Help! What Chocolate Should I Use? Not all chocolates are created equal. If you’re new to chocolate, it is hard to understand the differences between compound chocolate and couverture. Each has it’s own composition, unique properties, and uses. In this post, we’ll explore everything you need to know to differentiate between them, highlighting their best […]
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Sep
Sep
Tempering Chocolate: The Basics Tempering chocolate is the controlled process of melting, cooling, and re-solidifying chocolate to create a stable crystal structure. Chocolate is composed of cocoa solids, cocoa butter, and sugar. These components can form different types of crystals depending on how the chocolate is handled during melting and cooling. The goal of tempering […]
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Aug
Aug
Have you ever wondered how bakers use the benefits of meringue powder and CMC powder to get professional results? Baking is a science that people have been practicing for centuries. Behind every delightful cake, cookie, or pastry lies a world of ingredients that work together to create magic. Among the many secret weapons used by […]
With new trends evolving in 2020 and 2021 more and more for hot chocolate bombs, smash hearts and anything chocolate, we have definitely seen a trend and an increase in sales on chocolate and how to customize the colours. Some of our customers are looking for a couverture chocolate (cocoa butter based and cocoa solid […]
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Jan
Jan
You are gold baby, solid gold! What is all the rave about in edible gold? I will start with a little history on this product and then how we can apply it to everything. There are plenty of reasons people love gold. For one, it’s shiny. But beyond the obvious, pure gold (22-24 karats) can be […]
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Nov
Nov
I remember the first time my mother tried a gluten free loaf back in the early 1900’s the taste was terrible and I was not impressed as a child. The result suffer a bit and enjoy fluffy baked goods. However today is a much better situation for those that need alternatives to Wheat flour in […]
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May
May
It was a hot summer day and a standard Saturday of doing deliveries. Together our team was ready to make memories for many happy couples. As we pulled up to one of our deliveries a 4 tier square wedding cake was being taken out of the vehicle and transported to the reception room. With in […]
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Jan
Jan
Cake Decorating, Icing Cookies and frosting a cupcake is more exciting with color. However with so many colour’s to choose such as gel, paste, liquid and powder where does one start. Your base color to choose will be some what dependent on what you are putting color into. The Chefmaster colour line offers a highly […]