Sunday, December 25, 2011

My first Orchid Decorated Cakes..

           Hi..we meet again.. my blog is not very productive this month, theres a lot of stuff going around so I try my best to update the posts..

          This time its about my first orchid decorated 3 tiered cakes..I was actually a part time amateur cake decorator cause I've only learned the craft through books and my mother, because we have this little bakery business, so I've been doing this since I was 14 years old, helping her, besides nobody in my house was willing or skilled enough to do this ..we don't have a bakery of some sort just customers ordered by phones..For my part I was only did the decoration as I told earlier..I think I did post one picture of my decorated cake somewhere in this blog, Oh wait, its in my post about cake decorating using fresh orchids..

          Well, about this cakes, actually It was one of my orchid friend Mr. Ahmad Makarimi from Orchid De Dangau blog..that wanted me to do a 3 tiered cakes for his niece's wedding, He said to me that he wanted it to be decorated in a minimal way plus he wants me to use fresh orchids for decoration, In my country, using the real flower for decorating cakes are quite rare, they normally use the usual stuff like buttercream, royal icing or fondant for the flower, roses are themost common, so this is new experience for me to use real orchids for decorating..and here's the results..

          Sibuk, tak sempat nak buat pos baru..tapi kali ini tentang kek untuk majlis perkahwinan pertama yang saya hias dengan menggunakan bunga orkid...Sebenarnya saya ni adalah buat sedikit kerja-kerja menghias kek di rumah, belajar menghias pun sendiri, tengok internet, buku..dan dibantu sedikit oleh ibu saya..sebabnya famili saya menjalankan bisnes bakeri secara kecil-kecilan..jadi tak ada orang lain di rumah yang boleh buat hiasan kek, jadi sejak tingkatan 2 lagi saya dah kena buat..

         Berkenaan dengan kek 3 tingkat ni, sebenarnya kawan sayalah, En. Makarimi yang pesan untuk majlis perkahwinan anak saudaranya, dia minta saya buat hiasan yang ringkas tetapi bunga untuk hiasan, mesti guna bunga orkid segar, Di Malaysia ni jarang dilihat kek yang dihias dengan bunga segar..selalunya dengan aising juga..Jadi ini satu pengalaman baru, hias dengan bunga orkid pula tu.. Jadi inilah hasilnya..




           Well what do you think?..I forgot to take pictures of the process before the end product..but nevertheless this was how it turned out..I use fondant to cover the cakes and add a ribbon trimming..because the decoration is very simple, I've made a big flower spray in cascading style to add a little 'drama' on top..so it balances everythings up..As you can see I use 3 types of orchids in harmonious colours, white phalaenopsis hybrid as a main flower, green dendrobium hybrid in the middle and the lower ones are Encyclia tampensis var alba..The interesting thing is the white Phalaenopsis and green dendrobiums are from my plant, and the Encylias are from Mr. Makarimi's plant..so I joined everything together arranged it nicely add some ferns and fine leaves from my garden to make the spray 'fuller'..then just place it on top if the cake..done!

           Macam mana ok tak? Saya terlupa nak ambil gambar masa proses nak menyiapkan kek ini..tak apalah mungkin ada lagi lain kali..Di sini saya gunakan ising fondant untuk menutup permukaan kek dan hanya kemaskan dengan riben di bawahnya..disebabkan hiasannya yang ringkas saya buat jambangan orkid berjurai yang agak besar di atas untuk seimbangkan semuanya..Saya guna tiga jenis orkid iaitu Phalaenopsis putih, Dendrobium hijau dengan Encyclia tampensis var alba..Yang menariknya Phalaenopsis dan Dendrobium adalah dari koleksi pokok orkid saya manakala Encyclia dari pokok En. Makarimi sendiri..Jadi saya cantum dah gubahkan semuanya, tambah daun pakis dan daun-daun halus yang diambil di kebun untuk memenuhkan jambangan ini, kemudian letak atas kek..Siap!


Sampai jumpa lagi..dan Terima Kasih kepada Mat Anggerik dan Zambri yang sudi menjadi 'follower' saya yang ke 9 dan 10..




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