Hectic Week

CRAZY is the best word to describe my week last week. I had to fulfill an order for 150 pieces of truffles and 70 detailed cupcakes by Sunday for a good friend's wedding. So through out the week I had a daily agenda planned but then 6 p.m. Wednesday I got a call for a last minute order of a Strawberry Cream Cake and a couple dozens of truffles for a top executive of google (whose position and name I feel is not appropriate to disclose) to be delivered all the way to the city the next day! Miraculously, I was able to fulfill both orders on time! But I am EXHAUSTED with a smile :)

Here are photos of the cupcakes I worked on for my friend's wedding. I will do another post on the truffles in a bit. Three designs -- a bride, a groom and their initials S & A. They were a lot of work but lots of fun to do. 

Happy Viewing! 

VW Bug Anniversary Cake

I've had my fair share of decorating different shapes of cakes from ovals to Mickey Mouse to 3D teddy bears. But they were mostly shaped out of Wilton molds. These days I've been checking out the works of great cake decorators out there and most of them carve their cakes. I've done one - a train - for a baby shower last April which I shall post soon. I've been dying to make a 3D car cake since I've never done one and finally got a chance when we were about to move temporarily to my mom's place.

I had a couple of leftover cakes in the freezer: one 8x8 and a small rectangular the size of which I don't even know since I rarely use that pan. I didn't want to have to transport the cake to my mom's house too so I TRIED to work quick between tending to Izzie, packing and cooking. TRIED because I failed to finish the cake! I worked on most of it before we moved but I just couldn't get it done. So sad to say, no one was able to enjoy the cake. I still wanted to work on it though for the purpose of practice. I even got hubby to work on it with me!

This cake isn't perfect at all. It's not as clean as I want it to be but for practice and a first try, I think it's decent enough to share to everyone. My hands were so shaky and was such in a rush that I didn't realize till after our move that my windows aren't even aligned! One thing that made me want to get this done quic--the headlights. I've been watching too much Ace of Cakes lately that I decided to add a little extra to this cake Duff Goldman style. We first sacrificed a little piggy keychain whose eyes light up when pressed. We got a little better after a few tries. Bought some wires, batteries, LED lights and a toggle switch to turn the lights on and off. While doing this I told myself: I wish I had paid more attention in Science class before! Luckily I have my hubby to thank. 

I finished the cake the day before our 3rd year anniversary so I decided to incorporate it into the cake. On the license plate it says CA which is where we got married, 3 yrs, and 2006 which is the year we got married. Happy Anniversary Hon! Thanks for helping me make this cake :) Mwah!