MY Galley 1st Booth...

Last week I had the opportunity to set up a booth at Malaysian Rubber board in Jalan Ampang, KL. I was told not to expect a large crowd because the booth is set up only for seminar participants. And so yours truly who had such a busy week with the orders five days in a row baked just a few variety of cakes for the booth. I decided to bake Red Velvet (the 'in' cake of this year!), Rainbow cakes with buttercream topping, Vanilla and Chocolate Moist Cupcakes. I don't mind if my cakes are not selling well because the objective of setting up the booth is to introduce MY Galley Artwork to public. And I am able to distribute my flyers and meet up with potential customers. 

And so, I woke up early in the morning (which I don't usually do!) packed my things and head to USJ to meet up with my niece (she's selling clothing by JEMARIKU Collections by the way) and faced traffic jem all the way to KL (gggrrrr!!!!). By the time we reach KL, we are about one hour late but it was ok because the rest of the stall operators arrived at the same time as us. I shared my booth with Mida, my long term good friend who is an Insurance Agent and part time promoter for MY Galley, hehehehe....The response was good, Red Velvet was the top selling cake (as I predicted). And in the future, I hope to set up more booth, hopefully...InsyaAllah...

Pic courtesy of Nazilla

Pic courtesy of Nazilla

My Booth

Nazilla & Asmida at Jemariku Booth

My junior promoter

The Making of Singer Gazelle Series IV

When we hear the name 'Singer' we often associate that name with sewing machines. I thought so too...I received FB Message from my dear niece to make cake for her hubby's birthday, she wanted me to make a vintage car cake. This is my first attempt to make a car cake let alone a vintage car! So I said bring it on...e-mail me the picture of the car! The car name is 'Singer Gazelle', it has many series and this is the IV one...she wants the same color and exactly like in the picture. I googled it and I found this info on the car :

Launched in 1956, the Gazelle was an reasonably attractive car, typical of the new look British built cars of the mid 1950's. The Gazelle managed to rack up just over 100,000 sales before it was replaced by an entirely new shaped car in 1967.

The day before the delivery I started to make the cake. The flavor is red velvet with buttercream filling.The cake is baked in a square tin cake so I have to cut it in the shape of a car then smooth it with buttercream and covered with fondant. That's no easy task! U need to be patience to make this cake because if the fondant is not smooth you have to redo it all over again...arrrggghhhh!!! And so I spent about seven hours just to decorate the cake, based on the picture as I have to check all the minor details such as the car plate no, the side mirror, the logo, etc, etc...
The end result is as you can see from the pics below but I think I need to improve myself, well..practice makes perfect. Hope to get more order for Classic Car Cake (or Sports Car?).... For my niece, Ina I hope you and your hubby like it, thank you for believing in me :)

The original car pic

Red Velvet cake covered with fondant

The front view

With additional side mirror and plate no

Ready for delivery :)

Why Do I Like to Attend Wedding Functions?

Hi y'all...school holidays already started so kenduri kahwin (wedding parties) pun semakin banyak...for me, I enjoyed attending kenduri kahwin because I get to eat the delicious food (nasi minyak, nyum..nyum..) and the door gifts for guests! Err...I also like to see the pengantin (bride & groom), yeah..that's right must not forget them, they are the centre of attraction, hehehehe...It doesn't matter whether the doorgift is expensive or not, it's the thought that counts. And I have been approached by a few people who wants a few samples from me for their wedding. The price is according to your own budget. Here's a few samples :

Fancy Cookies with Cinnamon flavor

This is the door gift done for a meeting for my dear sis.

Variety of gifts according to your budget and preference

Door gifts done for an engagement party

Nurses lurve Cakes!

My niece who works as a nurse at Pusrawi, KL is my new agent of MY Galley Artwork! For KL Branch anyway...hehehe (I don't even have a shop but I have branches in a few areas, berangan tak?). The order is kind of last minute but for the love of money and good creations I am willing to pull an all-nighter! I have to do the delivery before 12 noon on 23rd February because their party start at 12 noon. So, the day before the delivery I am pulling all my energy to finish the order of 2 dozens Cheese Tarts, 16 pcs Fondant Cupcakes and Creme de la Creme - 1 kilo of Red Velvet Cake! Cheese Tarts is ok, I've done this before but the fondant cupcakes with 'man'ly design as requested by customer? Hhhmmm....so what does a working man needs? Mobile Phone, Laptop, Shirt & Tie and a watch! Colors? 'Macho' colors such as dark blue & turquoise...and the result is ttaaddaaa!!! (Check out the pics below). Hope to get more requests such as these so I can get my creative ideas flowing....So, Ria thanks for the order and hope to get more and more order from your lovely friends, cheers!!

The 'Macho' Cupcakes

What Men Needs

Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Topping and Strawberry, I have repeat order for this :)

MY Super Duper Fabulous Family

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family:

Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.
-Jane Howard, English Novelist

When you are living aboard most of the time, you tend to miss out family event such as gathering during 'raya' (Eid ul-Fitr), wedding or Family Day, so whenever we get a chance we will try to meet up. I have such a big family (I have three brothers and three sisters and all with their own family so you do the math!) so it is not easy for everyone to meet up. But when we do meet up we created such a havoc with our gossiping, laughter and karaoke'ing. This month I had the chance to attend both family gathering; one is karaoke session with my sister, cousin and nieces (just us girls, the usual suspects according to my brother) and another one is a birthday party for my sister in law and niece. I had the chance to make them cakes and desserts during both gathering. This is also the time for me to get feedback and comments from them on my creation, they are very supportive in giving me motivation to continue with my dream. What can I say, through the good times and bad times, they are always by my side and good or bad they are my family :)

My sis, cousin & her daughter; our usual gang for Karaoke activity

My Blueberry Cheese Cake

My sister promoting the cake, hehehe..

Birthday cake for my sis-in-law and my niece

Cheese tart

Cake cutting ceremony

Two models promoting my cake, thank you girls! A big wedding cake from me when you gals get married :)

Mad about Bread & Pastries

I have to admit given a choice I'd prefer bread and pastries compared to cakes...maybe because I don't have a sweet tooth.

There is no denying that bread baking as with baking anything is a delicate process.

Bread baking involves so many things that first time bakers are often discouraged after a few failed attempts to turn out professional looking and tasting loaves. Before this, a few of my friends who had the experience in baking bread told me it is very tiring to make bread because you need to knead the bread. But when I attended the Bread Making Class last week, I find it not as complicated as I was told and it was very interesting...

My next mission is to learn as many pastry recipes as I can but for now I've been taking order for Apple Pie, Blueberry Cheese Tart and Chicken/Beef Puff.

Kopitiam Style Bread

Shanghai Cheese and the famous 'Mexican Bread ala Roti Boy'

Cheese Stick

Apple Pie

Blueberry Cheese and Fruit Tart

Err...MY Galley Artwork? Apa tu? How did you get that name?

This are some of the questions that people asked me when I mentioned my Company's name....
For those with Aviation experience they know the meaning of 'Galley' but for those who don't, here's the meaning according to Macmillan Dictionary :

 The kitchen on a boat or airplane

I spent most of my time when I was working as a Flight Stewardess aka Cabin Crew, Flight Attendant (it's all the same meaning but different names) in Galley preparing food and beverages for passenger. Hence, the name "Galley". And I consider what I'm baking, cooking and decorating as a work of art therefore this is my ''Artwork''. So there you are Ladies and Gentleman I hope this clarify your curiosity towards this name that I choose to represent me. However, if you still have doubt about this matter you can still ask me personally, I would happily explain it to you as long as you order my cakes, hehehehehe.....

My Logo designed by my nephew, luv it :)