Kayla's Birthday Party @ the Park

Last birthday party for year 2010, Kayla's 3rd Brithday Party @ the Park somewhere in Maroubra (can't remember the name of the Park).

Kayla's Mom aka Cupcakeholics the domestic goddess made everything from scratch, and she printed little food ID card on each plate. Attention to details is definitely her forte hehehe. Please check out her hardwork.

Corned Beef Balls

Bacon corn & cheese muffins

Mini spring rolls

Bittersweet Chocolate Cookies

Tangy Lemon Cake

Girly cupcakes for Kayla

Sugar Flower made from scratch

Cupcake Decorating Class

Last Sunday I had a super creative day, I did Cupcake Decorating Class with 2 friends & the teacher was my BFF Handi Mulyana from Handi's Cakes. I thought he was joking when he said the he needs 4 hours for the cupcake decorating class & yes it did take us approximately 4 hours to decorate cupcakes.

It was a big day for 3 of us since none of us got any decorating experience. We are still amazed that we did decorate the cupcakes with proportions of 20% messy ones & 80% OK looking. I never knew that cupcake decorating is quite time consuming. If anyone charge $6-8 for a prettily decorated cupcake, I understand the reasons behind the figure right now.

The blue cupcakes & the family theme

The pinkie cupcakes + girls + baby

The greenie cupcakes with teddy bear, butterfly & love heart decorations

Baby Shower

Sunday 21/11/10 - To celebrate Priska's 7th month of  pregnancy we organised Indonesian (Javanese tradition) style baby shower, aka siraman. Consists of a set of rituals and followed by having traditional dishes for the dinner.

We can't wait to have the Indonesian Yellow Rice (Nasi Kuning). I was drooling since 5pm ish, purposely had small lunch for this event. My lovely friend Ike cooked & decorated the yellow rice. I seriously don't know how she cooked all of this as she had catering for 500 people the day before. Her Indonesian yellow rice is the best & her hard work is paid off, everyone was very pleased with the dishes.

Indonesian yellow rice (Nasi Kuning) - clockwise - Indonesian salad, Chilli egg (Telor Balado), Chilli prawn (Sambal Udang), Chicken in brown sauce (Ayam Rujak), Chilli Chicken liver and tempe (Sambal Goreng Ati Tempe), Fried tempe (Tempe Goreng), Fried Tofu ( (Tahu Goreng)

Too cute to eat, Cupcakes by Cupcakeholics & Baby Shower Cake by my friend Handi Mulyana

 

Nappy Cake by moi, thanks to youtube tutorial, non edible though

The Marie Antoinette High Tea

A friend organised girls get together session to experience the Marie Antoinette High Tea @ Westin Hotel Lobby Bar. 
It was a great girls get together day, started with a sparkling rose, colorful zorro styled mask provided by the hotel, great high tea menu, 3.5 hours chit chat and friendly & attentive staffs. We felt quite special. Hope you will have the same great experience if you try the high tea.

The Marie Antoinette High Tea menu

The High Tea - nicely decorated individually

Roast beef with creme cheese - the beef was excellent & perfectly roasted

BLT & deviled egg finger sandwich - the base was in heart shaped, how cute ...

Kiwi & Orange croissant with mascarpone - the combination of orange & kiwi surprisingly work well together

Lime curd meringue tart with edible Marie Antoinette portrait. I wonder how they did the Marie Antoinette portrait? It is one awesome tart. I wish I can have tart no. 2. Lime tart is usually too citrus-ey & make you squint your eyes up to the max. This tart is one exception. Squint free & has the right level of sweetness.

Chocolate cream with exotic fruit caramel & candied walnuts

Blueberry macaroon - hhhmmm this is unfortunately a NO NO for me, it was too sweet. 1 bite is plenty.

Beetroot & Cherry cupcake - I love the amount of 'little' icing, less is more !!