on the wishlist

I wish hubs can have time to re-do my blog lay-out. 

Ube macapuno cake in the house

Being away from your home country takes you to this different level of yearning which makes you find ways to get a feel and have a taste of home.

I was craving for ube cake. But Filipino stores here sell their ube cakes quite over the top. So, what a better way to put the cake mixer into a very good use -- I made an ube macapuno cake!

I was browsing through the net to find that best ube cake recipe and I was quite lucky to land on a very helpful Pinay from Oz blog with it.

And here's the masterpiece tada!

First birthday of little fairy princess

Oh dear! I seem to have put aside blogging for a wee bit of time.

Perhaps, to get on a good start this year, I'm sharing one great milestone in our family. Our daughter turned one on September last year. Yes, time flies so quickly. She's now out and about, jumping and dancing just like any toddler's daily grinding days will be.

But this entry is all about another milestone -- that's for myself. What's more special with her birthday is her birthday cake. I baked and decorated her cake all from scratch. So proud of myself right now. hmmm...

Her birthday theme is fairy garden. I tried my best to come up with a cake that will copy a garden setting.

The cake is made up of two layers of chocolate cake and a vanilla cake layer in the middle. I used almond-flavoured buttercream. The decorations are mostly dried icing and fondant.

I have my fingers crossed to bake more. =)