Making the world a little sweeter one pastry tip at at time.
Flourless chocolate cake is as simple a dessert as it comes. Containing just yolks, eggs, sugar, chocolate and butter, it is a grown up’s version of a brownie cake. Flourless chocolate cake is rich and decadent in flavor, but light in texture. For the cake …read more
Hosted by the San Diego Cake Club, the event will take place inside the La Jolla Village Square Mall shopping center. This is part of the Annual Cake Show, which takes place from March 5 to March 6. Proceeds will benefit the Ronald McDonald House …read more
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Looking to brush up your resume? Here are some examples and tips for writing a resume for the pastry professional. Good things to include or touch up on for later follow up: What sets you apart from the rest What did you bring to the …read more
That Takes The Cake Sugar Art Show & Cake Competition at the North Austin Convetion Center, February 26 – 27. You can purchase a general pass for the event, or pick up tickets for the the screening of “Kings of Pastry.” From ‘That Takes the …read more
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 indeed have to check everything, including innocuous Valentine’s messages in boxes of Valentine’s candy – with machine-stamped messages. SOMEONE had to have entered in the message for it to be printed.
Think flowers, think vegetables, think…bugs? On my Old School Pastry blog, I’ve found different recipes that were done by confectioner’s long before commercial food coloring was available to the masses. How to Make Yellow Food Coloring (Saffron) How to Make Green Food Coloring (Spinach) How …read more
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 …read more
In Old School Pastry, read about courmarin and tonka beans – they were once used in creating imitation vanilla flavor.
Pastry Chef line of t-shirts are being rolled out on both Pastry Sampler Pasty Chef Tshirts section and the Etsy site. We do custom orders – is there a position you want to see on your t-shirt? (think ‘cake decorator’, etc.) Email us! We specialize …read more