Anywho, first there was my sister's wedding reception at the end of July which kept me busy mostly because I was in charge of making the wedding cake. Plus, I made 50 cupcakes too. I decided to make the cake as bollywood glam as possible so it looks a bit over the top :-p but that's what asian weddings are like. I like to think of it as my Pakistani bride cake because it has everything a bride does: roses, gold, henna and a veil draped for modesty :-p
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| Pakistani Wedding Cake |
Everything on it was edible. My sister wanted red roses, gold leaves, a drapey thing and henna design. She initially wanted a red cake with gold henna design but I couldn't find gold writing icing anywhere! Where do people buy it from?? Anyway, bottom cake was victoria sponge and surprisingly and thankfully it held out well. Middle cake was red velvet cake which vanished in a flash as soon as the cake was cut so I think it turned out well ;-). Top cake was chocolate, my favourite.
Here are some of the cupcakes I made, also in various flavours:
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| Wedding cupcakes |
I made these in 3 flavours; chocolate, vanilla and strawberry. They also magically disappeared. Strawberry was especially popular so I made a whole bunch of them at our next party.
Funny thing is, I used the all-in-one method (bung it all in a food processor) to make them because I was in a hurry and they still came out pretty perfect. Just goes to show :-p.
Only thing is, with the all in one method they get a bit of a peak on top, which I don't mind on cupcakes because it gives the icing a nice shape, but I once used it to make a Victoria sandwich and the peak was huge, had to cut the cake to make it level which is an awful waste of cake.
Oh yes, before all of this I made a barbie cake for my cousin's birthday with strawberry sponge and vanilla butter icing. The frills took ages but it was worth it :-). The writing icing sucked though. Almost as soon as I wrote with it the icing spread and looked awful. I will just make my own from now on instead of being lazy and buying it from Morrisons.
Apart from making mountains of cake lately, also saw some movies. Most recently, finally saw Super 8. Had been dying to see it ever since the first teaser trailer but when I saw how far down it was in the US charts I was afraid it had been too hyped up. Well...I absolutely and thoroughly enjoyed it! All the kids were amazingly natural. Haven't seen kids act so well since Goonies. In fact, it was a lot like Goonies if the Goonies had been in District 9. Yes, there were a few cheesy moments but it all fit in well the mysterious creature was suitably mysterious and made us jump in our seats many a time. All in all good fun. The children in the movie are making a zombie movie throughout the film and I was really glad that at the end, they show us it all. Was so funny.
Wish I had invited my cousins along to watch it too because it reminded me of a mystery/horror script I wrote for us. We shot a few scenes (awesome ones) but never got around to finishing it that summer and by the next summer the boys were all taller and different looking. We kind of lost interest by then too. It's the only story I've ever written that had an awesome title (which I won't reveal here in case I want to use it later on). And it wasn't even me who named it, it was my cousin Hana :-p should get her to name all my stories...
Oh yeah one more thing. The decorations I'm making are for my Alice in Wonderland Tea Party yay! But more about that in later posts as I'm having it in 2 weeks. Just hope it doesn't rain that day :-S
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