My Girl is 5....

Backlog - 18th April 2010

Looking thru this blog, it's just filled my heart with so many grateful and heart warming thoughts...

From having to learn so many type of fertility problems and aids after going thru some on my own, expecting and giving birth to Cloie is definitely one MAJOR MAJOR achievement in my life. It's 2 years of learning to cope with hormonal imbalance which leads to fertility problem, then 1 operation, 1 miscarriage then 9 months later when Cloie finally born on 21st April 2005 via elective C-sect.

Anyway she is 5 now, though she looks more like a 3 years old and still able to wear her 12 months old clothes, she is growing up fine, chirpy and naggy. With fantasy of being a princess that's make her whole, I decided to get her a princess gown while in Tokyo Disneyland for her birthday.

Was pretty cash strapped after our Tokyo holiday, I tried to source for the right baker with good design cake at affordable price...but well designer's cake can never be cheap and also most of the family baker won't entertained last min. order.

Then I came across The Icing Room @ Compass Point and wanted to customise cake on my own to fit probably a Belle figurine or topper. I looked at all the belle's cake toppers available online, again I find it boring so I went to precious thots to look at the precious moment disney collection, it's beautiful but expensive. Budget for the cakes must be below $120.

I finally spotted 1 waterglobe with minature belle and bought it to The Icing room to check if their cake can hold the globe. Unfortunately, most of their cakes are sponge/chiffon so the cake will sink into the centre if we placed the globe there. So the supervisor suggested that they help me to dig a hole in the centre to place the waterglobe...Great Idea!! So we going to have a donut shaped cake with the side of the cake designed to their Chantillea cake design.

Soon after the decision on the cake, Belle's tea party theme came up in my mind. With my youngest sister long forgotten Beauty and the Beast toys, Mrs Potts, Chips,lumiere together with rose bouquet agar agar, they create the magic for this creation...

The ikea pastry tray is too flimsy for the cake and globe actually, but it's all about the right balance.

I refused to purchase a 3 tiered cupcake stand because I am hoping to make full use of anything @ home.

We also cooked @ home that day. Yes, I understand the look of the food presentation is totally out of the theme but when u are celebrating with just your family, tasty food cooked with a lot of heart more important.