The Modern Mom

I went to Gourdo's with Jantzen and Camille this evening and bought some pretty muffin cups! I've been wanting to buy these for quite a while but figured they were too expensive. Gourdo's was on sale but the cups were still sold full-priced. It was one of those 'what-the-heck' moments and I finally gave in to the temptation of buying them. I am on a chocolate break because we have a weigh-in at the office tomorrow. We're having a 'Biggest Loser' competition. :) Anyway, I wanted to make something zesty and what's more zesty than Lemon Muffins? I searched the internet and found a recipe that looked simple enough and had ingredients that were in my cupboard. I used Kate's Kitchen's Lemon Muffins with Crunchy Lemon Sugar recipe. It only took me an hour to finish everything and they look really good. I can still smell the lemon on my hands. :) Here are some pictures of the finished product! Aren't the muffin cups pretty? :) Group photo! The c...

Our company just held its first OGA Badminton Tournament and yesterday was our championships. It was down to four teams: Rod/Gian, Joanna/Pat, Mike/Joie and Peng/Me. We were third in our ranking for the semi-finals and boy, did we want to win! :D I was not able to practice last Saturday because I had to deliver the cars cake, so I was quite nervous. We arrived at Serendra around 7:30PM and practiced at the basketball court while waiting for the badminton courts to open. I was practicing my new service style because I was not that comfortable with it yet. Anyway, our first game was with Joanna/Pat. My first games are always better than my second so even though I missed some shots, I did manage to hit quite a bit back. Scoring was best of three to 21, sudden death and we won the first two. It was a close game. I think we only won by a point or two. Beating them assured us for the second place and since Mike/Joie beat Rod/Gian in their match, we had to face them for the championships. Our...

It was my cousin, Rainier's birthday party last Saturday and my aunt ordered his cake from me; so I spent my whole Friday and the wee hours of Saturday finishing his cake. Without further a due, let me present my very first fondant masterpiece, Lightning McQueen! The only edible parts of the cake were the car and the last layer. I attached the checkerboard one by one as I had no idea how to do it. I also made 2 dozens Chocolate Cupcakes with Buttercream. I bought Cars stickers and attached them to straws as cupcake toppers. :) Overall, it took me around 18 hours to do everything but it was worth it because they loved the cake! To the next fondant creation! :)