Pirate Ship Cake

My Little Mermaid cake was a hit in the birthday party and one of the ladies at the party approached me and asked me if I could do a cake for her son. Since she is the sister of my friend, its hard to say no. Furthermore, her son is just so cute. I asked this little guy what he wanted and he said "Grrrr...a pirate ship, yo mattey!"  His Mom asked for a small cake as the children will be eating the cupcakes. So, my mission is to do a small 8 inch cake and surround the pirate ship with cupcakes.

Boy oh boy...I didn't know that its so tedious to do the pirate ship.  It took me ages but thank goodness I finished it just in time. The birthday boy didn't want any pirates or anything on the ship as he wanted to put his own lego pirates or something.  So, it has to be empty.

Here's a couple of photos of the pirate ship cake...

I was so worried that the birthday boy would not like it but....phew!!!! He was so happy when he saw it!  Just had to remove some things for his pirates to sail on it!

Till next time...happy baking, everyone!!!

Edible Chocolate Box

Have you ever eaten a chocolate box? I have never eaten one before as it is so expensive. However, this semester, I had a chocolate subject and boy oh boy did we eat all the chocolate we wanted. I really gained quite a number of kilos due to this class...ha!ha!  Chocolate boxes are a perfect give to anyone, actually. I thought it was hard to do but actually, its pretty easy.  Its the waiting time which is hard. We just had to temper the chocolate, spread it out and cut the shapes for the chocolate box. Once its harden, we will then assemble the chocolate box and lastly decorate.  Here's a chocolate box which I did.