birthday cupcakes

It's been a while since anyone last posted! Today was one of my oldest dearest friend's daughter Emily's first birthday, and so I decided to try out rolled icing for the first time! To keep it really simple and easy, I ended up making vanilla cupcakes with vanilla frosting, but I managed to top 8 of the cupcakes with a lemon frosting. I think they turned out awfully pretty, considering it's my first try with rolled icing!

Happy first birthday, Emily!'

Strawberry and Vanilla Cake

I know I've been out-of-action for a while. Have been soooo lazy :-P I didn't even bake anything for CNY! Decided to make this as strawberries from Korea are in season. But it's just way too hot here! The whipped cream very quickly turned soft and my cake was a big mess. Nevertheless, it was still so, so yummy!!

This is dedicated to Sister No. 3 who celebrated her birthday, er....ahem.... two weeks ago. Still, better late than never right?

Happy Birthday, M! Hope you had a great day!

Cupcakes for an Aunt

I went to visit an aunt the other day and I made her some cupcakes. They were chocolate with vanilla buttercream frosting - sweet and simple. But I think I was colour-blind that day. I don't know why I thought the roses were pink. Ah, well!

My Little Munchkin turns 3!

Well, he turned 3 last week actually. For a few months before his birthday, he kept saying that he wanted a Barney cake to share with his friends. So that was what he got. I bought those edible icing images and they were ready-cut! Unlike the Thomas ones which I got for my older son's birthday. I sure had a tough time cutting them out! And these Barney ones had different images. I was very pleased with them. So I made chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting, stuck the images on top and piped stars all round. I think they were very well-received by all.


I didn't have any cake left as I brought them all to his school. So when I got home, I baked another cake (for the birthday song with the family at home) - this time a vanilla sponge baked in two sandwich tins. I spread Nutella in-between and just used the leftover buttercream I had from the cupcakes. For his name, I just used one of those ready-to-use gel icing. Hmmm..... now looking at the picture again, maybe I should've sprinkled some hundreds and thousands all around.

Farewell Party

A friend of a colleague has tasted the chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter frosting that I made and liked it. So for her farewell party at her company, she has decided to order 50 of them. On top of that, she has also ordered 25 vanilla cupcakes with buttercream frosting and 25 vanilla cupcakes with chocolate frosting. Heh.....this is the first time that I'm using our colour ribbon and sticker, presentation is quite nice right? = )

CNY orders

Had a total of three orders over two weeks during the CNY period and I am swearing off cupcakes!! Haha.......just kidding. =P My first order was for a hundred mini chocolate cupcakes. 50 with chocolate frosting and the other 50 with peanut butter frosting. Didn't take a photo of that coz I was crazy busy with rushing them off.



Second order was also a hundred mini chocolate cupcakes but this time, it's all with peanut butter frosting. Friend wanted to give to relatives and requested it to be packed in 20s so had 5 boxes in total.



Then another friend ordered ten vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream and I gave her two free to make a dozen. Thank goodness my eldest sister was in town that day and she helped me with the frosting; if not, I probably would have gone mad rushing it! Thanks Cheh!

Happy Birthday, Sister No. 3!

It is Sister No.3's birthday today and so I dedicate these to her. I know the flowers are not very pretty but I tried my best. Somehow, I just can't do the drop flowers properly. Even the leaves look kinda cacat (erm, spastic?). Ah, well! Practice makes perfect! So I will just have to practise more!

Happy Birthday, Sister No. 3! I hope you are having a wonderful day!

Some Like It Hot....

Some like it cold, some like it in the pot, nine days old! Hahaha.....I thought this makes a good analogy for 'different people, different tastes'. I had an order a couple of days ago for a dozen vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting and a dozen chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter frosting. The feedback was that some people found it too sweet. Well, one thing I've learned is that I can't please everybody, so I shouldn't beat myself up about it. Correct?

Indian Inspired Eggless Cupcakes

After frequent requests for eggless cupcakes, I have decided to give it a go. This is quite a tricky one because I wasn't quite sure whether egg substitutes will be able to bind the ingredients together. First try was a major disaster! The cakes sunk so low, they looked like bowls (Bowlcake? Start a trend, maybe? Maybe not).

Round 2 turned out much better, although, for some reason (and maybe it's my imagination), they're not as tasty (but were still moist). Anyway, doesn't really matter I suppose, considering a cupcake isn't just about the taste, but how it looks like as well!

Round 3 was the first order I got for eggless cupcakes. Since it was for a Hindu Temple, thought I attempt to give it an Indian touch. What do you think?

Birthday...again

Flowers, Flowers, Flowers

Recently, I got an order for a dozen cupcakes for a birthday. I had to make them quite late in the evening due to trains and bus delays (that's London for you :P) after work. Almost fell asleep making them, so was slightly nervous about the cakes not turning out right. Luckily, all went well! Only thing is, my kitchen was a bomb after that and I couldn't be bothered to clean it up. Bleah.

This Little Piggy...

A friend of mine saw FrostyD's piggies and squealed with excitement (pun intended!) and ordered a dozen for a kid's birthday party. My other half helped me with the ears, then declared to the world that he made them! The cheek!

30, Flirty and Thriving?

Seems like only yesterday when I turned 30. Sigh....30, not flirty, and definitely not thriving! I had an order for 30 cupcakes to celebrate a 30th birthday and the birthday girl actually had TWO parties to celebrate this special day. I don't think I can even last through one, much less two parties. Old before my time :P.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Happy Halloween!!

Pretty cupcakes

When my sister from Jakarta stopped over in KL from her holidays, I was quite excited to get her to show me how to pipe the beautiful flowers that she has been piping. So, I actually prepared everything and all she had to do was just pipe and show me. Aren't these pretty? =)

Animal Cupcakes for Children's Day

It is, or rather was, since it's already late at night, Children's Day today in Singapore. I made mini vanilla cupcakes for my younger son's class and regular chocolate cupcakes for my older one. The decorations on the mini cupcakes, ie. the bees, ladybirds, butterflies and flowers were ALL bought ready-made. hehe, think I'll go crazy if I have to make them all :D


The pigs, dogs and cats were made with marshmallows, biscuits, Smarties, chocolate buttons and Pocky chocolate sticks (the cats' whiskers). Erm, I don't know why the cats and dogs have terrified looks on their faces. Maybe they knew they were gonna be devoured soon? ;p

purple and yellow fever

Made these for a friend who absolutely loves my cupcakes!

More Pink!

Got an order of 50 cupcakes for a friend's daughter and since it is a little girl, of course it will be PINK! Heh....we seemed to be having the pink fever at A Touch of Frost Cakes. =P As usual, my photography skills need to be questioned, therefore it is a bit dark. I did try to take under the sunlight to get the colours out but dark clouds were looming outside the house so fat chance for me to get a decent photo.



I know there are definitely no 50 cupcakes in there, yes I can count. It's just that the shop ran out of the big boxes so this is the biggest that I could find. Had to put the rest into another smaller box. Yes yes, there are two extra so it's not exactly 50 (I can still count). It was just to fill up the holes and this is a friend, so what the hell right? Heh......as usual, the kids loved the icing. I was thinking maybe I should just sell the icing for kids' parties, that will sure be a big hit(for the kids of course, don't think the mommies will be too pleased though)!!! What do you think?

Purple Butterflies

A very nice lady ordered these chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting for her daughter's friends' mothers (that was quite a mouthful, wasn't it?). She ordered two dozen but requested that they be packaged into boxes of fours. She wanted to thank them for something (not sure of the story behind it but it's none of my business, is it?) and what better way to thank someone than with cupcakes?

Feeling blue...