (softened) 2/3 cup caster sugar 2 eggs 3/4 cup dessicated coconut 1 [...]
jen | February 18, 2009
Tomorrow is my 29th birthday. TWENTY-NINE. Didn’t i just turn 21?
jen | February 10, 2009
A couple of Saturdays ago i tottled off to my first ever cake decorating course at Planet Cake. Their cakes are one of the best in the business so i figured if i want to make cakes as outstanding as theirs, i’d better learn from the best. Their courses aren’t cheap (i’ll be the first [...]
jen | February 1, 2009
Baking cakes for my work colleagues is one thing, baking cakes for a friends special event is a whole new ball game. I was given quite a few weeks notice to make my friend A’s christening cake however as i’d never covered a cake with ganache and fondant before i was very nervous. Now that [...]