Welcome Home MOM and DADDY.. :D

This is what my mom gave to me when she just arrived from airport.. (Cute Cake Pops!)

Today my mom and dad has been come back from US! I was so excited! Yes, mom and dad always bring something that really makes me happy! Souvenirs, baking ingredient, books, cloth, food coloring, and many more!
My first sister get her nail stuff, she really love nail polish. And my second sister get her scrap book stuff, she love scrapbooking. And they both get body things like lotion, body mist, etc. And I get my baking stuff, decorating stuff, baking books, cloth, candy, etc. I love it! ;) (thank you mom and dad.. :*)

I will show you what do a get from my parent..

Fruit by the food candy, marsmallow book, Food coloring,etc!

Cake Pops book, Vanilla and almond extract, Cake pop silicon pan, PECAN, and hand gel!

Food coloring, papercup, Sugar pearl!

Look at this beautiful Books! love it! 

Look at this Disney t-shrt! LOVE it! I love Mickey! and look that cute american mini stapler!

That's all.. I really enjoy this moment, when my mom and dad bringing again some happiness and love to me and my sister. I think they know how to make their kids ALWAYS happy.

Lovely,

Ivan.. <3

PINK Bow Cake!

Hey! Last Tuesday my friend ordered Pink cake for his friend. Then I have an idea to make it looks like give box. And I made it. The cake was 4 layered vanilla and chocolate spongecake with 16cm in diameter. Each layer was topped with chocolate ganache :9. I made this cake about 8 hours (4 hours yesterday, and 4 hour today). I made the bow using fondant that have been mixed with CMC. DON'T USE IT TOO MUCH! I give them about 1/4 teaspoon for about a tennis ball size fondant, and they break easily! so made another batch of pink regular fondant, then I mix them up. This is what the cake looks like.. :D

What do you think? The flowers in the right side of the cake is made using veiner.. Hello kitty is made using cookie cutter and the bow using silicon mold.. The letter is using FMM Funky tappits.. for making the bow, I cut it using my FMM ribbon cutter.. Hope you love them!

Regards,
Ivan..

Who Love Chocolate?!

Who love Chocolate? hahaha! almost everybody love chocolate. There is White Chocolate, Milk Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, and another flavor. There is also Cocoa Powder, Chocolate Paste, Chocolate Spread, Chocochip, etc. I always make sure I have enough Chocolate stuff in my little pantry. I made a few cake using my Chocolate Powder and my favorite Dark Chocolate. Let me show you! :D

This is the revolution from my first cupcake (on my 2nd post). Its looks so much better! :D

I topped the Cupcakes with my Beautiful Chocolate Ganache! :9

This Filling is absolutely yummy! Its soft in room temperature and easy to piped!

Yeah! That is my expression looks like at the first bite on this "Fake Macarons".. Its tasted so good and soft creamy! :9

This is my favorite sweets right now! French Macarons!

This Macarons shells was made by put some cocoa powder to the macarons batter. I filled with my delicate chocolate ganache!

You can see, if almost the thing that I made from chocolate is chocolate ganache! Yes its true! I like the consistency of it and the sweetness of the cocoa blended with a little bit bitterness.. Its a perfect combination! ;)

Fun Fact about Chocolate!

• Chocolate is poisonous to dogs (and other domestic animals). The Theobromine found in chocolate is a stimulatant, and can be too much for small animals.  
• It's true! Chocolate is The Food Of The Gods. Cacao beans come from a tree that is a species of the genus Theobroma, which translated is food of the gods. 
• Almost half the world's chocolate is consumed in America. (really? haha)
• The popular belief that chocolate causes acne is a myth.
• The largest chocolate bar ever manufactured was in Italy in 2000. The bar had a weight of 5,000 lbs. (woow!)

 This fun fact is helped by my best friend ever, Mr. GOOGLE! hahaha.. Hope you enjoy it!

Sweetly, Ivan..

Hey my little sweeties!

Hello every body! I'm back! Today I want to tell you all about my favorite sweets! Its FRENCH MACARONS! Yumm! They are cute and very sweet! Every body loved them! I love to make them. Its complicated, but I learn something on my mistakes (5 times failed, hahaha) .. They are made from almond powder, egg whites, and sugar. Very basic. They only can made on sunny day. Humid can disrupt everything. I will post couple photos of my first and second time trying Macarons on Libby's American Brownies and Igor's later. 
And this is my French Macarons! :9

Vanilla shell with Caramel filling..

This is what happen if made them on rainy or humid day..

They don't have any "feet" and they have a very thin shell..

Is there anyone love to Macarons? or Try to bake them but failed? Let me know, and I will try to help you. I will post again another my favorite Macs Flavor , hope you love them!


Regards, Ivan..