Happy B'day Raphaelle

All to the glory of GOD

Okay.. before I’m starting bla..bla..bla.. Pls, Let me to say “SORRY” ‘cos it’s quite late to post this story… Thanks GOD…Finally I can post it..

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Time goes so fast…second by second.. minute by minute.. hour by hour.. day by day.. week by week.. month by month.. couldn’t feel it…it has been a year since I delivered her…

She has colored our lives…I never Imaged before there are a lot of funs and joys when the little one come into our lives…If I think back about this…when I was a kid…a teenager.. A mature woman…how did I meet my hubby? ***he..he..he..** :D (It’s funny… and can’t tell you on this section…may be I have a chance to tell you about it... J J ) … got married… pregnant… then she arrived in this world in perfect condition... more I think... more I praise HIM.. HE is SO AMAZING…

Now she is one year girl…she is not a baby anymore… She grew too quick… but she is still a baby for me...Thanks GOD that it’s almost 100% she was with me…I saw her day by day… how did she grow… there will be something new that we will explore together… I’m sure that there will be so many funs in future …as the time goes by…

Okay…let’s finish…bla..bla…

Now is time to talk about Raphaelle’s 1^st B’day Cake.

Baking and Decorating Time :

It’s a hardest cake which I ever made til now…

I didn’t have enough sleep to make and decorate it.. **hua.. so sleepy** It took a few days to finish all cakes…I started to bake them on Wednesday… Whole day I baked them… and started to decorate them on Thursday night after my hubby came from his work… it’s about 11.00 pm…Since I couldn’t decorate it on day times ‘cos Raphaelle wanted more attentions and times to play with her..

On the 1^st night….I put my Ipod on my ears and started my job… I stayed a wake til 6.00 am.. to finish 1^st cake and 2^nd cake… it’s not bad… not really tiring…

On the 2^nd night…again with my Ipod … It’s a hard night for me… I needed to finish decorating the teddy bear… Since I’m not used to with the piping…wow it’s a hard job.. my right hard was very sore…mostly on fingers.. it likes when you work hard or lift up a lot of heavy things…when finish.. all of your bodies feel sore, don’t they.. Can you image it? So same like my right hand and fingers… til I couldn’t press any more the piping bag…wow it’s so bad.. huhuhu… I finished decorating the teddy bear and stacked it on the 2^nd cake.. I was not really happy with the result of teddy bear… I thought It didn’t look as good as 1^st one (Pls, compare it by yourself …Pls, see my posting last month) … but I couldn’t anything else…I was too tired.. L …there was a fly…it companied me for 2 nights…J…it followed me wherever I went…when I went to kitchen.. it followed me.. when I went to dining room where I decorated my cakes.. it followed me too..he..he.. J J it’s a faithful fly..hua..hua.. J J … I finished til 7.00 am…

Let’s talk about cakes now :

the 1^st cake was “3 layers Taiwanese Sponge Cakes with Mango filling” (I took the recipe from Ine J thanks Ine J)… It covered by marzipan and plastic Icing…decorated by swags and ribbons… Ahaa…Remember my posting last month about “Joined and Held Together by Love”.. As you can see on the pic…there is a electric pasta maker...maybe you are a little curious…what is the relation between a electric pasta maker with my baking hobby… I’ll tell you what is the relation between them.. J…the electric pasta maker helps me a lot on swags and ribbons.. I needed same thickness for every swags and ribbons….and very..very thin…as a fabric….So now you knew what is the function that electric pasta maker for me…he..he.. even my hubby was very confuse when I asked to buy me a electric pasta maker…

The 2^nd cake was “2 layers Strawberry Chiffon Cakes with Chocolate Mousse Filling”… It covered by buttercream and plastic Icing … I planned to write on 2^nd cake…but couldn’t do it anymore…my right hand and fingers were too sore.. couldn’t press the piping bag anymore.. so I just decorated with some blossom flowers… wasn’t it cute?? J

The 3^rd cake was “A Chocolate Mud Cake”…It covered by Buttercream… and the number 1.. it was made by cookie…covered by buttercream and plastic icing…

Thanks God…Everything were finished on schedule…

Party Time….Come on…sing with me…Happy Birthday to Raphaelle 2x.. Happy Birthday 3x Raphaelle…Hip hip ..horay.. hip hip.. horay

It was a hot day…I worried about my cakes…Pls, God they won’t me… Jef helped me to carried and held the cake when I delivered it on the place… and …when I like to park the car.. forgot to hit the brake.. just directly moved the gear to “P”.. wow.. my car jumped and jef was shocked and hey.. what have you done?.. You will cry if the cakes is broken.. he told me.. Sorry.. I forgot to hit the brake.. J

He went inside and I parked my car…

When I went inside and liked to check where did they put my cake……OH.OH…OH NO L one of the staff dropped some tomato sauces on the cake……OOOOOHHHHH NNNNOOO.. huhuhu…I went outside to see my friend and told her about that… My friend said maybe it’s not at front…maybe just at the back….she went inside to check it and told me that the cake is alright.. it’s just at the back…they tried to clean it up… I went home and didn’t see again my cake…

It’s a time to cut the cake and I found out… there were some sauces left on cake.. and my friend tried to clean that again.. btw…just forget about it…

As I told you that it was a hot day…the buttercream started to

melted…but Thanks GOD that It stayed on good condition til we cut the cake…just finished cut the cake.. and I didn’t notice that number “1” collapsed… the owner showed it to Raphaelle…

The buttercream on number “1” cookie melted and made it soft.. that’s why number “1” collapsed…but it’s alright ‘cos we already took pics…

Those are all my story…too long, aren’t they?....

Btw… Pls, advise me how to decorate with piping, so your hand and fingers are not sore…. Or maybe just because I’m not used to ….

Thanks and Enjoy to read…

Blessings,

Joined & Held Together By Love

Hemm.. today…I like to tell you about someone…This person is my closest friend… too patient..(hemm …not all the times BUT most of the times…more than me )..and like to improve himself for me…hooray..

WHO IS HE??? hemm…who??.. who??**curious**

He is …. He is…. He is my hubby….he..he..he…who did you think before?

May be you will ask me back…why should I talk about him???... Is he Special?... may be not for you… BUT…YES for me…

We need “Show proper respect to everyone”⁽¹⁾, don’t we? **thinking**

Yeap… I just like to tell you about him…. Since last weeks I told you about my sister… she is a good sister… and I think it’s not fair if I don’t talk or introduce someone else to you who also be nice with me too …any more people like to be nice to me..he..he.. don’t be shy.. come on…. Show yourself…… the truth thing is there are a lot of people who be nice with me…who I can’t list them one by one… …just wait maybe you are on my list…

As all you know that I’m learning about baking and decorating cakes…. So.. that’s why right now I’m talking about my hubby ‘cos he supports me too on this hobby… Like it’s written : “From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.”⁽²⁾

Do u like to know how does he support me? He buys all tools, which I need… Please, have a look what he bought for me…

I just showed a few things which he bought me.. just the big.. big.. one….there are some more which I can’t show you.. too many.... they weren't enough on the table… I tried ..but couldn't…

The truth thing is he is a good man…yeap he is a good man… whether he bought me something or not… Love is not because the things he bought me.. but… **guess**

Doesn’t Love cover everything? Like it’s written : “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.” ⁽³⁾ even when I’m angry, annoying, cranky, bad mood, asking too much, ehmm….bla..bla… ask him by yourself **shy & blushing **

Isn’t it good if whatever we do for the others people because we LOVE them, NOT because OBLIGATION.. Because of LOVE, the OBLIGATION has been remove on the CROSS. “Having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross.” ⁽⁴⁾

Let’s us show love to each others…“Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.” ⁽⁵⁾

I know it’s hard to love to someone who we don’t like…such as our enemy or someone who is snob or bla.. bla ….it’s much much much much more easier to love someone who loves and good with us, isn’t it?

Yeap….but HE already loved us 1^st even when we didn’t know and hate HIM…

Keep learning…as all of us know that it’s hard…BUT nothing is impossible in HIM… don’t use your strength.. say it in yourself ”It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect”. ⁽⁶⁾

Enjoy and Be Blessed….

Note: (1) 1 Pet 2: 17a ; (2) Ep 4: 16; (3) 1 Pet 4:8 ; (4) Colossians 2:14; (4) Rom 12:10; (5) Psalm 18:32

My 1st Teddy Bear Cake

Hemm..This Afternoon..I already typed so long on my multiply about My 1st Teddy Bear Cake...and saved it as a draft..because I couldn't attach the pic and I don't want to lose it...

But Now...I lost it ...I CAN'T FIND IT...I don't know where is my draft...huhuhu

Okay..Let me to tell you from beginning about it...

Do u still remember about " A Package from US" which I just posted this afternoon?

I told you that my cece (My Older Sister) sent me "The Wilton Stand Up Cuddly Bear Pan Set"

I asked her for it 'cos I like to make a Teddy Bear Cake for Raphaelle on her 1st b'day...

Since her b'day is getting closer.. ..it's another 2 weeks...so I thought that I better try and practice to make this cake...

The 1st thing I did was read the instruction how to use it and looked for the recipe...Oh Oh..I couldn't the recipe for it....What should I??

They just said that "This Stand-Up Cuddly Bear Cake Bakes best using a batter that is firm, but not too heavy. They recommed using a pound cake mix and a 2 layer cake mix combined".

It's so confusing..I don't anything about pound cake or a 2 layer cake...so I started to search on the internet for the firm cake..and found "NCC Basic Butter Cake"...and I thought that maybe this cake is not to soft like sponge cake..

I made 1 portion of this recipe and poured in the pan...Oooo...it filled just half of the pan... then the day after day I made 1 kg of Chocolate Mud Cake Ready Mix and baked...it's good.. but when I removed the cake from the pan...Oh NO.....the Teddy Bear's face was sticked to the pan.....it happened because I didn't grease the pan properly and enough with the shortening..

BUT they didn't discourage me......come on Elny...you can do it...

Since I couldn't find the pound cake mix and a 2-layer cake mix, so I just bought a Chocolate Cake Mix and a Vanilla Cake Mix...

I mixed them together and bake it...

Tik..tik..tik..Oh LORD, please help me.. I prayed while waiting for it...yeap.. Most of times I prayed while waiting for my cakes...It's written that "NOT BY MIGHT, NOT BY POWER BUT BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD."..

Kring.kring...It's DONE...Horay..it came out "GOOD"..Thanks GOD..

Now is the time for the decoration...

...On the beginning, when I just started to decorate it...it was scary......even my hubby laughed on it..

No worries...It doesn't matter what people said...come on..Elny...you can do it..

so I just kept decorating it..All is good...

WOW...Done it...It's CUTE..very Cute..even Raphaelle thought that it's a doll..'cos she tried to touch it a few times...and My hubby said..it's good...well done..

Some of my friends thought it was a doll too...I told them..that it's a cake..they said "WHAT"..

I don't have a heart to cut it...It's too CUTE..

Pls, see it by yourself and tell me what do u think?

DON'T FORGET TO GIVE YOUR COMMENT PLEASE...

thanks and blessings