A Piece Of Cake

Spots and Stripes

 I'm currently not taking any orders at the moment but I'd appreciate if you'd join my facebook page so we can stay in touch! thank you so much for viewing!!! :O)

A big HI to all, how is everything going? Well, I hope! :) We recently had a new addition to our family in June '12, a baby girl, so my hands are pretty full! But happily so. However, a dear couple at church was getting married and expressed that they would really love to have a cake by us, so, of course, it is an honour to help! :)

I had my usual sit down consultation with the bride, Grace, to find out what her preferences were. She wanted something sweet, simple, but she also wanted a touch of intricate piping. So I tried to combine the elements together, and here we have it!

 

I love how it turned out.

Grace did too!

The Bride takes one *last* loving look at her wedding cake before it is whisked away to be cut up and served! ...it's a good thing she had lots of photos taken with it before the service started. ;)

The couple writes:

Dear Sis Suwei,
It has always been a dream for us to have a real cake at our wedding. Thanks for agreeing to bake one just for us even though Baby was only 1 month old + 5 more kids to take care of in the house.
We wanted a cake that fitted the colour theme of green, white and pink. You knew exactly what we wanted and even more! From the intricately handcrafted design: colourful strips, royal icing floral pattern and green polka dots, down to the flavors, everything was executed perfectly! Especially loved the mud cake, we even ask my sister to grab some once the cake is cut before the guests polished off everything; which they did in record time!!
Thank you for the beautiful and delicious wedding cake. It was really a dream come true.... :))

With love,
Wu Heng & Grace

Results from Feedburner!

Hi ho! I haven't been posting in this blog very frequently because I've been busy with my real life as homeschooling mommy of four. Cake artist is the other hat I wear infrequently. :O) But yet the blog has continued to be actively visited by folks all around the world! I had been getting readership statistics from Typepad all along and due to the popularity of the Tetris cake in July, I've been placed higher up in the search engines (especially Google). In all likelihood, you may have found me through Google!

I recently signed up free with feedburner.com and I can confirm that I am getting worldwide hits, not only in my country, Singapore.

The international hits I'm getting are from far flung places (in relation to Singapore, of course) like the US, Great Britain, Canada, Australia and even south America and Africa. These are mostly looking for cake design ideas and info on fondant. And to be able to contribute some to these who come from cake baking and decorating cultures (something we don't really have in Singapore) is a matter of pride for me!

A warm hello from Singapore to my international readership and visitors! We're at the southern most tip of the Asian continent! Not China!!! :OP

The hits I get from Singapore are mostly those who are looking to buy a cake for their special occasion or are simply interested in the cake art I'm producing. But, sigh, I'm still trying to keep pace (and enjoy)homeschooling and four kids so the cake business dream has to be on hold for a while. I do get requests for orders and I do seriously consider each one if I'm able to deliver (as in fit it in my schedule). Thank you so much for your kind consideration!!! I will try to squeeze in a project when I am able (and if the price is right!)

Well readers, where-ever you're from, do write if there's any info you'd like to know about fondant cakes or any other cakey info that you think might be useful for other readers to know. Or just write to say hello. :O) You'd be a great help in helping me improve on this site! Thanks!

Announcement! I've had several requests to do a baking class and I am half considering it for next year. For kids and parents! Please email me if you would like to sign up or find out further details and I'll see how the response is? Depending on response, I may rent a kitchen even! Thanks!

Blessings to you!

Suwei

The picture shows 3 of my kids getting busy with "from scratch" cup-cake batter. They need to stand on chairs to reach my kitchen counter! ;O)

The Geek Element: making news on the Internet!

 

gameaxis.com was the first to feature the Tetris cake on the net.

And then, the story was taken up by kotaku.com . To date, at this site, the cake story has been viewed over 6, 000 times, and counting!.

And from kotaku.com, it pretty much spread around the net!!!

dsfanboy.com    geeksugar.com   urbanretrolifestyle.com      weddingbee.com to mention a few...

 

Well, as for the reviews and comments on those sites, I'll summarize them as, it's a georgeous cake, totally unique, some love it but not as their wedding cake.

Hey, to each his own. :O)

And the biggest compliment of all came from a guy who works with LOL productions.... He made a montage of the cake, in his words, "to cheer the couple for having such a wonderfully geeky cake" . :O) His montage is totally geeky too.

So, I guess the success of the cake was due to a good, qwerky idea, an effective design to carry it and the boldness to finally execute the plan. That made it a special, one of a kind wedding (and wedding cake.) As I had mentioned it before, kudos to young Singaporean couples who are willing to be less traditional and expressive of their personalities!

As for myself, I'm pleased to have taken "customized" and "personalized" wedding cakes to an all new level.

All glory to my Lord Jesus who loves me so. :O)

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Dear readers,

thanks for reading about my cake adventures! As I do not post often, you'll know when I do post if you'd hit the subscribe button at the bottom of the left hand column. If you have technical problems, do feedback to me via email so I can tell the Typepad people. Thanks So Much!!!

Blessings,

Suwei

A Piece Of Cake, Singapore

Read what the Brides and Grooms have to say about A Piece of Cake!

Here's some feedback from previous recepients of our wedding cakes! Thanks so much for your kind words and encouragement...

"....din ever dream we'll be able to have a real homemade wedding cake for our wedding that all our guests could enjoy. Praise the Lord for your creativity and most of all for yr sincerity for the cake that u made for our wedding,.." Read the rest here.

"Initially, we thought that wedding cakes were for show, in that they
were just part of the decorations, to be seen but not eaten.

But Suwei's well thought out and beautifully executed (and fully
edible) cake changed the way we perceived wedding cakes...." Read the rest here.

notes from around the world

Well, since the setting up of this weblog, it's been so special to me to hear my friends and family all around the world sharing the joys of my newly found talent.

Jean, my very dear friend since secondary school (TKGS), wrote today her congratulations in her usual poetic style that said so much in so few words.  Jean's being a vet at the San Frans SPCA. Thanks, Jean for being happy for me. :O)

My sweetie little cousin Lara in Belgium also sent her congratulations over the sms. (I guess at 17, she's not so little anymore but some things are difficult to get used to...) I reproduce her sms here:

"Hi Suwei! I've been to check out ur site about cakes! And it's fabulous! I can't believe that american lady even put 1 of ur cakes on her site! What and honour!... Take care and keep up with the good work! Xoxox... Give my love to evry1 in S'pore."

Well Wishers may post here!

This page for well wishers to post.

My sincerest thanks to all well wishers and all glory goes to God! :O)

Our cake got featured on baking911.com!

Wow. I am super excited. My cake got featured on baking911.com ...

For those who would be interested, baking911.com is a fantastic site, choc full of recipes, advice and how-to for any kind of baking qns. The founder and owner of the site, Sarah Philips, is a cookbook writer, food researcher, and professional baker, based in New York. The contents in baking911.com gets quoted frequently in major American newspapers and magazines such as The New York Times, Chicago Tribune and others.

But the best part is... the forum! It's fantastic!!! You get to ask expert bakers questions on-line... and they get answered very promptly! Sarah is ever so encouraging and helpful. I find her very humble and unassuming. That site has been a tremendous help to me.

AND my cake got featured!!! I'm soooo honoured...

Thank you to family and friends!!!

To all the folks who know me and my cake adventures, I'd just like to say from the bottom of my heart, "Thank you! Thank God for you, I couldn't have done it without all your words of encouragement and support." 

To God be all glory and praise, for all the things He has done. I owe my very breath and strength to Him.

To my loving husband who has been my biggest fan and watchful confidante... I have blossomed in his love and care.

To my church family at Maranatha Baptist Church, the "guinea pigs" of my early forays into baking not too long ago... thank you! And special mention to sis Carol, my bestest baking buddy who assisted me in all manner of tasks from cleaning the floor, babysitting etc... your sweet spirit ~ never a complaint~ is so dear to me.

My Baptist friends on the BaptistBoard ! You ladies are a blessing to me! 

My internet bakers community baking911.com . I am ever grateful for their help in times of emergency!

And all the other friends whom i've made along the way in my baking adventures, thank you for your support!

Again, from the bottom of my heart,

Thank you!

~ Suwei ~