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4 Reasons Why Acrylic Ganache Lids are Your New Best Friend
Acrylic ganache lids, also known as acrylic cake guides, are starting to pop up everywhere and there’s a very good reason why.
They can give your cakes a wow factor and unique shape with minimal fuss and effort.
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.
What Do I Need for Buttercream Piping?
Learning how to fill pastry bags, hold pastry bags, and pipe simple shapes are fundamental skills of cake decorating. Piping nozzles are very useful tools and can be used in so many different ways. Most of the cupcakes are decorated with buttercream, using different piping nozzles. You can use buttercream piping to decorate your cake borders. Piped borders give cakes finished and professional look. There are several simple, classic borders that are easy to master. The size and shape of each border will vary, depending on the piping tip you’re using.
