Because the chocolate is the most exotic guilt

From the ancient time we are addicted to chocolate. The cocoa was first found by the Mexicans who used to prepare a hot drink from it. Then the people of Belgium transformed it in milk chocolate bars and brought a revolution in the world of desserts. One step further, the trend of chocolate cakes which was the gift from the Dutch and Viennese, made the chocolate the most adorable food ingredient of the people from all over the world.

No matter what is our age, culture, nationality or food habit; we all are passionate about chocolate and if it is a chocolate cake covered with smooth delightful chocolate fudges, lattice shapes, chips etc., nothing is comparable to the bliss. Now, while we have cupcakes, a better miniature version of yummy chocolate cake with the same taste, richness and aroma, anybody can have its portion of this heavenly bite anytime.

Filled with the goodness of starch, eggs and cream, a single serving of chocolate cake is the best start of a day when it is complemented with a glass of milk for kids as well as an adult. While at the party, this is the most awaited and adored dessert that no one can resist. If you are in love or experiencing a recent break up, chocolates can soothe you, for both.

Though many dieticians and doctors advise to control the habit of chocolate cosumption, chocolate lovers find their own ways by gulping sugar free cake, cookies, and ice creams and low fat versions. Still the cakes with chocolate flavour and coated with breath-taking chocolate decoration are undoubtedly the most sought-after baked delicacies. Doesn’t matter how much calories it contains and how many hours of exercise is required to balance, chocolate lovers will always rush for a slice. And we are acquainted with many who don’t even share, quite capable to gulp a pound alone.

Cake is the sweetest personalized way to show that you love someone so much

When you love someone, how will you express it when you are not friendly with words; maybe you go with roses, cards, and a box of exotic chocolates with a beautiful love quote or poem.  But I think, you should take a chance with your baking skills. A tasty and nicely decorated cake can help you to win your sweetheart.  Is it valentine’s day or you want to thank them for making your life so graceful on thanksgiving day, it could be a birthday or you want to say sorry, cake is the best way to show your feelings.

From chocolate to red velvet or colourful rainbow cake, simply but skilfully piped and highlighted with a pinch of glitter, a cake can get all that appeal that is enough to melt a heart. While it is a dessert prepared for ‘love’, no doubt it should be in the heart shape or adorned with heart-shaped decorations. To give more touchy appearance, you can apply fondant made or real roses.
While you are friendly with piping work, a whole range of ideas is available for you. Decorate it with swirls, flowers, leaves and other delightful patterns. You can also write a sweet love quote with the choco-writing tubes.

But, if you are not so good at piping, don’t lose your heart, just frost your cake with simple vanilla butter cream icing and pour molten chocolate over it. It will give a magical effect as nothing is more exotic than chocolates. Here again, don’t forget to place a heart shape (it could be made of sugar, gum paste or cereal )covered with red cake glitter as you are unique so your way to express your love should be unique too. So, don’t wait, just rush to your kitchen and give your darling a sweetest surprise.

Some easy yet smart ideas to decorate birthday cakes for kids

While you are planning a birthday party for your little rock star, you definitely consider his or her choice in all aspects of menu, guest list and party decoration. In this birthday bash, don’t underestimate the central attraction of the event, the cake. Though you are a good baker and can bake a really tasty cake, that is not enough for an occasion like this. Think about decorating it in an amazing way that your sweetheart and the guests feel fascinated with your expertise.

First of all you should bake a simple chocolate or vanilla cake as the base. These two are universal flavours. Now apply a coat of butter cream icing of the colour and flavour loved by your little one. Usually kids love strawberry, chocolate, pineapple, butterscotch and vanilla icing for their cakes. From here, your designer journey starts.  Here are some ideas or tips to decorate a birthday cake in very easy yet lovely style:

• You can coat the whole cake with tiny sprinkle. There are a variety of jemmies, sugar strands, hearts and many other sprinkling items, available to be picked according to your choice. Adding meringues, fudges and other confectionery tops is also a good choice.
• Just melt some chocolate and pour over the cake and when it is cooled enough pipe some simple flowers or any simple pattern with the help of the icing tube.
• One more trick of sprinkle decoration; crush a milk chocolate or a dark chocolate and sprinkle all over the cake.
• Add his or her favourite fruits or dry fruits over the cake. You can apply a single fruit or a combination of more.
• Edible print sheets of popular cartoon characters are available in the market. Pick any and apply on the cake. So simple, but your kid will love it.
• If you are good in piping work then show your skill by creating some delightful flower or other designer pattern.

Before starting the decoration, get your cake cool properly

If you are in the baking business or regularly bake in your kitchen, you are simply aware of this fact that a cool cake is ideal for cake decoration. Generally, it is best to give the time of a whole night to your cake to get properly dry and set in itself. But in emergency as you have to complete an urgent order or your cake base has been spoiled accidently, you don’t have this time; here are some easy techniques to cool your cake base faster and without any stress and fear of breakage:

• Usually what you will do in the rush time, bake a cake, bring it out and starch it. It's wrong, let be in the oven for a while.
• When you can feel the nice aroma of completely baked cake in your kitchen, off the oven but let it rest in it. Now bring it out and place on your counter for 10-15 minutes.
• The cake base is still hot inside and it’s time to shift it in the fridge. In about 15 minutes it is cool enough to touch and stretch out.
• The cake at this condition is quite perfect for eating right this way, but if you need a right base of decoration, you need more cool yet a moist cake. To maintain the moisture, it is ideal to wrap the cake while it is still in the pan and let it placed in the fridge.
• One or one and half-an-hour is quite enough time for this purpose and afterwards is time to bring the pan out from the fridge. You should use a sharp knife to get your cake firmly out from the pan. In this way, you shall get a perfect base for your cake decoration, even if you are in a hurry.

Some tips for working on cakes during summer

Summer is hot, humid and sometimes threatening to the cake business. Sometimes, it becomes very tricky to deal with heat and as a result the droopy and melted butter-cream. The high temperature not only harms the icing layer, but it spoils the entire cake decoration as all sugar made decorative get sticky and the glitter also starts to lose its colour and shimmer.  Here are some tips to deal with summer and assure a beautiful yet stable cake decoration this season.

• As possible, keep your cake in cool temperature, while you are decorating, storing or transporting it.
• While you are preparing a big size cake for wedding or any such occasion, it is recommended that assemble it on the venue, right before the event.
• In case, you are thinking to present the pre-assembled cake to the venue, be sure about your transportation. The delivery van must be air-conditioned otherwise the cake can get weaken, melt or even collapse due to heat.
• During summers, replace the classic butter cream with Swiss Meringue butter cream or Italian butter cream. Adding Meringue powder in the regular butter cream makes it a bit harder and stable in hot climate.
• Using a bit less known cheese cream icing is a better and stable alternative to butter cream icing and it also it tastes good.
• While delivering a big sized cake always be prepared for any kind of emergency.  Having back up plan and cake-repairing kit is smart and professional tip to face any problem. This kit may include extra butter cream, some extra pieces of fondant or gum paste articles used in the cake, sprinkle decoration items, glitter sugar etc.
• Though cake should be kept in the refrigerator before the reception, but before final presentation it should be placed out and kept at room temperature for some time. A change in the temperature may cause condensation and the entire cake decoration may ruin due to this.

Benefits of ordering your next slot of bulk icing tubes online

Whether you are a homemaker or professional chef or a hobbyist; the need for icing and icing tubes is common, if you are heavily into designing and decorating cakes, pastries, cookies and any kind of dessert than just simply preparing it. There was a time when you had limited access to ordering cake decoration items.

You used to visit stores and spend a considerable time to get the right thing at the right price. Thanks to the Internet; you now can compare, choose, and opt from unlimited varieties of products without leaving the comfort of your home or at the lunchbreak of a working day.

You are lucky that contemporary online cake decoration stores keep a range of ready-to-use tubes, filled with icing in different colours and flavours. These tubes are available in almost in all the colours and in a number of shades. Choco-icing too is available in tubes.

And these are not at all expensive. If you buy in bulk, you may get a discount too. Ideally you should always buy the icings in bulk so that you can keep a stock. These tubes are easy to preserve and why should you think of using the icing on the cakes only?

You can swirl on the cookies and cupcakes to bring smiles on the breakfast table. Surely this will cheer up the tiny tots in the house and boost your mood as well. And since edible glitters too are available in tubes, you can also add some sparkle in your platter.

Besides, you can get a doorstep delivery if you buy online. But before you order for icing tubes in bulk make sure that the icings are free of any artificial flavour, colour or bad fats. We do ensure that our products are completely free of such things that can result in health hazards. 

OMG it’s a chocolate cake

Chocolate is the most adorable, exotic and desired dessert in itself. And when it is included in any other dessert; makes that special also. People love chocolate cakes, cupcakes, cookies and ice creams with the same passion. And when there is talk about chocolate cake, nothing can match the feel and appeal of cocoa. Who can resist the rich puddles of flawless chocolate sponges covered with mouth-watering chocolate butter cream icing and decorated with delightful chocolate chips and ruffles? Chocolate is the ideal topping for all types and all flavours of cakes.

There are many flawless recipes of chocolate cakes and each of them is quite capable enough to steal a heart with just one glance for example chocolate layer cake, marble cake, chocolate mousse,  fudge cake, devil’s food cake, black forest cake, ganache cake and many more. Now a day, the expert bakers are experimenting this fine exotic flavour with some unique blends such as rum, coconut, mint, red pepper, tea and honey. These ideas are getting more popular as the chocolate lovers accept every delightful and innovative idea regarding cocoa.

These day the chocolate cakes are introduced in a new avatar, the rich, creamy, smoother, silkier but flourless cake.  This new trend is setting some very new standards in modern patisserie. This cake is made by using the aerated chocolate custard. This fine restaurant style dessert is gaining popularity among the people who prefer the gluten free diet.

Though chocolate is a high calorie diet and, some say, it is the richest source of cholesterol, but if we listen to the chocolate lovers, this is a guilt free sin which fills the life with an unmatched satisfaction. No doubt, the number of chocolates made recipes and the passion for this dessert is increasing every day. To know about various options of chocolate decorations and tips, please click the website.