Making the world a little sweeter one pastry tip at at time.
Last minute auction news – for those in the San Diego area, FSE Inc., located at Market Street in San Diego, is liquidated it’s equipment. It is happening this Saturday, December 1st. China and smallwares auction start at 9:15am and equipment follows at 11:15am. Equipment …
Love this idea!! I first heard about this style of cake this morning on one of my favorite blogs, dessert girl. In the blog post, there is mention of MRobin Cake Design and her luscious and completely different wedding cakes wrapped up in joconde sponge. …
To ‘spike’ something in cooking is to add an alcohol to it. In the case of most items, especially spiked desserts, it generally means that those foods are adults-only. Spiked Desserts, from Fox Chapel Publishing, is a dessert book where every recipe is spiked with …
I do lots of reading for all my pastry writing and I recently found a little gem, Foods and Food Adulterants on Baking Powders, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It goes into detail on the “investigation into the character and composition of baking powders.” …
I’m a candy fan. I’ll admit it. There is something decadent about spending time in the kitchen sans flour and yeast and just create something un-wholesome, just for the comfort and love of candy. Unless you argue that chocolate is a power food, then, well, …