Baby Full Month ( 满月 ) Cupcakes

Baby shower cupcakes in pastel blue and white theme baked for baby Sheldon's first-month celebration party. The cupcakes were decorated with baby's favorite things, including milk bottles, pacifier, bibs, pram, rattles, booties etc. I had great fun making these cupcake toppers, as they brought back memories of the days when my sons were new born babies. Reaching first month was a big milestone for both my babies and myself. It is great joy to see the baby growing in leaps and bounds within a month's time, and it also brings great sense of pride for parents, especially the first time parents! Happy first-month, Sheldon, and here's wishing you a beautiful life ahead!

Cars Cupcakes for 5th Birthday

This set of chocolate fudge cupcakes were for a boy who turns 5 today. According to his mother, he is a big fan of Cars, and would really like to have his birthday cakes decorated in this theme. The cupcakes were for his party in school, and the school specifically requested parents to prepare cakes that come with less cream. Thus, in accordance with the instruction from school, I decorated the cupcakes with less buttercream and more fondant. The road makes out the number '5', and the individual cupcakes were decorated with cars and chequered flags toppers. Happy 5th Birthday Torsai!

PS: Pardon me for the photos... it was really late at night when I completed this... the lighting was not good, and I was pretty sleepy too.

Princess and Pirate Cupcakes

Julian's classmate, Issabelle, invited her whole class to her house for a pool party yesterday. Initially I thought it was meant to be her birthday party, but I later realized that it was just a casual get-together party organized by her mum so that Issabelle could play with her friends. We were told not to bring any presents, but I did not want to turn up empty-handed, so I made some cupcakes for the kids. These were pistachio and chocolate chips cupcakes, and I decorated some of them in princess and pirate theme for the girls and the boys. I also did some with simple chocolate glaze sprinkled with chopped pistachio nuts. I think the adults would prefer them this way! It turned out to be a very nice party, with lots of finger food and drinks. Not only did the kids enjoyed themselves tremendously in the pool, we parents got a chance to get to know one another better too!

Justen's Birthday Cupcakes

Today my younger son, Justen, turns 2. I baked some red velvet cupcakes with vanilla butter-cream and decorated them with his favorite things. Justen has always been a very easy child. He eats most kinds of food that I cook for him and he loves to eat fruits. He likes reading books, knows the pronunciation of a few of the alphabets and his first song is 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars'. He is a very independent boy and does not requires a lot of my attention as compared to his elder brother. He is often contended playing by himself and only fuss when he is sleepy or soiled his diapers. Because of the vast difference in the characters of my two boys, I tend to focus more of my energy in meeting the demands of Julian, so much so that I have friends who commented that I love Julian more than Justen. I was a little taken aback when I heard that but I know this is definitely not the case. I love them both equally. I spend more of my time with Julian because he is growing and is sensitive about our attention and love. Justen is still small and thus I let my helpers takes care of his daily needs like bathing and feeding. Not being hands-on does not mean I love him less. I bond with him by reading and singing to him. A gentle caress and a doting kiss on the cheek says my love for him. I believe he knows that I love him very much because only his mommy can calm him down when he cries uncontrollably. Motherhood is not easy and being a mother to two little boys can be quite taxing at times, but I would not exchange them for anything in the world. They are my joy and my happiness. Soon, Justen will be talking, debating with me like Julian does.... the challenge would be to devote my attention and time equally between the two of them such that they will not feel that there is any sort of favoritism involved. Meanwhile, I want to treasure the baby phase of my little boy. He is still very much like a baby, chubby, cute and innocent, and he still smells so good like a new born baby! Happy birthday Justen....don't grow up so fast.... !!!

Cars and Animals Cupcakes

These are for a gathering among few mommies and some kids.   Vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream and fondant toppers.  

Mickey Mouse Cupcakes

These Mickey Mouse cupcakes were made specially for a friend of mine.  We used to be colleagues working together in the finance department in a company under the oil and gas industry.  A very helpful and patient man.  He had given me alot of guidance during those days when I was still very much a green horn in the working world.  He made a career switch about three years ago to devote himself to childcare education.  Although it sounded like a very risky move, but I think it is admirable and it is also a wonderful thing to pursue ones true passion in life.  He is now a principal in a newly set up childcare center and I paid him a visit this afternoon. 

Back to my Mickey Mouse cupcakes....  My recent trip to Hong Kong Disneyland has given me the inspiration to make them.  I was looking for ideas in the souvenir shops in Disneyland Resort and it suddenly dawned on me that I could try to put all the signature icons of Mickey and Minnie onto my next cupcake project.  So I drew out the icons and pipe them out with royal icing.  Together with the matching colors red, yellow, white and black... ta-ta... a bunch of nice looking Mickey and Minnie Mouse cupcakes!  

Sesame Street Cupcakes

I have seen many different versions of Elmo cupcakes from the internet, and have been very tempted to try doing some myself.  Since I am visiting my friend tomorrow, it gives me the perfect chance to make some of these Sesame Street cupcakes for her two daughters.  I made quite a lot, so Julian get to bring some to school to share with his friends too.    

Disney Cars Cupcakes

These were baked specially for my son, Julian, who loves Lightning McQueen so much.  His clothes, shoes, water bottle, even his toys and computer games are all about Lightning McQueen.  In fact, his classmates are all fans of this spunky red sports car.  So I made this batch of cupcakes and brought it to the school and gave them a little surprise!