Macarons for Hantaran

A hearty congratulations to Wani from the Vanilla Kitchen team!

We wish you a blessed engagement on your special day :)

As part of her hantaran, VK created a macaron pyramid based on the colour theme of the engagement: turquoise and white. Every aspect of the hantaran was customised and had made to ensure perfect fit of the gangsa and accordingly to the future-bride's desire. 

For hantaran or even birthday macaron speciality, please contact us for details. 

Price is determined number of macarons desired, design requested as well as a 20% service charge.

To ensure customer satisfaction and ease of service, a consultation and minimum 1 week's notice is strongly recommended.

For more info, please contact us.
SMS us at 8906990 to set up an appointment over a nice cup of coffee :)

VK's FINAL 2011 Bake Sale!

Good Morning Folks!

Once again, I will be temporarily closing the Vanilla Kitchen as of the 31st December 2011 until further notice. Hopefully this doesn't stop you from visiting our blog or facebook page once in a while! :)

To end this wonderful, successful year with a bang: I have organised VK's FINAL BAKE SALE for 2011. 

Goodies are limited and purchases are at first come, first serve basis. 

So please text in your bookings soon at 8906990!

I can ONLY receive bookings via text, not whatsapp.

VK FINAL 2011 BAKE SALE MENU:

available 26th-31st December.

UPDATE: 27th December 2011
All slots have been filled.
Thank you for the wonderful support you've provided us :)

• Macaron Pack: Gift box of 1 dozen (12 pcs) macarons - $22.00

 Prepacked Mix/Assorted Flavours: 

Chocolate-Banana, Caramel-Vanilla & Red Velvet 

Inclusive: free surprise gift with each purchase :)

• French Tart Pack : Gift box of 3 small tart (10cm in diameter) - $15.00

 Prepacked Mix/Assorted Tarts: 

Chocolate Tarts, Lemon Tarts & French Apple Tarts

Note: these are slightly bigger than the ones sold during our bake sale.

• Eclairs Pack : Gift box of 6 mini eclairs - $6.00

Prepacked Mix/Assorted-Filled Eclairs: 

Chocolate Filling, Custard Filling & Caramel Filling

A Note from the Patissier & Scenes from the Online Baker's Sale

If there is one thing I regret about this event, it is only that I didn't take enough photos :( 
To view other photos of the event, check out our facebook page: here <--- click link!

It was a fun event, especially getting to know the customers and the big opportunity to get befriend new acquaintances and discover other lovely local bakers.

The Online Baker's Bake sale was a huge successful event. I'm happy to say that virtually all our goodies were once again sold out before the end of the day :). Once again, our macarons were a huge hit with the crowd - before the year's end I hope to expand a bit more in terms of flavour variety! 

The patisserie had also taken the opportunity to introduce our tartelettes: chocolate & lemon. Both were sold out before the end of the day - once again thank you so much guys! :)

I'd like to thank all our customers for showing up and giving us their support - it is something the patisserie truly appreciates :) because if it weren't for you, our little bakery wouldn't have made it this far.

Once again, thank you for your support

I hope to see you all again in 2012.

Wishing you Happy Holidays

- Fri the Patissier.

 

 One of our sales assistant of the day: Ms. Suryati with our booth! 

She did a phenomenal job of  setting up and decorating the table

 

One of our popular cupcakes: the S'mores Cupcake with Marshmallow Frosting

A new edition to the patisserie family: Chocolate Tart with Gold Dusting

Carrot Cupcakes on sale :)

  A new edition to the patisserie family: 

Caramel Eclairs (orange) & French Vanilla Eclairs (Green)

It's FINALLY here! : Le Macaron

Finally!!

Apologies for the LONG unintended wait. Unfortunately we hadn't had the opportunity to work on this beauty until a few days ago due to prior commitments.

However, wait no longer as it is finally here!!

Once again, we'd like to congratulate Florence Kwong of Toronto on her winning entry in November's macaron competition. The winning flavour being: Black Sesame Macaron with Creme Brulee Filling.

So ladies and gentlemen, please say hello 

to the latest gourmand member of Vanilla Kitchen's Macaron Collection.

She is a beauty.

No protest from us there!

Flavour-wise: this beauty was mind-blowing - intense, refreshing, amazing and so much more!





Upon first bite, you get the soft delicate texture of the macaron shell together with the oozing dark caramel that is derived from the layer of caramelised sugar on top of the creme brulee filling. 


This is followed by soft delicious onslaught of creme brulee itself: creamy and milky with a hint of French vanilla beans. Complimenting this was the refreshing bite of sweet, fresh and cold sliced strawberry right before the smoky flavour of roasted black sesame.

We are aware that the flavour suggested by Florence was solely Black Sesame Macaron with Creme brulee filling. However, for a personal touch we opted to add the fresh strawberry slices to add another dimension to this wonderful dessert.

Thank you, Florence, for your beautiful recommendation! :) 

  The filling: Caramelised Creme Brulee 

  However due to the delicate nature of the creme brulee and the freshness of the fruit, 

this macaron ought to be consumed within 12 hours of making. 

 

Unfortunately at the present moment, this macaron is unavailable for order. 

Bake Sale! : Come visit us!

Bonjour friends!

Apologies for the lack of activities on our blog lately! We've been mightily busy in the Vanilla Kitchen, churning up cupcakes, macarons and all. Hopefully we can post up some photos to share them with you lovely folks!

We've got some exciting news! Are you ready to hear it?

Are you sure?...

Ready?....

!!!

With a lot of exhilaration and excitement, we're happy to announce that we have been invited (and thus have eagerly accepted) an invitation to join a bake sale with the Rainforest Gallery's Cakes, Crafts & Gifts Bazaar!

Lots have been planned and there will be plenty on sale that day:

macarons! cakes! pastries!

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Date: 27th November 2011, Sunday

Time: 10am onwards

Location: Rainforest Gallery, Kuilap 

(Situated right above Vincci shoe store)

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There will also be other local talents showcasing their arts & crafts as well! 

So please come and visit us! 

Support your local enterprises :)

VK Eid Mubarak Bake Sale

Please click on our flyers below to see our offer for Eid Mubarak 2011

 

MACARONS

 CAKES & KUEH MELAYU

Kindly place all your order before Tuesday, 23rd August 2011

The earlier, the better to ensure a spot for your order! :)

VK's Private Invite

Update 16th Nov 2010:
0 SEATS AVAILABLE!!

Vanilla Kitchen will be launching some new cupcake flavours for Christmas and New Years.
YOU, yes YOU, have been invited to Vanilla Kitchen's first ever taste-test lab!

Be among the FIRST few people to sample, give your thoughts and bring home some of VK's new flavours for the 2010-2011 market.

Seats are limited to 20 people so book your seat now!
Guests are entitled to bring 1 friend to the TT-lab

Details of event:
Private TT-lab event
21st November 2010, Sunday
2:00pm-4:00pm
Entry fee: $2.00 per person.

To book:
email us at foreverdesserts@gmail.com or text message your reservation to: 8906990
Details of event will be sent as the date comes closer.

Charity Sale with Empire Hotel Staff

To launch our return to Brunei, the bakers of Vanilla Kitchen joined in for a cause and had a mini-bake sale with the staff from Empire Hotel in a private charity sale! Half of our proceeds went to the donation for Pakistan and it's flood victims.

Freshly baked and delivered to the scenes were 24 boxes filled with assorted cupcake goodies!
Among the goodies were:

  

Banana Cupcake with Chocolate Drizzles

 VK's Signature Red Velvet Cupcake
 
 

 White Chocolate Chip Cupcake

Happy Eid Mubarak from the Vanilla Kitchen

Eid Mubarak is in town and once again the mechanical whirring of Vanilla Kitchen's baking machines have been switched on and can be heard throughout the neighbourhood. Immediately on-suit came the seductive aroma of baked goods crawling out from the kitchen doors and windows into the wide open air. It's that time of the year again :)

The bakers from Vanilla Kitchen would like to thank our clients for their patronage and support. We wouldn't have made it without your support!

For 2010, the bakers from Vanilla Kitchen have been humbly invited to cater their delectable goodies to some Eid Mubarak celebrations and here is one of them!

There were so much dessert, the table was brimming with them!

There were plenty to share with an expansive range of desserts for the palate: ranging from traditional Bruneian cakes such as Kek Seri Muka and Kek Tapak Kuda to modern day trendy cupcakes and biscuits.

.Posing with the dessert table.

.Guests unsure which dessert to start with!. :)

.Whoever said cupcakes weren't a manly thing??.

Catered by Vanilla Kitchen, for this event we presented:


Banana-Cinnamon Cupcakes
with chocolate-espresso ganache frosting
&
with fleur de sel caramel frosting





Red Velvet Cupcakes
with cream cheese frosting



Chocolate-Coffee Walnut Cupcakes
with chocolate-espresso ganache frosting
&
with fleur de sel caramel frosting




Also created for that day:

Bite-sized Linzer Chocolate Sables

To all our muslim family, friends and clients:
the Bakers from the Vanilla Kitchen would like to wish

Happy Eid Mubarak 2010

For many muslims around the world, Eid Mubarak is a day that holds special meaning in their hearts - it means spending memorable moments with those closest to their hearts and memories: family, friends and other loved ones, those here and also those long gone.

It is this principle by which the Vanilla Kitchen family remembers and hopes to recreate for you and your loved ones: the creation of something to share with all those dear to you.

Be it a grand celebration with friends or a simply private moment between a mother and her child, the Bakers from the Vanilla Kitchen provides for all.

.Simply because we want to Share the Love.

.Vanilla Kitchen at the Bazaar.

Salut mes amis!

Finally an update for the Vanilla Kitchen! Been meaning to do this for a while but haven't had the time until now, as we've just started our Fasting season on Wednesday. Last Saturday, the bakers from the Vanilla Kitchen had been cordially invited to participate in the Bazaar Celebration of Indonesia's National Day in Belgium - and we were certainly glad to have joined in the fun!!!

Much were seen and heard as all the participating vendors launched themselves out into the crowd, selling various Indonesian and other foreign delicacies for everyone to savour. From grilled satays to grilled corn on the cobs and delicious indonesian-malay cakes - most were sold for mere 1-3 euros! Good food can't get any cheaper!!

200+ cupcakes and 100+ cookies later, everything Vanilla Kitchen had on offer was all sold-out!! All the hard work by the bakers at the Vanilla Kitchen were paid off! It was certainly thrilling to have joined in the fun and sell our cupcakes and cookies to all those who came!

.Vanilla Kitchen Stand.



Cupcakes on sale that day:
Double Chocolate Mudcake Cupcakes with Strawberry Frosting
Vanilla Cupcakes with Lemon-Lime Frosting
Chocolate-Orange Cupcakes with Double Chocolate Frosting
Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting



Cookies on sale for that day:
Chocolate Cupcake & Butterfly Cookies
Vanilla Cupcake & Butterfly Cookies
Mini cookie packets
(in various shapes: cars, boats, hearts, teddy bears, trucks, planes, etc)
Almond-Chocolate Linzer Sables

Also available during the Indonesian Bazaar Events were concerts and activities for kids, such as the cute clown shows and face painting :) - There were so many kids running around with spider-man & butterfly faces. How cute!

.Vanilla Kitchen in Europe.

200 cupcakes later in...
Bonjour to all our clients from the Bakers of Vanilla Kitchen!

Just this past weekend, Vanilla Kitchen has been busy baking away for one of the Brunei's embassy weekend garden party, commemorating His Majesty's Birthday!

Wonderful weather and delightful companies enjoyed, it all ended with a sweet note by none other than VK cupcakes!! :)

Made available for the event were:

Red Velvet Cupcakes
Mocha Mudcake Cupcakes
Carrot cake Cupcakes
and
Banana-Mint Cupcakes

Mocha Mudcake Cupcakes with shavings of Belgian chocolate and crunchy caramelised nuts! (left) and Carrot cake cupcakes topped with Cream Cheese Frosting (right)


Mocha Mudcake Cupcakes with shavings of
Belgian chocolate and crunchy caramelised nuts!


Banana-Mint Cupcakes topped with Chocolate Fudge Frosting and Cream Cheese (left)
and Banana-Mint Cupcakes with Whipped Chocolate Fudge Frosting (right)



MVK's signature Red Velvet Cupcakes
topped with fresh strawberries and colourful sprinkles!