For those who are still lucky to be collecting angpaos, I hope you’re having a pocket full of brand new cash!

And for those who are fortunate to be giving angpaos, it must be such a joy to see the kids glow with happiness when you hand them the red packets. The more you give, the more you shall receive this new year!

I remember those were the days when I received angpaos from my relatives and always secretly opening them in the toilet wondering how much they had gave me. And yes, I do remember who gave me the most $$ and the least ones too. Hehe! I was a indeed one cheeky girl.

As I grew up and with my mother passing away, we somehow lost the tradition of visiting our relatives. Instead, we travel out of Singapore to a different land to be away. Afterall, it is usually dead quiet in the Singapore’s streets on the first 2 days of CNY. Boring is more like a word to describe it especially when you have no where to go. Still, we do have gatherings with friends to do Lohei.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my customers who have supported Delcie’s brand and our products all these years. Looking back at my journey, it was indeed not easy and occasionally with rejections, but all these drove me to become better everyday! While not forgetting some of my wonderful customers who have continuously introducing my cakes to all their friends and family, giving me lots of referrals, moral support and positive feedback on how much their kids, their parents and their friends love our cakes. I really thank you because you are the one that inspires me to stay happy in my job and continue baking with my true heart and soul.

Moving forward into this Bunny New Year, we have plans to introduce more new cake flavours, increasing our production line to do more customised birthday cakes and hopefully, having our very own Delcie’s retail outlet.

And very soon, you will see Delcie’s on TV!

Until then, take care and we wish you and your family a blessed new year ahead and hopping with great heath!

Love,
Delcie

Filming for Channel 5, Same but Different Season 2 – Cake episode

Filming for Suria Channel, Vanilla

Baked with love from our pastry chef this Valentine’s Day, we are pleased to introduce you to our Limited Sweet-Heart Edition – Cherry on the Chocolate Cake.

Good enough to share your heart with the only person you love so dearly, this perfect chocolate gift is the one and only which you and your partner would truly savour with 100% passion.

A chocolate based cake layered with dark pitted cherries and thick luxurious organic dark chocolate ganache, you’ll be surprise that this Cherry on the Chocolate Cake is so intense-fully sinless in your mouth.

5″ heart shaped cake – SGD69.90
(include complimentary surprise delivery, 2 x names writing on cake, candle and “I love you card”)

Also available in:

• Diabetic-Friendly Version (Lower in Calories) SGD79.90
• Gluten-Free Version (Wheat Free) SGD99.90

Click here to order today! While stock last.

Baked with 100% love from our pastry chef this Valentine’s Day, we are pleased to introduce you to our Limited Sweet-Heart Edition – Cherry on the Chocolate Cake.

Stay tune for our next post for photo update

In the meantime, Delcie’s organic cakes have made it to the cover of Wine & Dine Feb Issue!

Dear friends of Delcie’s,

We have finally come to the end of the mad rushing for this Christmas. While enjoying our cup of coffee and patting our own shoulders for a job well done,  we would like to wish you and your family a blessed and joyful Christmas while enjoying our healthy cakes at the parties!

Should there be any unhappiness caused due to delays or changes in the deliveries or collection, we are truly sorry about it and hope you’ll forgive us. ;(

But most importantly, we hope you’ve enjoyed our cakes as much as we have enjoyed ourselves baking them for you. Let us all spread the good joy of Delcie’s healthy cakes to your all your friends and families! ;D

Cheers with lots of love,
Delcie

A friend sent me the follow story on Christmas and I thought it is too beautiful a story not to share… Enjoy.

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The Tradition
Story posted by Chris Cade | Short Christmas Stories on Dec 21, 2009 in Inspirational Christmas Stories — Author Unknown

It’s just a small, white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree. No name, no identification, no inscription. It has peeked through the branches of our tree for the past 10 years or so.

It all began because my husband Mike hated Christmas—oh, not the true meaning of Christmas, but the commercial aspects of it- overspending… the frantic running around at the last minute to get a tie for Uncle Harry and the dusting powder for Grandma—the gifts given in desperation because you couldn’t think of anything else. Knowing he felt this way, I decided one year to bypass the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so forth. I reached for something special just for Mike. The inspiration came in an unusual way.

Our son Kevin, who was 12 that year, was wrestling at the junior level at the school he attended; and shortly before Christmas, there was a non-league match against a team sponsored by an inner-city church, mostly black. These youngsters, dressed in sneakers so ragged that shoestrings seemed to be the only thing holding them together, presented a sharp contrast to our boys in their spiffy blue and gold uniforms and sparkling new wrestling shoes. As the match began, I was alarmed to see that the other team was wrestling without headgear, a kind of light helmet designed to protect a wrestler?ears. It was a luxury the ragtag team obviously could not afford.

Well, we ended up walloping them. We took every weight class. And as each of their boys got up from the mat, he swaggered around in his tatters with false bravado, a kind of street pride that couldn’t knowledge defeat.

Mike, seated beside me, shook his head sadly, “I wish just one of them could have won,” he said. “They have a lot of potential, but losing like this could take the heart right out of them.” Mike loved kids-all kids-and he knew them, having coached little league football, baseball and lacrosse.

That’s when the idea for his present came. That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and bought an assortment of wrestling headgear and shoes and sent them anonymously to the inner-city church. On Christmas Eve, I placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Mike what I had done and that this was his gift from me. His smile was the brightest thing about Christmas that year and in succeeding years. For each Christmas, I followed the tradition—one year sending a group of mentally handicapped youngsters to a hockey game, another year a check to a pair of elderly brothers whose home had burned to the ground the week before Christmas, and on and on.

The envelope became the highlight of our Christmas. It was always the last thing opened on Christmas morning and our children, ignoring their new toys, would stand with wide-eyed anticipation as their dad lifted the envelope from the tree to reveal its contents. As the children grew, the toys gave way to more practical presents, but the envelope never lost its allure. The story doesn’t end there.

You see, we lost Mike last year due to dreaded cancer. When Christmas rolled around, I was still so wrapped in grief that I barely got the tree up. But Christmas Eve found me placing an envelope on the tree, and in the morning, it was joined by three more. Each of our children, unbeknownst to the others, had placed an envelope on the tree for their dad. The tradition has grown and someday will expand even further with our grandchildren standing around the tree with wide- eyed anticipation watching as their fathers take down the envelope. Mike’s spirit, like the Christmas spirit, will always be with us.

– Author Unknown

A quick photo I took with my IPhone before it’s gone.

Because we know there will be last min orders, so we are going to prepare in advance a few extra cakes for just in case.

We have:

• 1x  Gold Choc Log Cake
• 2 boxes Mini Logs
• 2  x 8″ Gold Choc

Call 90038823 to reserve before it’s really too late!

Let’s say if you are not able to get our Christmas cakes this year, don’t worry before we will have plenty of Chinese New Year goodies and cookies coming up next in 2011!!

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