Do you ever find yourself puzzled when a recipe calls for a pastry bag? You have a pastry bag in one hand and dozens of piping tips on the table and no clue how to put 2 and 2 together. Most times you push the tips back into the drawer and switch to your trusted…
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National Pie Day!
Let’s start the blog by suggesting that New Years Resolutions are made to be broken. Eating healthy, working out, losing weight and building muscle are all great ideas to begin 2019, but one day stands in your way. It’s National Pie Day! Whether your an expert pie baker or just starting out you’ve come to…
What are Russian Piping Tips?
Russian piping tips have taken the icing world by storm! These new trending tips allow even the most amateur baker to create beautiful flowers complete with a detailed center and delicate petals. To create a detailed flower with traditional piping tips can be extremely difficult and take years to perfect, but with Russian piping tips…
Essential Tools Every Baker Should Own
What baking tools do I need? That is a great question many hobby chefs and bakers ask themselves. So I will go through the essential baking tools every baker should own! This blog will not breakdown the “basic” items like an oven or a measuring cup, but rather dive deeper into the essentials. Read on…
How To Use Russian Piping Tips
Working with Russian Piping Tips do not need to be complicated, they can actually be quite easy to use. Take a look at this blog from Cake Central on how to use Russian Piping tips! Enjoy! Source: How To Use Russian Piping Tips
National Cupcake Day
Cupcakes: soft, sweet, mouth watering desserts. Today is National Cupcake day and what better way to get through a Monday than by celebrating such a wonderful day! The thought of the beautiful frosted icing has the ability to make any freshly baked cupcake alluring. After a long Monday their is not a more enticing activity than…
National Pie Day!
Today is National Pie Day! That wonderfully delicious pastry that can be enjoyed no matter what time of the year it is. In honor of this momentous occasion, we couldn’t resist sharing a few of our favorite recipes! Who knows maybe this will inspire you to bake your own pie or maybe just eat some!…
We are Coming for your Holiday Dinner!
T’was the night before Christmas, when all through the kitchen, Nobody would help, or even pitch in. While the children danced and played in the snow, All knives were clean and ready to go. The family fell asleep, all snug in their beds, While visions of feasting crept into their heads. While Nana, Papa, Mike…
#NationalLemonMeringuePieDay
National Lemon Meringue Pie Day is almost upon us! The thought of this pie is enough to make anybody feel hungry and starved for the tart and rich lemon filling, the flaky crust and the soft and sweet meringue topping. This pie will have your mouth watering in no time! To celebrate, let’s take a…
A Very Yummy Christmas!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year and it’s time to start baking (if you haven’t already done so)! Enjoy some quality time with the kids and make some of their favorite treats to celebrate the Holidays! Mickey’s Santa Hat Cookie Puzzle Does this mean it’s finally acceptable to play with our food? White…
Forget Pumpkin Spice, Gingerbread Everything!
December is just around the corner! No really, it’s December tomorrow! Hard to believe we were just drinking our Pumpkin Spice Lattes and participating in fun Fall activities! It’s time for the Pumpkin Spice to move on over because Winter’s favorite flavor is moving in…GINGERBREAD! Gingerbread Cake Cookies Classic Gingerbread Cake Gingerbread Pancakes Gingerbread Cupcakes
Are You Whisking the Best Way You Can Be?
Video Credit: America’s Test Kitchen From America’s Test Kitchen: We’ve noticed that different cooks seem to favor different motions when using a whisk. Some prefer side-to-side strokes, others use circular stirring, and others like the looping action of beating that takes the whisk up and out of the bowl. That got us wondering: Is any one…
Tools for The Discriminating Chef 