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Top 3 Food Colour Brands in Australia
When it comes to food colouring, we often settle for the ordinary, generic options available at the local grocery store, partly because it's easily accessible and partly cause we simply don't know the difference between all the options out there.
Here are our top 3 picks of food colours and the best part is they are all Australia made and owned:
Eggciting Easter Desserts
Easter is just around the corner and if you haven’t yet had the chance to think about the sweet side of the Easter feast table, the following article will lend a helping hand with some inspirational ideas.
So without further ado, get eggcited!
5 Products to Help You Show Love this Valentine’s Day
Valentine's day is upon us yet again! Whilst is feels like we have only just recovered from the crazy Christmas period, it’s time to get back in those kitchens and show our loved ones how special they are.
Nothing quite says LOVE like baked goods!
6 Tips of How to Get Super Red Buttercream
One of the first things you realise as a cake maker is that getting a super red buttercream is no easy feat.
When first starting out, I was using three quarters of a bottle of my red food colouring. As I watched the dollars get poured into the bowl, I like many of you, vowed never to make red buttercream again.
Sweet Sticks Stencils and Alcohol Free Activator
By now you probably know that Sweet Sticks has brought out new range of Sweet Stencils and also amazing new Alcohol Free Activator.
What you may not know is that these to lines will work perfectly hand in hand and make your decorating so much easier and faster.
8 Tips for Working with Fondant
The art of dessert decorating is a skill and technique that has been used for hundreds of years. Like every art discipline, the knowledge to understand the depths of the techniques and the tools you need to master the art of decorating is crucial to transform and take your vision to the next level.
Around most basic decorating techniques lies the art of working with fondant. Fondant is a fun and versatile medium that is wide spread and commonly used for covering and decorating cakes as well as sugar cookies.
Meet the Brand - Sweet Sticks
Sweet Sticks is Australian owned and manufactured food colour company, owned by fabulous Miranda who’s a professional cake pop maker.
Like so many of amazing businesses Sweet Sticks started when Miranda discovered a gap in the market and decided to do something about it. 8 months on and Edible Art Decorative Paint was born!
How to Create Multi Coloured Fondant Cookies with Cookie Stamps
Ever wondered how those cool, unique designs find their way onto your fondant covered cookies?
When earlier this year Samantha from @Sweetbakesofmine came out with this amazing technique, we knew that we had to give it a go and try it out ourselves. She had created something completely new for the cookie world, when we didn’t even think it was possible to invent anything new. So huge thanks to Samantha!!
What are Cookie Stamps and Fondant Debossers? Free Tutorial on How to Use Them
Looking back at this year so far, we were pretty sure that the 2020 Grinch, was on its way to steal Christmas! Luckily, if there’s one thing you can depend on, it’s the joy of cookies!
Embossed fondant covered cookies are currently taking over the social media in a big way. Cookie stamps…fondant debossers…reverse embossers - who’s the boss?!
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Making Macarons with Bakels Macaron Mix
Macarons are every baker’s worst nightmare. Most of us have, true love and hate relationship with these little buggers.
Our own first ever batch, from years ago, turned out perfect. Beginners luck? More than likely yes, as following 125 batches turned out nothing but a nightmare.
If you have tried to bake macarons before, and they turned out cracked, with no feet, flat, leaned, spread out, and so on, trust me, you’re not alone. Worst part, things that could go wrong and effect the end result, are so many, that you are pretty much flying blind, and have no idea where you’ve gone wrong.
Isomalt – What It Is And How To Use It + Free Tutorial
Isomalt is amazing medium that allows bakers and cakers with all skill levels to create beautiful clear sugar art for cakes, cupcakes and other desserts. Isomalt may not be as well known by home bakers, so on this blog post we will discuss all things isomalt – what it is, how to use it, where to buy it and so on.
What is Isomalt?
Isomalt is a sugar free sweetener discovered during the 1960s. Isomalt is white in colour, crystalline and odourless. It is extremely stable sugar substitute that has many different uses in food industries.
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How to a Make Giant Chocolate Easter Egg Filled with Lollies
Easter is just around the corner, and what a better way to celebrate it, than with tons of chocolate. But if you want to have something bit more special, then your usual supermarket Easter eggs, then we have a treat ready for you.
On this blog post, we will show you, how to make your own jumbo chocolate Easter eggs, that you can fill with lollies, cookies, macarons, or really anything small and sweet. Perfect treat for your kids to find, on their next big Easter egg hunt.
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