Dessert Station : A sweet treat for your guests :)

I feel too guilty for not being able to find time to update this blog as often as i want to. If you look at this blog's history, never will a month pass without me posting anything on it. Oh well, i'll try to revive this blog by starting with this first post for year 2011. =)

As some My Chocolate Heaven (MCH) fans know, we're already offering dessert bar setups as part of our mch products and services. The concept simply started when i realized that we can actually put all our dessert products together on one table.^_^ And since we already have TONS of competitors on our chocolate fountain business but just a few ones in the line of dessert bars/station, I knew that surely this would be a hit.

Am actually happy that our dessert bar setup has started flourishing in the market of party planners. Honestly, it's kinda difficult to compete with dessert bar suppliers because I only have the recipe books, the internet, my 20years of baking experience, and my God given talent and skills as resource. I so much want to go to a baking class to learn more baking and decorating
techniques. But my techie work on weekdays and our events on weekends might never permit me to do such.

So to make sure that we are not "kulelat" in this line, we always research about
a. what's new on the market,
b. how these desserts can be presented in a fab/chic way, and
c. which products prospective clients would love

To date, we are now offering these dessert treats below that clients can mix and match for their party's dessert station:

1. Chocolate fountain
2. Cakes (rectangular pan)
3. Miniature bundt cakes
4. Brownies and Fudge bars
5. Cookies
6. Parfaits (on shot glass)
7. Fruitie Jell-o's (on shot glass)
8. Fruits Exotiques au Ginemebre et au Miel (on shot glass)
9. Mini tarts
10.Gourmet mini donuts
11. Pastillas
12. Yemas
13. Pulvorons

We're still continuously researching and testing more dessert treats that we can include in this selection! I will actually be adding some 4 or 5 more dessert products on our dessert list above:)

Here are some dessert bars that we've already done so far.

Dessert Bar setup @ Villa Virginia Party Venue, Mandaluyong City

Dessert Bar setup @ The Rib Eye Steak House, Angeles City Pampanga

Dessert Bar setup @ The Corinthian Gardens Clubhouse, Mandaluyong City

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Cheers!

Dessert Station Setup for Jaja's Pink and Black themed 18th Birthday

We recently had another successful dessert station setup last May 28, 2010 at The Gallery, Oasis Manila. Big thanks to mommy Marilen and Jaja for trusting our service!=)

Would like to note that I really enjoyed decorating and setting this up! It's our first time to get an order of this much assortment that's why I made sure the desserts would look interesting and tempting and that I would get the satisfactory smile rating from my clients.

By the way, we will only accept orders for this kind of setup if the venue is easily accessible. (if it's not situated on the ground floor, the bldg/party venue should have service elevators.)

Here are some picture taken that day:

The entire setup..
The Brownies : Rocky Road Brownies, Creme de Menthe Brownies, and Cheesecake Brownies..



The Cookies : Black n White Cookies, Choco Oatmeal Cookies, and Chocolate Chunk Cookies..




The Gourmet Mini Donuts : Dark Sweet Temptation, Oreo Crumble, Almond Heaven, and Milk Cinnamon Choco Treat..

And the Mini Cupcakes : Choco Mint Mini Cupcake with Oreo and Vanilla Frosting, Moist Lemon Mini Cupcake with Vanilla Cream Frosting, Red Velvet Cupcake with Cream Cheese Frosting, and Moist Choco Chiffon Cupcake with Peppermint Icing..





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What's cookin for Christmas Eve=)

Lavishing Christmas decors are now seen on the main roads and malls of Metro Manila. With Christmas songs playing here and there, you could really feel that the most awaited time of the year is just around the corner!=)

This year's Christmas is extra special for our family. With my two naughty girls, who are now fully aware of what is happening around them, and my new 6-month old niece, whom I haven't seen in person since she was born, I am pretty sure that this will be one of the merriest day of our year.

So with that being said, allow me to share to you our initial menu for our Christmas Eve's family dinner party.
Those listed below have been edited to include hubby's suggestions.


Image credits : imagesaver1206 of photobucket


Appetizer
1. Bruschetta
- This is toasted baguette with cream cheese, diced shallots, chopped tomatoes, pepper, basil, and grated quick melt cheese.

2. Swiss fondue, Nachos, Sauteed Spiced Beef, and yummy Chipotle Salsa. I sooo love the how the jalapeno chillies spice up and give a rich taste to this salsa!

My two girls embracing and asking Santa for their gifts! lol

Entree
1. Roasted Chicken

- I'm using chicken because it's 80% cheaper than turkey. . I'm borrowing Ina Gartner's Recipe for this one. Recipe can be found here.

1. Cream of Dori Fillet with Butter and Lemon Sauce
- I'm borrowing Market Manila man's shared recipe for this.

2.Chicken Potato Salad
- I'm using elbow macaroni, mayo, potatoes, chicken, onions, celery, cheese, salt, and pepper to taste. I'm sure my girls and niece will enjoy eating this one!

3. Christmas Ham with fresh sliced tomatoes, lettuce, and cheese


Dessert
1. Mango Cherry Choco Cream Parfait
- I'm using sliced fresh ripe mangoes, canned cherries, rice crispies, pecan, roasted slivered almonds, crushed graham, heavy whipped cream, and choco whipped cream, . How I really wish the mangos were strawberries..but sad to know that until this month strawberries are still out of season and it is primarily due to the destructive Pepeng typhoon that drowned and wiped all the ripe strawberries in La Trinidad, Benguet (where fresh and affordable strawberries are harvested)

2. Gingerbread cookies
- I'll be baking these yummy yuletide season cookies, cutting them into different shapes, and decorating each using red, green, white, and yellow royal icing & nonpareils, and adding some edible silver and gold beads. I can't wait to decorate these cookies together with my two daughters!

CJ looking exhausted from their hour pictorial at BUB. Will share our Christmas themed family picture next week!

3. Almond Choco Chip Biscotti
- I can never forget the taste of the Almond Choco Chip Biscotti from Deli France. It had a mild crunch and was amazingly flavorful! So happy I came across the smittenkitchen yesterday because she has posted an almond biscotti recipe on her blog. I'm trying out the recipe but i'll be adding bittersweet chocolate chips for more flavorful look and taste. Wish me luck! Planning to bake lots of these so I could share it with our relatives as Christmas present =)


I can't wait to start my cooking!=) Advance happy holidays!

18th birthday cupcakes for Aly's debut celebration at Metrowalk

Here's another set of cupcakes I made last week (early Friday morning) for a debut party at Metrowalk Ortigas Center, Pasig City.

The client ordered for a hundred pieces and requested to have all cupcakes with the letter A monogram on top.

I was not lucky to have a shot of the setup thought since the party started at 7pm. I'd sure be caught on traffic and won't be able to arrive at the venue a few minutes before the party since my working shift ends at 6pm and would have to from Makati to Ortigas.

Moist Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Frosting

Vanilla Cupcakes with Strawberry Cream Frosting

Banana Cupcakes with Choc 'o Strawberry Cream Frosting

Mocha Cupcakes with Choco Marble Cream Frosting


And the cupcakes with the "A" monogram..

Pink Velvet Cuppies!

I made 50pcs Pink Velvet cupcake last Sunday early morning for a christening celebration at Sanctuario de San Agustin.

They we amazingly sooo soft and moist! Got the inspiration from the Red Velvet recipe I baked last time, but I purposely used pink to match my client's motif. =)

Each cupcake was iced with cream cheese frosting, topped with edible silver beads, packed each in dome shaped cupcake containers with personalized tag sticker (which I designed and printed a few weeks earlier), and tied with tangerine ribbon again to match their motif.
For the cupcake tower, I decided to use hot pink, light pink, with some light green on the stand. So happy that my client was as satisfied as I was:)


Here are some more pics taken from that event:

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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.=)