Posted on January 2, 2008 by theflowergirl
I haven’t had much orders lately. I guess will have to wait until someone’s birthday for another cake order. Oh well, there’s always ups and downs in any business right.
Anyways, I have been spending most of my free time on reading and checking out youtube. Amazing how many good quality videos you can watch there. [...]
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Posted on December 30, 2007 by theflowergirl
After a couple of tests on several recipes of Orange Cakes, I finally succeeded on this particular recipe.
The yummiest of all, its not too orangey, not too sour, just the right texture and not dry but moist.
Ingredients
3 Eggs
175g Margerine
175g Castor Sugar
Rind of orange from 2 oranges ( you can adjust based on your liking)
225g [...]
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Posted on November 29, 2007 by theflowergirl
I was looking for a recipe for Kek Gula Hangus (translated to Burnt Sugar Cake) a.k.a Honeycomb cake. And I found the recipe in the link below.
http://resepi.mesra.net/Detailed/1001.shtml
The steps looks pretty easy to me. The last time time I tried to bake this cake though, I literally “hanguskan” the sugar. Must be because of [...]
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Posted on November 10, 2007 by theflowergirl
Yippee! I’ve reached 60 cakes (of various sizes) sold in 3 months, ever since I started my home-based baking biz early August. 60 cakes in 3 months means an average of 5 cakes sold every week. Hurray!
I didn’t expect to reach beyond 50 so fast. I was doing last month’s book keeping yesterday, and was [...]
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Posted on September 1, 2007 by theflowergirl
Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!
Happy 50th Merdeka Anniversary Malaysia!
I’m sorry Malaysia. I know I’m one day late. Malaysia’s 50th Merdeka or Independence celebration was on 31st August. But its been a pretty bz weekend. I was perfecting a marble cake recipe. Its not very yummy yet, though I still rate it 3.5 out 5 stars.
I have baked [...]
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Posted on August 13, 2007 by theflowergirl
After the success of my first cake order last week, I received another order from another aunt for this weekend. That means I have 3 orders for this month alone. Yippee! Its all family, but still good for a start.
I have to polish up my baking skills to try out other cakes soon. People [...]
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Posted on August 9, 2007 by theflowergirl
Me and my mum used to bake chocolate cakes to sell to my classmates and teachers at high school. During my Uni years, I haven’t really had time to bake cakes as I was rarely home. And when I went home, I usually cared more about catching up on lost sleep. LOL. The last [...]
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