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It’s strawberry season! Strawberries are one of my favorite fruits. I love to use them all year round. Since the season is so short, I like to make strawberry puree as a preserve them for later use. This week I’m making a whole batch of puree.
Making puree is a great way to store strawberries for upcoming cakes or for next winter. What’s the difference between puree and jam?
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It’s time for the Cake tool of the month again! Are you making lots of sugar flowers? (I am – it’s wedding season!) A pasta roller is indispensable for rolling out your flower paste (or gumpaste) thinly and evenly.
Without this really helpful tool, I’d be lost as a sugar florist.
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Today I’ve got a very popular recipe for you: Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Buttercream.
If you’ve never heard of red velvet before: It’s a very popular chocolate cake flavor from the US, traditionally decorated with a creamy frosting. People liked to eat it 100 years ago! Back then, the red color was due to the cocoa powder, back then it was not alkalized and turned red from a reaction with the buttermilk. This cake used to be called “devil’s food” cake!
Today the name is more elegant – “red velvet”.
Happy Syrup-making! Love, Xuân-Minh
Hello! Today I’m going to answer the most frequently asked question by my clients and students. Which cake size should I bake / order for my event?
The short answer: It depends! The most important factors that come into play, are the number of guests in attendance, but also what kind of food will be served, and how much!
The long answer:
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Hello and welcome to my new blog in English! Today I’ve got a great tutorial for you: A very cute sugar mini rose that is incredibly easy to make.
It’s a perfect decoration for small sweets like cupcakes, mini cakes, cake pops and cookies.
Hello and welcome! I’m finally blogging for you in English! This strawberry drip cake is the first blog post that I’ve prepared for you.
Today’s recipe for you is a fluffy strawberry drip cake with cream cheese filling, covered in white ganache and decorated with strawberry ganache, and fresh berries.
Perfect for surprising your mom for mother’s day, a loved one for their upcoming birthday – or any early summer celebration!
You’ll agree with me that we are always searching for the fluffiest, but still moist and flavorful sponge available. I think this is the one.
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