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Finish Off Your Desserts With Scrumptious And Colorful Toppings

March 11th, 2010 |

What good would your great cupcakes be lacking a load of colorful sprinkles on the top part? For that matter, sprinkles are found on the top part of cookies, doughnuts, cakes, ice cream, frozen yogurt, puddings, and so on. In addition to sprinkles, there are a variety of other toppings that work well with the things mentioned above. Some of the more little known items are available at stores that specialize in Oasis cake decorationg supplies.

Sprinkles are also known as jimmies, shots, hundreds-and-thousands, and other names, are small pieces of a confectionary products that is used as a decoration to desserts. The pieces of candies are very small, and are available in various colors. The taste is similar; the difference is the food color that is used. Sometimes sprinkles come in flavors, but quite often not. Sprinkles are manufactured making sure that they won’t melt when baked. . The top ingredients in sprinkles are as follows: Sugar, Corn Starch, Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Carnauba wax, and FDA approved food color. Sprinkles are the most generally used topping within the bakery and ice-cream industry. For the larger shops, sprinkles can be purchased in 6, 10, and 25 pound boxes.

Sanding sugar is really a fine grain colored sugar. Most of the most well-liked colors are available at bakery supply stores. The latest colors which have been manufactured are silver and gold, although these might be hard to find. The grain on a sanding sugar is bigger than the grain on standard white sugar. The standard ingredients in sanding sugar are as follows: Sugar, Carnauba wax, Confectioner’s Glaze, and FDA approved food color.

Confectioners Sugar Size AA is a course grain sugar which is larger than sanding sugars. The sugar can also be referred to as “Sugar Crystals” These too, are available in numerous colors and can be found is specialty supply shops. Typically the cake decorator will use this type of sugar to place onto the top of cookies, sprinkling on sweet breads and pastries in many countries. It is not utilized put on ice-cream because of its gritty quality. The typical ingredients in confectioner’s sugar are as follows: Sugar, Carnauba wax, Confectioner’s Glaze, and FDA approved food color.

Another well-liked dessert topping used in the baking and ice-cream industry are Non-Pareils. The typical components in non-pareils are as follows: Sugar, Corn Starch, Carnauba wax, Confectioner’s Glaze, and FDA approved food color. They have a circular shape as in comparison with the sprinkle which can be more of a sphere-shaped shape. In the next article I’ll discuss some of the lesser known toppings, for example dragees.

Be forewarned, and check the label because the majority of these products are made in factories and on equipment which have been in contact with tree nuts, etc. Many thanks, and for more information please pay a visit to our well known cake decorating on line store.

Decorate Your Childs Cake With Licensed Characters: Sesame Street

March 10th, 2010 |

Author: lunarsilverstar

Here is a word of recommendation prior designing your cake. Ensure that the characters you might be using to brighten the cake are licensed for usage on cakes and permitted to come in contact with foodstuff. Appropriate figures are usually obtained at cake decorating supply stores that sell Edible Paper® creations and Satin Ice Gum Paste.

What is Sesame Street? Sesame Street is an American instructive children’s TV series for pre-schoolers and is a pioneer of the contemporary educational standard. Sesame Street combines both education and entertainment. Sesame Street is well known for its Muppet characters, created from the late Jim Henson. As of 2009, over 5000 episodes of the show have been produced in 40 seasons. Sesame Street is one of the longest running Television shows in history. Because of its positive influence, Sesame Street is one of the most highly regarded educational shows for children in the world. The series has received over 110 Emmy Awards, greater than any other television series. An estimated 76 million Americans have watched the series as children, and millions more have watched across the world.

Sesame Street cakes are usually decorated with many different themes. The Edible Image® Decoration features an ideal picture of Elmo. Edible Image® is a decal like edible material that may be placed precisely onto the cake. The Edible Image® melds into the cake. Cake kits are cake decorating kits premade with all the characters of that specific kit included. By doing this you don’t have to purchase all of the components separately. The CK-198 Cake Kit is the most well-liked Sesame Street item sold. Big Bird is driving a ruby fire engine, while Elmo is in a navy car, which is being towed by Big Bird! The preferred summer kit is one where Elmo is driving a yellow power boat.

Pop Tops® are horizontal plastic shaped designs use to decorate cakes and the Elmo one is really a favorite. The Pop Top® are rather large at 5″ view. A Sesame Street Candle that is 2 ½” tall can also be used to adorn your cake. Individual number candles are being offered. Numbers 1,2,3 have the Elmo figure, whereas candle number 4 has the Cookie Monster.

The remaining items a cake decorator would employ to finish the sweets for this party would be either cupcake picks or rings. There are a selection of food safe cupcake picks and rings which are available. They are all about 1 ¾” in size. The latest pick that I’ve seen is called a spinner pick. The pick itself at 3″ around is bigger than normal picks, this is to allow the inside picture portion room to spin.

For added information on Sesame Street cake decorating and or other cake decorating supplies please contact us for further help. Our online store has a lot of data regarding Cake Decorating Supplies.

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Transform Your Birthday Cake Into A Transformers™ Design Including Action Heros

March 2nd, 2010 |

Author: lunarsilverstar

The Transformers™ is story depicting a war among giant robots who could transform into vehicles, additional things and animals. The series was built upon the line of transforming toys initially produced by Japanese toy manufacturer Takara, which were developed into the Transformers line through the American company Hasbro. The series has been around for more than twenty-five years. In 2007 a live action movie was released and became number one at the box office. Then in 2009, another live action film was released, also it too became a box office hit.

The range of toys that have been developed for cake decorating are FDA approved and suitable to have contact with foodstuff. Some of the items that are approved might have small parts, and pose a choking hazard, so they might not be served to children under three. All of the packaging will have such a warning on it, so be careful and read all warnings before placing on cakes. To be safe, please purchase these toys from stores specializing in cake supplies.

The next items are available for cake decorating:
1. Edible Image® which is an edible cake decoration, much like wafer paper.
The image depicts characters from the 2nd movie, “Revenge of the Fallen”
2. Transformers™ 2 Movie Rings. Each ring has a new character on it.
3. Various Pop-Top® set from movie number 2.
4. Transformers™ 2 Movie Cake Kit. The kit comes with two of the top characters.
5. Transformers™ Movie 1 Cake Kit. This Transformers cake kit has Optimus Prime and the Truck and will convert into Optimus prime just asin the movie! Also the Logo is included. The Optimus Prime truck measures 4″ long by 1 1/2″ crossways.
6. The next few items that can be found are all from Movie 1. They are Transformers™ Edible Image®, Pop-Tops™, Pop-Up™. Transformers™ rings, Mask, and spinner picks.

The most popular cake kit is the number CK-395 which is the kit from movie Number 1. See Point #5 above. Here are instructions for creating that cake.

Products Needed: 1. Cake Kit CK-395 – Banner as well as the Truck
2. Pastry Tips: Number 18 Shell Borders and Number 5 to make the Flames
3. Airbrush Colors: Royal Blue for the top surface of the cake, and Super Red for the sides of the cake. 4. Icing Colors: White to Ice the entire cake, Red for Flames, and Royal Blue for shell borders.

Directions: 1. Ice Whole Cake. 2. Airbrush Top of the Cake. 3. Airbrush Sides of your Cake. 4. Pipe Flames and Smooth. 5. Pipe Borders. 6. Place the Figures on the Cake. Complete!

I hope this helps in making a Transformers™ cake for that special person in your life. For additional information our online site, which features cake decorations, ought to be helpful.

Tips For Amazing Looking Cakes Proposed For The Big Football Game.

February 21st, 2010 |

Author: lunarsilverstar

The directions for cake #1 is for a quarter sheet sized cake. Prepare Icing. We suggest that you tint all icings at one time while cake cools. Chill tinted icings in covered containers until all set to use. Supplies can be bought at nearly all stores that sell cake decorations.

Cake Number1: Shaped Football Cake

1. Ice the cake with a spatula and comb the sides with a decorating comb.

2. Mix three batches of colored icing with Oasis Liqua-Gel Colors in Leaf Green, Golden and Super Red.

3. Airbrush the top third of the cake in an irregular cloud-like pattern with Blue Airbrush Color.

4. With a #2B large basket weave tip serrated side up-pipe bleachers, in white icing; cautiously sprinkle this area with Primary Non-Pareils to achieve the look of fans in the crowd.

5. With a #5 plain round tube and white icing, pipe a football shape somewhere on the field; it should be roughly 4.5″ long and 3″ wide, and can be flat, or it can be slightly domed. If doming for dimension, be certain that your mound is between ¼” and ½” tall. Your external ball dimensions should also decrease a little.

6. With a ribbon insertion tool fitted with the sharp blade or an X-ACTO type razor blade, cut the football form free from it’s background, from the All Star Variety Pack Edible Image® designs: apply this football to your white icing football shape.

7. Using a #22 star tube and green icing, fill up in the field section with “grass”; when this step is finished, use a small paintbrush or a Wooden Rose Stick to smooth a few “field lines.” Fill these furrows with white icing in a #5 tube.

8. With the #22 star tip and red icing, pipe the base border; with the #32 star tip and golden yellow icing, pipe the top border.

9. With a #5 tube and red icing, pipe a small number of “action” lines behind the football, repeat these lines with golden yellow and a #3 tube.

10. Finish with a combination of Football and Helmet Assortment Dec-Ons® Decorations along the sides of the cake.
Decorating design by Charra Jarosz

The instructions for cake #2 is for a 14″ round by 6″ high sized cake. Prepare the icing. We propose that you tint all icings at one time as cake cools. Refrigerate colored icings in a covered container until ready to use.

Cake #2 Football Stadium Cake

Take Me Out to the Ball Game! You can almost hear the crowd roaring for this cake.
1. This is a 14″ round cake that is 6″ high. This plan is easiest to do if your cake is frozen solid to avoid too many crumbs. Ice cake.
2. Trim out a10″ circle from your 14″ round cake narrowing to an 8″ circle on the top.
3. Ice “the bowl” cake.
4. Using a decorating comb, comb the narrowing rim of your “bowl” to fashion the look of stadium seats.
5. Put on Baseball Edible Image® decoration also found in Sports Variety Pack.
6. Sprinkle Small Primary Confetti-Quins around your stadium seating to create the “crowd”.
7. To create the entrances to the upper and lower decks of the stadium, airbrush arches around the outside of your cake with Black Liquid Airbrush Color.
8. Using a #10 plain round tube pipe white buttercream over your arches and a level line under, over and on top all the way around.
9. Finish by adding bats from the Baseball Assortment Dec-Ons® decorations sandwiched between the arches and balls and gloves around the top edges and in the field. Decorating Idea by: Kasia Wilk

Have a Super Game. For further ideas and information please pay a visit to our cake decorating supply store.

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Posts Tagged ‘cake decorating supplies’

Finish Off Your Desserts With Scrumptious And Colorful Toppings

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Decorate Your Childs Cake With Licensed Characters: Sesame Street

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