Month: April 2011

Need a Pastry or Baking Book? New Listings

Need a Pastry or Baking Book? New Listings

Our listing of baking books, cake decorating books, cookie, candy, and confectionery books, are now going up on Bonanza.com. Visit our booth for the lastest, more to come in the coming days. Pastry Sampler’s Booth

Online Auction – Bundt & Loaf Cake Production Facilities

Online Auction – Bundt & Loaf Cake Production Facilities

One is located in Salt Lake City, UT, and two are in Birmingham, AL, this auction is for the complete production line for full scale bundt and loaf cake production facilities, which each can handle 600-900 loafs per hour, or 1500 lbs/hour. This is an online auction that starts 

Creating a Pearl Border Using a Bead Maker

Creating a Pearl Border Using a Bead Maker

Pearl beads for borders are beautiful on both fondant covered and buttercream frosted cakes. Creating them is simple using the various silicone bead making tools that are now available to cake decorators. Choices in beads include classic round styles, oval, faceted, or rose-shaped beads. The 

Who is the Cake Decorator for Prince William and Catherine Middleton?

Who is the Cake Decorator for Prince William and Catherine Middleton?

The person commissioned to do the wedding cake for wedding of HRH Prince William of Wales and Catherine Middleton is Fiona Cairns of Leicestershire. The wedding will take place on April 29, 2011. The wedding cake for the couple will be a traditional fruitcake, while the groom’s 

Cake Decorating Pastry Tips

Cake Decorating Pastry Tips

Pastry tips are now all sold in their ‘family’ packs, just like always, but the individual tips will now be by special order. If there is a particular tip you need without needing a large individual order, send me an email and I’ll see if 

Barry Callebaut Opens US Plant

Barry Callebaut Opens US Plant

From Barry Callebaut, the recognizable chocolate company has opened a pilot plant in Eddystone, PA, for research and development purposes. It will be a scaled-down version of an actual cocoa factory so it can produce new items for testing that can be recreated easily in