D e l i s i o u c i t y

April is officially making my fingers cramped. This month, I’ve made birthday cakes for my brother, my best friend, my niece, cupcakes for my nephew, entremet for myself (auto-post will be up!), and some more coming up for my cousin’s son. Oh did I also forget to mention? I am also making macarons for Senor Pablo’s charity do, the Foodie Bloggers event next Sunday (26th Avril). So if you’ve been wanting to make an intellectual and palatial comparison between my macarons and those of *koff* Fleur de Lys (the only ‘other’ macaron that you can possibly find in Brunei), do ask Pablo how you can attend the event

You know when I went to Hua Ho to get this Barbie doll, I did NOT anticipate to stay at the toys section for half an hour. Care to consider the very phrase “like a kid in a candy store”? The truth of the matter is that I used to play all things Barbie when I was small; I used to dress her up and I used to have her kitchen set and some other. Non of my sisters played with Barbie… but then I am the youngest and most possibly the loneliest as everybody grew up and left home. Poor sod I was! haha… (long sigh). Anyhoo. Yes, it was quite fun being there, browsing about the different types and looks that Barbie could possibly be. She has absolutely changed I tell you, never have I seen so many different Barbie faces, and some were actually quite fugly to be honest! Anyway, I settled for the ‘kinder’, prettier one for my niece. Don’t want her getting nightmares now do we Barbie plays leading roles in several animated films, I’ve come to understand. And one of them is this one: she plays Odette, the girl who was cursed to become a swan, falls in love with a prince (hah!), somehow got turned back to a human/doll, married, and lived happily ever after. Or so that’s what I think anyway. Maybe I’m wrong but they all have the same soppy storylines, oui ??

The skirt is made from lemon Victoria sponge cake, and layered with Italian Meringue Buttercream. Barbie is donning a handmade fondant swan dress (ok I missed out on her sleeves), and piped with royal icing. Her clothes were packed in her original box, and yes, Barbie nowadays wears an undetachable pair of white knickers. Hoorah for that.