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Marie Cat cake!

2012-05-20T08:30:00.003-07:00

Marie Cat cake

An order I received for a cat lover.

At first, I was still sketching cat cartoons, googling for cat images which I could "draw/decorate" on a cake. Time went by & I couldn't seem to draw the perfect cat which would look pretty on a cake. and, AHA! I remembered that I purchased Marie cookie cutters awhile back and decided to use them to do fondant cut-outs. Painted the fondant with some food coloring and this was how it turned out(:

It's a 8" carrot cake sandwiched in between creamy cream cheese frosting before being covered & decorated with BatterBurp's buttercream..

As this cake was ordered for a girl, I chose pink and white pastel colors as pastel colors never fail to make a cake look sweet(:

**Notice that the marie cat has 2 different expressions?

Next up? will be trying various cake designs using the Hello Kitty cookie cutters & molds I bought during my short getaway in HK!(:(: Till then~

Pink ribbon bow cake

2012-05-01T08:16:00.002-07:00

Guess what flavor?

A few weeks ago, I received an order for me to replicate a 21st birthday cake.. When I saw the picture, I got really excited about it as I have been waiting for the chance to do a fondant bow. I loved the color theme of the cake and started planning a week before the order was due.. This cake alone took me approx. 3 days to complete..

Bought the materials needed for the cake stand as well as some plastic dowels for the standing hearts..before getting down to business..

Gum paste was used for the ribbon, letterings and the pink hearts. Spent a few hours on the big pink bow itself and it seemed to take eons for it to fully dry up and harden.. In the end, I kept the "standing hearts" as well as the big bow in an air con room for 2 nights so that they could be done in time..
So, always prepare your fondant decorations a few days before as the weather in Singapore is so unpredictable!

Baked the cakes and cupcakes on the 2nd day..
Started covering them over with fondant and decorating on the 3rd day..
Was really lucky that my mum was there to help me and I managed to get everything done by midnight(:

The bow cake is a 3 layered red velvet cake sandwiched in between 2 layers of cream cheese frosting.. The cupcakes are chocolate and topped off with chocolate ganache..
I love the simple checkered heart design of the cupcakes(: simple yet elegant..

Angry birds, angry pig?

2012-04-23T07:19:00.002-07:00

Angry Pig Red velvet cake!

Beneath all the buttercream and cream cheese frosting lies 2 layers of BatterBurps popular red velvet cake sandwiched together. This is an 9 inch cake which was sandwiched with a light cream cheese frosting before being decorated with buttercream..

I've always loved drawing, and when I received this order, I was really excited to draw an angry pig + decorating it on a cake.. Drew this free hand and I had lots of fun decorating it & I really hope to be able to receive more orders like these in the future(: There's a similar cake which I decorated with a elmo face and can be seen from here..

Filled in the rest of the angry pig face by using a star tip... Although it was a little time consuming, it sure made the whole picture a lot neater, don't you think?

BatterBurps has finally came up with a "to-die-for" buttercream frosting after much trial & error!

It's smooth, creamy, not too sweet, light & airy! What's more, it's good to for decorations too!

Will be coming up with new cupcake/cake flavors to be paired along with this buttercream soon..

Hope you all enjoyed this short little post(: Till then~~

Red velvet cupcakes..

2012-03-16T08:34:00.000-07:00

Red velvet hearts..

Recently, many people have been requesting me to sprinkle a few mini red hearts over my cupcakes instead of a single big heart. However, as I only had these red hearts at home at time, this was what I did! Am thinking of a new way to decorate my red velvet cupcakes to make the design more unique, I'll probably change the piped design as the usual twirls seem to be getting too common:/

Here's an order which I received for 30 cupcakes, 6 of which were cookies n cream which had a chocolate cake base.

Really sorry for the lack of updates in this space. Had been catching up with never ending assignments as well as exams. But fret not, the baker is always in action! (: I'm always indulging in baking whenever I'm feeling too stressed out, happy, or when I cant seem to get to sleep. I'm also currently experimenting on new cupcake/cake flavors as well as desserts, so do continue to check out this space (:

Strawberry mirror cake!

2012-02-20T06:28:00.000-08:00

Layered with strawberry mousse..

This cake is similar to the strawberry hearts cake which many have attempted before. Strawberry Hearts is usually has a cream cheese/marshmallow base, layered with strawberries cut into the shape of hearts and then covered with a thin red jello layer.. Depending on recipes, some are non-bake, some are baked.

This little one over here is called a strawberry mirror cake and is slightly more complicated. Is is made of fresh strawberry mousse with 2 sponge layers.. A total of 2 boxes of fresh korean strawberries were used. Many steps were involved in this cake;

-baking the sponge cake

-extracting the juice out of the strawberries

-Making the custard & incorporating it into the mousse

-Cooking the jelly layer made from the juice extracted earlier

-assembling

and tadah! My, was it time consuming. BUT, it was definitely worth it. Nothing beats fresh strawberries right? esp, the jelly layer on top:) Nothing artificial was used, yumm!

Not a bake post but...

2012-02-06T20:25:00.000-08:00

Beef Alert!

Ever since I started watching MasterChef, I've been cooking pretty much. I love the way the contestants cook, simple yet nice. So, the other day while having lunch with mummy at coffee club, we found the best beef salad ever. The salad was plated up with slices of beef at the side and then topped with a fruit balsamic compote. It was really appetizing and I've been thinking of it ever since(;

As you can see, this is my interpretation of the beef salad. Attempt at plating up! The salad is composed of buttercup lettuce, wild rockets, asparagus and baby carrots with a balsamic salad dressing. Then, surrounded by pieces of beef topped with worcestershire black pepper sauce. I wanted to cook up a black pepper sauce initially but I had no chicken stock on hand :(

Then, comes the mash potatoes! This can be said to be the most awesome mash potatoes, everyone loved them. Got the recipe from masterchef australia where a celebrity chef actually taught the contestants the methods/ingredients into cooking a good mash potato. Unlike other methods, the potatoes aren't being mashed manually and actually, have to go through a sieve which eventually yields a smoother, fluffier mash.

Here is the beef steak for the boyf which he managed to cook it medium well-well done. I had a hard time controlling the heat and time needed to pan fry the beef and ended cooking mine to well done:/

Finally, a cupcake cake..

2012-01-24T07:06:00.000-08:00

Giant Cupcake!

My cousins have always been crazy over my cupcakes.. So, this time, when it was Joel's birthday, he requested for a giant cupcake cake. When I first heard about it, I was really excited as I have always been eyeing the wilton cupcake pan and also admiring other cupcake cake designs..

However, I decided not to get the pan in the end as it was rather pricey and my baking cupboard at home is already maxed out.. So, I decided to carve the cake out of 3 round cakes, 1 6.5", 2X 8" round cakes.. 3 cakes stacked up together, layered with choc cream cheese frosting = 6 layers of chocolate cake goodness.. It really was a v rich and moist cake. It was pretty heavy too, weighing approx. 4 kg!

As there were many layers, I decided to layer the middle layer of cake with choc ganache and also fresh bananas.. Some of the layers also had crunchy varlhona choc pearls in between them..

The easiest part of making this cake was definitely decorating the frosting of the cupcake cake. Sprinkle them with tons of sprinkles and tadah! I literally spend the whole morn-afternoon decorating this cake alone, plus making another strawberry almond cake for another cousin. (as seen below) It was a hectic, tiring day indeed..

Managed to take a pic of the inside of the cupcake cake! YUMM!

Really really pleased with myself that I managed to carve everything out without a specific cake pan and that I finally got to do a giant cupcake cake!(:

On a side note, wishing the readers of Batter Burps a Happy Chinese New Year, and to those who ordered our pineapple tarts, hope that you all liked them!

Batter Burps baked a total of approx. 50 tubs of pineapple tarts this year, all thanks to you guys and we hope to hear from you all soon again(:

Chinese New Year BakeSale!

2012-01-09T08:13:00.000-08:00

Pineapple Tarts!

What's your favorite snack during cny? mine's definitely pineapple tarts! For the past couple of years, I've been baking the open type of pineapple tarts (as seen in the pic below).. However, I decided to try something different this year..

The enclosed pineapple tarts actually calls for a different recipe, which you'll find to be creamier in a way, softer in texture, which melts more in your mouth as compared to the open tarts..

This picture was posted way back in Feb 2010.. Unless you prefer a more say, "biscuit-crumbly" texture, then opt for the open tarts..

These tarts over here are definitely worth a try! Not recommended to those who are on a diet though.. cny is the season for feasting, so get them now and share the love with friends and relatives!

1 tub alone contains around 28 tarts..

They're now on sale at..

2 tubs @ $20

3 tubs @ 28!

Email jollyobake@gmail.com for enquiries and orders now!

Cupcake Bake-athon..

2012-01-03T06:35:00.000-08:00

The Start of 55 Cupcakes..

Little cousin, Nicholas's birthday was nearing and my aunt initially ordered 30 cupcakes for his little birthday celebration at his childcare centre. Then, after confirming the order with me again, it amounted to 55 cupcakes! I've never baked and decorated so many cupcakes at one go before, which made me really excited!

I love accepting challenges and have never really liked doing the same cupcake/cake design. My aunt gave me the green light to just come up with my own design, saying that Nicholas likes Thomas and friends, bob the builder, barney... I went on the scout for any of these cartoon cupcake toppers till I managed to find Thomas and friends ones online. Phew...

As Nicholas is 2 years old, I decided on frosting the cupcakes with baby pastel colored cream cheese frosting.. Some of the few (as seen above) are the double chocolate cupcakes.. The little trains above are actually candle holders which I thought were pretty cute and suited the theme..

So here comes the Thomas and friends cupcakes!

I really love the colors of these little cupcakes..

The last box of cupcakes.. See how creamy the frosting is? (:

ps: so what did I bake for Christmas this year? Tune in to find out.. ... ..

Angry Birds part II

2011-12-18T07:05:00.000-08:00

Angry Birds Cuppies!

Baked this batch of chocolate cupcakes covered with chocolate ganache for my aunt's birthday.. According to my parents, during their hk trip together, my aunt was mass buying angry bird soft toys which explains these cuppies!

Comparing the angry birds cake, theres the addition of the blue and black angry birds.. My favorite cuppie is the king angry bird pig which is stacked on the 3 bricks..

As I've got many cousins and aunts, I decided to bake another batch of red velvet cupcakes which are my cousins' ultimate favorite cupcake!

With the rest of the cupcakes..

As usual, after the birthday song was sung, the cousins started snatching their favorite angry birds cupcake..

December Bake SALE!

2011-12-13T06:22:00.000-08:00

Welcome the launch of 3 exciting new cupcake flavors!

Enjoy this offer for the whole of December..

This bake sale also includes the other cupcake flavors which BatterBurps currently has in store namely;

Red Velvet (*popular)

Cookies n' Cream

Carrot Cake

About the cupcakes...

Double Chocolate: A chocolate cake recipe which i've been experimenting with for the past few years.. Many recipes out there makes the cake either too dense, too sweet or it just isn't the right texture.. This one here, is light and fluffy, moist too. Then to top it off, it is decorated with a light chocolate cream cheese frosting.. And then, sprinkled with varlhona chocolate pearls.. Friends have even commented that these little chocolate devils taste like chocolate ice cream!

Chocolate Beer Peanut Butter: Definitely a cupcake for those who love their booze. The aroma from the beer runs through this cupcake. Never knew peanut butter and beer made such a great pair till I chanced upon these reading a magazine and came up with my own recipe.. A really light and fluffy cupcake.. Mmmm..

Lychee: A hot favorite for desserts so why not put them in a cupcake? As there are lychee bits in this one, it is best that they're consumed within the day.. Concocted my own lychee buttercream which tastes like a lychee cream..

With all said about these cupcakes,

Email jollyobake@gmail.com for enquiries now!

Angry Birds cake!

2011-12-07T05:12:00.000-08:00

Red velvet Angry Birds cake..

Received a cake order for an angry birds cake.. This is my first angry birds themed cake that I've ever done.. Never liked the iPhone game which always made me pissed but apparently, I had a lot of fun molding these little figurines! It is one of my favorite fondant cakes which I really enjoyed doing, looking forward to more angry bird cake orders!

So mummy helped me out with this one.. She did the cute little bird nest as well as the the bricks and the white angry bird!

At first, it took me a whole half an hour to do up one green pig, then gradually, I got the hang of it and managed to do up the rest more quickly..

And yupp, it is another red velvet cake layered with luscious cream cheese frosting inside..

I really love the overall appearance of this cake!

- See, doesn't it make you smile to yourself? (:

Elmo cake

2011-11-27T06:03:00.000-08:00

Its red velvet again, but with elmo!

Received an order for an elmo red velvet cake around 2 months ago. As it was my first elmo cake (other than the cookie monster + cupcakes), I decided to google search for some cake ideas. Luckily for me, I've been doodling elmo since I was in secondary school..

So I drew some sketches of the elmo using my frosting before filling the entire image up. This whole cake was decorated using BatterBurps signature cream cheese frosting! It is an 8 inch cake red velvet cake (:

Couln't help but smile after looking at the completed version of the cake..

Want a cake like this for your birthday? Do check out BatterBurps "pretty cakes/3D cakes" links on the right of the site for more birthday cake preferences!

-Do check out our later posts on an upcoming bake sale in December as well as the launch of a few new cupcake flavors(:

Oreo cheesecake

2011-11-14T08:06:00.000-08:00

Oreo Cheesecake for the little sister..

Weeks before my sister's birthday, she asked me to bake an oreo cheesecake for her, or rather, she's always bugging me to bake oreo cheesecake. Not really a fan of cheesecakes myself, but decided to make some changes to my usual cheesecake recipe to bake this one as oreo cheesecakes recipe aren't as easily found online.

Alot of oreos was being used in this cake, around 1 whole box? Ideal for people who are trying to clear out their oreos at home! Then, I decided to pipe some whipped cream on the top for decorative purpose and to give the cake a lighter taste..

Sissy, family and relatives loved this cake. It's a really rich cake, however, after keeping it overnight in the fridge, the cake became more dry so it isn't really a perfected recipe yet.. Am thinking of ways to make it creamier too. But, still, not too bad (:

-Keep calm, and have a piece of cake. Till then (:

Red velvet, chocolate?

2011-11-08T01:29:00.000-08:00

It's another Hello Kitty cake!

A few months ago, my friend, yunyu, asked me to bake for her 21st birthday party. So, ever since then, we've been discussing on the design of the cake. This is my first 3 tier cake and I really had fun figuring out how to assemble/decorate them. It took me around an hour just to assemble and frost the cake layers as I wasnt as familiar with the whole structure compared to my other cakes.. Luckily, for me, my good friend, Gao Ya, came over to help me with this cake!

She didn't want fondant so I went for a cream cheese frosting. Top 2 tiers are red velvet cake while the middle one is a chocolate cake sandwiched with chocolate rum ganache. YUMM! Problem of baking a 3 tier cake in sg? there's no box of that height! sighh, so little sis had to join 2 boxes up for me.

As I only had minimal icing tips at home and did not really buy many of the same design tips, it was really time consuming trying to frost the rainbow colors. But luckily, everything managed to work out in the end. By then, my kitchen was in a real mess, I spent the longest time washing up dishes :/

Don't you just love the colors of this cake? For the words, I brushed some edible glitter over the fondant so as to make them "shine" among all the other colors. Really proud of this cake and I hope to be able to do more 3 tier cakes in the future!

Cake orders (III)

2011-10-11T07:08:00.000-07:00

Carrot Cake, this time!

My friend, Celine, ordered this carrot cake for her aunt's birthday.

I've been baking several versions of carrot cake and also cream cheese frosting, attempting to experiment till I find "the one". ^^ I've also been trying cupcakes from other cafes, restaurants, trying to figure out what went into their frosting. Some were creamy and light, some were just hard and laden with icing sugar. The perfect frosting to me, was something which was not too sweet, really creamy and not too buttery and something not too rich.

So around a month back, I finally came up with my own recipe for cream cheese frosting after improving based on much tasting and feedback from family and friends. I must say, I really like this one(: It's definitely not gratey but smooth (easy for me to decorate with too, hee), not too sweet and almost cream like.

Ever since then, I've been using this frosting for my red velvet cakes, cupcakes and carrot cake.. Right now, I'm attempting to come up with my own buttercream frosting before I venture out to other flavors. But I can assure you readers out there, that BatterBurps doesn't use essences, chemicals etc. just for artificial taste/smell, but real, fresh ingredients. No compromise on that one!

This is a layered cake. Decorated the cake with a light, pastel pink color. Pastel colors never go wrong, don't they? (:

Cake orders (II)

2011-10-06T07:20:00.000-07:00

It's another strawberry shortcake in another design!

After tasting my 21st birthday cake, my little cousin, Aidan fell in love with this cake. According to my aunt, he hardly eats cakes but during my birthday BBQ, he quietly sat down and had a few servings of the strawberry cake! awww. His mum ordered the similar cake for his birthday and since he adores Lightning McQueen, I went shopping a few days earlier for some accessories which serve as deco. and TA-DAH!

Sprinkled some icing sugar over the top and there it was! 3 layers of sponge soaked with earl grey tea syrup, sandwiched in between lightly infused tea cream(:

Birthday boy sitting happily with his cake at MacDonalds!

Cake orders

2011-09-27T05:46:00.000-07:00

Strawberry shortcake

Baked this strawberry cake for my ah mah's birthday(: First time coating the cake with baked sliced almonds and I must say, Im gg to do that more often! My grandma and aunts loved this cake. Soaked the sponge layers with earl grey tea syrup and I really like the combi..

A close up pic. This time, I attempted to coat the strawberries with gelatine syrup mixture but the effect was not as good as the caramelising idea.. :( oh wells, baking is all about experimenting!

Another strawberry shortcake order.. She wanted customisation as seen above so I decided to decorate the rest of the cake with my usual swirls.. Shall update this space with some of my other cake orders in the next few posts.. Till then!~

No-bake cake..

2011-09-12T05:28:00.000-07:00

Yakult yogurt cake

With leftover whipped cream left in the fridge from a previous bake, I decided to "bake" something using my sister's favorite drink, yakult. It is a fail proof recipe and really easy to follow.. I took the recipe from the blessedhomemaker.. It is a pretty small cake, measuring 6 inches wide but its just enough for my family.. (:

Nice, creamy cake where you can really taste the yakult in it.. Just remember to chill it else the whole cake will be all wobbly! This cake however, should be preferably eaten at home and not be brought out as it really needs "chilling".. Did not manage to do the jelllo topping for my cake though, as it was an impromptu decision to make it.. (:

Recipe adapted from here.

Chilled Yakult Yogurt Cake
(7" cake pan)

Chilled Yakult Yogurt Cake

Ingredients for the base

80g marie biscuits

40g melted butter

Ingredients for the filling

1 tbsp gelatin

3 tbsp sugar

150ml water

100g plain yogurt

150ml yakult (I used 100ml apple flavour + 50ml original flavour)

1 tbsp lemon juice

150ml non-diary whipping cream

Jello Topping

1/2 pkt Jello

240ml water

2 tsp gelatin

Method

Mix the biscuits crumbs with melted butter, and press firmly to the base of the cake pan. Chill for later use.

Dissolve gelatin and sugar with water. Set aside to cool.

Beat yogurt, yakult and lemon juice until well blended. Add cooled gelatin solution and mix well.

Whip the non-diary whipping cream till mousse state.

Add the yogurt mixture to the whipped cream and mix well.

Pour the combined mixture onto the cake base.

Chill in the fridge to set.

Boil all Jello topping ingredients using very low heat until dissolved. (Not supposed to bring to boil.)

When the cake is set, spoon the cooled Jello solution on the cake and refrigerate again.

pastry time!

2011-09-01T07:55:00.000-07:00

Eclairs...

Besides macarons, choux pastry is the other pastry which I have failed countless times.. Ive tried recipes from magazines, cookbooks, online ones and even youtube-d them, but couldn't seem to get the right consistency. And just last week, I found the perfect recipe! which gave me the texture I wanted for the cream puffs!

I was really excited about it. So, last week being my last week of holidays and having plenty of time on hand, I decided to bake something more complex. Initially I wanted to attempt a layered cake with different fillings, but decided to bake a dessert which my family likes alot.. So here it goes..

Cut the choux pastry into half, piped some cream in.. then, I whipped up some choc ganache for the topping and tadah! Mom and sissy were crazy over these little things. They're best eaten at night after chilling as the choux pastry is still fresh.. as it will harden up a little a few days later. If that happens, just take out the container which is stored with the eclairs out of the fridge for around 15 mins before eating (:

Cupcakes baby!

2011-08-28T06:19:00.000-07:00

Red velvet cupcakes

The 2nd batch of red velvet cupcakes I made was for my 21st birthday bbq. Baked them for door gifts. Modified the frosting, and I've since modified it again to be creamier and tastier! I guess good frosting recipes cannot really be found online as they tend to be very sweet, so frostings are really an experiment on your own.

These are another batch of cupcakes which I baked after my birthday as I had a whole tub of cream cheese frosting left.. I really liked this red velvet recipe which I found as it made the cupcakes fluffy and chocolatey at the same time..

After trying out different piping tips, I guess I'd just go for the round tip for my future cupcake frostings as I will not have any problems piping out chilled frosting (like the pics below :/)..

So these are the ones which I baked for my birthday.. I made the frosting the night before, chilled it, left it out in e open and it was still a little firm. tried my luck piping and this was what happened.. (notice the ones with the messy patterns?) By then, it was close to 5pm, and I really had to rush so I just squeezed everything out of the piping bag without waiting for the frosting to cool further...

However, family and friends still enjoyed them, some even went for 2nd helpings and all were finished up within the night!

2011-08-02T08:08:00.000-07:00

August Bake Sale

From 13-28 August

Orders for cakes, cookies and other pastries will be taken in..

However, slots are on a first come, first serve basis, so do email asap!
(;

Cheryl's 21st birthday cake

2011-07-30T00:20:00.000-07:00

Strawberry Shortcake

Originally, I planned to do a 3D fondant cake with a Hello Kitty theme for my 21st birthday cake. However, as a 3D cake is dense and I had a BBQ going on, I opted for a lighter cake version so that guests would not feel too bloated for dessert (:

This cake had to be perfect and of cos, be incorporated with my favorite pink! So I went with a strawberry shortcake which had been modified in many other ways..

The best strawberry shortcake I have ever tasted is the one from 1 Caramel which was originally located at the Cathay. After taking the first bite, I knew I wanted to make something like this too, so I went to ask the waitress they key ingredients. haha, I just had to try my luck. The taste was really amazing, light, not too creamy and the strawberries with all e misc stuff all combined really well. Luckily for me, the waitress was kind enough to tell me, so ever since then, I had been on a quest to replicate such a cake..

It took me around 2 days to complete this cake, baking the sponge layers as well as the decorations..2 boxes of big fat strawberries were used for this cake.. marinated them, colored my sponge pink, brushed them with earl grey syrup, concocting the strawberry cream, caramelising the strawberries, it was a mad rush!

But the satisfaction gained from seeing the end product was inexplainable. This was what I have been aiming for, I guess I can say I've finally perfected this recipe? everyone were amazed with the deco of this cake, some even went for 2nd servings!

Last but not least, enjoy the pink layers!

3 layers of goodness...

Cheese biscuits

2011-07-05T08:03:00.000-07:00

The alternative for cookie monster..

I've always been on the search for a good cheese biscuit recipe which was able to replicate the taste of crunchy cheese biscuits I had back in secondary school.. (the one which tastes like cheese biscuit sticks).. Then, I chanced upon auntyyochana's blog and decided to try this out..

I bought the block of cheddar cheese from ntuc, and yes, I've recently been hooked to Fairprice Finest which seems to carry a huge load variety of all kinds of food and ingredients! back to the topic, I was pleased with the way the cookies turned out, crunchy, color was more true to a yellow in real life and was just cheesy enough for me (since I'm not really a cheese lover). However, the mum and boyf said they werent as cheesy..

This recipe is definitely a keeper, but will make more adjustments to it for future bakes.. Another thing to notes, Ill probably wrap the cookie dough in cling wrap, refrigerate for approx 20 mins before baking as the dough tends to be a lil sticky to handle..

The difference in color of the above biscuits was due to the placement of cookies in the upper and lower deck in the oven..

Durian Mousse Cake

2011-05-24T04:06:00.000-07:00

Durian Mousse Cake

Baked this for my grandfather's birthday. As I have not tried baking a durian cake before, I had a trial run the week before where I experimented with the mousse. I decided to bake a rectangle sponge layer as I felt that the shape was easier to cover than a round cake. It is a pretty big cake which fed ard 20-30 people. I sprinkled some silver dust over, my mum said it was still a little too plain and wanted to add some red to the cake.. so the final design became...

this! I dug out all my sprinkles in the cupboard. Each heart in the above picture represents the 14 grandchildren my grandfather has, while the 2 big hearts in the middle represent my grandmother and grandfather. cool huh!

sorry for the poor lighting in the above pictures.. They were taken in the evening :( This picture shows the layer of mousse in the cake (the one the chat box is pointing to) The color isnt as obvious as no artificial coloring was added to the mousse (:

Everybody enjoyed the cake, some aunts even went for 2-3 servings!