Her 1st Ballet Peformance

Minggu lalu, 21 Oktober 2012 it's a Cici's day. Cici bersama teman - temannya di D Posture mementaskan Gala Peformance yang judulnya Cinderella.

Sebagai anak dari kelas terkecil, Cici dan teman - teman sekelasnya berperan menjadi Cinderella Dolly. Tampil di awal pertunjukan sekitar 2 menit menari seperti boneka.

Awalnya saya agak ragu apakah Cici dapat tampil dengan percaya diri atau tidak, mengingat Cici baru saja bergabung di kelas balet sejak awal September kemarin. Tapi ternyata tidak, sungguh Cici tidak menangis dan selama gladi resik dan latihan gabungan Cici selalu riang dan gembira, sangat menikmati.

Semangat sekali Cici mengikuti latihan tambahan setiap hari Minggu, gladi resik sehari sebelumnya, hingga nongkrong di Tiara Bangsa di hari minggu kemarin sejak jam 11 siang, tanpa ditunggu Bunda. Cici anak yang mandiri, so proud of you.

Untuk keperluan pertunjukan Cici memakai kostum berwarna hitam dengan tutu berwarna biru muda dengan aksen pink, baju yang cantik. Dan karena Bunda memang ngga bisa untuk urusan dandan, marilah kita serahkan kepada ahlinya. Cici dicepol dan di make up oleh Mba Susi dari Puri Putri Salon, langganan Bunda di dekat rumah. Murah meriah tapi hasilnya menakjubkan. Cici looks so beautiful. Terimakasih Mba Susi.

her 1st make up for her 1st ballet peformance
Make up artist : Mba Susi - Puri Putri Salon, Kota Wisata

Cinderella Dolly

Menjelang pentas terjadi insiden yang menyebabkan Cici menangis. Dia dipukul oleh temannya, menangis dan akhirnya setelah dibujuk oleh Miss Lanty barulah Cici berhenti menangis dan mau naik ke panggung.  Di atas panggung akhirnya hanya diam saja, sebelum mendapat laporan pemukulan itu kami mengira Cici memang tidak mau menari.

Hmm jangan khawatir Cici, kami tetap bangga padamu, apapun alasannya. Selama Cici bisa menikmati Bunda Popo akan terus mendukung. Untunglah Cici tidak trauma dengan pemukulan itu, sehari setelah pentas Cici cerita bahwa Cici ingin terus menari balet :)

and the show, Cinderella with Cinderella Dolly

Overall peformancenya bagus sekali. Auditorium Sekolah Tiara Bangsa memang sudah sangat bagus, ditambah lagi jalan cerita dan peformance penari - penarinya memang bagus. 1 jam lebih Bunda dan Popo menikmati pertunjukan ini, balet, hip hop, jazz, ga ada yang ga keren. Salut untuk Miss Lanty dan D Posture Studio team yang sudah bekerja keras menyiapkan pertunjukan ini. 

Can't wait for the next show. See you next year

love this one, ceria sekali

closing during rehearsal

Recipe - Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes with Butter Cream

This is my first cupcakes with Butter Cream decoration. Ordered by my co-worker for her daughter birthday celebration at school. Prepared in 2 days, starting from recipe hunting, shopping and voila : baking and decorating for a night starting from 10 PM to 06 AM. Lesson learn for the future is time management, time management and time management.

Comment from my daughter was : delicious Bunda :)  and I am little bit nervous waiting the feedback from my costumer.

The cupcakes is Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes, original recipe is courtesy of Dorothy Tong in Cupcake Wars, 2010. I found this recipe in Cakefever and found the same content in Foodnetwork.  Originally the recipe is filling the cupcakes with Chocolate Fudge Cookie Bar and using Marshmallow Meringue Frosting. In my case I use butter cream which I thought more simple and cheaper.

CUPCAKES

Ingredients :

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour – I use Segitiga Biru
• 1 3/4 cups sugar – I use Gulaku pouch for finer grain
• 3/4 cups high-fat cocoa powder – I use mix of Bendrop and Valhorna
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 cup buttermilk, shaken – I use 1 cup of fresh milk, heated and mix with 2 table spoon of lemon juice
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 extra-large eggs, room temperature
• 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup freshly brewed strong, hot, coffee – I use instant coffee from Nescafe, 2 table spoon of coffee mix with 1/2 cup hot water
• 1/2 cup hot water
• DIRECTIONS
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line cupcake pans with cupcake liners.
• Sift together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. In a large bowl, combine the buttermilk, oil, eggs, and vanilla. Slowly add the wet ingredients to the dry. Slowly stir in the coffee and water.
• Fill the cupcake pans about two-thirds full. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean, 9 to 11 minutes. Cool completely, and then frost with Butter Cream
• How about butter cream ? I had looking many Butter Cream recipes yesterday and found this one might be the best one. This is Butter Cream recipe from Mba Ani Kue Ratu. The ingredients are cheap and easy to made. The taste is delicious, just like an ice cream. Enjoy.

BUTTER CREAM - Ani Kue Ratu

Ingedrients :

• 250 gram white margarine Australia
• 250 gram Hollman soft cream
• 250 ml condensed milk
• 200 gram sugar
• 5 table spoon salt water – made from 1/2 cup of hot water mix with 1 table spoon of salt

Directions :

• Heated the sugar with salt water until melt
• Add the condensed milk in the sugar, combine together while still hot
• In large bowl, beat the sugar-milk, white margarine and vanilla with electric mixer at low speed until  smooth
• Add the soft cream and continue beat until well blended and smooth
• Cupcakes decoration is another issue for me. But for coincidence I found a great web with step by step to decorate cupcakes with butter cream.  Check here for the link : The Fabulous Moms Guide

Can’t wait to do another cupcakes decoration work :)

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