Fondant Cupcakes

My cupcakes with buttercream and fondant deco

Fondant Rose

Made without cutters

Fondant Bear

made with instructions learnt from YouTube

Malacca Riverside

Photos from my recent trip to Malacca

Tan Kim Seng Bridge is the most important bridge across the Malacca River. It joins Jonker Street to the Dutch Square. It was named after the early 19th century Malaccan born Hokkien philantropist, who donated it to the town.

Portugese/Dutch/British Defence Fort

Kinci Air Zaman Kesultanan Melaka

Replica of Water Wheel used during the Malacca Sultanate period

Malacca River

Today, the Malacca River has been cleaned up and rehabilitated. Smart looking (and underused) cafes line its banks. There is also a Malacca River boat ride. The ride takes 45 minutes. The fare, at time of writing, is RM7 for adults and RM3 for children. The tour starts at the Malacca River Boat Jetty near the Dutch Square (Town Square). This boat ride is now quite famous, having even appeared in the American movie "Entrapment" in 1998.

it's like Venice in Equator

The newest hotel to be open in Jan 2011.

All I Want For Christmas

Is a new Oven..

My old faithful Elba has finally decided to call it a day, after toiling for almost 10 years in it's crampy corner of my humble kitchen.


So hubby and me trudged to those electrical shops and we ended up in Carrefour, where I bought a new Elba oven.




Now I have to learn how to use those functions on their knobs. The instruction manual is one of the simplest I have read, so there will be lots of trial and error and most probably burnt food & cakes..

emmm...maybe I should wish for a handsome chef to come with the Oven!!

Santa Claus..can I have a second wish please!!

Merry Christmas

I am already in the Chrimassy mood..planning wat to cook for the pot luck X'mas Eve's dinner at Uncle James Bond's place..yes, you did read it rite. My uncle like to call himself James Bond, so if the name pleases him, so be it.

Would really love to do some nice cuppies, decorated with fondant (since that my latest 'fever' now)..hubby & doters have banned me from tormenting them with my cupcakes. Each to his (or in my case), her own, I have stencilled some of my X'mas deco already, to be assembled onto the cuppies.

And today, these edible images caught my eyes...they will definitely make the decorating a breeze..


Mentally preparing to torture my cousins ...

My First Christmas Present

Got my first 2010 Christmas present in Singapore yesterday!!!

thank you so much dear..

My First Fondant Cupcakes

My first cupcakes with fondant decorations...

for Aeryn's full month celebration on Saturday.

Have to improve more on the stencil cuttings and free hand sculpturing.

Have set my target to (hopefully) do figurines for my next project.

EXAM & REWARDS

Was listening to Mix FM on the way to office today, where the topic being discussed was exams, students & parents perceptions and of course, the dangling of carrots ..

That carrot part got me reminiscing about my eldest doter's PMR result. When she did better than we expected (to be honest, she is not stupid, only lazy), we as the 'kiasu' loving parent wanted to reward her and perhaps, she would be motivated, buck up and do better in SPM (which she did).

So we gave her RM1K.....and we wrote her a cheque for this amount..it's not safe to walk around with cash $$ in the pockets mah, rite

And we told her, she should keep the cheque to remind herself that this money was her hard-earned midnight burning (??) efforts. For self-motivation purpose..

So she gets to keep the RM1K cheque and we get to keep our RM1K..

We are HAPPY FAMILY ..

All the best to SPM sitters..

OF PICKLED VEGE & CUPCAKES

Spend my deepavali weekend cutting, pounding, frying, slicing, pickling

and whacking batter & baking

all for charity!!!

Birthday Cupcakes

For the little 'Harry Potter' birthday

Home Made Egg Tarts

Tried my hand on baking egg-tarts this morning for breakfast. Friends' advices and the recipes made it look so simple to do these tarts.

The custard overdone as I left them in the oven too long. Next time, I will pre-bake the tarts shells before pouring the egg custard. Taste good though - no kidding!!

STRESS STRESS STRESSOO

Under tremendous stress now......

hope everything goes ok !!!!

Chinese civilisation is more than 4000 years old

good read for the day, coming from the horse' mouth!!

source : malaysia insider

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/1-malaysia-has-caused-irreconcilable-conflicts-says-dr-m/