Alyssa’s classmate, Dana, turned 6 last Saturday and instead of the usual store bought gift I decided to bake a moist chocolate cake. This is an opportunity for me to practice my cake-making/designing skills at the same time, a form of promotion for my soon-to-open cake business. I made a simple princess cake with a tiara as the topper. Boy! It took me 3 days to dry it, but still not perfect since it cracked so a pink and yellow rope came in to the rescue (which was not part of the design concept I had in mind at first), but I guess it’s look better. 
My little girl was of course excited and very proud. She choose the color theme which was pink, lavender and yellow. I must admit I went crazy over the dots and it was a little bit too much. Still it was good and made the celebrant’s mom and birthday girl very very happy with my first real creation.
Ang yeah, a music from a good home audio speakers must be the perfect company as I do them, but since I only have the cheap speaker where our iPad stands, I guess it still did it’s job pretty well.
My very first attempt to make a 2 tiered cake was for hubby’s 30th simple birthday celebration at home. It was a ferrari themed cake – with red, black and white as the main color – inspired by Andrea’s SweetCakes. I must say he was quite impressed, he doesn’t have much choice does he?
We had the typical pinoy menu like pancit for long life as they say, lechon kawali, camaron rebusado (mostly like shrimp tempura), crispy fried squid rings (calamari), lechon paksiw, sweet ‘n sour fish, plus our good friend Cathy brought some of her yummy homemade puto (it’s like rice cake shaped like an american muffin) and maja blanca. He got really nice gifts from our friends – Jay & Kaye gave him 2 fridge magnets and a Super Dry shoes, and Migs & Lovely gave him office shirt from Gap. Alyssa was thinking of the best gifts for father, so he came up with her own birthday card. Sweet she is! Me? Uhhmm… never mind. I didn’t bother for another surprise. 
YES! Hooray! Yahoo! Wooah! hahaha!!!
Temporary, because the original will be posted. Hoping to receive it within the day until tomorrow.
Isn’t it obvious that I am just too happy??? LOL But yeah, I really am. I took the course in about 2 hours, took the exam, and voila! I PASSED! I really thought I can perfect the exam, but d*mn! I got 3 mistakes! haha! Forgot the bacteria the comes from open wounds when got contact with food as well as the purpose of the blue bandage to be used with it. The other mistake, I forgot what it was about. But what’s important is I now have a certificate for Food Hygiene. Once my kitchen is checked and approved, I’m good to go. Does it mean I have to welcome dark circles again? Well, as of this moment, I am welcoming them with open arms. Praying for orders to flood my mailbox. I can’t wait to see what else can my hands make – will I even be able to create 3D figures? That, we have to look forward to.
