December is always a rush of holiday orders. With cookies and confections I only offer at Christmas time like chocolate covered peanut butter balls and cream puffs, this year I had more birthday cakes than usual, five in all. One was a very special, a 95th birthday for a man I have admired since IContinue reading “December Cakes – Step by Step Cute Snowman Cake”
Tag Archives: Baking
White Bread Recipe Step By Step
This recipe is for a basic white bread. This dough can be used as a base for just about anything. Add raisins and you have raisin bread, add blueberries and cinnamon brown sugar and roll it and you have a wonderful breakfast bread or braid it and top it with pepperoni and cheese and youContinue reading “White Bread Recipe Step By Step”
Home Delivery
Not sure if I have mentioned this before but along with doing cakes again I also offer home delivery of baked goods every Wednesday. This option was a big part of my bakery business almost 10 years ago and as you can imagine very popular with customers. A few months ago I put out aContinue reading “Home Delivery”
Doing Cakes Again
I have been baking and decorating cakes professionally for almost 20 years! The trends have changed over the years and continue to change. Some I have embraced and some I would rather not do lol! I stopped offering cakes for about a year because honestly I was burned out. I needed to take a stepContinue reading “Doing Cakes Again”
Eight Steps to a Beautiful White, Blueberry Filled, Cream Cheese Frosted, Drip Cake
A couple of months ago I popped an unfrosted cake into the freezer to use for later and forgot about it. I came across it while I was looking for something else in the freezer and thought I would bring it out to have it as dessert last night. Cream cheese frosting sounded better thanContinue reading “Eight Steps to a Beautiful White, Blueberry Filled, Cream Cheese Frosted, Drip Cake”
Pretty Little Cakes
To kick off our busy season in the bakery department, I had a wedding cake and a gender reveal cake to bake this weekend. Both pretty little cakes. I predict a busy summer in our future! -MM
How to Decorate Christmas Cutouts
For almost a decade I have been decorating Christmas cutouts with colorful glazes and a piping bag. Traditionally, cutouts are decorated using royal icing and a technique known as “flooding”. Flooding is time consuming, tedious and very tiring on your poor fingers and hands. I decorate hundreds of dozens of Christmas cutouts every year andContinue reading “How to Decorate Christmas Cutouts”
Cranky Bakery Manager
I am so looking forward to the next two days off. In the food service industry two days off feels like a vacation! I love my job but there are days my body is screaming at me when I get home. I lost two bakers the week of Easter and it has been just meContinue reading “Cranky Bakery Manager”
Prepping Mixes-Chocolate Chip Cookies
In the food service industry, prepping is crucial. Preparing ahead of time cuts your time in half when it comes to cooking for a crowd or getting ready for a party. I have created more than a dozen dry mixes that I use in the bakery every day. I am going to share these mixes andContinue reading “Prepping Mixes-Chocolate Chip Cookies”
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