Things are looking good !

Ok I am very excited !

I have 2 orders for this week alone. First for a ladies tea party and secondly for a friend whose niece is celebrating a birthday. 

And I really, really hope that I do not disappoint them or whatsoever!

She liked them, yes?

Ok I have been so busy trying to do the groundwork of this The Cheese Cuppies ( let's now call it TCC shall we ? ) costing, researching on recipes, practising, collecting ideas of decorations, marketting, getting help for the logo designing and of course, communicating with my ( baking ) teacher on mistakes and techniques.

So busy that I almost forgot about the review done by Nazieha of Elwarda Dance. This belly dancing teacher cum friend lost an uncle recently so I thought why not cheer her up and practice the skills at the same time ?

So she got 9 cheesecuppies of different flavours, actually the pictures in one of the previous postings were the leftovers from her batch. And she did a review on it here. She blogs quite a bit and her  blog is also one which flows with great business tips/reflections and her personal take on life ( and fashion! ). So do hop on there. 

And after ordering the cheesecuppies and you feel a workout is necessary, do check out her Elwarda Dance company for some awesome belly dancing lessons! 

The stuff in it

In many cake shops, some of the cheesecake are mixed with cream or a little flour. But if one checks the real cheesecake recipe, a pure blissful cheesecake only use natural ingredients-mainly cream cheese. I don't like to compromise with quality hence I use only the real stuff.

For the base, I use real Oreos or Julie's chocolate cookies or McVites digestives. And as for the cream cheese, I use Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese. And fresh fruits, always! 

On top of that, making cheese cupcakes is labour intensive. Each cup must be individually filled with ground biscuits/cookies and a spoonful of melted butter needed to level in at the base of the cup. And once each cup has been filled with the cream cheese mixture, it has to be constantly watched over the baking period so that it would not crack, although a water bath is used in the process.

Phew, through all these, I still think that cheese cupcake is a good alternative to slice cheesecake. I can control the size, big or small depending on who is eating it, each cup can be 'designed' individually and no one is 'forced' to finish a big slice of cheesecake, just not to waste the expensive cake.

For all above, I am charging Rm 65 for one dozen ( 12 ) cheese cuppies, large size. A cupful of good finger licking cheesy goodie. Each cup, I must say is cheaper than a slice of store bought cake which, to save cost, does not follow the real recipe. Mine does and honest to goodness too! :)

For other enquiries, email to thecheesecuppies@gmail.com

See ya !

Some cuppies for my good friends :)

These were some cuppies I made for my friends. Please note that these were personal leftovers--the last batch where I don't have enough batter to make one full cup. The other done cheesecuppies are all full cup and not flat as seen in these pics :) and have all be given out to the lovely ladies !

Maorian Rhapsody

Peach cheesecake on chocolate cookie base with fresh kiwifruit topping

Banana Tango

Banana cheesecake on chocolate cookie base with a slice of mandarin and 3 chocolate chips

Bursting Berries

The cheesecake is blackbery swirl, chocolate cookie base and fresh organic blueberry for topping

Classy Lemon

The cheesecake base is natural lemon flavour ( organic ) with chocolate cookie base and fresh Korean strawberry topping

The Cheese Cuppies first outing

It is 1.30 am on the wee hours of Monday morning. I am waiting for the last batch of the cuppies to come out of the oven and I am very excited about it :)

Later on today, it being a public holiday-- I decided to give some good friends a little cheering up and make them some fancy and fruity cheesecuppies !

Just now I made :

1. Classy Lemon - Lemon based cheesecake + fresh blueberries/ strawberries topping

2. Bursting Berries - Blackberry based cheesecake + fresh blueberries topping

3. Bananarama - Banana based cheesecake + fresh strawberry/pineapple topping

4. Maorian Rhapsody - Peach based cheesecake + fresh kiwi topping

5. Berrylicious - Raspberry based cheesecake + fresh strawberry topping

The camera is out of battery and I don't like to take pictures at night due to poor lighting, so first thing in the rising sun time, I shall take some shots and put them out here :) !

Flavours tried and tested

Here are some of the flavours of cheesecuppies tried and tested. Divinely addictive and you'll be calling for more!

1. Strawberry cheese cuppies with fresh strawberry topping
2. Classic lemon cheese cuppies with oreo base
3. Kiwi cheese cuppies with fresh kiwi topping
4. Chocolate swirl cheese cuppies
5. Gula Melaka cheese cuppies
6. Banana split cheese cuppies

Pictures will be coming soon and more flavours to come !

For enquiry on the prices/terms and conditions, kindly email to thecheesecuppies@gmail.com

The Story of Cheese Cuppies

From passion to hobby to business ideas.

I have always had a passion for learning and acquiring new skills. So off I went to attend short term baking classes in the baking schools here. It was at the baking class that I learnt how to make cheesecakes. Our teacher taught us to make small sizes cheesecakes. Then I thought... why not cheesecupcakes instead?

So I tried it out when my parents came in January from Singapore. They love the idea as they can eat small portions of it without having to finish the whole slice. And fuss free too! No need for plates and knife to cut and a fork or spoon to eat it with. Just sink our teeth into the cheesy yummilicious mush and throw away the wrapper next.

As a post class project, The Cheese Cuppies was born with the encouragement of my lovely baking teachers who have taught us so many things about turning our passion into a business entity. 

So on this site, I dedicate The Cheese Cuppies to my teacher whom I have been chatting almost daily on gmail on baking tips and ideas post baking class and of course, the fans of cheesecakes!

To the people who made this site possible with your graphic designing help ( Irma and Shinta I love you both !!! ) and to my husband who loves food and support my passion in cooking and baking in any ways possible for him-- this site would not have been possible without all of you !