Happy Anniversary to Angel & Tyler!

Happy Anniversary Angel and Tyler!  I got the honor of making this special groovy looking cake for the lovely couple!  I made a Vegan Strawberry Shortcake with a strawberry filling, covered in Vegan Buttercream.  I piped all the designs with different color buttercream using a star tip in a wavy pattern.  It was a fun cake to make and it was totally yummy to eat to too!!  Happy Anniversary love birds, here's to many many more years of love and happiness!!  

Happy Baby Shower Benjalina!

Happy Baby Shower to Alina and Ben on baby number 2!!  I had the honor of making their under the sea theme display cake that is gender neutral since their baby's gender is a surprise!  The cakes are covered in fondant and decorated with fondant pearls and bubbles that my sweet assistant, Lily, made and painted with pearl dust.  I made a fondant baby in the shell in a green swaddle and a lil mermaid with cute pigtails that represents the big sister to be, Aulani!  I made the pennant banner out of cardstock and skewers and got some pretty seashells that I painted some purple on to go with the color scheme Alina wanted.  Lily crushed up some graham crackers for the sand and that completes the display cake!  Thank you so much for letting us be part of your wonderful celebration.  I can't wait to meet, snuggle and spoil baby Santiago number 2!!  Congratulations Ben and Alina, you guys are so loved and blessed! (Photocredits of the cakes goes to Mieng, thank you so much! =))

Happy Bridal Shower Sonia!

 Happy Bridal Shower to our beautiful Bride to Be Sonia!  I get the honor and privilege of being one of Sonia's bridesmaid for her upcoming big special day next month!  I also got to baked some yummy goods for her bridal shower this past weekend!  I baked chocolate cake with american buttercream filled with strawberries and gum paste flowers, and chocolate macarons in the shape of cute little pineapples!  Can you tell what her favorite flavor sweets are?  Haha!  We had a Hawaiian theme shower since the wedding will be in Hawaii and she is from Hawaii!  She definitely embodies the aloha spirit and she literally lights up any room she walks into with her warm smile and happy heart!  Sonia is seriously one of the sweetest and happy loving people you'll ever meet!  I'm so happy and excited for this next chapter in her life, and she truly deserves all the love and happiness life can offer.  Congratulations again Sonia, can't wait for you and Eric to get hitched!!

Rustic Baby Shower Cake

I had the honor of making a rustic naked cake for a baby shower this past weekend! The mommy to be loves chocolate so I made a naked chocolate cake with swiss meringue frosting. I decorated the cake with pink roses, variety of succulents and baby's breathe foliage.  Congratulations Natalie on your little bundle of joy, I'm sure you guys will be amazing parents and your sweet little baby girl will be so amazingly loved!!  Thank you for letting me be a part of your wonderful celebration!!

Happy Baby Shower Kat!

Happy Baby Shower to the beautiful mommy-to-be Katherine!!  I had the wonderful honor in throwing my amazing friend a baby shower for her sweet baby boy that we are all so eagerly waiting to meet!  Her favorite color is purple and so I got some purple flowers along with some pretty white, soft pink and colorful succulents (from my garden!) for her dessert table.  I made her a rustic naked carrot cake with whipped cream cheese frosting.  Whipped cream cheese frosting is my favorite for this type of cake because carrot cakes are already rich in flavor but this frosting makes it very light to balance it out!  I also had help with my awesome friends in putting together this relaxing and sweet baby shower for our Kat!  I chose a bohemian dream catcher theme for her baby shower because I feel like her baby, along with all babies, are a dream come true!  They truly are miracles and we are all so excited and happy for Kat and Dennis to have their own special blessing arriving soon!  I hope you feel all our love and well wishes for you, Dennis, and your sweet little son!  Happy baby shower Kat, you will be such a wonderful mommy!!!

Congratulations Newlyweds Lennie & Danny!

Congratulations to the newlyweds Lennie and Danny Ngo! I had the honor and privilege in making the happy couple's wedding cake for their beautiful wedding a couple month ago in June!  The top tier is a mixed berry cake from Givral Bakery that I decorated, and the botom two tiers are dummy cakes that I frosted and covered in fondant and decorated as well.  The modular square tile design is very unique and modern and I'm glad I got to play with new styles!  Lennie brought me the pretty flowers to decorate the cake with and an elegant acrylic "love" calligraphy cake topper to put on top of the cake.  All colors are work very beautifully together and the lavender really matched the theme color of their wedding as well.  Also, being the proud mommy that I am, I must brag that my beautiful baby girl, Lily, was also one of the flower girls for their wedding!! hehe.  But anyways, congratulations Lennie and Danny and your special big day!!  I'm so glad you guys were happy with your cake and thank you so much for letting me be a part of your wedding celebration!!  I wish you guys so much love and happiness and I hope you guys continue to have many many wonderful memories and adventures together!  Congratulations to two wonderful, kind, awesome people!!

Happy 1st Birthday Carter!

Happy 1st Birthday Carter! I had the honor and privilege of making a three tier display cake for Carter's 1st Birthday celebration.  I was lucky enough to make the wedding cake for Carter's lovely parents a few years ago, and now it's such a blessing to be making their son's first birthday cake!  I decorated three foam cakes using fondant and used skewers that I painted white for the poles for the pennant banners.  The pennants are made out of paper that are stitched together with white thread.  This is a circus theme cake for a super fun birthday celebration.  I'm sure Carter had an amazing time and I'm sure he was showered with so many warm wishes and tons of love!  Here's to many more birthdays to come and wonderful new adventures!  Happy 1st Birthday Carter!

Happy 1st Birthday Cameron!

Happy 1st Birthday cute little Cameron!!  I got the privilege of making the smash cake for Cameron's 1st birthday photoshoot shot by the amazingly talented Mieng!  I made a giant cupcake French Vanilla cake with a swiss meringue filling and basic buttercream on the outside.  Cameron is such a sweetheart and so happy and cute!!  I feel very special and honored to have been able to make this special cake for him, even though he didn't want to get dirty and smash the cake haha.  Cameron is such a cute, sweet and happy little boy!  He has the greatest parents and best big brother and sister ever!  Happy first birthday Cameron, here's to many many more fun memories and wonderful milestones!  

Happy Baby Shower Alvina!

Congratulations to my dearest friend Alvina and her husband Will on their coming arrival of their sweet baby girl Chloe!  This shower took place out of state, so it was a bit challenging trying to plan the party but I think I pulled it off pretty well, if I do say so myself.  I made green tea and vanilla macarons, and got all the other desserts from catering from Buca de Beppo.  I also bought a cake and did a makeover, a "cakeover" and removed the piping and added a gold trim and fresh beautiful flowers to fit the theme of the baby shower!  I created all the decorations and even recycled Leo's Prince diaper cake castle and transformed it into a Princess castle!  I was going to shop for some pretty flowers at a local flower shop but decided to check out the inventory at the supermarket since I was there to buy other supplies too, and luckily they had a nice variety, and best part is that it's much more affordable too!!  Overall, Alvina had an amazing time and felt very loved and pampered, mission accomplished!!  I'm so excited for you Alvina to embark on this new amazing journey as a mom, I know you will love Chloe with all your heart and show her the world!  Congratulations to Alvina and Will, I can't wait to meet Chloe!!

Leo's Baptism & 1 Month Celebration

Congratulations to my precious Prince Leo on his Baptism and 1 month celebration! I made all the decorations myself, and bought flowers from our local flower shop at Visser’s Florist. I also made all the desserts myself minus the cake which we got from our usual bakery, Givral. I decorated the cake though, and made panna cotta with fresh strawberries, kiwi and blueberries, mini chocolate cupcakes with swiss meringue frosting, vanilla macarons, orange blossom macarons, matcha green tea macarons, and strawberries filled with whipped cream cheese frosting. I also had Leo’s announcements printed out for everyone to take during the party!

My little prince Leo, I am so in love with you and so proud of you. You are so amazing in your strength and you are such an inspiration to watch. You’re such an incredible baby and I can’t wait to watch you grow even stronger, smarter, more brave, and healthier! I know you will grow up to be an amazing man, but until then, I will enjoy you being my precious little baby. I love you so much my wonderful baby Leo, congratulations on your baptism and everything you’ve accomplished so far!

Kaylie's Baby Shower

Congratulations to soon to be parents Phong and Cristie! We celebrated their baby girl's baby shower this past weekend and I got the pleasure and honor of making their cake!  Since I'm also pregnant myself and suppose to be taking it easy, I ordered a mixed berry cake from our favorite bakery, Givral, and decorated it.  I used gold ribbon for the base and edible white pearls for the sides of the cake.  I just got some beautiful white hydrangeas and mini pink roses and placed them on top of the cake.  The beautiful dessert table display was made by the mom to be, Cristie, and her family.  What a wonderful job they did!  The shower was very nice and we are so excited to meet little baby Kaylie end of June!  Congratulations to the happy couple Phong and Cristie!

Happy Birthday Westley & Aria!

Happy 1st Birthday Westley and Aria!  I got the honor and pleasure of making the cutest little twins Westley and Aria's 1st birthday cake for their very first birthday party yesterday!  One of their favorite shows is a British cartoon Peppa Pig and so that was the theme for their party!  Due to lack of time and energy, I ordered a mixed berry cake from our favorite bakery Givral, and then decorated it with fondant.  All the decorations are fondant minus the banner.  I designed the simple banner and printed it out on cardstock, then string the pennants together with a needle and thread!  I tied them to skewers and voila, a cute bunt banner for a cute cake!  The very first birthday is always the most special and important, so I feel super honored and happy that I got to be a part of that.  I wish sweet Westley and Aria a wonderful birthday and here's to many many more to come!  Happy birthday Westley and Aria!!

Published in ACD Magazine!

I'm so excited to share with you all that my sweet daughter Lily's 1st birthday party and smash cake session got published in the January-February 2014 issue of the American Cake Decorating Magazine: The Art & Business of Sugar! It showcases the grand display cake that I made for her party, as well as all the other desserts I made for her special celebration!  Right when you open the first page, you see a thumbnail of Lily's cake smash photo, and then when you flip to page 12 and 13, you see the showcase for her party!  How amazing it is to be published in a real life magazine!  The editor who wrote this showcase just happened to stumble upon my blog and fell in love with Lily's birthday theme and party.  She contacted me and asked to do a feature on it and I was more than excited to say yes!  She shipped me a few magazines of this issue right after they were done printing!  I will definitely frame this.  Thank you to D. Park Photography for photographing her party, and for Mieng Saetia for photographing her cake smash session!  Also, special thank you to my husband Khoa for helping me with all her party plannings and for always supporting and believing in me.

You can see more on Lily's 1st Birthday party by clicking here!

Happy 5th Birthday Aidan & Brooke!

Happy 5th Birthday Aidan and Brooke!  I got the honor of making these super cute twin's display birthday cake for their Pirates and Mermaids birthday party this past weekend!  This is a display cake, so the inside is styrofoam, and the outside is decorated with real fondant.  My cousin, Chi Hai (Thi) asked me to make this 4 tiered cake based off of a reference picture she found online, so this is not my original design, I only simply recreated it, with some minor adjustments, like the color of the mermaid fins and hair, and added more clouds around the cake. I used luster dust to paint the pearls on the side bottom of the cake, and I used skewers inside the posts on the pirate ship to hold up the posts and the sails.  This was a fun cake to make and I'm glad the kids enjoyed it at their party!  It was fun to watch everywhere waiting to eat the cake not knowing the cake wasn't real inside! haha!  Also, thank you to my husband Khoa for helping roll out fondant to make my work load a little bit easier =).  What will I ever do without you?

I wish Aidan and Brooke the most special 5th birthday!  I hope all your birthday wishes comes trues, Cau Mo Ba loves you both so much!!!  These are seriously the smartest, cutest, so full of personality 5 years I know!!  Happy 5th Birthday Aidan &Brooke!

Nathan's 1st Birthday!

Happy 1st Birthday Nathan!  I had the pleasure of making Nathan's parent's baby shower cake last year, and now Nathan is 1 years old!  Amazing how time flies!  The theme for his 1st birthday is Ferrari race cars!  I made the edible cake on top of a 3 tiered cake, while Nathan's talented mom, Ha, and his aunt made the fake bottom two tiers.  They are so crafty and talents, it's great to see the whole cake put together.  It looks amazing!  The cake I made was a Givral mixed berry cake, (I didn't bake it due to time and health reasons, but Ha love givral's cakes so I got the cake from them and decorated the cake myself!).  I covered the cake in yellow fondant, and make the race car, checkered number 1, and border our of fondant.  I used cardstock paper and cake cake pop sticks to make the "Finished" banner on top of the cake!

Ha sent me some wonderful pictures from the party, and it was so fun with all the race car decorations, and they even had really cool cardboard box race cars for all the kids to play and race around in!  What an amazingly fun birthday party!  You are so loved Nathan, and I'm so happy I got to be a part of it.  I wish you many many more birthdays filled with so much joy and happiness, Happy 1st Birthday Nathan!

Happy Baby Shower!

 Happy Baby Shower Katie!!  I got the pleasure of making a My Neighbor Totoro themed baby shower cake for Katie, who's awaiting her precious baby boy Kyle!  The cake is a mixed berry cake from Givral and I covered the cake with white fondant and made all the decorations from fondant as well.  The flag is made from a toothpick and cardstock and the spikes on the little black character are brown sprinkles!  The cake was a nice centerpiece at their super cute dessert table, and I'm so glad I got to help make Katie and her husband's day special!!!  We know your baby will bring so much joy to all, happy baby shower Katie, congratulations!!