Happy Birthday to my dearest Sis..

My brother and I were trying to keep our sis awake. Asking her this and that until the clock strikes 12 midnight. Then at midnight, she heard a knock at our door and she got frightened!

(Frightened because our dear neighbour is having a bereavement now, there's lots of burning of you know what and sis is quite spooked about such things.)

Oh oh... We told her, open the door! Neighbour might need some help. Tada! Momo appeared with a Bakerzin box.



Inside the box was 3 little cakes.
This lemon meringue is so so sour and nice. I think they are made for pregnant women with cravings!



This chocolate heart shape cake is delicious. Looking at the chocolate tells you everything right?



Oh, and a pink macaron too!



Oh, girls always need just one candle. LOL...



Happy Birthday Sis!

Strawberries and Peach Cake from Bangawan Solo

It was time for the office to celebrate the birthdays for the October babies! This time the organiser ordered from Bangawan Solo. When the cake came, i asked what's the name of this cake? She said, its simply strawberries and peaches cake. I went huh? That sounds self-explanatory. Then she showed me the cake, and indeed, it simply that. No frills on the naming of the cake, like some shops.

Here's the simply strawberries and peaches cake.




Show you the strawberries at the top, together with some pistachios.




And the almonds at the side.





We ordered a 2kg one, as there were 35 people in the office that day. It fed all of us with huge pieces per person.

Happy birthday to Ms Foo and Goonie!

Man Yue

Dpuk, our colleague at work gave all of us a box of gift to proclaim his son's one month old today. Congratulations!

Many people have heard the Singapore government's call to produce more babies eh? ;-)

Today's box gets more traditional and I think I like it this way.



Elijah is such a nice name too. The baby's middle name Aslan is because his dad loves the character from Narnia ;-)



Wonder what's inside? Ang Ku Kueh, that's in the shape of red ingots. There were two red eggs inside. I was hungry, saw the eggs and I peeled the eggs and ate it then I remembered, oh! I forgot to 'document' it down.



Well, there is another colleague whose box of red stuff is still untouched.



What's inside the red ingots?
Half of them had peanuts filling.



The other half had bean paste. I like the peanut version of it.



If you want to read more about this tradition, hop over to fellow food blogger AromaCookery's post some time ago about Man Yue.

Man Yue

On Wednesday, we all got a box of goodies from a colleague. It's her little girl's one month celebrations.

It came in nice little box, very cute too!



Inside the box, red eggs! I have not seen red eggs for some time now. We have always been getting Bengawan Solo vouchers (*yawn - boring*).

This is so much more interesting.



Oh just look how cute the baby is!



Happy Month Day Old Joann!
Congratulations to KC & Jane too. ;-)

3 Cakes for 3 Darlings @ Awfully Chocolate

Earlier tonight, we celebrated 3 friend's birthday. The we is 31 of us. Thanks to the organizers who went through the trouble so the rest of us could have 3 wonderful cakes. (oh, do I sound that we are more interested in eating the cake than celebrating birthdays? haha)

The first cake belongs to Serene.




Second cake is for Fong Shai.




Third cake for Gwen.




These are really lovely cakes from Awfully Chocolates. 3 different cakes with 3 different flavours. How do you know what they are?

Just look at the sides. RC stands for Chocolate Rum & Cherry Cake.




B stands for Banana. (Chocolate Banana Cake)




Since the photo has been taken, don't waste it. Here's how it looks inside.
The Chocolate Rum & Cherry Cake. I like this the most.




For the purist, the good old Chocolate Cake.




Those who likes bananas, they will 'go bananas' (pun totally intended haha) over the Chocolate Banana Cake



Wishing all of them a very Blessed Birthday.
May the good Lord continue to bless them most bountifully.


Awfully Chocolate.
Visit them at www.awfullychocolate.com for addresses.




They are at Katong Mall, Cluny Court, Republic Plaza, Sembawang Hills Estate, Brighton Crescent and VivoCity. Previous post had fewer outlets. They have expanded!

Cake Avenue @ Lorong Kilat

Last week, it was kind of like a cake week. This was one of the many cakes I had. It's one that was not from the usual chain shops, and it tasted rather nice.

Aunt bought this cake from a shop called Cake Avenue. We initially thought she meant from a shop AT Cake Avenue, and wondered where that road is. LOL...

This is the Mango Mousse Cake. Aunt said you got to wait while the cakes being assembled from scratch. She waited around 25 minutes, and tada... here it is...



Pardon the dark and grainy photos. Usually, where there's cakes with candles around, the whole place will suddenly be dimmed, so photos will look like this. haha..



The last piece on the table, and I got a shot of it!

No, I did not purposely make the mango puree flow down, it was just full of it and after you cut the cake, it just flows...



We all liked the cake. It taste a bit like having a mango ice cream cake, it was nice and cold.


Cake Avenue
33, Lorong Kilat, Kilat Centre,
#01-01. (opp. Bukit Timah CC)
Singapore 598132.
Tel: +65 6877 9008
Operating Hours: 11:00am to 8.00pm (Mon to Sat), 11:00am to 6.00pm (Sun)
Website: www.cakeavenue.com

Birthday Celebration @ Peaberry and Pretzel, Sunset Way.

Happy Birthday to our dear cousin! It's our cousin's birthday today. But we all celebrated it last Sunday so that other cousins can make it too.

Today's also her last paper for the week before other papers starts again after a one week break.

We went to Sunset Way for diner and yes, we tried Yum Yum Thai again. But we sat in the open air and it is too dark to take any photos. We repeated what we did the previous week and came over to Peaberry and Pretzel to have our cake and dessert.

This is her birthday cake. You can see from the candles how old she is. PSLE exams at the end of the year, so you know lah... I think her mum is more stress about the PSLE than the daughter!



All the photos are grainy because of the poor lighting condition. Or you can blame it on me. :-)
This is the Carrot Cheese Cake that was on the counter display. It's freshly baked less than 2 hours ago when we ordered it.



It's a medium size cake and I think it's just the nice size. Everyone took a slice like this and it is just nice. What we like about it is it is moist inside and it does not have those usual icing on it. The top is cheese. It is just so so yummy!



The person taking our order said that they have the best souffle around. So we ordered one. We had the souffle with rum. $12

When you order it, it takes around 15 mins to prepare. Yes, you can see the chef separate the eggs, beat it up, etc... the whole process if you want. It's made fresh and right in front of you.



Does it tempt you?



The ice cream and white choc goes well with it!




We also had the Hot Apple and Rhubarb Crumble. $10
It is also very interesting. If you like the sour Rhubarb you will like this.



It's the weekend! Have yourself a well rested and enjoyable weekend!

Sis and I think in future, we shall get birthday cakes from here. The size is small enough. It seems people nowadays only take a tiny slice anyway. Also the price of it, at $16 is quite ok, comparable to other cakes outside.


You can visit their website for more interesting menu. We have yet to try the 'food' part. We have only been dessert-ing here. LOL

Gelare Birthday Cake

Momo and her colleagues had a birthday celebration in her office. I saw these few photos in my mailbox, and I got hungry!

They look so good don't they?





I did not ask, but I guess it must be a birthday girl!. Or either that people got the cake not because of the birthday person, but they all want to eat it themselves. LOL.



This is the yummiest part of the cake! The ice cream, it's Macadamia Nut.



I want some of that! I am so tempted. haha...

Update: I asked momo how much it cost. (I know many of you will ask too.)
$38 for a 5 inch cake.

Awfully Chocolate

Tonite, we had our usual monthly makan gathering. We were suppose to have it at a friend's new place, but the couple said it isn't quite ready yet, so it ended up at our place.

It was a pot luck, and arrghh.. I forgot to take the food photos! Only remembered it when we finished our food. But phew... there's still a dessert that was not touched! LOL.

We had like 27 people tonite.

K & P brought this delicious cake. It has an awful name, but it was good.



Every month we will celebrate someone's birthday, so we placed this Happy Birthday plastic thingy on the cake, and sang the birthday song and posed for photos. haha...



Want some?



If you are going to ask me where to get it? Here's the address from the box.



It was served with some homemade ice cream I made. Chardonnay Mango Ice Cream. Still experimenting with my ice cream. haha..

Birthday cake from TiramiSutra

A bunch of good mates gave me a surprise today or rather tonight! How very thoughtful and touching. They brought this funny looking thing out, err what's that? Haha! It's keropok with whip cream on top and raisins toppings. 1 candle was stuck on it!



And.... Many hands were trying to prevent the wind from blowing it off!
And.... I was as usual busy taking photos!



A greater surprise was for another friend, online nick is 'everyone's talking'. Her birthday is a few days before. She was suppose to join in to surprise me, but I guess she was even more surprised when a cup cake was taken out for her!



They sang us the First round of Happy Birthday songs.

Hmmm what are they going to do next? hopefully no sabo or anything. Then the real cake came out.
It's a very delicious cake from TiramiSutra. (check out www.tiramisutra.com)

This is our joint birthday cake. Would you like to try some too?



Layers of super soft and yummy cake. I am sure you would love it when it's in your mouth.



Thanks guys! The Good Lord bless all of you bountifully as well.

Mickey Mouse Cake

On Sunday night, a group of us were invited to a friend's house for dinner. He was preparing steamboat. We knew it was his birthday, and had hints that he did not want anyone of us to bring anything.

But how can we go empty handed? We decided to get him a cake anyway. He's already 35. Looking at the refrigerated shelf at Bengawan Solo, we can't decide which cake.

The kiddo in us said, get a Mickey Mouse! Haha...



It is a beautiful cake ya? Surprisingly, it tasted not bad too. It was a chocolate cake inside.
Happy Birthday Alan!