My first barbie doll new year cake 

You can successfully make this beautiful doll from the right tools but if you can get substitutes from your kitchen then you don't need to buy the barbie cake set, but for me since I had a chance to purchase from a shop in Paris together with my cookie cutters, I grab the opportunity to get one. 

First, get your half barbie that comes in the box (you can also use the actual barbie toy but make sure to wrap the whole body not to touch the cake once inserted).Roll out fondant and wrap around a tube type of body top.

Bake the cake, the shaped pan can be filled by 2 quantities of  hershey's chocolate cake recipe, which means to fill the 4 pieces of 8 inches pan.

  

Then, once the cake is ready, check and try to insert the barbie top (make sure that you already design the hair, hands and neck). 

 Filled the cake with frosting, I use the normal buttercream frosting.

Finally, insert the other half permanently and started decorating the dress skirt. I made a small flowers out of fondant and placed a pink pearls in between.  The stand of the barbie also comes in the box set.

There you go, my barbie doll cake. I made this for 2 hours + 1 hour handmade fondant + flower cutting design. 

Happy Baking!!! Loves, Mrs. A 

My first Christmas cupcake treats to my colleagues.

I made 4 dozens of chocolate cupcakes to everyone in the office regardless that majority of which are Non-Christian in religion. I believe that Christmas is all about sharing and I don't mind the individual religious culture.

Once again, I made the marshmallow fondant and used my lovely cutters. I made a lot of new designs from my cutter lately and I literally roll each fondant in different colors. 

Flowers

Christmas tree in dual tone colors

Christmas snow flakes 

Sugared top

Heart shapes 

I made all of these for 4 hours because fondant making is time consuming and I only have one 12 cupcake set of pan so I have to bake 4 times and make 2 sets of the standard Hershey's chocolate recipe. 

Chocolate Cake Recipe

(adopted from Hershey's website)

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
• 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2  eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup boiling water
•   "PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE" CHOCOLATE FROSTING (recipe follows)

Directions

1. 1 Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.
2. 2 Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans.
3. 3 Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost with "PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE" CHOCOLATE FROSTING. 10 to 12 servings.
   
   
   CUPCAKES: Line muffin cups (2-1/2 inches in diameter) with paper bake cups. Heat oven to 350°F. Fill cups 2/3 full with batter. Bake 22 to 25 minutes. Cool completely. Frost. About 30 cupcakes.
   
   
   "PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE" CHOCOLATE FROSTING
   
   1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
   2/3 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
   3 cups powdered sugar
   1/3 cup milk
   1 teaspoon vanilla extract
   
   
   Melt butter. Stir in cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency.
   Add small amount additional milk, if needed. Stir in vanilla. About 2 cups frosting.

Happy Baking !!! Loves, Mrs. A

Light Shaped Popeye's Biscuits with a twist 

I am craving for the famous popeyes biscuits and I bought a new set of cookie cutter from Paris so I wanted to try using those and come up to a light butter biscuits. 

RECIPE:

Popeyes Biscuits Copycat

(adopted from Laura of answer.yaho.com)

Makes 10 biscuits: 

2 cups all-purpose flour 

1 tablespoon sugar 

1 1/2 teaspoons salt 

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 

1/2 teaspoon baking soda 

1/2 cup unsalted butter, cold 

1/2 cup buttermilk 

1/4 cup milk 

melted butter, to brush on top 

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. 

Mix together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a medium bowl. 

Slice cold butter into cubes and use a pastry knife or potato masher to cut butter into dry mixture until no large chunks of butter remain. 

Add buttermilk and milk and stir with a spoon until dough forms. 

Roll out to 1/2-inch thick on a floured surface. 

Cut biscuits with a 3-inch biscuit cutter and arrange on a lightly-greased baking sheet. (what i did was i made it flat and cut out using my cookie cutters.)

Bake for 22 to 24 minutes or until tops begin to turn light brown. 

Remove biscuits from the oven and cool for a couple of minutes, then brush each biscuit top with melted butter.

There you go the photos says it all. 

Happy Baking !!! 

Loves, Mrs. A (i love my new salutation M.R.S.)

Our Civil Wedding Cake - Mom in Law's Post Matrimonial Party

My mother in law threw a post party held in Chinese Restaurant and gathered close friends. My sister in law baked a 2tier cake and 30 cupcakes for give aways. The top small cake on the cupcake tower were brought into the UAE as we take home the cake. The flavor is our Filipino traditional ube (purple yam) cake covered in white chocolate icing and fondant.

Decorations were silver edible pearls and fresh rose flowers.

Here is what it looked like. 

Enjoy!

Loves,

Mr. A and Mrs. A

Our Civil Wedding Cake at Eiffel Tower 58 restaurant

 A&A Cake

Keep The LOVE alive 

The moment of the truth has arrived on the date of November 10, 2011 Anton and myself got married in France under the civil ceremonial rite. I don't have my immediate family other than my brother Arvin and friends pie and Mary Ann, while the rest of the guests are all from my husband's side since he grew up in Paris. 

This blog is not meant to share my personal life; but, I am happy to show to all of you about Anton and I's wedding cake baked by 58 Eiffel Tower Restaurant. A simple but very elegant and expensive cake for 20 important guests.

 The chocolate hazelnut cake pre-sliced in rectrangular shape but served first as one cake. 

Enjoy Guys!!!

Loves,

Mr. A and Mrs A

My first attempt of baking PANDECOCO

My husband's 2nd month of his employment approval process and requested for pandecoco. Oh my golay! I searched online and tried to understand how to make one and it was a success. 

Honestly, i really forgot where I followed the recipe for this bread. Its been a while. 

I found this new link http://www.pinaycookingcorner.com/2012/03/pan-de-coco-and-pan-de-ube-coconut-and.html and I swear I will make it a try again and post a new blog for this experience.

Happy Baking !!! 

Loves, Miss A very soon to be Mrs. A

Rama's Graduation Cupcakes

RAMA GRADUATION CUPCAKES

I am in-love making handmade fondant shapes and I was able to make these beautiful graduation hat and diploma toppers. The cake is made of vanilla cake recipe and I kneaded fondant and came into this gorgeous piece.

I hope this is the first of the many cute cupcakes that I will make.

Enjoy guys!

Love,

Miss A

Mica's 10th month b-day celebrated dated June 29, 2011 

I made this beautiful pink chocolate cake in 6 inches round pan.

Another set of pink home made marshmallow fondant.

One dozen of cupcakes with different topper in white and pink 

I am so in-love in making fondant, please note that my fondant was self made from scratch using marshmallow. Its worth of my kneading time. 

Happy Baking!

Loves,

Miss A

More handmade fondant topper

My cupakes in fondant topper.

Few of my experimented cupcakes, imagine that I am only on this hobby for a month and I can make these pretty yummy cupcakes. Its all because of passion, interest, recipes and right tools. 

heart shaped in square fondant.

My first fondant Cake

This is the day when I decided to make a fondant cake, my huge interest in baking pushed me to go big and jumped into a not so basic cake making, I moved to a new place on my own and trying to fix things at home in preparation of my wedding this Nov 2011. My fiance will be joining me to work and live here in the Emirates by August 2011.

I bought baking tools, mostly the basic ones and most importantly is that i bought a gas range for the first time. My electricity is FREE so i can enjoy using my oven as much as I wanted to.

Today is the first day and first time to attempt baking a cake. I attack doing a fondant and guys feel free to comment but I feel like for a non experienced cake baking hobbyist like me I did a job well done.

This is a mix of chocolate and vanilla cake topped with self hand made fondant out of mashmallow (recipe to follow) and a dozen of vanilla cupcakes topped with decorated fondant. I did the whole process for 2 days and gave as a gift to my colleague Hatem.

Enjoy Baking!!! 

Loves, Miss A