Minion Chiffon

Bello! Minion welcomes 2018. It was an order from a nurse, she wanted a design exactly like my son's cake.

Somehow, i decided to change the design to the above. (to give it a try) *winkz*

Emoji Chiffon 9"

Baked this 9" chiffon in a tube pan, needless to say. Tried to cover up the hole in the middle, however there is slight colour differentiation. Nevertheless, i tried my best, hope the birthday boy likes it. 

The mummy sent me a picture of her request above.

Using fondant seems very pretty, every part is so smooth. But honestly speaking, i'm not a fan of fondant. I rather have a chiffon designed cake as it is healthier.

Proceeded to do the planning on the parts to bake.

I don't deny baking chiffon is tough, and is really tough. Especially when you need to do such customised cake. It has to be naked looking (no browning) and planning (which part to bake + how much) in order to minimise wastage. Lastly is the cutting and assembly part. 

Happy Birthday, Leo!

Thanks mummy for sending me a picture of Leo with the cake:

9" Vanilla Chiffon

time to get a bigger cake board.

first few minutes in oven

20mins into baking

30mins into baking 

Minion Chiffon Cake

Made a Minion Theme Birthday Party for my son. The cake took me 3 days to bake! I started with the lower tier, which is 23cm (9") it was really tough to do naked look - (no browning by the sides). Then followed by the upper tier, which is 7" (17~18cm). The final day was doing the chiffon sheet, cutting and assembling them together. Because this cake was too tall to be in normal cake box, i put it in a super tall box and cling wrapped up tightly. And because the box was too tall to fit into my fridge (with all the party stuff), the minion had a chance to sleep in my aircon room. LOL!

Some photos of the party:

My DIY dessert table which was prepared a week in advance, i will brief you through. hehe.

Break down of the dessert table (photo credits to my cousin, Germine)

Birthday Boy with the dessert table

simple wang wang biscuit with minion eyes (bought a week in advance, stick the eyes and placed it in air tight container - in case the biscuit turn soft)

Marshmallow with cupcake topper (courtesy of Dianna). This was done only on the very day in the morning and was stored in air tight container until just before the party. 

opps! my name card. 

minion capsule we got from USS.

this was also done just before the party. 

yogurt with granola and banana. This item was taught by Dianna.

Thick and Creamy Classic Vanilla Yogurt

Sweet Home Honey Nuts

self baked two tier vanilla chiffon cake

minon-er water (mineral water)

Twiggies

Healthy nuts (choco rice, dried cranberries, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds)

bought this from USS too.

Layout of the dessert table

And not forgetting our little buffet set up:

forgot to take picture of the dessert and eclair. 

we had DIY muah chee, popiah station and kueh pie tee too!

Lastly, thank you family and friends for joining us in celebrating Jayvier's 5th birthday!

Yellow Vanilla Chiffon 7"

the night before i made a 9" yellow chiffon. The above was a 7" / 17cm Yellow Vanilla Chiffon.

Tried Jeannie's method to do double layer tube pan while baking. Because this tube pan always give me the browning effect. I guess it worked!

10mins

20mins

30mins and so on, due to steam baking, it took about 1hr 45mins.. 

Yellow Vanilla Chiffon 9"

It has been sometimes since i last bake a 23cm / 9" Chiffon Cake. The above is just plain vanilla flavour with Wilton Yellow Food Gel.

Very happy with the height. This cake takes super long to bake, probably i need more practices. =)

10mins into baking

20mins into baking

30mins into baking.