Pink! Simple and Sweet

Thank you Ms Wendy Hii for the order today. Wishing little princess Ashley a Happy Birthday and many happy returns!

Ms Wendy specified a simple enough design (simple and sweet) but it was challenging as my free hours are short during working weekdays. This is the design (top layer) which serves as my pattern guide for the cake -

The design requires a tall cake therefore two rounds of baking were required. The base colour was brink pink so a large amount of time was spent mixing the colours to get a close enough shade of pink.

As for the cupcakes Ms Wendy requested for the hidden heart cupcakes as below and agreed that the colours for the deco shall be oppose to the cake. This is my second time attempting this type of cupcake. The picture below was the first and the hearts were red velvet whereas this round I have changed them to bright pink strawberry flavoured hearts.

This is the final results of last night (or more precisely, early this morning):

The following pictures are courtesy of Ms Wendy from Ashley's Pink Party. The birthday girl's happy face is priceless! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Pavlova

Pavlova is a meringue-based dessert named after the Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova. It is a meringue dessert with a crisp crust and soft, light inside.^[2] The name is pronounced /pævˈloʊvə/ or /pɑːvˈloʊvə/, unlike the name of the dancer, which was /ˈpɑːvləvə/. The dessert is believed to have been created in honour of the dancer either during or after one of her tours to Australia and New Zealand in the 1920s. The nationality of its creator has been a source of argument between the two nations for many years, but formal research indicates New Zealand as the source.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlova_(food)

I think I have a bad habit. I like to modify recipes rather than follow them completely. Making pavlova is one example. I combined 2 different recipes and tweaked them to suit whatever ingredients I have at home. Sometimes the experiment will turn out badly and inedible, but more often than not they turn out fine. Only disadvantage to this bad habit is that sometimes i can't recall the actual modified recipe used!