Pandan Chiffon Cake

First time making this and it turned out really good. It was very moist and sponge-y. Loved the color of the cake. It was just simple and good without anything on it!

French Macaroons....

Tried something new....Pink French Macaroons...they were simple to make and simply DELICIOUS!!! 

Princess Cake

Made this cake for a good friend's daughter who was turning 2!!  The cake is a red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting!

Monkey Cake!

This was my daughter's birthday cake I made for her.  She is into anything that had a Monkey on it.  It's a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting covered in marshmallow fondant. 

Monkey Rice Kripies Pops

Made these cute little Monkey pops for my daughter's upcoming birthday so she can give to her classmates.  She loves anything that has Monkey on it....she is also requesting for a cake too....stay tuned.  

Halloween Rice Krispy Pops

An order was placed for rice krispy pops in ....Halloween theme...tombstone, ghost and pumpkin!

Pumpkin Patch



Carrot Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
& Chocolate Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting



Jumbo Carrot Cupcake for the birthday girl!

My husband's co-worker ordered this for her daughter's 10th birthday.  Made a special gift for her...Happy Birthday, Felicia! Hoped you liked it! Enjoy!

Yo Gabba Gabba

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Rice Krispies Pops with Chocolate Coverings

Made this cake for my friend's son's 2nd birthday party!  The pops were favors given out to the kids...but at the end even the adults took some home as their own party favors!!

UPDATE:  The cake got picked to feature on the Yo Gabba Gabba fansite!  Check out the link!

http://gabbafriends.com/yo-gabba-cake-showcase-17

Rice Krispy Pops....Yo Gabba Gabba!

Can someone say....Yooooo...Gabba Gabba.....go go plex...go go plex!!! Ok, so these are party favors for my friend's son's upcoming party!!! What do you guys think of it??? Pretty cute, huh?? I just loved the way it turned out!!! This is just straight up rice krispy covered in chocolate...all of it even the eyeballs!!! My kids thought it was pretty neat and my son couldn't wait to take a big bite out of it!!!  Now I just need to make the rest of the gang....foofa, toodee, brobee and muno!!!

Chocolate Banana Cupcakes with Ganache Frosting

This recipe just caught my eyes one day when I was reading joyofbaking.com website.  I thought to myself I just had to make these interesting cupcakes now but I didn't have any riped bananas.  So few weekends went by and I went to grocery shopping where I finally got some riped bananas...and so the baking began. This was easy to make and all with two bowls!! No mixer needed! I just love it when that's all the equipment I need to bake! Because eventho baking is fun, at the end the cleaning and washing is a pain!

For these cupcakes, the outcome was pretty interesting.  One might think it is kinda weird to put mashed up bananas in their batter but it wasn't that bad.  It was like chocolate cupcakes with a hint of banana.....it was not overwhelming I thought it would be.  The texture was moist and not soggy or to the point where every bite you would get a chunk of banana. The frosting was very good, light, fluffy and soft....kinda like meringue. I"m not big on frosting but this was good!!!  Not sure if that is how Ganache frosting is because the previous times I attempted to make it, it was nothing like this!!!  Finally, topped off the Ganache frosting with some shredded bittersweet chocolate bits.....YUMMY!

Ladybugs & Pumpkins.......Vote Now!!

Sunflower #1

Sunflower #2

Sunflower #3

Alrightly...let the voting begin!!! 

Ok, so everyone need your help.  I made this as a special request for an upcoming birthday party and came up with three different design for the ladybug sunflower.  One of the sunflower is my own creation and the other two is from the book "Hello, Cupcakes!" but with a little tweeking.  Now I need you gals and guys to vote and see which one do you like best?

As for the pumpkin, there was only one design that I got from "Hello, Cupcakes!"....what do you think of pumpkin?

Cake pops.....

I was surfing the net on day and came upon this cake pop idea from "Bakerella".  Her site is so awesome and her cake pops are out of this world.  So...as you can see another new thing to learn.......adding more to my already existing list of things to expand on. 

Ok, so let's get started......since I had some carrot cake in the fridge that I was going to use that for my cake decorating class but didn't. I decided to use it for this experiment...but first I had to make some cream cheese frosting.  After that was done, I crumbled the carrot cake and added in some cream cheese frosting.  I thought I added enough cream cheese frosting so I started rolling them into balls...but as I later found out, I either lacked the cream cheese frosting or cake cuz the stick didn't adhere to the cake balls that well. I was only able to get a few good ones to make it a cake pop.  But that was not the bad part yet......the melting of the chocolate disaster came next.  I used Wilton candy melts thinking it will be easy breezy....boy, was I wrong.  I don't know what I did wrong....I followed the directions on the back of the bag melting it in the microwave...but the end result was terrible. The chocolate consistency was not thin....liquid-like texture where coating the pops will be easy.  Instead, it was thick...and I didn't know how to thin it.....so now that's something I still need to work on.  Maybe next time I will do the double boiler method and see if that would make a difference. 

Anyways, at the end I was able to savage a few good ones and I added some sprinkles on it to make it look more like a lollipop.  The combo of carrot cake wrapped in vanilla chocolate came out pretty good...especially when you bite into it.  At first, it is hard due to the texture of the chocolate and then a crunch and then something moist inside!!! YUMMY!!!  Will definitely make this again to master the chocolate part....hopefully it will turn out better than this!!! Enjoy for those of  you that are eating this!!!

My class final cake......

This was my last decorating class and the final was to decorate your own cake.  The last thing we learned was making flowers and ta-da.....now I know how to make flowers for decorating.  Not bad for learning something for less than an hour, right?  But I do have to say....at then end, my hand hurts after making seven of them.  The teacher told us that the next class, if we continue we will have to make 50 flowers!!! I'm like....see yah! hahahahah.  I was kinda sad that my class had ended cuz I really liked being able to learn new things from a teacher, eventho most of the things I had done so far was self taught.  The class was fun and got to meet different people and even this lady that will be venturing out her own cupcake truck business.  I wish her the best of luck with it!

The next class after this is "fondant and gum paste" decorating or "flowers and cake designing" (more advance).....still thinking if I should continue or not.  The class time is what's holding me back since it's too late by the time I come home.  My babies miss their mommy too much when she is not at home.....so I don't know yet.  Guess we'll just have to wait and see........

Shaggy mums....Pompoms...and a worm?

Doesn't it look store bought?

Shaggy mums....

Pompoms......

Blue worm hiding amongst the grass.....

These cute cupcakes were made for my decorating class.  The flowers are pompoms and shaggy mums. I just loved the way the shaggy mums turned out!!! They look so pretty.  As for the little blue worm, that's my own creation....pretty cool, huh? The teacher said we can do whatever we wanted too so I was in the mood for insects (due to the previous ladybug gig) and that's how the worm design came up.  I didn't feel like taking it out of the box and so sorry if the pictures are not so clear.

Pineapple Cupcake with Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting

I got this pineapple cupcake recipe from TLC "top 5 healthy treats".  It is considered healthy because you are using crushed pineapples so you don't have to use too much sugar.  When I started making this though, I added some shredded coconut to the batter to make it more tropical.  The outcome was a very moist cake....kinda like the "pineapple upside down" cake texture where the top was shiny glaze-y golden brown color.  Supposedly, there was no frosting recommended just dust the cupcake off with powder sugar.  However, I wanted to see how it would taste like with some frosting.  So I made some coconut cream cheese frosting to top it off.  I didn't try any myself with the frosting on top but my friends did and they said it was a unique taste.  Another commented that there were too many shredded coconut.  Good to know....next time will definitely either lessen the amount of shredded coconut going into the batter or omit the whole thing...=).

Ladybugs and lizard on my cupcake?? ewwwwww!

Do you see what I see??? ladybugs and lizards....is that right? Yes! I made this because it was a request for a 10 yrs old upcoming b-day party.  It's still in the stage of testing out the design of the lizard but the lady bugs are awesome!!!  They look so cute. Of course, the actual order will have the correct colors of the bugs.  I got this idea from Martha Stewart's "Cupcake" book that my friend got for me when I told her I was going to venture into baking.  It was a pretty cool experiment and fun too.  The little crawlers were not so bad to make and I just loved the way the grass turned out.  The cupcake is a yellow buttermilk cupcake with green buttercream frosting.  The creepy crawlers were made out of the MM fondant........all edible! Can't wait to do this for the b-day girl....hope she will like it! 

Coconut Cake with Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting

                                                             Someone couldn't wait to get their hands on it.....

I made this cake for my cake decorating class that I just started last week.  I figure since I'm going to try doing cakes now, why not learn some more techniques of decorating that would help me out more.  Ironicly, the design on top of the cake was a cupcake, which I thought was pretty funny since that's how I started this whole venture! ....hahahahah.  I wanted to take a picture of the whole cake but as one as can see, someone beat me to the cake before I got a chance to take the picture...(hint: hubby).  So the cake was a coconut cake that was made with coconut milk and then filled with coconut cream cheese frosting that I tinted with yellow food coloring to make it look tropical.  The cake was delicious and moist with a hint of coconut....kinda have a texture of a pound cake too.  As for the frosting outside the cake, I cheated since I freakin' forgot my buttercream frosting that I had all nicely made and packaged for class but left it at home!!! So, I had to use store bought icing and did the decorations and frosting.  The class was pretty fun and informative eventho some of the stuff I already knew prior to taking the class.  But regardless, I really enjoyed making this cake and I brought some to work to share.  So far....good reviews on the cake...so another "pat on the back" for me.......=).

Let there be cake.........

As Buzz would say "To Infinity and Beyond"

Like the title goes....."let there be cake"....is exactly what I did. After baking and testing out so many cupcakes, I figure why not venture into cake designing and decorating.  So the first cake I did was my son's birthday cake. As one can see, it was "Toy Story 3" theme and Buzz was my son's favorite character!  I initially didn't know what to think of making this cake since I never custom make any cakes before beside buying the box cake mix and just bake it and frost it as it.  Then on Saturday night while surfing the net, I googled "Toy Story 3" cake design and lo and behold.....I saw this lady making a "moon-like" cake and having the Toy Story characters on it. So I thought about it and figure that would be a great idea but didn't know where to start. 

That's when my journey lead me to marshmallow fondant (MMF).  This is just like your regular fondant but a little sweeter.  I think it kinda taste better than store bought fondant since it's freshly made..=).  So, with MMF in my hand, I started to think about the design of the cake.  That's when I figure Buzz should be the talk of the town since my son just loves him so much.  Then the design came to my head while incorporating the website ladie's idea too....a moon-like cake on top of a rounded cake, making it look out it's out of space.  As you can see, the idea and the cake came out pretty good and YES, I am pretty proud of myself...(a pat on my back).  The bottom cake was chocolate with raspberry buttercream and the top cake was just chocolate.  My son and daugther both liked it a lot and now my daughter has requested that for her b-day she would like a monkey cake!! 

So, my new adventure into custom cake design and decorating has begun!  It was a very fun and interesting learning curve for me when it came to making this cake.  But at the end, it was well worth it since it put a smile on my kids face and seeing their expressions was priceless!

Pricing and Orders......

PRICING AND ORDERING INFORMATION

•   Cupcakes* 
•  Mini:   $15.00 (doz.) or  $10.00 (3 doz. or more)
• Regular w/o frosting: $10.00 (doz.) or  $8.00 (3 doz. or more)  
• Regular w/frosting: $24.00 (doz.) or  $20.00 (3 doz. or more)  
•   Cookies 
•  Regular $7.00 (doz.) or $5.00 (3 doz. or more)
•  Regular w/nuts $8.00 (doz.) or  $6.00 (3 doz. or more)    

*Custom design cupcakes: call for price  
 **Extra Designs: add $3 to each order (candies, etc) 
 ***One design per order.  Complex Design is extra: call for price ALL CUSTOM DESIGNS NEED 3-4 WEEKS IN ADVANCE NOTICE.  


*** More designs will be posted later, Check back regularly for new creations and designs.  

Note: A minimum order of twelve (12) is required for cupcakes, custom cupcakes, muffins or cookies. You may select 1 flavors for each dozen order or 2 flavors for two or more dozen orders.

• Cupcakes/Cookies: Orders should be placed ONE WEEKS in advance by either email or Facebook contact. The available flavor selection for cupcakes/cookies are listed under the CHI-CAKES List of Flavors.
• Custom Cupcakes: Orders should be placed THREE WEEKS in advance.

CHI-CAKES List of Flavors

Cupcakes:

• 18 Carrot: Carrot Cupcakes with Cream cheese frosting
• Velvetly Red: Red Velvet cake with Cream cheese frosting
• Peanut Butter Brownie: Chocolate Browine-like cake with Peanut butter frosting
• Mango Delight: White cupcakes infused with mango and roasted coconut flakes with mango icing
• Strawberry: Strawberry cupcakes with Strawberry frosting
• Chocolate: Chocolate Cupcakes with Buttercream frosting
• Chocolate Pretzel: Chocolate Cupcakes with Ganache icing, topped off with pieces of salted pretzels
• Hawaiian Getaway: Coconut pound cake-like with Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting
• Pina Colada : Pineapple cakes with Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting
• Funky Monkey: Chocolate banana cake with creamy peanut butter frosting
• Chocolate Heaven: Chocolate cake with ganache silky frosting
• Triple Threat: Chocolate cake with chocolate chips with chocolate ganache frosting
• Maple Sunrise: Buttermilk cake with maple frosting
• Pandan Express: Pandan Chiffon cake with whipped cream frosting
• Lemonade: Lemon Chiffon cake with lemon whipped cream frosting
• Raspberry Lemonade: Lemon Chiffon cake with raspberry whipped cream frosting

Cookies:

• Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies: This cookie can also be made with a variety of extra ingredients (i.e, cranberries, walnuts, etc.)
• Original CC cookies
• CC and almond cookies

Party Favors...more in the works!

This to-go favor boxes came to mind when my friend asked if I would be interested in doing party favors for her son' baptism luncheon using the cupcakes. So I thought about what I should do and I recalled seeing on Martha Stewart's Cupcake book that she had something like this where she used these take out boxes as favors. Martha is like the "IT" person to go to when it comes to entertaining. So I took that idea but made little changes. Still in the works but I thought this is such a cool party favors to give out. Martha's concept was to just put a cupcake inside and the box is shorter, like a pint size. My concept is to put a cupcake inside the box and surround it with candies like skittles, M&Ms, etc. That would be an awesome favor for kids to open up and see their faces light up to all the sweets!!!!!!! (Sorry parents not good for you since your child might have a sugar overload after eating that!!!!) Might plan on doing this for my son's upcoming b-day party....but with small boxes with a mini cupcake inside and filled the rest with candies. stay tuned........