Birthday cake for my cousin

New experience everyday!

Yey! Baking cake for Nur Shahira @ Siti. Simple butter cake with blueberry cream filling and topping royal icing. It is for her 14th birthday.

I love the cake! The butter taste is so tempting! For the filling, I just added heavy cream with blueberry paste. The taste are just click! But, i still need to work on my finishing technique. Still horrible! Hope, I can achive it in next 2-3 months.

For butter cake recipe:

250 gm butter

230 gm sugar

4 large eggs

250 gm self-raising flour 

2 tsp vanilla essence

6 tbsp UHT milk

Instruction:

Heat oven 180 Cel. Mix butter and sugar. beat until white and fluffy. Add in eggs each  at a time, alternating it with flour. Add vanilla and milk. Pour batter in cake tine. Bake it!

Planning for Ain's birthday party

My eldest princess turn to 4 on this 12/2/2010. Unbelievable! I still remember the day i gv birth to her. Every moment and how small she was in my arm. But she's a big girl now!

Well, we hv decided to celebrate it on 20/2/2010 since her birth date is so near with Chinese New Year Celebration (we're out of town actually!). And we choose our home for the venue and during tea time. My headache now is about to think of the menu!

Well, in my mind now, I decided to

1) A sponge chocalate cake with orange filling - This will be Barbiedoll cake

2) Stim cupcakes - vanilla flavor - will be in blue, yellow and green colour

3) Dadih- malaysia yogurt

4) Sandwich - eggs & tuna

5) Pulut udang - alang cheras to order

6) Seri muka - also from alang cheras to order

7) Chinese Fried rice

8) Chicken soup with rice noodle/ nasi impit

9) Peanuts/ crackers

Is it enough? Argghhhh..headache!

Well for the goodie bags, i will add a cupcake. Size? i am not to sure yet.

Anyone can gv me suggestion?