Toy train cupcakes for a birthday boy….

I just came back from a trip to Europe and to tell the truth, I’m still suffering from jet lag… but as i had promised to do some birthday cupcakes for a little boy, it was back to work for me :p I was quite excited with the latest request as the mom wanted some trains as toppers for the cupcakes. I’ve been dying to try my hand at doing trains a long time back but had lacked the opportunity to do so… so when this order came in, i of course jumped at the chance.

The mom wanted the mini cupcake size and this did give me some problem initially as it meant that i wouldn’t be able to put in much detail to the train due to the size of the cupcakes. However, after adding some other details such as train tracks, sprinkles and a little tree, i thought the cupcakes turned out pretty great I just hope the kids love it too.

From what the mother told me, these little cupcakes were to be given out the little boy’s classmates when he goes to school.. It’s something like sharing the birthday cake with the birthday boy’s classmates but without the mess of cutting up the cake. Aren’t cupcakes cool that way …. hee hee

 Here is one other close up picture of the cupcakes… my hubby keeps saying that i placed the head of the train the wrong way round… :p but I still think i did it correctly.. what do you think?

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I’m back!!!

Well.. i’m finally back from my long 3 week holiday from Europe!! Whew!!! First off.. a big thank you to everyone that was so patient with me for being so slow in returning their e-mails. As for those that e-mailed me but I was not able to do your orders… I’m so sorry.. but do keep me in mind for any future orders and i really hope to get the chance to do your orders next time round

Anyway.. the 3 week holiday was just a mad rush… other than the last few days of the trip, everything was just a big huge rush and i think it’s the most walking and exercise I’ve done for the longest time!!! I think i need a break after this holiday! We visited Barcelona, Naples, Florence, Dubrovnik, Venice, Athens, Rome, Santorini, Milan, Italian Lakes and a couple of other places which i can’t remember offhand at the moment! I have to say my favourite was the Italian Lakes… it was just gorgeous and being the lazy being that i am i probably loved it cos it was the only place where i could laze the day away and just take in the scenary.. hee hee. 

The only thing i regret is that there just wasn’t enough time for me to really enjoy each of these places in full. A lot of times it was just a big huge rush from one place to another, with only sufficient time to only get a small taste of each place. Sigh… i guess i’ll have to go back to my favourite places individually again at a later date :p

But I have to say prices there are seriously high!!! Even just eating at tapas bars which are supposed to be the cheapest places to eat, i still found it way too expensive. Plus.. i guess being Singaporeans we’re all spoiled by the amount of variety of foods that are available here. I have to admit, by the 2nd week of the holiday i was starting to get tired of eating the food there as most of the time we ended up eating pizza, pasta or beef or sandwiches! haha… give me a good plate of chicken rice, nasi lemak or Char Kway Teow man!! However, i have to admit… their thin crust pizzas I had there was delicious. The pizza crust was super crispy and even a simple margherita pizza was fabulous.. nothing like the pizza’s we get in Singapore. I have to admit i also got addicted to the habit of having bread dipped in a mix of olive oil, balsamic vinegar, pepper and salt. Yummy. Plus.. hehe.. on my last day of the holiday i managed to get a recipe for meringue from a small family restaurant in Lake Maggiore that has been open since 1812!!! Oh wow.. haha.. they offered to let me stay for 2 months to learn how to make all their desserts!! Oh man.. if i had money i definitely would!

Well.. that’s about it for my holiday.. i’ll probably try and post some pics up later on. Right now.. i’m suffering from jet lag.. so see ya later ;p Oh.. and do forgive any typos or grammatical errors.. i’m seriously stoned out… i’ll do the editing again later.. hee hee

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