Pink & Blue Cupcakes for Auntie Emma

Ordered by Auntie Emma for her kid's birthday at school. The cupcakes are supposed to be given away as gifts to the kids rasa-nya. She initially wanted something of butterfly theme. But after seeing these, she changed her mind. Thanks to Dya for promoting!!

Since the cupcakes were to be given away as gifts, Auntie Emma has also requested for the cupcakes to be packed individually. Senang nak bahagi-bahagi, and nak bawak balik. 

The cupcakes are all in chocolate flavor. There are 50 of them altogether. Auntie Emma requested for the same design i.e. with 3 small roses, 25 pieces with pink background and another 25 with blue background. Sweet jek nampak. This design is actually suitable for wedding gifts too.

Lepas pack-pack, the 50 cupcakes are now ready to be delivered in 3 boxes. Thanks to my brother who has helped me to do the special delivery that night. Thanks to Auntie Emma for the order. And last but not least, thanks to my dearest Dya for the promo of my kedai!!

Rainbow Cupcakes

When we are blessed with some free time, kami anak beranak biasanya akan berbaking. It's Zara's no 1 favorite thing to do. Especially lepas dah beribu-ribu kali dok ulang tengok orang baking kat YouTube. Harus-lah nak mencuba bake sendiri pulak kan.

Here's the masterpiece...cut in half.

For this purpose, I only used a dash of coloring in the mixture. Malas nak membazir tak tentu pasal. The coloring pun is not cheap. Asal colorful sudahhhh...yang penting anak happy.

All lined up. Ready to eat...

Red Velvet Cupcakes

The latest craze. The red velvet cupcakes. It seems like everybody is now so into this type of cupcakes. It is actually a chocolate cake with a little bit of apple vinegar (which gives the sour-y flavor) and red coloring (hence, the bright color). This was our best-selling cupcakes too, during the KLCC bazaar the other day. 

This was ordered by a colleague, Tina who wanted to give it a taste to our very own red velvet cupcakes with orange buttercream topping. Alhamdulillah, when asked for her testimonial, "Sedap. My husband pun suka". Except according to Tina, she still prefers the red velvet with cream cheese topping jugak. So, next project IS that, I guess. Insyallah.

Coincidently, weekend tu ada makan-makan buka puasa with SIL. So I baked extra to bring to her house as well. This one, I topped them all with red velvet crumbles. Senang, sekata jek semua. 

Buat makan as a dessert, lepas habis makan main dishes yang banyak tak terkata. Alhamdulillah. Memang laku habis. By the time we left, rasa-nya red velvet pun dah selamat habis. Happy jek kalau apa yang kita masak/baked semua licin habis kan. Below is another close-up. 

KLCC Charity Bazaar 2011

Am glad it's all over. Terbayar penat lelah tengok hasil jualan seharian. The event was supposed to start as early as 8am. But we were only there around 9:30am. Siap unload and set everything up by 10am. And made my first sale at 10:30am. Alhamdulillah.

When the crowd started to came in, I was still busy putting up labels. That was me with the Ikea magic color and picture frames. Bila customer nak beli, baru-lah kelam kabut cari small change and a bekas to put the money in.

The crowd was slow in the morning. Especially because it was office hours when we first set up the booth. So, sempat jugak lah tuan tanah bergambar kenangan dengan my first booth. 

Lunchtime was peak. It gets really busy at 12-3pm. Shared my booth with 4 others - MommyLyna, Adrini's, Watie and Nik. Had great time knowing them and their staff too. MommyLyna came during lunchtime, selling Shaklee products. Adrini's were busy juggling her nursing kurung booth in KLCC and Midvalley at the same time. Watie's educational toys were hit that day. And Nik, walaupun tak berjumpa mata, sempat hantar 2 orang staff to mend her booth full with kuih raya.

The sale was so great that by 2nd half of the day, I hardly have anything to sell. Samples pun dah habis dimakan orang. Namecard too, that I have to give out my party stuff's namecard instead.

Red velvet cupcakes were selling like hot cakes!! Should have done more since they are hit these days. Ramai betul orang booking and decided to walk around dulu and came back, only to find their red velvets are all gone. Strawberry cupcakes came second. And I also brought oreo cupcakes yang sungguh yummy. I arranged them all pretty in a 3 tier cupcakes tray. Sampaikan, many can't believe that they are edible sebab strawberry cupcakes looked so creamy.

Brownies were selling fast too. First sale was made at 10:30am. Lepas-lepas tu laju jek jalan. And not to forget the famous cranberry oat and chocolate chip cookies!! Sampaikan hari ni pun, ada yang masih email/call asking about the cookies. Insyallah, we'll be making 1 trip to Petronas again, sometime in 3rd/4th week to deliver the cookies ordered. Thank you guys for the great support!

All in all, the bazaar was great. Glad that I decided to join in, although a bit last minute. Thanks to MommyLyna who alerted me about the bazaar. Ada rezeki, Insyallah kami join lagi tahun-tahun depan yek.

To those who want to order the CHOC CHIP and CRANBERRY OAT cookies, please email us at izzybakery@gmail.com or call us at 012-345-3385, fast! We will be closing orders by the end of the week.

Toodles!

Black & White Hantaran Cupcakes

These cupcakes were ordered by Jaja for his brother's engagement do. Which I forgot to ask when.

They were actually for hantaran. So Jaja opted for the premium package. Whereby cupcakes are nicely wrapped in silver box and tied with a black and white ribbon to match the engagement theme.

This was our very first cupcakes order lepas bercuti lama from pregnancy/confinement dulu tu. So, boleh tahan bengkok juga la my hand masa mendeco tu.

Jaja gave me 3 designs for inspirations. Which I have mix and matched them to create a better look/combination. And since the theme color is already dark, we decorated the cupcakes with very simple patterns to avoid them looking serabut/heavy. Inside were vanilla and chocolate cupcakes with buttercream topping with silver dragees skit2x.

View from the top

A closer look of the cupcakes

And as usual, bila dah bake for customers, I would normally bake extra for the family as well. Zara was so happy when she saw a tray of cupcakes on the table. Siap comment, "Mommy, your cupcakes taste good!!". Tak lama lepas tu I asked here, "Which one is your favorite?". She replied, "I like chocolates and vanilla". What an acknowledgement, I must say. Orang kata, kids don't lie kan?

Hope Jaja and the bakal pengantin love them as much as Zara does too!!!

Insyallah.

A Corporate Proposal

We had a shock of our life recently. When we received a call from somebody 'unknown'. Asking if we would like to send our cupcakes to a major airline company for consideration.

Sakit jiwa tak?? Kami pun, boleh tahan menggelupur lah jugak. Cos we've never been approached for such a huge order. Once, we were asked if we are interested to supply our mini cheese tarts to a bakery in Pavilion. But the stupid me, ignored the request. As I was busy with my full time commitment at the time. Bongok kan??

Anyway, back to THE call. Call was received on Wednesday/Thursday. By Saturday, orang tu dah nak amik for presentation to the airline. Mana la tak menggelupurkan. Dengan takde idea-nya. Dengan takde barang-nya. Dengan terkejut-nya. There were A LOT of things going on our minds at the time. Thanks to kawan-kawan, who were involved with the whole brainstorming process masa tu. You know who you are.

The requirement was quite simple. They wanted something simple, unique and yummy. A quick chat with a colleague, katanya Emirates Airline pun ada serve cupcakes. But it was just a plain cupcake, no deco/topping whatsoever. In fact, it was actually a cross-over between cupcakes and muffin. Hence, the idea to come up with plain vanilla and chocolate cupcakes.

From there, we varied the cupcakes a little by mixing in chocolate chips inside the batter and also on the top. Looking yummy?

Satu-satu kami decorate carefully. Trying to keep the theme as simple as possible. While keeping in mind, they are for a major airline. So, we kept the colors limited to blue, red and yellow only. Most revolves around the 'sky blue' theme. Katanya for an airline kan.

But of course, tak lengkap lah set ni kalau takde special option for chocolate lovers. So, we made the following to accompany the other fancy ones.

And not forgetting those who may prefer simple vanilla cupcakes, as well. These are specially made for them.

Simple simple jek semua. To fit in everybody's taste. Which is quite hard actually. If you really think about how many people actually board a plane in a given day.

The final products

We didn't make the cut, I guess. As we didn't receive a return call after that day. But we had fun preparing and learning from various people on how to handle this kind of request. If there may be one, in the future. Insyallah.

Till then. Enjoy more pictures here. Alang-alang dah kat sana tu, don't forget to 'LIKE' our page, yeah.

Toodles!

Cupcakes for the Biker at Heart

Lama aku tak update. Hari ni, semangat datang tetiba. Orders pun dah bertimbun. Think I should make it a habit from now on that Isnin adalah hari mengupdate Izzy Bakery. Baru lah efficient skit. Kot.

Anyway, these are our latest cupcakes creation. Latest as in baru jek deliver pagi tadi. Heh, semangat mak nak update ni, dek non. They were ordered by a uni-mate of ours, ND for her friend's 26th birthday.

Since our first creation dulu tu, nampak-nya macam ramai juga yang minat dengan design ni. Lately ni macam banyak jek cupcakes yang kami buat ala gini. Maybe cos it combines all the favorite things of the order recipient in a box kot. What a perfect gift, eh? Jimat pun jimat. Compared to if you were to buy the 'real' motorcycle kan. Macam cupcakes kami ni.

Motorcycle & Skateboard.

And these were the cupcakes before deco. Gebu kan? They are chocolate and vanilla cupcakes with choc chips, yang sangat yummy. I know cos I tasted them myself!

And there's also all these too. They are topped with vanilla buttercream recipe courtesy of my new Zoe Clark book, plus gumpaste figurine of all his favorite things.

Laptop & Red helmet

Shades Testimonial from ND: "Zam! Thanks so much for the cupcakes. Semua org ckp sedap."

Soccer, Camera & Ipad Cupcakes for Erman's Birthday

This was a special request made by Maz for her husband who loves everything soccer, photography/camera and Ipad related stuff. These cuppies were specially delivered to their house as a surprise to celebrate his birthday sometime mid-December 2010.

As obvious from the theme of the cupcakes, Maz's husband is a photographer himself. In fact, he is the go-to person for any photography related questions that I have. Like what I wrote here.

This was actually my second time doing assorted theme cupcakes like this one. The first time can be viewed here. In fact, we will have another upcoming order of this sort. And I have to say that they are very fun to make. Despite the time consumed.

I made soccer shoes and ball on one cupcakes and jersey on another. For the photography, I did a DSLR camera and a camera stand. While the rest were Ipad main icons, apart from the birthday banner itself. Maz also requested for the cupcakes to be decorated with hearts and love everywhere. Hence, the special red heart candles.

Here's another look at the cuppies, nicely packed and ready for delivery. My learning point for this order?? Think I forgot to ask whether her husband is really is a Man-U fan. Excuse me ignorance.

**Mental note**

The Assortment

These cupcakes were ordered by Losshy for her friend's birthday. Coincidentally, her friend is working at Pusat Bandar Damansara which is very near to my current workplace. Hence, making delivery is so much easier.

It was a surprise present. Losshy had all things dear to her friend as inspiration. She named A LOT more. But finally settled for these few items. As you can see in the picture here.

Top - From right to left: Pink laptop/Euphoria perfume/Blackberry Curve 8900

Bottom - From right to left: Books/Bath Tub

A closer look of the cupcakes.

Don't you think the laptop looks so cute in pink??!!

Muni's Ibu Sewing Cupcakes

Muni, a colleague of mine ordered these cupcakes for her mom's birthday. She wanted to surprise her with the things that she loves - sewing. So, we made her these cupcakes...

Some of the cupcakes have cute toppers that has to do with her mom's interest: sewing machine that also look like a mixer; I think, buttons, cloth and bobbins. The rest are decorated with simple swirl to balance the heavy deco.

Wouldn't it make a great gift for a special one? You tell me...

12 Cupcakes Flowers & Butterfly

These flowers&butterfly theme cupcakes were made for hubby's colleague. Not for him personally, but to be given away as a wedding gift. We personally choose the color and design to suit the occasion. He mentioned about having flowers, though. So here it is:

The inspiration for the flower cupcakes is Mini Stripey Rose Cake by Peggy Porschen from her 'Beautiful Cakes" book, like what you see in the picture below. Only that, hers are fondant mini cakes, decorated with royal icing & gumpaste flowers. Mine are all buttercream.

The remaining cupcakes were decorated in garden theme. To suit the flower cupcakes. Garden theme, harus-lah ada green grass and butterflies.

Comel kan?

Brown Fondant Hantaran Cupcakes

Brown hues fondant with gold&creme accents decorate this 16 hantaran cupcakes. This was ordered by Ida, who was inspired by the Turqoise cupcakes 2 by Che'Pah Cute Cakes. She asked us to recreate similar design and we have personally asked for Che'Pah's permission to use this design. Glad that we did.

The entire set was chocolate moist cupcakes with vanilla buttercream. Covered with fondant top and gumpaste flowers. They are wrapped in the premium box and tied with a decorative ribbon.

Beach Party Cupcakes - Aloha!

Novelty cupcakes ordered by Sue, who was introduced to me by her sister, CikTin. Sue has been my regular customer with brownies being on TOP of her FAVORITE list. Sue has also been introducing her friends as well. For that, THANK YOU SUE!!

Sue was going off for a holiday with her girlfriends at the time. So, she ordered cupcakes of 3 different themes; beach/pool party, pyjama party and also birthdays. Hence, the combination above.

My favorite had to be the beach themed cupcakes. The sand looks so real, made from brown sugar. The slippers were made from gumpaste, with a mould that I just bought from this craft store @ OU.

Nice eh?