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Finally over!

I am going to watch Ocean's 13 with some of my posse tonight at the new Cupertino AMC theatre. What gift other than a welcome back cake for my dear friend who's finally on summer break from her full-time job and part-time study?

There's also a big sale on one of the ingredients at the store, I was so excited I ended up buying a huge load of this stuff. Um.. yummy!

Anyways, this turns out to be the *absolute best* cake we've ever baked! How appropriate that it's for the finale! After letting it cool off overnight, I found out that the cake is so perfect that one step can be omitted completely. This let me do a quick 15 minute icing (pre-mixed in the fridge), and off I go.

I realized a terrible thing when I got there, that I *forgot* the cake at home, had to drive home again and pick it up. This gives me less than 2 hours to finish the whole deal. Manu did an excellent job with hers, and she was so bored just sitting around watching me fumble. I decided to go with an easy design, also many thanks to her that I didn't have to make my own colors at all.

End of the story, I am so glad that this phase is finally over, and I managed to impress my friends too! ^_^ (see pics).

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^_^ !

well, actually, it annoys me quite a bit when she gets all chatty and loses track of time. Maybe because I have always been a rather unsympathetic person and is not particularly caring towards strangers, I just don't find her stories interesting. I mean, what do I care about her grandson and divorced husband and etc.? That's just a little too much information there!

Then for the last 20 min. she's really in a rush, I think it'd be way better if she has a better grasp on time and progress forward in a more even pace. She's indeed such a chatty grandma!

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Finished last cake today, this cake was baked from last weekend, and I hoped that it wouldn't spoil, but it did. =(

However, I decorated it just for the fun anyways. [photo to come]

Piping Gel recipe:

• 2 envelopes (2 tablespoon) Knox unflavored gelatine
• 2 tablespoons cold water
• 2 cups light Karo syrup

1. Sprinkle the gelatin over the cold water in a small saucepan and let set for about 5 minutes. Heat on LOW until the gelatin has become clear/dissolved - DO NOT BOIL.
2. Add syrup and heat thoroughly. Cool and store in refrigerator for up to 2 months.
3. To Color: Add coloring paste/gel or food coloring drops to get desired color.
4. To Use: Put in icing bag and decorate.

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Instead of cake this week, I made some yummy and great looking cupcakes.

I bumped into a friend yesterday at the Shoreline lake park, his mom's visiting from out of town. How appropriate to treat her to some of my baked goods? I decided to frost some pink, some white, and also use lavender for decoration.

The cupcakes turned out into volcanoes when the center dome rose way high up. I had to shave some of the domes off and popped them into my mouth as I was doing this. Hmm.. yummy rainbow flavoured cupcakes!

For decorations, I smoothed the icing on top of the now flat cupcakes. Then I made some star borders, shell borders (always need more practice for those), and 2D drop flowers! I love those, they are so easy to make and looks beautiful, also big enough so not many are needed to cover a cupcake top. The rose turned out alright but with crackling edges due to the stiff icing. My pride and joy are the clowns I made. Another friend ate one of them in the evening [I also tried some of those Korean yogurt ice cream craze thingy]. But the other one unfortunately melted while sitting in my car the second day. But no fear, I will be making more next time! ^_^

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I baked and frosted one cake today. I am partial to a light pink cake, so I decided to ice the entire cake pale pink, then decorate with white borders. I ended up using the Burgandy brush stripes and they turned out wonderful. I think my icing is a bit too thick though, because some of the side pieces dried off and fell. I also tried out the pattern press with "C" shape and "Fleur-de-lys", especially with a more textured brush striped pattern, the outlines came out surprisingly delightful. I didn't have time to finish the center decoration, so I put in a bunny pick and some pastel balloons that I saved from Easter decorations. The end result?! viola! cake! =)

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Sunday Apr 1, 2007
Aayi's cake 1
Aayi's cake 2
Aayi's cake 3
Aayi's cake 4
Aayi's C2 finale cake

My new toys, just scored for these on Ebay! Wilton 101 piece Tool Caddy Collection
This 101-piece Professional Decorating Set includes a convenient tool caddy filled with all these decorating essentials:

18 Decorating tips:

Standard Round # 1, 2, 2A, 3 & 12

Standard Open star # 16, 18, 21 & 32

Standard Basket Weave # 48

Standard Leaf #67 & 352

Standard Petal # 102, 103, 104 & 125

Drop Flower # 2D & Cake Icer # 789

1 #7 Flower Nail: For Basic Flower Making

4 Tip Covers: For Transporting Filled Bags

2 Tip / Coupler dishwasher and storage bag

1 Tip Saver: Restores shape of bent tips

3 Couplers: 2 Standard & 1 Large

1 Tip cleaning brush

1 Flower Lifter: For transporting roses to your cake

1 Cake Leveler: For Easy Leveling and Torting of Cakes

24-12 in. Disposable Icing Bags

3 Professional Reusable Decorating bags (8, 10 & 16 in.)

2 Flavors: 8 oz. Vanilla & No-Color Butter Flavors Kosher Certified

1 Practice Board with Patterns Set

1 Garland maker Adjustable for Marking Cake Sides

2 Bake-even strips: Wrap Around Pan for Level Baking 2-30" X 1 1/2 wide strips

1 "Decorating Cakes" Instruction Book

1 Decorating brush

2 Fondant Tools: 1 roller AND 1 smoother

8 Icing Colors, in 1/2 oz. jars:
Golden Yellow, Violet, Black,
royal Blue, Kelly Green,
"No-Taste Red", Pink, Brown

3 Spatulas: (8 & 13 in. angled, 8 in. Tapered)

20 All-Purpose Disposable Decorating gloves

1 Tool Caddy that has a lift out tray, which keeps 48 tips and 12 color jars in easy reach. Stores upright for easy viewing and no spilling.

Ebay Condition: New $40 total

Wilton Crystal Clear Wedding Cake Dividers

A light and airy way to support tier cakes. Thin, but strong separator plates are supported by one half inch diameter clear, plastic twist legs.

Set includes one each: 6 inch, 8 inch, 10 inch, 12 inch, 14 inch, and 16 inch white, plastic separator plates and 24 seven and one half inch tall clear plastic twist legs.

This item was in my inventory when I was in a wedding cake business and has never been used, but has been stored several years.

Winning bidder will receive shipment via UPS, with shipping insurance optional. Continental USA bidders only please.