Cupcake Decorating Class for a Birthday Party

I conducted a cupcake decorating class for a bunch of 4-7 year-olds last Sunday at Sol Restaurant. A great friend of mine, J approached me to do the class for her son's 6th birthday. I must say when I heard that there were 18 kids at the party, I was half expecting the theme of the party, Colour Zoo, to come alive! Well, you know, rowdy kids + cakes and fondant = chaos and mess. 

To my pleasant surprise, the children were polite, orderly and some of them were so sweet. I had the most fantastic and rewarding time, and I definitely look forward to doing this again!

Each of the child got to decorate two cupcakes. They would choose the animals they would like to make from the sample display I had (created by my talented best-est friend, SM), and would mold and roll out the fondant with my guidance. They would then eat one of their masterpieces at the restaurant and take the other home. I love it when the children looked so proud and excited as they showed their parents the finished product.

Of all the animals I had made, I love the pig and lion best. The kids, on the other hand, loved the blue elephant and most of them choose to "make" an elephant cupcake.

Here's a pic of the birthday boy, getting ready to blow his candles. Happy 6th birthday, Xiang!  :)

Deep, Dark and Sensual

With tender, fluffy and moist chocolate cake, and satiny, glossy ganache, these chocolate cakes were seriously, SERIOUSLY, dark and deeply chocolaty. 

They tasted so decadent but I felt only half the guilt when I devoured two at one seating! You see, they were vegan cupcakes, made without diary and eggs. The silky, yummy ganache was made with silken tofu and a dash of soy milk. The recipe was taken from a wonderful book called "Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World".

A more discerning palate would pick up the hint of soy but other than that, the ganache was thick, fudgy and delivered a mighty hit of chocolate.

I dare so after trying this, there is no reason to go back to regular chocolate cupcakes again. Just imagine, feeling half the guilt and getting a protein dose when savouring a cupcake! What can be better than that!? :)

Little Blue Elephant for K's 1st Birthday!

One look at the picture and it would be clear that the theme of the party is blue polka dots! I love polka dots in all sizes and colours! They are whimsical and childlike but at the same time, oh-so sophisticated.


K's first birthday celebration took place at the Botanic Gardens on a Sunday. Mummy and Daddy K put in a lot of effort to organise a lovely afternoon for all the guests. There were little beautiful handmade windmills, nostalgic toys for the children to play with and a bunch of colourful balloons which my son had accidentally released into the sky. That was quite a hilarious incident!


I was not sure about the birthday boy, but I was sure that Mummy K, my colleague loves polka dots and elephant!   :)   I made this little blue elephant out of marzipan and due to our hot and humid weather, the elephant has spent a couple of nights with me in my air-conditioned room.  In line with the theme of the party, I made the polka dot cupcake stand and loved it so much, I wanted to make the same thing, except in pink polka dot for my girl's first birthday.

Like I mentioned earlier, the most simple flavours are always the most popular. For K's birthday, I made chocolate, raspberry and Nutella cakes, and decorated the chocolate ones with my favourite marzipan bumble bees.

That's the birthday boy in orange and white stripes. He was a wee bit grumpy that day as I guess he was not familiar with most of the people around him. 


Happy Birthday K! I hope you grow up strong, healthy and happy!  :)