Hi Gwen … thanks so much for sharing it.

Ya, coming from a totally non-baking-and-not-much-of-a-cook background, I sometimes wonder if I’m being too ambitious to want to prepare Anya’s bday cake myself, esp. when I’ve never done it before, and I’m supposed to feed like, 25 kids on Sunday and another 25 kids at Anya’s school!

And you know, I plan to learn how make some sort of steamed muffins for the kids and have a smaller bday cake in the middle to share with everyone .. haha.

ah well … we’ll see.

PS: thanks again for encouraging! Ya, Anya’s excited that we’re making our own cake for her bday. Wishing DD a great bday and yummy bday cake too!

Makasihhh … ntar gua bagi lagi deh yang ada icing2nya deh … (kalo sampe beneran jadi gua bikin hehe)

haha… ‘FROM the PIC’, it looked okay … now I gotta work on the ‘taste’ and icing and stuff

Hi Claire!! Thanks for that AND thanks for the link too! Will definitely check out more recipes from there.

I covered the lid with cloth, as I was told that it’ll stop moisture from dripping onto the steamed cake itself.

And yep, I plan to try and prepare some icing. NEVER done it before too … haha … it’ll be interesting to see if I manage to get this done or not

Thank you bgt ya buat sharing recipenya…

Iya nih, keliatannya bakal bikin brownies kukus utk yg di sekolah Anya senin depan!

Hi hi … thanks for that.

Now I learn that apparently ‘steaming’ it works and it doesn’t make the cake ‘soggy’ at all. Still yet to find out if I can have a cake ready for Anya’s birthday celebration with friends this Sunday and Monday though …

Sometimes I think I may be a little too ‘ambitious’

I read this and wanted to drop you a note of encouragement You can do it!
Before 2009, I had never baked cakes or biscuits before, preferring to stay with low risk no fail stuff like shepherds pie. But like you, I kinda got it into my head to try making DS’s 1st birthday cake to save some money. With many attempts at different recipes each weekend, we finally got it right.
And once you have done it, you will never look back again. The feeling of accomplishment is tremendous and the expression on your child’s face when he sees the finished product, is priceless.

DD’s third birthday is in less than a week’s time, and we are planning to make her cake together. She is really looking forward to it, and so am I! (and now this has been a great reminder to me to better go to NTUC to go get the ingredients!)

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