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This document provides a history of cakes including their origins and evolution over time. It notes that early cakes were flat and dense while modern cakes are light and airy due to ingredients like baking powder and soda. The document also discusses traditional cakes from different cultures around the world and how frosting and icing developed as cake toppings over centuries. Wedding and birthday cake traditions are also summarized.
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The document discusses the fundamentals and difficulties of baking. It explores baking techniques from preparing pans and reading recipes to finishing and storing baked goods. Different types of baked goods are examined like cakes, cookies, pastries, and decorating techniques. As baked items become more complex, bakers must overcome complications to succeed in producing the final product.
This document provides a history of cakes including their origins and evolution over time. It notes that early cakes were flat and dense while modern cakes are light and airy due to ingredients like baking powder and soda. The document also discusses traditional cakes from different cultures around the world and how frosting and icing developed as cake toppings over centuries. Wedding and birthday cake traditions are also summarized.
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The document summarizes different wedding cupcake ideas featured on a website, including Betty Boop signature cupcakes from Pink Ribbon Bakery described as a moist chocolate cupcake with raspberry cream icing and glitter; a simple White Chocolate Mud cake with rosewater buttercream and embossed fondant from a guest blogger; and flower wedding cupcake ideas created by Belisa Cupcakes featuring designs from two mothers in Sydney, Australia.
This issue of Cake! magazine features:
- Interviews with talented cake artists Handi Mulyana and Janet O'Sullivan
- A guide to lustre painting techniques from Cake Avenue
- Information on the upcoming Cake Camp 2013
- Delicious recipes, inspirational design galleries, and step-by-step cake and cookie tutorials
- Supplier discounts for readers
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Megan's interest in baking led her to research its history and how it has evolved over time. She explored how baking can be used to teach important skills to children and express creativity. Megan wanted to use her love of baking to help others, so she made baked goods to donate to a senior center's flea market and baked with elementary students to help teach them. Her document covered the origins of baking, cakes, pies, and cookies as well as how baking has changed and become popular again in recent years.
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The document outlines the business plan for The Frosted Kitchen bakery. It describes the bakery's mission to provide delicious baked goods at affordable prices and its vision to deliver excellent customer service. The bakery is located in Frostyville, Michigan and offers over 50 flavors of cupcakes, catering services, and baking classes. It hopes to expand its business and bring its cupcakes to more of Michigan.
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7. just for fun
weddings & engagements
frosting recipes
image directory
contributor directory
acknowledgments
about the authors
8.
9. introduction
There’s nothing like a dessert table , a
Willy Wonka dream where everything is
sweet, enticing, and edible. Even better?
Seven dessert tables (some are pictured
here), is what our family created when
the whole town was invited to a
scrumptious gala in celebration of our
grandma’s ninetieth birthday. We were
fortunate to grow up in a family of
bakers, decorators, and overall party
planners, where the preparation for the
event was as much fun as the party itself.
But we admit that there was some
resistance from us, at first.
12. Our mother would send us to school
with trays of colorful, beautifully
decorated minicupcakes, which were
always the first item to sell out. Once,
we were foolish enough to say to Mom,
“Cupcakes again? Why can’t we make
Rice Krispies Treats like the other
families?” But, our wise mother would
smile and say, “You eat with your eyes!”
14. it seemed that overall there was much
less experimentation in cake decorating.
The big choice for a wedding cake was
the color (or lack thereof) of the
flowers. Now, in addition to more color
and finish choices, items like edible
markers and computer imaging have
elevated this art form. The finished
product can be anything from the most
perfectly smooth fondant, to intricately
modeled sugarplums.
16. feast for your inspiration: a range of
confectionary treats that add magic to
both special and everyday occasions.
Your muse, for example, might be the
seasons: the crystalline beauty of winter;
the emerging flowers of spring; the
sparkling celebrations of summer; or the
changing displays of fall. Or, you may be
attracted to the use of color, pattern, and
composition. Think about how you can
reinterpret a theme to create your own
magic. And don’t be afraid to think
outside the (cake) box! An elegant
entertaining cake can be a wedding cake,
as can a holiday cake, as can a … You
get the idea.
18. better when it looks good.” So, to help
ensure that your creations do, in fact,
look as good as possible, we have
included a range of frosting recipes on
page 298 to get you started, culled from
Kate’s Cake Decorating, by Kate
Sullivan.
Mangia!
— Gina M. Brown and Sandra
Salamony
1143. frosting recipes
excerptedfrom Kate’s Cake Decorating by Kate Sullivan
meringue buttercream
Fluffy, silky-smooth meringue
buttercream icing provides both a
substantial cake filling and a just-
right, creamy consistency for
decorating.
MAKES 4 CUPS
1144. 2 cups (4 sticks; 450 g) unsalted
butter, room temperature
1 tablespoon (15 ml) pure vanilla
extract
5 large egg whites
1 ¼ cups (250 g) granulated sugar
1. In a mixing bowl, cream the
butter. Blend in the vanilla. Set
aside.
2. In the bowl of an electric mixer,
combine the egg whites and
sugar. Set the bowl over a pan of
simmering water and whisk
continuously until the sugar has
dissolved, 3 to 5 minutes.
3. Mix on high speed using the
1145. whisk attachment, until firm,
glossy peaks form, about 4
minutes.
4. Reduce the speed to low, and
add the creamed butter, about a
cup at a time, to the meringue.
Beat until smooth.
Don’t worry if the buttercream seems to
break down and curdle when the butter
is added to the eggs. Just continue to
beat it until it smoothes back out to a
soft, creamy texture.
Use immediately or refrigerate in an
airtight container for up to one week. To
restore consistency, bring back to room
temperature and stir with a stiff rubber
1146. spatula or electric mixer.
VARIATION
For chocolate meringue buttercream, add
1 part ganache (page 299) to 4 parts
meringue buttercream recipe.
1147. simple buttercream
This is a good shortcut recipe, sweet
and simple. The trade off: It’s not quite
as smooth or subtle as the meringue
buttercream, but many people prefer
using it for decorations that call for
buttercream because it’s more stable.
MAKES 5 CUPS
1 cup (2 sticks; 225 g) unsalted
butter, room temperature
4 cups (910 g) confectioners’
sugar
1148. ½ cup (120 ml) milk
2 teaspoons (10 ml) vanilla
extract (or other flavor)
⅛ teaspoon salt
1. Combine all ingredients in a
large mixing bowl fitted with a
paddle attachment. Beat on
medium speed until smooth,
about 2 to 3 minutes,
occasionally scraping down the
sides of the bowl.
Use immediately or refrigerate in an
airtight container for up to two weeks.
To restore consistency, bring back to
room temperature and stir with a stiff
rubber spatula or electric mixer.
1150. an easy, foolproof
ganache
Ganache isn’t just a chocolate lover’s
dream, even though it’s a giant
chocolate truffle of a filling—it’s a
cake maker’s delight. It makes a
wonderful sturdy base coat for a cake
that will later be covered in fondant.
It’s the one thing I can’t resist
sampling while making a cake. Adding
Cointreau gives it a nice orangey
flavor and warmth.
MAKES 3 CUPS
1151. 18 ounces (510 g) semisweet
chocolate chips (or block
semisweet chocolate, finely
chopped)
1 ½ cups (355 ml) heavy cream
1 tablespoon (15 ml) liqueur or
flavor (optional)
1. Place the chocolate pieces in a
large heatproof bowl.
2. Bring cream just about to a boil
over medium-high heat. Pour
over chopped chocolate.
3. Cover and let stand 10 minutes.
4. Whisk the chocolate and cream
(and add flavor if desired) until
well combined; dark, smooth,
1152. and glossy.
5. Let sit at room temperature until
cooled. To thicken, beat with
hand mixer for a few minutes. It
also thickens over time as it sits.
Refrigerate in an airtight container for up
to a week. To restore to spreading or
glazing consistency, heat and stir over
double boiler for a few minutes until
softened.
1153. perfect royal icing
This smooth, white, hard-drying icing
holds its shape when you’re piping
decorations. It’s also used as a glue to
connect decorations. It’s sensitive to
heat and humidity, and also to grease,
so keep it cool and make sure your
utensils have been cleansed thoroughly
of butter and oil.
MAKES ABOUT 2 CUPS
2 large egg whites, room
temperature
1154. 4 cups (910 g) confectioners’
sugar
Juice of ½ lemon
1. Beat the egg whites on medium
speed to loosen, about a minute.
2. Add sugar about a cup at a time,
beating continuously until stiff
but not dry, about 4 to 5 minutes.
Add lemon juice.
Refrigerate in an airtight container for up
to a week. To restore to piping
consistency, stir with a stiff rubber
spatula.
1155. tips
If icing is too thick, addmore egg white;
if it is too thin, addmore sugar.
Don’t use raweggs in icing made for pregnant women,
young children, or people with immune deficiencies.
Meringue
powder, which is available at cake-supply shops, is a safe
alternative;
the packaging will carry a recipe for royal icing.
To make a thinner royal icing for flooding borders,
gradually
adda little water at a time until the icing has a syrupy
consistency.
1156. fondant
Fondant is a pliable, doughlike icing
that’s rolled out with a rolling pin. It’s
then draped over a cake and coaxed to
fit like a glove. Even with fondant-
covered cakes prominently featured in
wedding magazines over the past
several years, the porcelain-smooth
finish of rolled fondant still turns a lot
of heads in appreciation and wonder. It
will keep a cake fresh for several days.
Fondant can also be sculpted into
decorations.
1157. MAKES ENOUGH TO COVER A 9-INCH (23
CM) CAKE, 4 INCHES (10 CM) HIGH
RECIPE 1:
Buy ready-made! It tastes just as good
and it’s about 10,000 times less work.
pounds of fondant per tier
size
TIER
SIZE
(3
inches
[9
POUNDS
(KG) OF
FOUNDANT
Round,
octagonal,
petal, or
POUNDS
(KG) OF
FOUNDA
Square
1159. 12-
inch
(30
cm)
cake
3 (1.3 kg) 4 (1.8 kg
14-
inch
(35
cm)
cake
4 (1.8 kg) 5 (2.2 kg
16-
inch
(40
cm)
cake
5 (2.2 kg) 6 (3 kg
1160. 18-
inch
(45
cm)
cake
6 (3 kg) —
This table allows for extra fondant
to be trimmed from each tier:
It’s always best to have too much
rather than too little. The excess
can be wrapped tightly and
reused.
RECIPE 2:
1 tablespoon (14 g) unflavored
gelatin
¼ cup (60 ml) cold water
1161. ½ cup (150 g) glucose or white
corn syrup
1 tablespoon (14 g) glycerin
1 teaspoon (5 ml) flavoring (pure
vanilla extract will impart a
hint of ivory color; clear
extracts are best if you want
a pure white fondant)
4 cups (910 g) sifted
confectioners’ sugar
1. Combine gelatin and cold water
in top of double boiler and let
stand until softened (about 5
minutes). Heat until dissolved
and clear.
2. Remove from heat and add the
glucose (or syrup), glycerin, and
1162. flavoring. Mix well.
3. Place 3 cups (700 g)
confectioners’ sugar in a bowl
and make a well. Slowly pour
the gelatin mixture into the well
and mix until sugar is blended.
4. Use a rubber spatula to scrape
down sides of bowl and remove
the sticky fondant to a clean
work surface. Knead in
remaining cup (210 g) of
confectioners’ sugar, a little at a
time until the fondant is smooth,
pliable, and doesn’t stick to your
hands.
5. Roll the fondant into a smooth
ball and wrap in plastic. Place in
an airtight container in a cool,
1163. dry place to set overnight.
If fondant is too soft, add more sugar; if
too stiff, add water (a scant drop at a
time).
Fondant can be kept for several months
sealed tightly in a plastic bag inside an
airtight container. Do not refrigerate or
freeze.
When ready to use, knead again until
soft.
1164. gumpaste
Gumpaste is a pliable, doughlike
mixture that can be rolled very thin to
make lifelike flowers or bows and can
be shaped into berries or banners and
all sorts of things. Technically it’s
edible, but don’t expect much: it’s
bland and cardboardlike. The
consistency should be pliable but not
sticky; it should snap when pulled
apart. It works best when it’s aged for
a few days.
1 cup (125 g) gumpaste mix
(available at cake suppliers)
1165. 1 tablespoon (14 ml) hot water
Vegetable shortening, for
greasing
1. Combine 1 cup (125 g) of the
mix with the water in a small,
lightly greased glass or ceramic
mixing bowl.
2. When completely blended,
gradually work in the balance of
the mix by kneading into a ball.
Grease the surface of the ball
lightly with vegetable shortening
and wrap well in plastic.
3. Place in an airtight container in a
cool, dry place to set for 12 to
24 hours before using.
1166. If the paste is too sticky, add a little bit
of the powdered mix; if too stiff, add a
touch of shortening.
Since the ingredients for making
gumpaste from scratch are specific to
specialty cake-supply stores, and there’s
no taste advantage for homemade over
the mix, the gumpaste mix is a very good
way to go.
Gumpaste can be kept for several months
sealed tightly in a plastic bag inside an
airtight container.
1167. marzipan
Made from icing sugar, almonds, and
eggs, marzipan has been around for
centuries, and it’s used all over the
world. It’s like a fragrant sweet clay
from which you can fashion all sorts of
figures, fruits, and other decorations. I
prefer it to other modeling pastes for
its taste and appealingly dense texture.
And, I have to admit, I always use
ready-made marzipan. It works and
tastes great, and it can be found in
most grocery stores.
1168. MAKES 2 POUNDS (0.9 KG)
1 pound (455 g) almond paste, cut
into pieces
2 cups (455 g) confectioners’
sugar
¼ cup (75 g) light corn syrup or
glucose
Vegetable shortening, for hands
1. Combine almond paste, the
confectioners’ sugar, and corn
syrup in a large mixing bowl.
Knead the mixture with your
hands (first rub hands with a
light coating of vegetable
shortening to prevent sticking).
2. Shape into a ball and wrap well
1169. in plastic wrap; place in an
airtight container until ready for
use.
Refrigerate in an airtight container for up
to four months.
1173. 0017 Red Rose Cupcake: fresh, red tea
rose on meringue frosting with satin
ribbon
0018 Red Poppy: lemon ricotta cupcake,
handmade fondant red poppy
0019 Brigadeiro Cake: chocolate
ganache, chopped chocolate, chocolate
transfer sheet
0020 Black Forest Cupcakes: piped
whipped cream, topped with cherry
0021 Red Garden: poured fondant,
handmade gumpaste flower
0022 Chocolate Cake Pops: dipped,
decorated
1174. 0023 Summer Fruits Basket: chocolate
scrolls, buttercream
0024 Red Poppy: red gumpaste flower
using daisy cutter, black sparkle
0025 Red Daisies: piped dark
chocolate, rolled fondant
0026 The Henna Collection: hand
painting on sugarpaste
0027 Tea Cookies: colored cookie
dough
0028 Various Daisies: rolled fondant,
royal icing
0029 Cupcakes: orange buttercream,
1175. sugar flowers
0030 Orange Flower Cookies: rolled
fondant, embossed, molded flowers
0031 Birdcage Cake: piped royal icing,
rolled fondant
0032 B & B Cake: striped fondant with
handcrafted floral vine
0033 Anamarie: chocolate wrapped
with piped floral vine
0034 Bonnie: fondant with handcrafted
phalaenopsis orchids
0035 Sunset Bamboo: fondant with color
gradation, hibiscus appliqué &
1176. handcrafted bamboo
0036 Pillows Cake: sculpted fondant
stacked Indian pillows & handcrafted
jewel accents
0037 Bird of Paradise: fondant hand
painted with bird of paradise appliqué
0038 Orange Cuppies: buttercream
swirl, mandarin orange
0039 Fall Flower Cupcakes: chocolate
buttercream icing, fondant decorations
0040 Spring Sprinkle Cupcakes: vanilla
buttercream
0041 Tropical Cupakes: buttercream
1177. swirl with hand-painted fondant disk
0042 Tropical Blooms: embossed
fondant circle cutout topped with
blooms, buttercream
0043 Green Orchids: rolled fondant,
gumpaste green cymbidium orchids
0044 Pink Floral Mini Cakes: petit four
techniques, fondant cutouts
0045 Flower Celebration Cake: candy-
striped detail, handmade sugar flowers
0046 Summer Garden: rolled fondant,
royal icing
0047 Gerbera Daisies Cake: fondant,
1178. gumpaste daisies
0048 Spring Cupcakes: fondant,
handmade toppers
0049 Purple Rose Cupcakes: five-petal
rose cutter, dragees
0050 Hot Pink & Black: fondant
0051 Brandi Cake: satin ice fondant,
fondant cutouts, edible glitter, gumpaste
lilies, piped buttercream writing
0052 Black & White Striped Cake:
fondant, gumpaste embellishments
0053 Hot Red: fondant, embossing
1179. 0054 Purple Blossoms: rolled fondant,
flower cutter
0055 Heart Sugar Cookies: stenciled
royal icing
0056 Whimsical & Fairylike: fondant,
sugar pearls, embossing
0057 Leftovers: buttercream, fondant
0058 Special Occasion Cake: chocolate
cigarillos, fresh roses
0059 Blue & Green Modern Floral:
chocolate transfer sheet, chocolate
piping
0060 Panda Bear: hand-painted, colored