My sister's wedding

Darwin and Espie
January 16, 2009
Iglesia Ni Cristo House of Worship
Bago Bantay, QC

Reception
Shangri-la West Finest Cuisine
West Avenue, QC

January 16, 2009 is my sister's wedding day.
Of course, I am the one who made their cake.
Four-tier chocolate fudge fondant cake
with 15 satellites for principal sponsors,
and 150 cupcakes served as giveaways.

photo credits : Avel Digital Photography

Lara Joyce 2nd Birthday

Lara Joyce is my youngest cousin. But this little girl is more fondly called "Tiyang Lara". She just turned 2 last December but she already has 3 pamangkins courtesy of her fellow cousins.

Lara Joyce with her 3 pamangkins (L-R) Aeszen, James, Tyang Lara and my Jamaica

This is the cake i made for her when she celebrated her 2nd birthday. Her mama Emma, my aunt requested for an orange chiffon cake and so, I obediently did. :)

Mica's 1st Birthday Cake

I enrolled at Heny Sison Culinary School in April 2006 for Basic Cakes and Icing class. I was determined to bake Mica's birthday cake for her first bithday in August of the same year so months before August, I really made time to enrol. And the following weeks after I attened to that short class, cups and cups of flour, sugar and butter were the witnessess to my effort to perfect my cake.

August came and I able to make two birthday cake, both Pooh and Friends theme. I made a single layer round cake for intimate family dinner on the exact date of her birthday.

Mica's lemon chiffon cake. Not really an impressive cake to see but it's yummy, I'm sure.

Jordan, me and Mica

This is Mica's Pooh and Friends birthday cake during her Piglet party. I made two thick layers of mocha chiffon cake and spent long hours of decorating it.It was not the perfect cake, I admit. The marshmallow icing was not iced smoothly but my ever-loving husband praised it to the hig heavens! hehe!

the cake is leaning! wonky...

I also made mini cakes and cupcakes

My First Fondant Cake

This is the cake my friend Dindin and I made for my brother's wedding in December 2006.

I baked the banana-chocolate chip cake and Dindin helped me covered it with rolled fondant.

Hah, if not for Dindin's help, I would never make this cake a success. She's the first one who personally and painstakingly taught me about fondant. Until now, whenever I need help, Dindin is just a text away.

My sister in-law liked this cake. Ah, thanks! I know this is so simple but I couldn't risk making a more elaborate cake.

My Sister's Birthday Cake

This is a banana-chocolate fondant cake I made for my sister Espie when she celebrated her birthday last October.

I wish to give her a gold bracelet as a gift but I think, making a cute cake for her is sweeter, plus definitely cheaper, hehe.

I believed she appreciates her cake a lot because she didn't take a bite on this but packed it nicely and brought to her officemates in Laguna, which is about four to four and a half hours drive from here in Nueva Ecija.

And I was told that her cake after receiving admiration from fellows vanished in a snap. To my understanding, it meant they enjoyed my cake and found it yummy. Mmmm...