Somebody's Enjoying the Free Tasting

Following up on a previous post, we finally got to meet Chef Kiko of Toy Cakes and Pastries after we visited him in his place in Cubao to have our cake-tasting (yan ang favorite part ko sa wedding preps! [obi]). Sobrang accommodating niya as usual and right after talking us through the things we need to know about his cakes and konting kwento na din about himself, nilabas niya na yung choices for the flavor of our wedding cake (in cupcake form).

Nilantakan ko siya, in gentong order... [obi]

• vanilla with marshmallow and coconut
• chocolate ganache
• red velvet

Kahit busog pa kami (we just had lunch in Gateway), we pounced on the cupcakes like Cookie Monster when he sees cookies. Seriously. LOL. The cakes did not only look good but also very delectable! Tamang moist at tamang tamis lang. We (us and Kiko) share the same idea that a cake doesn't need to be too sweet to be delicious. Aprub!

ohm nom nom nom!

But wait, there's more! He also shared with us some of the desserts that he made (for an earlier wedding nga ba?). May tarts and some pastries on shot glasses. Nakalimutan na namin ang tawag sa kanila, basta masarap! Masarap tumambay sa kanila dahil ang daming pagkain. Haha! He even let us take away some of the pastries that we didn't get to finish. May sipon si Kat at that time so Obi gets to enjoy all the sampling while she only tasted with clearer taste buds the day after na.

After tasting them all, we ended up picking the chocolate ganache just because we're really biased with chocolates. Can't go wrong with that for sure. As for the design, pinag-iisipan pa namin. We want it cute and quirky. Matagal pa naman eh. Chef Kiko told us that he'll try his best to do whatever design we can come up with. Galing!

He will be there on the wedding to personally deliver and setup the wedding cake. We were so blessed to have stumbled upon him during our search for a cake chef. Ngayon pa lang feel na feel na namin na mapabilang ang wedding cake namin sa mga naggagandahang cakes na gawa niya. 

You can check those on his Facebook page.

Toy Cake Story

It has been a tradition to do the cake cutting on a wedding, up to the point na traditional joke na din ang mag slice ng malaking piece para isubo sa partner (sabay traditional na magtatawanan ang mga guests). LOL.

papatayin ako ni kat kung gento kalaki ang slice ko...

at gento ka-swabe ang bigote ko sa kasal [obi]

Initially we planned on just getting a two-layer cake with an edible bottom layer tapos may kasama na lang 50 pieces of cupcakes. When placed around the cake stand, the cupcakes should give an illusion na mataas yung cake namin. Tapos mas madali pa ipamigay sa guests after the wedding. We were pretty much sold with that idea so we started looking for suppliers who can deliver a good package around that concept while being within the budget pa din. 

That changed, however, when we saw an anniversary promo from Chef Kiko of Toy Cakes and Pastries. It's his third year anniversary and he is offering two promos for this month (April, 2013). 

• A dessert buffet promo with lots of freebies, OR
• A 3-layer cake for only 4,000!

Promo Runs until April 31

Ang laki ng savings namin if we get to pick the cake promo, kaya agad agad na kaming nagpa-reserve with Chef Kiko. After settling the reservation fee, we are scheduled to have a cake tasting on April 20 to finalize our flavor-of-choice and how we want the cake to look like.

Chef Kiko replied promptly with our emails, text messages, at Facebook messages din. He's very accomodating and he would even apologize pa kapag matagal syang hindi nakasagot sa mga inquiries namin. He is well-known sa Girltalk at sa W@W kaya di na kami nagdalawang isip na kunin sya. Madami din good reviews kaming nababasa about his work so no doubt at all na sobrang in-demand yung mga cakes niya.

He has a lot of photos of his work in his Facebook page. 

Check it out here.