simple creations by anne...: school holidays

... kids have started school again yesterday and suddenly I've got some spare time to use the computer hehehe... the younger kids are busy playing amongst themselves (which is unusual) so here I am blogging away... can't believe my baby boy is 10 months today! Where has all that time gone? I can still remember giving birth to him and that was 10 months ago... I don't want him to grow up yet! So I am making a big effort to make the most of my time with my younger kids before they start big school...

... anyway, was able to do a bit of baking during the school holidays, got a couple of orders and I am happy to say that they are pretty happy with my cakes... nice to hear that I am able to make other people happy with what I am doing, keeps me motivated... now I am experimenting on cupcakes, it's a bit tedious because you have to bake a lot, not just one but a lot! and my hand shakes so it doesn't help hahaha!

...I was inspired by a cake I saw where it had a lot of swirled roses on top, so this was my first attempt to make a rose swirl with a plastic piping head...

... so on my next attempt, I got me the right piping head and was able to make a better version of a swirled rose...

...I had more extra icing for this cake so I decided to place a border in the bottom, looking pretty professional now, I think!

I have been debating on whether I should start experimenting on fondant icing... good thing I knew someone who was having a birthday soon, so I had an excuse to make my first fondant cake... was so happy I was able to do it coz in the middle of making the cake I was getting disappointed that I wouldn't be able to finish it in time for the party...

one of my little helpers in the kitchen... this is what I love most about having a lot of kids... a lot of helpers and a lot of taste-testers hehehe...