What is Invert Sugar?
Invert sugar is used to help prevent the crystallization from occurring, among other things. Read more about invert sugar from PastrySampler.com.
Author: Renee Shelton
Sweet Fried Rice – Is There Such a Thing?
Sweet Fried Rice – Is there such a thing? There is if you find it on the Sandy Candy Factory Site. Their Sweet Fried Rice includes candy rice, candy eggs, candy peas and candy carrots. All inside a fun Chinese Take-out box. Haven’t tried it …
Pastry Samplers and Gift Packs
New year, new roll out!With our growing popularity of our unique pastry gift and tool sets and tip packs, we are changing gears and PastrySampler.com will soon be focussing on those instead of individual products. As in the past, Pastry Sampler will still be a …
Bakery / Cafe For Sale
In Bragg Creek, Alberta: Bragg Creek Bakery and Cafe for Sale – 69,900. From BusinessForSale. Property in lease form, 1200 sq ft.
Cinnamon Raisin Walnut Bread: Professional How To Series From Baking Channel
In case you’ve never visited it, the Baking Channel from Baking Buyer has free videos and how-to’s for making different bakery items. The Cinnamon Raisin Walnut Bread is done by Klaus Tenbergen from the Baker’s Workbench. Baking Buyer’s Baker’s Workbench Video Series.
New Product: Fondarific
Fondarific is a brand of flavored fondant, with such flavors as chocolate, wedding white buttercream, tutti-frutti, melon and grape. The have 13 flavors in all. I tasted a sample from a local gourmet show and liked it (buttercream flavor), but the real test came in …
Ideas for Halloween Cakes
Looking for ideas for Halloween cakes, or a spooky-themed cake for the holidays? PastrySampler.com has lots of ideas for Halloween cakes, with pictures of examples of the many different ways you can pull a scary cake off successfully.
Step by Step Instructions for a Handbag Purse Cake
Via Modern Baking Magazine, a pictorial showing how to create a sculptured handbag cake. http://modern-baking.com/photogallery/bag-more-cake-sales/
New Baking Show, for 2011
From the RBA (Retail Bakers of America), the ABA (American Bakers Association) and the BEMA (Bakery Equipment Manufacturers & Allieds), a new trade show called All Things Baking will be in place by 2011 that will fill in the two-year gap on the IBIE rotation every …
Avast!! Talk Like a Pirate Day – And eat cupcakes too…
In celebration of Talk Like a Pirate Day – here are some pirate-themed goodies from PastrySampler.com:
Fried Beer ?
Fried beer – just what we were all waiting for. Oh, but you have to be 21 and over to try it though. It is being showcased at the Texas state fair on Sept. 26th, and will be served at two concession stands – at …
If The Shoe Fits… Shoe Cake Tutorial
Shoebox cake tutorial from Modern Baking. Shoebox cake article on how to make the cake.
What is a Striper Bag?
I’ve received lots of orders, and lots of questions about that bag in recent weeks. For those of you still wondering what a ‘striper bag’ is, it is an insert placed inside a pastry bag – that has two separate pockets for different colors of …
Pastry Chef T-Shirts
Pastry Chef T-shirts – and more to come. Currently being offered on PastrySampler: Pastry Chef Chocolatier Sugar Artist Resident Baker Artisan Baker Cookie Cutter In The Weeds Mise en Place More to come. Thanks for your interest in ‘pastry chef’ apparel!
National Rasberries & Cream Day
Fresh Raspberries.Image courtesy stock.xchng.comUser: MaxMilli0n Celebrate National Raspberries & Cream Day with these recipes: A Rasberry Cream Drink from Drinks.Mixer.comRaspberry Cream Cupcakes from Giada De LaurentiisRaspberry Whipped Cream from CD KitchenRaspberry Cream Filling from CakesWeBake.comWhite Chocolate Raspberry Cream Cake Filling from Bake Space
Baking Buyer – Baker’s Videos
Baking Buyer – Videos from different bakers/pastry professional chefs, sharing tips, trends and techniques.