Making the world a little sweeter one pastry tip at at time.
Okay, you want a little bling or sparkle for a cake, and don’t know where to begin? There are special molds made just for that – molds for creating edible candy jewels for pastry. Depending on the material of the mold, they can be made …read more
Use isomalt as you would sugar. Isomalt is a chemically-produced sugar substitute perfect for candy-making as it creates a more humidity- and moisture-resistant product. When it is being boiled, it doesn’t need any anti-crystallizing ingredients as it does a great job of resisting crystallization on …read more
Invert sugar is used to help prevent the crystallization from occurring, among other things. Read more about invert sugar from PastrySampler.com.
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 …read more
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 …read more
In Bragg Creek, Alberta:
Bragg Creek Bakery and Cafe for Sale – 69,900. From BusinessForSale. Property in lease form, 1200 sq ft.
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 …read more
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/