It's already 2009. When I last wrote this welcome message, I happily dated it 2010 to make it sticky. Stanley Kubrick's & Arthur C Clarke's vision of the future is almost in the past and we're refreshing this blog with a new look and a new attitude to reflect new challenges and new directions.This last couple of months has been busy. From wedding decor to wedding cakes and novelty cakes. VMAG, the magazine featured some of our cakes as well. Here are some of the more unusual piccies with captions;
Entrance to the house
A chandelier of garlands
The main dais where the wedding took place
Some of the garlands
Part of the table arrangements
Part of the table arrangements
Cocktail arrangement at dinner reception
Bower entrance to the main ballroom
The ballroom with all the candles lit - the twinkling lights floating above the tables are hanging candles
The Wedding Cake - Berries
Main Table arrangement
Dinner table arrangement
Another dinner table arrangement
Aisle pedestal arrangments
Aisle pedestal arrangments
Votive candle holder
Made this single tier for a Hantaran recently. For a royal wedding.
Those are Allan's sugar roses.
Must admit that ceremonies in Malaysia are endlessly fascinating. The Hantaran is like a gift giving ceremony. The groom gives an odd number of trays and the bride has to return the same number + 2 more. Muslim, Hindu, Chinese, Christian ceremonies constantly mix and match in Malaysia. Making someone like a wedding planner ALMOST a sociologist! ;-) chuckle!
Allan just recently made a 6 tier wedding cake with fresh flowers according to a design specified by a couple. The figurines were for a 25th wedding anniversary.
Allan designed and decorated a wedding this weekend for this couple who live in a lovely area of KL. In short, I thought that the result was stunning. This was the side entrance next to the main gate with these gorgeous votive candle holders which are hanging from the branches of the trees.
The lanterns on the ground added to the effect and the result really looked like it was enchanted. Very much like the feel of the movie remake they did of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
Allan and I were featured on Astro News, Channel 92 for a 30 minute interview with host, Nina Shahril. It was first aired on 21 Dec 05 at 10pm and repeated on 25 Dec 05 at 11am.
It was a ball of fun!
Thanks to Jacqueline Ho and Jo Hassan of Astro, and of course, to the host who made us feel so comfortable!
Finis
Testing continues. We've found our white chocolate. Gosh, it was a chore. The cake above is close to what it will finally look like. Let's call this one, "final draft."
Had to hunt and research about what white chocolate is made of...learnt a lot though.
Learnt that not all White chocolate is created equal. Basically, the white chocolate in places like TMC, Giant, et al are very very inferior makes. They contain lecithin as stabilisers and other vegetable oils. Vanillin (vanilla to you and me) and NO cocoa butter which gives it that delicate white chocolate taste. Also, too much oil and you get this oily, filmy feel in your mouth.
The upshot is we had to settle for this White Chocolate from this supplier which is beaucoup expensive, but gives a GREAT white chocolate flavour...especially when mixed with a citrus or fruit liqeur.
Now that we've figured out the alcoholic one, we've got to see what we can do with a NON-alcoholic version which will probably be the default one offered. Thinking Orange or lemon zest or a combination of the two. Yum!
POSSIBLE name of the new Cake - RESURRECTION! The sequel to the DEATH BY CHOCOLATE!
We're in the throes of testing what we can do with White Chocolate.
White Chocolate Mousses, Cheesecakes, Rich, sinful, White Chocolate Cakes layered with Dark Chocolate. You name it, we're having a look at the gamut of things that we can do with White Chocolate.
One recipe calls for Tuaca! What's THAT? (Turns out its an "Italian liqueur flavored with vanilla and citrus").
Anyway, stay tuned. We'll share our findings with all of you soon enough! ;-)
Deepavali and Raya were very busy. Thank you to all our fantastic and loyal customers who supported us. We hope that you enjoyed all the goodies.
This year, there's actually a slight break between the holidays. By that I mean another month and a half to go before Christmas.
So watch this space, we're going to be putting together something for Christmas too. This will include Stollens, Sugee Fruit Cakes with Brandy, and Rich Fruit Cakes with Brandy.
Call us if you have any burning questions you need answered.
Ta-da-da-da!
Here they are! JUST HEAVENLY's Festive Gift Boxes for this year.
We're truly excited about this years packaging and design.
As you may know, we've always tried to put together gifts which people would want to keep. We feel that gifts pulled off a supermarket shelf and stuffed into a rattan basket don't really say anything about the giver except that it looks large and takes up space.
So here is our iteration of a festive season gift for 2005.
We created this gift with the idea that we wanted something truly Malaysian/Asian and we came up with the Dim Sum Steamer trays. Nothing says yummy food like Dim Sum. And that's exactly what we stock the present with; stuff that we like to eat. Stuff like, our home made cookies (made with real butter), our cakes (fruit cakes are matured for at least 3 weeks), our home made preserves and jams with asian flavours like Citrus Ginger Marmalade, Mango Cardamon Jam and so on.
To show off these yummy morsels, we use a sturdy clear perspex plastic stacked inside the steamer tray and then covered with the top as shown in the picture above.
So, check out the website for details, items and prices. Here's the link;
http://justheavenly.biz/seasonalgiftboxes.htm
And so it's almost on us again...
The festive season!
Here's a sneak preview of what we're planning for Raya, and Deepavali since they both happen together this year.
A couple of months ago we were called upon to design a cake for a party which encapsulated a Moulin Rouge theme. Suffice to say, Allan was very excited at the prospect of a challenge and pulled out all the stops to design and create this cake.
To cut a long story short, the original buyer who commissioned the design decided not to use it but someone else who was looking for a similar sort of cake, liked it and decided to purchase it. They travelled outstation with it and we had to put it all these safeguards so that the cake would be sturdy enough for a lengthy journey.
The cake made it safe, the client AND the recipient loved it. Here's the pic.
Hi all.
Welcome to Just Heavenly's Blog. We thought it might be nice to share with you what happens here as frequently as possible. This would be a place where you could learn new things about Just Heavenly as well as see and meet new people who join the Just Heavenly family.
I thought I'd post some photos of some of the flowers in our garden at the Bangsar house. I must admit that Allan does a marvelous job of keeping the garden in top nick and its his interest and creativity that keep it that way.
This is our cake menu. You can get it from this link.
Or you can also click on the image here and print it up.
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