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Just Heavenly
No 47 Jalan Terasek
Bangsar Baru
59100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel; 03-22879866

Maps;

To Bangsar
To Pleasures in Plaza Damansara

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On this blog you'll see lots of pictures of our most recent work and also our attempts at new flavours. In addition to all this, you will also see what we've done in weddings lately. Enjoy.

>Our NEW ALCOHOL FREE CAKE MENU EFFECTIVE 1 OCT 2007
Our NEW CAKE WITH LIQUOR MENU

>FAQ about ordering and Just Heavenly - COMING SOON!

DYMM's Raja Permaisuri's Birthday Cake

We were honoured and privileged to make the following cake for DYMM Raja Permaisuri Agung back in January.

The cake

The cake is inset and studded with Swarovski Crystal and mosaic-ed

Sunburts inset with Swarovski Crystals

Sunburst in Swarovski Crystals against a mosaiced background

The cake was wheeled out automatically from a huge box wrapped like a birthday present

CHOCOLATE DURIAN is baaa-ack! ;-)

After a hiatus due to the lack of quality durians, the Chocolate Durian is back on the shelves of Just Heavenly Pleasures. How do we know that the durians are good? Easy. We eat them of course! Just to taste! ;-)

Christmas Goodies

Christmas is just around the corner and for someone looking for gifts and ideas, its always a last minute rush. To help you along have a look at what we are doing :-)

Singapore Girl, getting married :-)

This couple, who worked with Singapore Airlines, obviously had tremendously loyalty to their company. They had a cake done in luggage with both of them in their uniforms.

Gerry & Madoc's Wedding

We had the great pleasure to be able to decorate Gerry & Madoc's wedding in the KL Hilton. The ballroom in the KL Hilton is ultra modern but Gerry & Madoc wanted a contemporary yet enchanted feel. We had to make sure that we also were coherent with the decor already present in the ballroom. We always try to work to a budget and using your surroundings by accentuating what you need while minimising what you don't want has ALWAYS helped us STAY WITHIN BUDGET. We've never exceeded a budget given to us. We think we achieved the look and Gerry & Madoc were happy. What do you think?

As you might have noticed, we use arrangements of different heights to create a greater sense of cosiness. Different heights also bring down a high ceiling making the guests feel like they are a greater part of things.

Some gorgeous candlestands from the Hotel. Always ask the hotel what they have. Helps to save money.

Hari Raya Gift Hampers for 2007

For full details and prices, please click here. It's that time of year. Everyone is on the lookout for yummy, unique, but gorgeous. gifts to give so that people know you've been thinking of them. It's a great cultural aspect of Malaysia which is indicative of the spirit of the season. Care, affection, giving, and generosity.

As such, Just Heavenly has been coming up with gifts annually which reflect that spirit. We feel that the message of giving doesn't get better than Home Made items. We make a majority of the items that we stuff our gift boxes/hampers with but for those that we don't, we make sure that we source it from people who do this as a home business. For one thing, it supports the smaller guy (in this age of bigger and better) and for another, we feel that home made items from recipes which are handed down through the generations better reflect the message of giving in this day and age.

Click here for the price list and details.

Our new menu and price adjustments

Allan and I always struggle with this aspect of the business. Creating new cakes are not always easy. It's like giving birth almost. You take ideas available in the market place, and then tweak them to make them uniquely Just Heavenly's and bring them to market. Having said that I paticularly enjoy the process. Part of the reason I'm in the business, I guess.

JUST HEAVENLY'S NEW ALCOHOL FREE MENU - EFFECTIVE 1 October 2007 - AND OUR CAKES WITH LIQUOR MENU

As business people, we also need to ensure the health of the company. As foodies and dessert junkies we strive to make sure that flavour of our cakes and desserts are paramount. Balancing the two through value pricing is always the name of the game.

If any of you have even glanced at the news or newspapers recently, you'll see something that we've been struggling with for some time. Rising prices.

Trust me when I say that we've endeavoured to maintain prices at present levels for a long time. Since 2005 as a matter of fact. Our current prices were established in February 2005. Before all the increases in costs that we have been barraged with. More on that later.

In the interests of maintaining that quality that you've come to expect, we've got very little choice but to adjust our prices so it's in keeping with the present reality of costs. Having said that, I still believe that our cakes are very good value for money as they balance good flavour, ingenuity, creativity, and a value price point. For example, our 9" Choc & Cheese will be adjusted from RM74 to RM82. That's an adjustment of just over 10%. Furthermore, the 9" Choc & Cheese weighs 1.5kg. Making price per kg around RM55. Still very good value for money. And frankly, an average price in our market.

Now back to rising costs.

1. Cost of fuel has gone up, gas (which is one of the mainstays of our energy useage) has gone up,
   
2. Butter which used to be RM2.50 is now around RM4 and sometimes RM5 at retail.
   
3. Flour, which, you must admit, is central to baking is almost 25% up from RM1.70 to RM2.10 (NST, 18 September 2007).
4. Milk and dairy have gone up
5. Cheese, as a consequence has also gone up as well.
6. Almonds, which used to be RM18 per kg is now around RM40.

The list goes on.

And yet, we're only adjusting our prices for WHOLE cakes by approximately 10%.

The thing is, we've never been about the "cheapest" price you could get in town. For that, I leave it to the good folks at many other bakeries who compete on THAT playing field. Instead, we've always emphasised flavour and the enjoyment that you get out of eating one of our creations. Something which is near and dear to our hearts. We want your experience with one of our creations to be one which you can recall as pleasureable.

Now, introducing 2 new menus (alcohol free menu and cakes with liquor menu) isn't just about adjusting prices. There were many reasons;

1. To introduce new cakes
2. To maintain the quality of the cakes that you have come to know and enjoy
3. To diversify our product range
4. To keep producing and creating cakes which bear the Just Heavenly idea of Serving Pleasure
5. And for our Muslim brethren, to comply with our eventual Halal status for most of our cakes. We are in the process of certifying most of our cakes Halal with a certification agent – hence, cakes with liquor will be on a separate menu. Just to be clear, we are NOT halal certified YET!
   

So friends, we hope we can still count on your support as we introduce our new menu. There's quite a few new items on there to excite your palate. And we hope you will come back to us for all your dessert and cake requirements. Enjoy!