Sweet Escapes by Jenn http://www.jenniferchao.com Welcome to my sweet world... Tue, 14 May 2013 05:05:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Octonauts http://www.jenniferchao.com/2013/05/14/octonauts/ http://www.jenniferchao.com/2013/05/14/octonauts/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 05:05:45 +0000 jenn http://www.jenniferchao.com/?p=1925 Being a cake designer means I have to be familiar with what TV shows/characters kids of all age groups love. A few months ago, I had NO IDEA who the Octonauts were and quite frankly, I don’t really know who they are now but at least I know that they’re sea pilots(?), sea cowboys(?) that solve mysteries(?) or save the underwater world from evil(?) and say, “CREATURE REPORT!” (okay, THAT part I do know! ;) ).



I really love this cake! I made a time lapse video of my putting this together but the camera work was HORRIBLE. That’s the last time I tape my phone to a box! :D The 30 minutes of filming turned into a 16-second video. If each cake took 16 seconds to make, I’d be stinkin’ rich right now! :D



You all know how much I LOVE matching cakes and cupcakes! ;) These were SO fun to make. Super detailed but that’s what I love. Taking this photo was worth all of the 3 hours it took to put together!



If my cupcakes committed a crime, this would be their ’side mug shot’! :)

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Vanilla cupcake with twinkie cream topped with pucker-up passion fruit buttercream — SO. ADDICTIVE!

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It took me over an hour to hand cut his name and it was SO worth it! I love how it came out! :D





“Hiiiiiii Jennifer!

I just need to tell you that you are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo TALENTED!!!! This cake was ridiculiously amazing!!! The detail on it is off the hook and everyone at the party couldn’t stop taking about it. At one point Damien just sat in front of the cake and was staring and forgot that there was a party going on around him….lol…he said I just want to look at my cake please..lol it was so cute. Honestly Jennifer, I wish I could have picked the cake up from you to give you a big hug and show you how much it meant to Damien he really LOVED IT! His reaction was WOW lol.
We can’t thank you enough you are truly gifted!

xoxo”

BEST. MESSAGE… EVERRR!!!! :D

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His mom sent me the sweetest message afterwards and they came all the way from BOLTON (an hour+ away) to pick up the cake. I’m pretty sure that when I’m a mom, I will be doing the same for my kids. Err.. I won’t be picking up cakes though cause hopefully I’ll be making them! But you know, other stuff :) Although my company will be around full-time for the next 2 years, I’ll still be making cakes for my kids (fingers crossed). I started feeling the effects in my wrist this week… they started hurting for the first time which FREAKED me out! I’m only in my 20s! I can’t be experiencing joint pain already. Kneading fondant is hard work but it would be horrible if I have to stop in the near future. Maybe a vacation would help? I want to do an ASIA tour next year. Perhaps go on a short-term missions trip. I’m so excited to dedicate the rest of my life (when I turn 30+) to missions! Thinking about this causes the butterflies in my stomach to flutter :) Hopefully it will be cake-related ;) But I trust God and His ultimate plan for me!

In the meantime, I have to get back to work. WHAT?! Working on a Sunday night?! YEEEPS. I’m working Sun/Mon and have the rest of the week OFF. Woohoo! Hopefully I’ll have more time to blog. But now, my cutesy dinosaurs are waiting.

Have an amazing week, you! ;)


]]> http://www.jenniferchao.com/2013/05/05/angry-birds-nation/feed/ 1 Lola & Astrid’s Birthday http://www.jenniferchao.com/2013/04/29/lola-astrids-birthday/ http://www.jenniferchao.com/2013/04/29/lola-astrids-birthday/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:30:09 +0000 jenn http://www.jenniferchao.com/?p=1888 Hi everyone! Happy Monday! :) I’m having troubles posting on my blog lately… I think I’m running out of memory — eek! Will get that fixed ASAP. I have a Flavour of the Month promotion running on www.facebook.com/sweetescapes.byjenn — Passion Fruit Twinkie Cupcake — for this week. Visit the site for more details!

In the meantime, here is a snapshot of Lola & Astrid’s first birthday party. I love, love this pic! :)

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I’ve never sculpted so much in my life before and after 3 consecutive days of very little sleep coming off from a crazy week the week before, it was SO worth it! I’ll write more later because I need to start on this week’s orders. It’s a little “off” these few days. Most of my orders are on Friday/Saturday but all my orders are on weekdays this week! I’m not complaining. I’m grateful :D

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