Chocolate Cats

Have been waiting for this! Got it on Friday at Kino even before they put the "20% off with any purchase" tag. Yeah I got it while it was still behind the counter! Lol! It comes with a cosmetic bag, tissue holder and mirror. More pretty pieces to add to my oh so pretty Cath Kidston collection. Lurvin this!

I finally decided on a venue for my Tea Party. It will be at Full House Lifestyle Cafe on Jalan Yap Kwan Seng. More details later.

Ends : 18/03/10 Today at 11pm

I will be hosting a Tea Party just for my readers on 20/03/10 (Saturday). For loads of yummy food, games and prizes, click here. :)

I will be hosting a Tea Party just for you, my readers who read my strange insights into all things me! (Excuse me for being so perasan.. lol!) I would love to invite everyone but due to budget constraints I can only invite a few. So for this Tea Party I will be picking 8 of my readers to join me in this incredibly mad affair!

And yeah, I just got caught up with the whole Alice in Wonderland thing. Since its been ages ago I hosted a Tea Party, figured it is a perfect time to have one.

Details
Date : 20th March 2010 (Saturday)
Time : 5 - 7pm
Place : Somewhere Nice!

Dresscode : Pretty / Strange / Costume (Optional)

It will be great fun with loads of yummy food, games and prizes.

You just have to answer a simple question:

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Ends : 18/03/10 Thursday 11pm

Invitees will be announced soon after.

Tis the "Alice" season. Just cannot help bumping into all things "Alice" and "Wonderland". It was supposed to be released in Malaysia on 11th March 2010 but it came out with the rest of the world on 5th March 2010. This huge set in Mid Valley Megamall was suppose to be in conjunction with the 11th March release date but it is not too late!

The centre court area was trasformed into this huge tea party in wonderland. It is an amazingly magical sight! Mushrooms and flowers - big and small littered the set. I'm guessing a lot of work went into creating and preparation of it.

It would not be complete without the Mad Hatter's Tea Party. The cakes and pastries look yummy. Yeah, fake ones..

There were also paraphernalias from the movies displayed in the showcases nearby. I am assuming they are replicas.

The White Queen

The Red Queen

The Mad Hatter

Alice

The 'Eat Me' Box

The area surrounding the concourse complemented the whimsical theme nicely. There were various booths set up - Coffee Bean, Nina Ricci, Lovely lace, had beautiful things to offer. Coffee Bean's booth caught my attention though. They had cupcakes specially made for the "Alice" event. Take a wild guess what icing they used.. Fondant! *winks* Oh and underneath the fondant is butter cupcake topped with chocolate ganache. They are selling these at 2 for RM10, and I just could not resist buying them.

Here is how the program looks like until Sunday. The Wonderland will be around from 10/3-20/3. According to the program there will be a walk about in the mall by the characters.

Almost forget, Mid Valley is having a promotion. If you spend RM300 (RM250 for HSBC credit cardholders) and above in a single receipt, you get to redeem an exclusive Disney's 'Alice in Wonderland' Tea Pot set.

More Cupcakes! This time with fondant icing. Organised by Nuyou together with Cake Connection last Wednesday 3/2/10 at Jaya One.

My Cupcakes with Fondant

Pigita, Strange me with Kitty ears, Doroshi, Miu, Wing

Ever wondered how much effort is put into doing one tiny figurine, say of a duck. Well for someone who is not all too creatively inclined when it comes to shaping 2D or 3D shapes/characters/figurones, it is one heck of an effort. Me me me!

Remember how I said last weeks workshop, working with buttercream fun, calming and therapeutic, this week's working with fondant was challengingly fun.

Nancy kicked off this session by introducing Fondant. Then went on to pass around a small ball of chocolate fondant, which is more expensive than the white one, for all to try! Omg! It tasted so good! I had this picture in my head, of me munching on it while sitting in front of the tele. Side tracking.. Oops..

Nancy's fondant

Shaping 2D

The Baby Face - Apart from the pacifier handle and bit of hair, it moslty included rolling out the fondant into a falt piece, cutting the desired shape and placing it on the base with glue (edible gum powder). A gourmet pen is used to draw the bits the need drawing.

My Baby Face

Shaping 3D

Bottle & Pacifier - One of the more simpler ones. It only required shaping into a basic shape and putting it together.

Baby with Blankie - This required more parts. I suppose this one was slightly more tedious than anything. Did not attempt this one either.

Ducks In Water - A bit tough! Start with the base, using a blue coloured fondant with marbled effect. Then prepare the body, head, wings, beak and eyes. The body required a bit more shaping. Use gourmet pen for the eyes. My poor ducks turned out looking a bit strange!

My strange looking Ducks In Water

How the ducks are suppose to look like..

The tediousness of working with fondant makes it very time consuming. The 3 hours allocated for this session felt rather rush as a lot of the participants worked super fast to complete their fourth.

But it was still a fun experience tapping in on one's creativity. It would be incomplete for me not to attempt a Cat. Thought a 3D version was too ambitious, so I settled for a 2D one. Though I ran out of ideas and time for my last cupcake and ended up doin a 2D "F".