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Sea Salt Caramel Gelato. Source: BakingBuyer.com I just saw this. New from Talenti Gelato e Sorbetto – Sea Salt Caramel Gelato coming to a store near you. It is a gelato with a caramel base and chocolate covered sea salt caramel truffles. They are the same makers of Hill …
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 …
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 …
Strange news in the children’s candy department. MSNBC is reporting that a 12 year old girl found the message “NICE T—“ on a heart candy in a bag of Brach’s small conversation candy pieces, referring in a not-so-nice way to a woman’s chest. Just a reminder that parents …
Celebrate National Pie Day ! The photo left is a Buttermilk Pie cutouts of flower shapes for the crust border. Here are some other recipes to try from PastrySampler.com: Apple Butter Nut Tart Fresh Blackberry Pie Black Bottom Cherry Pie with a Nut Crust Spiced …
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
Via Modern Baking Magazine, a pictorial showing how to create a sculptured handbag cake. http://modern-baking.com/photogallery/bag-more-cake-sales/
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 …
In celebration of Talk Like a Pirate Day – here are some pirate-themed goodies from PastrySampler.com:
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 …
Shoebox cake tutorial from Modern Baking. Shoebox cake article on how to make the cake.
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
Sundae. Image Courtesy Stock.xchng.com: User BPLOL. Celebrate National Hot Fudge Sundae Day. Try a homemade chocolate fudge sauce over your next sundae, using your favorite chocolate syrup, powdered sugar and butter. Other great recipes using chocolate, cocoa, cream or other ingredients:Hot Fudge from Smitten KitchenGhiardelli’s …