Dessert Station, Cupcake Tower, and Chocolate Foutain setup for Baby Gelo's Teddy Bears and Angels Themed Baptismal Celebration!

It was our first time to cater to a baptismal celebration as grand as baby Gelo's party. Am so grateful that mommy Sheila got her dessert station, chocolate fountain, and cupcake tower from us.=) With her orders, I was able to showcase some of our dessert products on one table. Also recently found out that she's a n@wie din pala. Next time may discount ang orders mo sis!

I made her cupcake toppers a few weeks ahead so that it will have enough time to dry and not break apart. I just now realized that it's not easily to make royal icing topper if it's not made on top of a cookie. I guess next time i resort with using cookie cupcake toppers.

Also, so happy that my mom and dad were home to help me assemble the boxes, put each cupcake on the boxes, and tie each box with ribbon. Grabe talaga next time i'll get extra help from my cuz and friends. Did not expect na talagang time consuming ang pagaassemble ng box. hehehe..
I was supposed to place the bouquet of flowers with Gelo's picture on top of the cupcake tower but since we used a 7 layer tower, i'm was not so sure if it'll be safe to place the bouquet since the flower pot was kinda heavy.
All the glass trays used by the dessert station are new and will be available for all our upcoming dessert station orders soon. In case you're interested to know more about this package.. cost is only based from what ever dessert you want to see on your dessert station plus additional P1,000 for the floral deco and rental fee of our glass trays.=)

I so enjoyed setting this dessert station table with my friend and kumare (who will be handling our Pampanga branch) who happened to drop by to see how we do our setup. Pasado na ba sa QA mare?hehehe

I also made 40 chocolate candie spoons for our client as additional request for their kiddie guests. Don't they look so cute?:)


Mommy Sheila got our chocolate fountain's Diamond Package. It would have looked more festive if we had a round and a bigger table. The caterer initially provided us a round table but since the the table kept on shaking and moving, we opted to use the available and more reliable mono-block square table instead.



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Pocoyo Themed 1st Birthday Party at Shakey's Tomas Morato

Here's one of our catered events last October 10, 2009 held at Shakey's Tomas Morato. Among all the Shakey's branches we've catered to, this so far has the biggest party area.

Our client ordered for a customized Platinum Package with imported Callebaut belgian chocolate flowing on two chocolate fountains. She also got 100 pcs of our Gourmet Mini Donuts which I setup on a three layer tower with ribbons and labels following the birthday party's Pocoyo Theme. So happy mommy Mary and all their guests enjoyed and loved the dessert treats!

You can easily compare the difference between a local chocolate from an imported chocolate if once you get a taste of both. I'm sure my client can easily agree with this. Personally, i think the imported Callebaut Milk Chocolate tasted so much like Hershey's Milk Chocolate bar and the imported Callebaut Dark Chocolate can be comparable to Tobleron's Dark Chocolate bar. So yummy!
Their dippers by the way included marshmallows, chocostick wafer, breadstick, vanilla wafer,churros,mini donuts,banana, apple,melon, kiwi,Mini Cupcakes in Chocolate and Cheese flavors, Imported Pretzels,

and 100pcs of Gourmet Mini Donuts.=)

Bon Appetit!=)

The Ondoy Tragedy

It is so heart breaking to know that the number of death caused by typhoon Ondoy has already reached 304 as of yesterday, September 29 (Report from Manila Bulletin).

My heart goes out for all those who were greatly affected by this "killer typhoon". A lot of homes, automobiles, appliances, that were built and bought through their hard earned money were all gone in an instant:(. A lot of individuals are mourning for the lost of their loved ones and a lot of families are still trapped in their homes and in dire need of help..

I have about 10 colleauges who are also affected by this tragedy. Some of them, are still in the evacuation centers. It saddens me to know that they are still there.. I hope they may all recover. If I only have a big home to offer for their shelter, I would offer it to them. But all I can do is donate a small amount of cash..

Thank God our home is located on the 3rd floor of a condominium. Our van and motorbike both got submerged on the flood. Thank God that both are now working fine.

here's hubby as he peek's at the back of our vehicle to search for important items that can still be save.

here's my hubby as he rescues the van's OR-CR and other important documents.

I also thank God that He made way for our clients to cancel their schedule with us.We were supposed to have four chocolate fountain events on that day. For some reason, these clients canceled their schedule with us. All cancellations happened a month ago, so I couldn't assume that the cancelation was made due to the coming Ondoy. I however was curious as to what was on that Sept 26 date that made all the clients cancel their schedule with us because it was my first time to have all 4 events canceled in a day . After the Ondoy came, I suddenly remembered all the canceled transactions and realized that God made that all those cancellation happen.. I kept on thanking God that He made a way for those events to not push through for us. I hope that those events were rescheduled though.. or if it did push through, I hope that our supposed-to-be-clients and all their guests who attended the events were all safe.

I'm still sad that a lot of Filipinos still need help. I do thank that our people are helping each other and working together to help rescue the victims. I am also grateful that governments, organizations, and individuals from all over the world are also hearing and reaching to our needs.

For those who still wish to help, you may send your check donations at the following:

U.S.A./Canada
Tax-deductible checks to:
1. Philippine Jesuit Foundation (for Ondoy-TYF)
236 West 27th Street
Ninth Floor New York
New York 10001

2. Any of the 64 LBC branches all over the U.S.A.
Address check to LBC (Ondoy-TYF)

Immediate remittance, but non tax-deductible checks to:
3. Tanging Yaman Foundation, Inc.
Metrobank SA (USD): 448-2-448000265- 3

MIDDLE EAST: U.A.E.
1. Any LBC branch
Address check to LBC (Ondoy-TYF)

EUROPE: Spain & Italy
1. Any LBC branch
Address check to LBC (Ondoy-TYF)

ASIA: HK, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Taiwan, Australia, Taiwan
1. Any of the 56 LBC branches in Asia
Address check to LBC (Ondoy-TYF)

2. Tanging Yaman Foundation, Inc.
MetroBank SA (USD): 448-2-448000265- 3

PHILIPPINES:
1. Any of the 750 LBC branches
Address check to LBC (Ondoy-TYF)

2. Tanging Yaman Foundation, Inc.
Metrobank CA (PhP): 007-613-00046- 8
Metrobank SA (USD): 448-2-448000265- 3

You may also find a comprehensive list of donation centers from this online document.


Please continue to pray for the Ondoy victims and our country.

Desserts and Lots of Fun on CJ's 2nd Birthday at home and at Fun Ranch!

We had a two-day birthday bash for our youngest daughter on the night of September 18 (her real birthday) and afternoon of the next day.

I made caramel cake for her cake blowing, and cheesecake which I chose to bake in a big square pan (para hindi nakakaumay) as an extra dessert. Hubby made his best selling spaghetti. We also served nachos with swiss fondue and chipotle salsa(you should try this one!).

I was still baking that night of her birthday for her second party celebration the next day.

The Sanrio themed cupcakes (theme which was specially requested by her lola ninang lourdes) I made were all Carrot Walnut cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting. They were supposed to be topped with carrot shaped royal icing candies but my two naughty daughters saw and ate them already that's why I decided to substitute it with real shredded carrots=)


I also made banana toffee cupcake for those guest who are not fond of eating vegetable cupcake.lol
So happy that the new icing tip that I got from SweetCrafts gave out lovely looking cupcake icing. CJ's mini cake for her cake blowing part 2 was also banana toffee flavored.


Since, we didn't want to consume time for food preparation, we decided to buy Pancit Bihon/Canton and Pork Barbeque from Ineng's. We wanted to get Pancit Malabon from Amber's but no one was answering when I dialed their number..

Here's CJ (wearing her hello kitty shirt from lola ninang lourdes=) thanks ninang!) with her lolo papa.

Here's her two grannies=)
Here's tita robe, daddy, and ate missy
Here's ate missy, daddy, and tita ayra

Her part 2 candle blowing=)

It's time to eat!=)


After the short merienda party at home( and after the rain poured out blessings that day..) we instantly went to Fun Ranch Pasig (beside Tiendesita's) to treat everyone for an afternoon til night of rides!!! Yipee!

Mommy, ate missy, tito, tita's and the birthday girl=)
lola, lolo, tita lala, tita gigi, and the cute birthday girl=)

Here are some pictures taken as we rode on the mini ferry's wheel

tita ayra, ate missy, and lolo papa

mommy and cj
another picture of me and cj. see how brave she is? definitely not afraid of heights!


pictures taken while they're riding on the bumper car
daddy and ate missy, lolo papa and tito rom-j, tita drika and cj, and tita ayra
here's cj pleading to go back for another ride at the bumper car=)

Pictures taken as they rode the mini carousel=)

here's cj and tita drika

here's daddy and ate missy, and trailing behind their horse
Another shot of daddy and ate missy
tita ayra looking a bit scared?
enjoying her horsy ride
cousin kuya laurence and tito rom-j
tita lala and ate missy

Pictures taken while we rode the mini airplanes

mommy and cj. I sooo enjoyed this ride!


Pictures taken as we rode the bumber boats. Another one of our favorite rides! This ride is located near the Blue Whale Grill

Here's tita drika and cj

Pictures taken while they rode the Mini Teacup Ride, an indoor ride located just above the Mercury Drug Store


a picture of tita ayra and ate missy taken at the indoor mini golf course

Pictures taken on the hanging bridge

Daddy's 3 baby siblings.sino kamukha ni manong?=)

Pictures of ate missy and kuya laurence at the baby bumper boat

who's that boy? love at first sight ba ito?lol

Pictures taken while we were riding on the Mini Train. It's really moving and turning around two parallel buildings=)

Some more of our family pictures
And then went for another bumper car ride!hahaha
And another ride on the mini plane! weeee!

Here, missy's skills in colors, letters, shapes, and numbers were being tested by this woman.
The woman was amazed that missy was able to give correct answer to all the questions given to her at that age of 3!=) Am so proud of my daughter=)
Actually even CJ can answer to some of the questions(specifically letters and number. we're working on learning shapes and colors pa)


This ends our fun and exhaustive birthday celebration!=)

Incredibles Themed 1st Birthday at Shakey's Makati

Here's our first Incredibles themed 1st birthday held at Shakey's Makati. It's already our second time to cater an event at Shakey's Makati. The first one though was taken cared of by my dad since on that day I and my sweetie were about to land the country from our trip at Singapore (or should I say my Oracle Hyperion training. lol).


We came in the store on schedule but we were initially shocked to see another chocolate fountain supplier preparing for her setup for the same event! At the end, they realized that we should be the chocolate fountain supplier for that event because I got the confirmation from the client.By confirmation I mean the 50% downpayment fee was settled. I guess the mistaken chocolate fountain supplier, who seemed to be tied up to that Shakey's branch, confirmed the schedule without any downpayment fee. I felt sad for that lady but she had no choice but to leave the area for our setup..


Our client got the Platinum package with the following details :
- 2 kl Milk Chocolate fondue on one chocolate fountain
- 2 kl White Milk Chocolate fondue on one chocolate fountain
- Chocolate Wafer Sticks, Marshmallows, Vanilla Wafer, French Bread for the regular non-fruit dippers
- Mini-Donuts, Chocolate Chip Cookies for the special non-fruit dippers
- Watermelon, Melon, Banana for the regular fruits and Kiwi for her special fruit

I'm happy to see that our clients were impressed with the setup. Everyone kept on coming back on our table for their dessert treat=). I even got text messages and email inquiries from some guests night of the same day.

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Dora the Explorer visits Market!Market!

We finally had a free weekend to watch Dora the Explorer with our kids. So happy my parents were also here to spend the entire day with us!



We didn't have the chance to enter the center for a seat though because it was on a first come first serve basis.

Actually, even if you're in, you won't seat anyway because everyone inside is either busy taking picture or dancing with the cast=)

Here are some more of our pictures that day. .

cj and her lolo best friend

Missy playing around while waiting for Dora

the Explorer

lola and lolo with CJ

CJ following Dora's dance

CJ and lolo posing for their prettiest smiles

see the excitement on Missy's face=)?

Dinning at Greenwich after the show. Their newest flavor, the Philly Cheese Steak, was extremely delicious!

Here's CJ posing for her first motorcycle ride. Looking so adorable!

Now it looks like she's ready for a horse ride. We'll surely have her try it in Baguio this December!

I wanted Missy to have her picture taken on the motorbike too but she refused.. She's just scared of heights I guess..=)

Recognizing letters of the Alphabet

When did you or your babies start learning the letters of the alphabet? I don't know the average range but I'm so proud to say that at 1 yr and 11months old baby can already easily recognize the letters of the alphabet!

She always shouts the letters she sees on your shirt, on the streamers, on the food carts, on my computer's keyboard, or just about everywhere!


I would still say that the learning was mostly influenced by the educational dvds we bought for them.

Right now both my girls are learning numbers from 1-50=)

The Supernatural Brownies=)

This brownies I made last weekend were amazing! Even my immediate superior said so=) You'll know when it's done when you see the top portion gets cracked. But wait till you get a bite coz the inside is soooo soft and fudgy!

Brownies in box of 6

Again, baking this brownies was triggered by my hubby's demand for sweets. He's not really a big fan of chocolates and baked goodies. But when it comes to my yummy treats, he's my number 1 fan!

Brownies in box of 4.

For tonight, I'm baking cookies once again.=)

Cheesecake Choco Brownies and Double Chocolate Cookies!

These are two of the latest goodies I baked for my family.=)

I made the double chocolate cookies last weekend (just didn't have the time to post it last week). It's main ingredients are cocoa powder, melted semi-sweet chocolate, and chunks of chocolate! Yeah.. it does have tons of chocolate in it which explains where it got it's name. We could even call it Triple Chocolate Cookies! lol.. I had an itsy bitsy hard time monitoring the "doneness" of the cookies though because of its gooey texture. But, as usual, the cookies came out great and were immediately gone after a few minutes.hahaha!

The Cheesecake Choco Brownies on the other hand was made just last night. You can see from the picture below how excited my big girl is!

My sweetie was craving for brownies the other night but I was not able to bake his request on demand because I wanted to make this marble looking brownies.

Individually placed on paper liners.

Yesterday while we were doing our grocery, I got all my lacking ingredients which included my favorite cream cheese =). Am so happy that it came out the way I wanted!=)

Packed are ready to go inside the frig

Taste was exquisitely delicious that had to do away with my diet for a day (that's for last night and today!=P)

I'm also selling these goodies by the way.=) You may check it out at http://mychocolateheaven.multiply.com.

My First Tinkerbell Themed Mini cake and Cupcakes!

I missed visiting my blog for a week. I've got lots of stories to share but was just preoccupied with work. Here's just one of the many kwentos I've been dying to post=)

I did this Tinkerbell themed mini cake for my client's nieces 7th birthday last August 16. I made the colorful butterfly wings beside the tinkerbell figurine and nicole's name a few days ahead just to make sure that it won't break off. Am really so happy with the outcome!! My client also raved about the look and taste of my cake which inspired me even more to research and learn more about cake decorating. To bad I forgot to take a top view shot of this cake though..

It was our first time to cater at the Philippine Army Officer's Clubhouse. Damn the party area was huge! There were life size Tinkerbell character standees on the stage and the venue was fully decorated will tons of balloons!

I got even more excited when I saw that on the stage area was a nicely skirted cake table waiting for my baked Tinkerbell mini cake and cupcakes!
My client here requested for 80 cupcakes in Banana Peanut with Chocolate Icing, Banana Choco Chip with Chocolate Icing, Vanilla Choco Chip with Strawberry Icing, and Rich Dark Chocolate with Mocha Icing. I requested my client to provide the Tinkerbell cake topper and glad that they bought 6 pcs!

They also booked for our Chocolate Fountain Gold Package .

We actually had another event that was held on the same time and date. How I wish we had two cameras so we can really take pictures of all our catered events. The other party I'm taking about was a Chocolate Factory themed 1st birthday held at Paseo Park View Suites. I want so much to talk more about the details of that party but it's not related to this post and I don't have pictures to show.. Oh well, next time i'll think about buying another digicam.