tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41159688180491766832024-02-21T05:01:10.678+02:00Cake Decorating BlogSharon Peledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13975066856833450725noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115968818049176683.post-77034850325735955402014-01-28T14:35:00.001+02:002014-01-28T14:44:13.785+02:00Hilarious 5 minute cake jokes video <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is sooo funny, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I just had to share it with you guys, 5 minutes of cake jokes! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By a great comedian: <b>Jim Gaffigen</b></span><br />
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<br />Sharon Peledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13975066856833450725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115968818049176683.post-2086254016946330832013-12-23T12:13:00.003+02:002013-12-23T20:06:35.200+02:00free tutorial on how to create a chocolate christmas tree!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My gift is a tutorial on how to make a hand crafted , easy to make, tasty chocolate christmas tree!</span><br>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I already cut mine. You'll need three triangles. And a pair of scissors. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Start by gluing the sides of the foam board using glue and some clear tape. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Attach two pieces of the foam, first. pointy end to pointy end. Once arranged to your liking attach the third piece.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Looking from the bottom it should look like a pyramid- something like this:</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't worry about it if it doesn't look perfect. you will be attaching chocolates to cover pretty much the whole thing.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Continue adding chocolates in the same way. You can arrange them tightly close, or further apart. That's up to you.</span><br>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once you finsh one side continue to the next one. I switched colord for each side, but you can either use the same color for the whole tree or mix them on all sides.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">attach a heart to the end of </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a toothpick. using the glue gun, glue it to the top op the tree!</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These trees will be a hit in your christmas party. </span><br>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can wrap them in cellophane and give them as gifts or use them to decorate your table and serve at dessert time! A great treat!</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I bake cupcakes and use beautiful cupcake liners for a beautiful presentation, but then I get stuck with a few left overs.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222;">This usually happens to me when I try a new recipe, and I end up with 30 cupcakes instead of 32 or 35, the number of cupcakes that was stated in the recipe. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222;">Well, I gotta tell you, this is kind of upsetting. Because until now I had no idea what to do with these liners. I couldn't just through them out, because I was sure i'll use them someday... I just didn't know how or when. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">A few days ago I counted my leftover liners and found that I have 40 different liners. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> I got an email from one of my friends, with lots of tips and tricks for the kitchen. Usually I don't bother opening these emails, I honestly don't have the time.( between 3 kids, a hubby and a business to run)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222;">But I was intrigued, and found this great idea:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">So I decided to check the web for more ideas ( why didn't I think of that earlier?! )</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I just love the fact that people are sooo creative. I found tons of ideas. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Make a small hole in a sturdy cupcake liner</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another simple and great idea, I got from <a href="http://www.yammiesnoshery.com/2013/07/chocolate-covered-strawberry-nutella.html" target="_blank">yammiesnoshery blog</a>. Although, I suggest using these in a different way than Yammie. </span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I suggest melting some dark chocolate, and using a narrow flat paint brush- brush cupcake liners with a thick coat of the melted chocolate. This way you'll have a more durable chocolate shell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found these lovely <a href="http://www.u-createcrafts.com/2012/07/25-fabulous-cupcake-liner-crafts.html" target="_blank">snowflakes here</a>, and the tutorial on how to create these </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://thepinkcouch.blogspot.co.il/2011/12/holiday-snowflakes-photo-tutorial.html" target="_blank">snowflakes made from cupcake liners, is here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Create floral toppers for your cupcakes, for your dinners or as gifts. I would really go wild with colors and design.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can find the instructions for the <a href="http://icingdesignsonline.blogspot.co.il/2011/01/diy-cupcake-liner-flower-toppers.html" target="_blank">cupcake floral liners here at Icingdesigns </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Kelly</b> from <b><a href="http://www.imperfecthomemaking.com/2012/02/cheerful-wreath-from-cupcake-liners.html" target="_blank">Imperfect homemaking</a></b> created a cheerful wreath. You won't believe how easy it is! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last but by no means least, is this beautiful Daffodil cupcake arrangement. A great idea for your holiday gifts. the <a href="http://www.cuteasafox.com/2012/05/mini-cupcake-flowers.html" target="_blank"><b>Daffodil cupcakes</b> are actually cupcake pops! check them out here at <b>Ashely's </b>blog <b>cute as a fox</b></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What do you do with left over cupcake liners? I'd love to hear your thoughts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span>Sharon Peledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13975066856833450725noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115968818049176683.post-84039789590537903302013-11-20T01:37:00.002+02:002013-11-20T11:21:48.296+02:00Gumpaste Vs. Sugarpaste<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you might know I teach cake decorating classes in one of the leading cooking schools in Israel. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In my basic course the second meeting involves sculpting a woman. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I׳ve been teaching this course for quite some time and I always use Gumpaste for sculpting, just as I do for my own cake figures and decorations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">However, no matter how much I stress the superiority of Gumpaste over Sugarpaste, for sculpting, designing and delicate intricate work, I always get the same question from my students, can't I use Sugarpaste in another method or form?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well for starters you can use whatever you want, but if you want a good looking figure, a delicate flower or intricate lace pieces, I truly recommend using Gumpaste. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I compare Sugarpaste to a farmer: he works long and hard, he does rough tasks, that must be done properly but without too much attention to delicacy or design. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gumpaste is similar to a royal family member. They are very delicate, they wear lace and silks and diamonds. They are all about beauty and design. They want perfect accuracy and decorations. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of my wedding cakes, <br />the decor and couple are made of<br />gumpaste</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sugarpaste for cake covering and Gumpaste for decor and sculpting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That is all good and dandy, but I do have one exception I tell my students: What if you want to sculpt or create sugar flowers, you don't have Gumpaste and you have no desire to go to the store, or you can't go because your snowed in or just too tired?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We'll this consists as an emergency in my book :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this case you can add some Gum </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">tragacanth, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Taylose, or CMC. These are powders used to stiffen your paste while adding a stretch quality to it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Add 1-2 tea spoons of any one of these powders to your Sugarpaste , knead well and let sit for 30 minutes to 1 hour, prior to using.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The paste will be stiffer than regular Sugarpaste, thus fitting for basic design work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But, this paste will never have the same qualities Gumpaste has. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That is why I recommend having Gumpaste or making your own. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is A very good Gumpaste recipe I use for my sugar flowers:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Alan Dunn's Gumpaste recipe</i></b></span><br />
<span class="ftalternatingbartextlarge" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><i>5 tsp cold water,<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />2 tsp powdered gelatine,<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />18 oz confectioners' sugar (sifted)<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />3 tsp gum tragacanth<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />2 tsp liquid glucose,<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />3 tsp white vegetable fat plus an extra tsp to be added later<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />1 large fresh egg white <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Mix the water and gelatine in a small bowl and leave to stand for 30mins. Sift the icing sugar and gum tragacanth together into the bowl of your heavy duty mixer. </i></span><br />
<span class="ftalternatingbartextlarge" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>Place the gelatine/water mix over a pan of hot water and stir till the gelatine has dissolved. </i></span><br />
<span class="ftalternatingbartextlarge" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>Add the glucose and vegetable fat to the gelatine and water mixture and keep heating until everything has dissolved. Add this mixture to the icing sugar and egg white and start beating in the lowest speed then slowly turn the speed up to high till the paste is stringy and white. </i></span><br />
<span class="ftalternatingbartextlarge" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>Take the paste from the bowl and knead together. Cover using the extra tsp of vegetable fat to stop it crusting and place in a plastic bag inside an airtight container. </i></span><br />
<span class="ftalternatingbartextlarge" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>Let the paste rest for 12 hrs before using.</i></span><br />
<span class="ftalternatingbartextlarge" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>Keep in the fridge.</i></span><br />
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<span class="ftalternatingbartextlarge" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">if you send me good qulity photos i'll portray it in the blog!</span><br />
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<span class="ftalternatingbartextlarge" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Till next time, cake away!'</span></div>
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Sharon Peledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13975066856833450725noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115968818049176683.post-24304860662512179662013-11-13T20:44:00.002+02:002013-11-13T22:50:00.515+02:00sculpting with food<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">It is no secret that sculpting
with gum paste, fondant or candy clay is sculpting with food. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">But these
media all follow the same guidelines - kneading some of the material at hand
then transforming it into a new object, from flowers to animals to
people. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I've been
using these media for over 15 years, and I love working with them, but I'm
always fascinated when I see other food used to create one of a kind sculptures. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Such as
cheese: </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Pumpkin carving:</b></span><br />
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the work of a chef that is also a sculptor, Shimon Ben ami. He sculpts in Margarine! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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he handles the Margarine. He didn't smooth it as you would regularly see in
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Hashanah at my house. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Dinner went well, everyone
enjoyed the meal, and we had a lovely time. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Next, it was cake time! For this special occasion I baked a great honey spiced
cake in one of my springform pans. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">If you don't know what I'm talking about, you should check them out. These pans
are great for cakes and desserts that are prone to fall apart when removed
from regular cake pans. The springform pans have a special feature: the rim
loosens from the base of the pan when you open the clamp. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">You can't imagine how useful
this is. I regularly bake in these pans, remove the rim and display my cakes on
a nice serving platter or cake stand, thus avoiding all the mess and possible
problems involved in removing a cake from a cake pan. Finally, if you have cake
leftovers, you can reattach the rim to the base, cover the pan with and replace
it in your fridge. It's a really great feature!</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">By the way, some of the pans
come with two different bases, for use as a tube pan or a regular round cake
pan. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">If you don't have a springform cake pan I recommend adding one to your kitchen
for delicate cakes, such as chocolate mousse cakes and cheese cakes, or as
I use them for . </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">As I was pulling it out
of the fridge, it hit the fridge door and got a small dent on the top of the
pan. I was a little upset, because I really like that pan, but I didn't give it
much thought. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">After I served the cake I had some cake left and
was planning on closing the rim back, and placing the cake in the fridge. To my
dismay the pan didn't lock itself when I closed the clamp! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Lucky for me I have a very handy Dad that was
happy to take the pan with the rest of the cake to fix it for me! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">
Lucky for you :) he took photos of the very simple and quick process in case
your springform pan ceases to function.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>So how do you fix a springform cake pan?</b></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In the photo below you can see my springform
pan. The long silver handle is the clamp handle. When pressed all the way to
the left, the rim is closed and locked. When pulled to the right (as you can
see in the next photo) the clamp loosens and the rim opens and you can detach
the cake base and cake or dessert from the rim. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The yellow arrow is pointing to a metal piece attaching the clamp hinge to the pan. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In order to fix the pan all you need to do, is,
use a set of flat nose pliers and bend the metal piece to the left, thus strengthening
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Sharon Peledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13975066856833450725noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115968818049176683.post-39470974706556738782011-08-09T15:32:00.001+03:002011-08-09T15:32:03.957+03:00All things chocolate! Part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:DoNotOptimizeForBrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--> </div><div dir="LTR">Have you ever slept in a room created from chocolate??? With a chocolate mosaic wall and chocolate furniture? </div><div dir="LTR">Well, Godiva created one for a contest:</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, how can you make these mini chocolate hamburgers?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">For the burgers:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">use chocolate discs (dark or milk)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS80XYQS8kGmRLqDRua8qao2cFJnuvuvgXc57-pUBYZZ3QklSuRE4vZz4W_rpkJgPc9M6Tf7K4XTWh8qNBaAxf7e9ADHzoLoUS2BURGheyHBNaIQqxQMegr9J7vwSBycinx4_EiVwbUrA/s1600/chocolate+Discs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS80XYQS8kGmRLqDRua8qao2cFJnuvuvgXc57-pUBYZZ3QklSuRE4vZz4W_rpkJgPc9M6Tf7K4XTWh8qNBaAxf7e9ADHzoLoUS2BURGheyHBNaIQqxQMegr9J7vwSBycinx4_EiVwbUrA/s200/chocolate+Discs.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">For the buns:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">make these cookies: </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">7 ounces of butter, at room temp.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">5.3 ounces sifted flour</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">5.3 ounces cup sifted white cornflour</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">1 teaspoon of baking powder</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">3.5 ounces of confectioner’s sugar</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">1 teaspoon vanilla extract</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">Place in a mixing bowl the butter, confectioner’s sugar and vanilla extract and beat for several minutes using the flat beater, until you reach a smooth cream.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">Gradually add the flour, cornflour and baking powder and mix until combined.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">Place the dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">Turn on the oven to 350 F/175 C</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">Create balls from cookie dough, for ½ of the balls make sure the ball isn’t wider than the chocolate discs; flatten them just a bit. For the second half, use just half the amount of cookie dough and flatten the ball to create a round disc. Thus creating 2 parts of the bun, top and bottom.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">Both cookie types should be about the same diameter, and just a tad larger than the chocolate discs. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">Brush the cookies that are rounded on top, lightly with egg white; spread some sesame seeds on each one. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">Line a baking pan with parchment paper.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">Place a flat cookie, a chocolate disc on top of it and a rounded dome shaped cookie on top of the chocolate. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">Bake for 10-12 minutes, be careful not to burn the cookies!, let cool fully and enjoy your chocolate maple mini burgers!<br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span dir="RTL">I hope you enjoyed me summer glimps to the chocolate dreams in this world</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span dir="RTL">Til next time</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span dir="RTL">Cake away</span></div><span dir="RTL"><br />
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<span dir="RTL">Sharon</span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></span>Sharon Peledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13975066856833450725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115968818049176683.post-40812499426128562662011-08-02T14:11:00.002+03:002011-08-02T18:57:24.246+03:00All things chocolate! first part (because I couldn't choose!)<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span dir="LTR">I'm gonna make a statment I'm pretty sure you'll be able to relate to:</span></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: left;"><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">I LOVE CHOCOLATE! </span></b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: left;"><b><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></b></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span dir="LTR">That's why, today I brought you a gift! the most amazing things created in chocolate.</span></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span dir="LTR">Sit back and enjoy the ride:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">First come the shoes and bags, they are so beautiful and I really like the sets of items.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">Frances Cooley a chocolatier and owner of Choc Chic creates fabulous stiletto shoes and handbags out of Belgian chocolate.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'll take this one! thank you</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And a matching pair of shoes! great</td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">Next are these AMAZING dresses created for the Salon Du Chocolate- an annual exhibit held at Paris. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">I was very lucky to visit this exhibit with my husband on our honeymoon almost 15 years ago. It was amazing, an Eiffel tower from chocolate activated as a chocolate fountain, a candy machine throwing candies at you at high speed and kids collecting them using their shirts as bowls, beautiful and tasty chocolate acorns, chocolate branches, tasting the coca fruit pulp, it was so good I still remember its flavor, unbelievable! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you want to visit the great wall of china but enjoy an easy trip, this is the way to do it:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0129/A-new-world-wonder-China-s-Great-Wall-remade-in-tons-of-chocolate">http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0129/A-new-world-wonder-China-s-Great-Wall-remade-in-tons-of-chocolate</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">I found a lot of other stuff made of chocolate,but I don't want you to have too much at once, you know the saying.. good things come in small packages.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Til next time,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Cake away</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Sharon</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"></span>Sharon Peledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13975066856833450725noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115968818049176683.post-28702243537125901012011-08-01T00:46:00.005+03:002011-08-02T19:02:42.587+03:00Remember The Puzzle cake?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I've been decorating cakes for many years, (over 15 as a hobby and over 6 as a business) I must say that I have the most amazing customers! (mainly brides, and sometimes the bride's moms) <br />
Most of them call me a few days after the wedding, or drop a line to tell me how great their wedding cake was.<br />
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That really makes me happy, I gotta tell you, even after sooo many cakes, I always have the jitters and never truly relax until I know everything went well. (hubby, that's why I have so much white hair!)<br />
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Once in a while, I get really fun reviews that are even more exciting than usual!<br />
I got one of those today ! yeh-y!<br />
I felt like sharing, it with you, if you decorate cakes, cookies or occupay in any business that involves working with people, I'm sure you can relate.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">"</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Dear Sharon,</span></i><br />
<div><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">I am sending you two photographs of Leora and Ran with the wonderful wedding cake you made for them!</span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></i><br />
<div><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Everyone who tasted it said how good it was.</span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></i><br />
<div><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">It also looked fantastic and turned out exactly as we discussed beforehand.</span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></i><br />
<div><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">I would heartily recommend your cakes to anyone who wants something original, impressive, and tasty. </span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">So thank you.</span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></i><br />
<div><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Sincerely,</span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></i><br />
<div><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Hedva Rechtman"</span></i></div><div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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So I will tell you all about it in the next few days, but right now here is my latest creation- a cute bucket and rake cake, made yesterday for his kindergarten end of the year party.<br />
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I haven't really told the teacher what I do for a living, thus elegently avoiding special requests all throught the year...even his birthday cake was very simple, I only used edible paper -pooh drawing, because the next day he had a cute birthday cake for his party at home.<br />
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Well, the teacher, oblivient to my primary love (yaha, after my hubby and kids of course..) asked us to bring to the party a vegtable platter and 3 soft drink bottles <br />
I love vegetables and was quite content with the request, but I didn't count on my baby boy (3.5 yrs) expectations-<br />
"mommy, I want you to make a cake for the party!".<br />
"Honey, I can't your teacher asked for vegetables and drinks!"<br />
"I want a cake!!!!" ( he wasn't screaming, he's a very sweet kid he hardly raises his voice)<br />
"well, let me see if that's possible"<br />
"If I can make a cake, what shall it be?"<br />
"I want a sand bucket and a spoon, with lots of sand and seashells!"<br />
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Well, he knows what he wants, you have to give him that..<br />
I arranged a switch with one of the moms and peace returned to our home.<br />
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So, how was this cake created?<br />
Since I started working on the cake around noon, I didn't have the time to create a tutorial, but I will walk you through the steps:<br />
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The sand is actually <a href="http://www.cakeopedia.com/161990/Freecakedecoratingtutorials">edible sand</a> and very easy to make.<br />
The cake is created from 4 layers of cake about 7" / 18 cm diameter.<br />
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I added ganache between the layers and on the top.<br />
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Then I placed on top of the cake a circle I cut from paper, it was 5" / 13cm diameter. It was my guide to cut the top 2 levels diagonally, all around, to create a sand bucket look.<br />
once it looked like an upside down bucket I ganached the sides of all 4 layers.<br />
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I then rolled out pink sugarpaste and coverd the cake.<br />
When covering a cake as tall as this, and especially when the cake is wider at the bottom, you will encounter some difficulty with access sugarpaste.<br />
There are a few ways to manage this-<br />
1. cut a slit in the paste once it is placed on the cake and set aside the access sugarpaste.<br />
2. keep on opening the paste when it wrinkles and smooth it out as much as possible.<br />
The second option was what I did. (it leaves less of an impression on the final cake.<br />
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I let the cake set for about 20 minutes and then flipped it over with a wide pizza spatula, directly on to the board, on a dab of royal icing. The cake was placed at its final location.<br />
I then added cmc to some of the pink sugarpaste and let it stand for 15minutes. Then I rolled it out and cut a long strip , which I attached to the side of the bucket, at the top.<br />
I paced the strip about 1/4" / 1cm higher from the cake sides, thus creating a border, where I could later add the edible sand and avoid any spillage.<br />
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Then I created the sand bucket handle from a white strip of gumpaste I attached with royal icing to the cake and added two toothpicks, one on each side. on top of each toothpick I placed a piece of pink sugarpaste.<br />
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While waiting for the cakes to bake, I created the spoon and the rake:<br />
the spoon was really easy because it is just a handle with a hole at the end. I rolled out green sugarpaste with cmc and created a long skinny sausage. I then inserted a skewer almost all the way to top. For my step before last I flattened the sugarpaste using a cake smoother.<br />
I used a small cutter to cut out a hole at the end of the handle and placed it on baking paper to dry.<br />
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For the rake I created the handle just like I did for the spoon. The more difficult part was the teeth. So I took a photo from the web of a real plastic rake that seemed as a good model and followed the look, first I cut it out flat, to create a similar look, and then I used a tool created for clay work. I find that you can never have too many types of tools while decorating cakes. When I see a tool that seems it will come in handy one day, I will usually buy it. Sure, I have my share of unused tools, but once in a while I'm grateful, I have the unique tools that will help me out in that tight spot.<br />
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Keeping my sugarpaste flat, I used the clay tool to create the teeth.<br />
Then I bended them, stuck in each tooth a short flower wire, used a skewer to create a canal for the skewer to be added later, and let it dry against a flat surface, just to make sure the teeth are all aligned.<br />
Final step using some royal icing as glue, I attached the rake body to the handle and let dry for a few hours.<br />
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I created the seashells using 2 different chocolate molds. Although the shells were also sugarpaste with cmc.<br />
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Assembling the cake:<br />
I spread edible sand on the board and in the sand bucket. Then I placed the spoon handle and the rake, actually using it to create markings in the sand!<br />
Finally I added the seashells and was rather happy of the outcome. (my son was thrilled!|)<br />
But it felt like something was missing...<br />
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A MESSAGE IN THE SAND!!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It says in hebrew, have a nice vacation!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Have a great summer everyone!</td></tr>
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Til next time,<br />
Cake away<br />
SharonSharon Peledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13975066856833450725noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115968818049176683.post-12832695753168677872011-07-12T22:00:00.001+03:002011-07-12T22:00:01.420+03:00Didn't hold up to my promise...I really don't like admitting to this one (bad, bad wife..)<br />
But with the wedding season and all, I really really couldn't stand up to my promise.<br />
A few posts ago I told you my husband has a birthday and I was planning on creating a special Bday cake for him. He really loves the sea, diving etc' so I planned a very special coral reef cake.<br />
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However, as I already said I didn't have a minute to spare.<br />
So sadly I had to skip on my big plans and go minimal.<br />
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That weekend we had friends that came over to celebrate the beginning of summer. <br />
I ain't a big summer fan myself, other than the wedding cakes, that I totaly love! I can't stand the heat, humidity, mosquitos, jelly fish, etc'.<br />
Well, we live in a complex with a pool and every year there's a big party with inflatables and music, the kids have lots and lots of fun, so I thought that that was the best time to have a mini celebration of our own.<br />
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I did what I could, for me it meant baking Banana cupcakes, they had to be spaeical, so I used 3 types of sillicon pans, turning these banana cupcakes into unique tiny-pop in your mouth cupcakes.<br />
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</div>The recipe was new to me, I found it on the back package of cupcake baking cups.<br />
It was so good It will definiatly star in our kitchan and will also be offered to my brides for wedding cupcake towers.<br />
Here it is:<br />
Banana Cupcakes:<br />
ingredients:<br />
2 cups all purpose flour<br />
3/4 cup granulated sugar<br />
1/4 cup unsweetend cocoa powder<br />
3/4 teaspoon baking soda<br />
1/2 teaspoon salt<br />
1 cup sour cream<br />
1/2 cup muashed ripe banana<br />
1/4 cup milk<br />
1/3 cup vegetable oil<br />
2 teaspoons vanilla extract<br />
3 large egg whites.<br />
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preheat oven to 350 F / 180 C<br />
in a large bowl, mix flour, 1/4 cup sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt.<br />
in a medium bowl beat egg whites until foamy, gradually add remaining 1/2 cup of sugar, beat well untill stiff peaks form.<br />
Stir sour cream mixture into flour mixture until moistend.<br />
fold in 1/3 egg white mixture, fold gently remaining egg white mixture.<br />
fill cupcake pan 3/4 full with batter.<br />
bake 20-25 minutes, the cupcakes are ready when a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.<br />
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let cool and watch out, you won't be able to resist them...<br />
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Til' next time,<br />
Cake away<br />
sharonSharon Peledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13975066856833450725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115968818049176683.post-76453628409362532412011-07-05T10:30:00.003+03:002011-07-05T10:30:00.721+03:00A puzzling cake<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I did debat with my self (again?!) if the topic name had lost it's charm..</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But nah, I decided to go with it anyway, (I like it).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On my last post I covered the proccess of creating the puzzle pieces for the puzzle cake.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Here's the cake, finallized, at the wedding hall as promised.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What do you think? does it feel like the pieces are falling out of the puzzle box?</span><br />
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</span></div></div></div>Sharon Peledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13975066856833450725noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115968818049176683.post-57449641190033051422011-06-30T13:57:00.000+03:002011-06-30T13:57:47.666+03:00I'm Puzzled...<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">If you were wondering what I've been up to this week, well I was really busy with... wedding cakes and a few birthday cakes. (no surprise there)</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">I wanted to let you have a sneak peak at a rather special cake I'm working on for Friday </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">The bride and groom love solving puzzles, so their brother (everyone needs such a brother!) ordered an unusuall wedding cake for them, as a wedding gift.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">The top tier will look like a starry night- puzzle box opened and the pieces spilling out.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">so far I made the puzzle pieces and hand painted them.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">The brides brother said that they actually have a starry night puzzle they are currently working on. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">(it's one of Van Gouch's paintings)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Starry night</td></tr>
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</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">The cakes are in the oven, and the edibale page with the starry night drawing is printed to the exact size to fit the cake.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">To achieve the effect of the pieces falling out, the top layer will be set on pillars, and some pieces will be attached to one of the pillars, to the cake sides and the cake base.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">I really wanted the puzzle pieces to look real, so I took a couple of real puzzle pieces and traced them on paper, I copied them 3D to create my own set of puzzle cutters and the result is great. They really look like puzzle pieces.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_MkRKOzjiHJzz2mPOC7AGWXUCxJDYpaFH2-52zP8GjbmoIBTtpHqhO1iObGNGFGPcYMBxNk1BPUbvkVpnimaWJjNFdjPTW4MoYa4XYewnrOUQO6EXBxONc9PCMsVdq8YAxwcn4D_uqNI/s1600/puzzle_cuttersSm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_MkRKOzjiHJzz2mPOC7AGWXUCxJDYpaFH2-52zP8GjbmoIBTtpHqhO1iObGNGFGPcYMBxNk1BPUbvkVpnimaWJjNFdjPTW4MoYa4XYewnrOUQO6EXBxONc9PCMsVdq8YAxwcn4D_uqNI/s320/puzzle_cuttersSm.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Puzzle cutters I custom made for this cake from a tin box of coco powder</td></tr>
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</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">Another thing I was worried about (but really happy about now), is the pieces color. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">I don't mean the front; i'm talking about the sides and back. I know the back will only be seen if someone looks at the cake from the back and that won't be possible since the cake will be set in front of a wall... But I had to take care of the sides, if I wanted it to look real.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">I debated (with myself, I do that sometimes) whether I should color the gumpaste on the sides only, or the whole piece before I roll it out and cut it.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">Eventually I realized coloring it before the roll and cut will be less time consuming and will give the best results.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">So I did. But the color itself was a big question mark.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">You know how puzzles have that cardboard special color to their back side? well I tried several food color mixes and ended up with a combination of Extra black, enough to have a midum gray bulk of gumpaste and then I added a dab of party green (I think leaf green should work as well)</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">and Voilla! I got that cardboard color.</span></div> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Puzzle pieces made of colored gumpaste</td></tr>
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<div dir="ltr" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">Just to make sure, I placed a gumpaste puzzle piece next to the real puzzle piece. My eldest daughter asked if she could have a bite and pick up the real puzzle piece... </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hand painted puzzle pieces. </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">Luckily I saw what she was doing and stoped her in time!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">Stay tuned for the next post. where you will see the finallized cake at the wedding hall!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">Cake away!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">Sharon</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>Sharon Peledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13975066856833450725noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115968818049176683.post-26455434839275454132011-06-21T12:35:00.000+03:002011-06-21T12:35:53.236+03:00White and lilach dreamsIn many weddings, I take photos of the garden, the tables, even the brides maids flower bouqet.<br />
I've never posted them before, because I'm no expert photographer. (I've been planning on going to a photography course, forever! )<br />
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But at this wedding (sunday), the light was just right, the setting was beautiful, and even I with my poor photography skills got it right...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some tables had these magnificent flower bouqets</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bridesmaids bouqets and wreaths await</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Closeup on one bridesmaid bouqet</td></tr>
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Of course it all started with a wedding cake, that is why you're hearing about it in the first place...<br />
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The bride, iris, is training to be a doctor. She was so busy, she sent her mom to choose the cake.<br />
We really had to work out some way to compromise between what the bride wanted and what her mom wanted. It wasn't easy and took some negotiating skills... But we did find a cake design that worked for everyone.<br />
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The chosen wedding cake was white, elegent, classy, topped with a bouqet of white and lilach gumpaste Lisianthus flowers. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lisianthus sugar flowers topping the wedding cake </td></tr>
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The Lisianthus flowers have a special place in my heart, because they were used in the flower arrangments at my wedding!<br />
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They are great flowers, they are not too difficult to recreat, and they work well in a bouqet consisting only Lisianthus or several very different flowers.<br />
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I'm actually working on a tutorial on how to create them.<br />
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One other thing, if you haven't joined my mailing list yet, I urge you to so. I almost finished writing a series of <b>CakeTips </b>with a lot of real important information and knowledge for cake decorators.<br />
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I'm also working on a few surprises, one of them at least is a real revolution in cake decorating.<br />
So stay tuned...<br />
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Cake away, until next time!<br />
SharonSharon Peledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13975066856833450725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115968818049176683.post-21528326125608722012011-06-21T10:48:00.002+03:002011-06-21T10:48:00.369+03:00Floral dreams<div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">We created a new Wedding cake- I called it white floral dreams </div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">This wedding cake was truly a challenge! </div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">A really cute couple met with me a couple of months ago for a consulting, they wanted to choose the perfect wedding cake. The problem was they had no clue as to what they want…</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">Sometimes when a couple doesn’t know exactly what cake design they want I discuss with them things they already decided about such as the wedding theme or theme colors, the brides wedding gown or fabric, the invitation design, the location etc’ </div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">Usually that helps finding a direction or at least a better idea of their preferences, thus enabling me to get closer to designing the perfect cake for them. </div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">I have to say that once I saw their wedding invitation I had an exact image of their cake (luckily that happens some times). </div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">It was a real lifesaver. Once I explained the idea they loved it. (Thank god!)<br />
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Sharon</div>Sharon Peledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13975066856833450725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115968818049176683.post-30348715978602032312011-06-14T09:35:00.001+03:002011-06-14T09:35:00.188+03:00Do you want access to free cake decorating tutorials?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:DoNotOptimizeForBrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--> <div dir="LTR">If you haven't had a chance to gain access to my free cake decorating tutorials, yet, go to Cakeopedia.com and let the fun begin! </div><div dir="LTR"><br />
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</div><div dir="LTR">I have a great Caketip for you today:</div><div dir="LTR">when kneading your sugar paste/ rolled fondant, some will say use cornflour, some will say use confectioners sugar. I recommend combining that advice. </div><div dir="LTR">mix your confectioners sugar with about 1/3 cornflour. </div><div dir="LTR">The powdered sugar softens the paste and the cornflour dries and hardens it. mixing them will give you a better resault, than using just one. I know confectioners sugar contains 1/10 cornflour, but that still won't be enough.</div><div dir="LTR"><br />
</div><div dir="LTR">so mix 2 cups of confectioners sugar with one cup of cornflour. keep in a closed box until you need it. </div><div dir="LTR"><br />
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</div><div dir="LTR">Enjoy my free tutorials, </div><div dir="LTR">Til' next time</div><div dir="LTR">Cake away</div><div dir="LTR"><br />
</div><div dir="LTR">Sharon</div>Sharon Peledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13975066856833450725noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115968818049176683.post-92059636072339559172011-06-12T08:00:00.000+03:002011-06-12T08:00:28.547+03:00Here we go!! EilatThis weekend we took some time off and went on a beach vavction in the southest city in Israel, Eilat.<br />
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It's an amazing place, a touristic city of course, with great beaches, resturants, water sports and more. But the best thing by far is the red sea. (the name comes from the mountains surronding the sea, called the red mountains).<br />
We share the sea with Jordan and Eygpt.<br />
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The sea is a real nature resereve, with so many amazing types of fish and corals, it is truly astonishing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">how cool is this garbage can!</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>There is a place called the underwater observatory marine park, where you can see most if not all of the fish in pools and aquariums.<br />
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The biggist attraction is however the actuall underwater observatory- a building built in the sea, covered with coralsin the water. you can climb the stairs to the top and enjoy the view of the sea and mountains that surround you, or descent to the bottom, (using stairs as well), where you can walk in the round cell looking through glass windows and watching the fish and corals in their natural habitat. <br />
Actually whenever we go there I kinda feel as if i'm in an aquerium and the fish are looking at me...<br />
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In the evening we went to a great show called <a href="http://www.welcometoeilat.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/DSC_8472.jpg">WOW on ice</a>, If you get a chance to visit Eilat I highly recommend going to see it.<br />
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I loved how the costume designer combined fish into the costums of the skaters.<br />
That was really inspiring and now I would really love to create a cake with some beautiful fish and corals.<br />
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So how's this- my husband has a birthday in about a week, I have three wedding cakes to prepare this week so I won't have much time, but will try to plan and design a special sea cake for him. He was actually born in Eilat and loves the sea and everything concerning the sea.<br />
If I do find the time- you guys will be the first to know...(he does read my blog, but this week he will be sooo busy I hope he'll miss it...)<br />
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It was a wonderful vacation, a bit short, but that always leaves a taste for more. <br />
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Til' next time<br />
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Cake away<br />
SharonSharon Peledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13975066856833450725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115968818049176683.post-72814331903529462572011-06-07T10:00:00.001+03:002011-06-07T10:00:12.543+03:00Bursting bloomI love sugar flowers, not any sugar flowers, but the ones that either simulate real flowers and are done perfectly to reflect real flowers. Or the ones that are sooo very different that they are obviously not real but <span class="word">merely</span> a <span class="diber"></span>fantasy in their creators mind...<br />
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Loving these flowers obviously affects my cake designs, many of my clients come to me because of my ability to recreate real flowers into sugar flowers.<br />
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One of my favorites is obviously creating a wedding cake with a "bursting bloom", I call them bursting because they decorate the top tier of the wedding cake and usually look like the flowers are poping out of the cake. They seem as if they are bursting..<br />
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With all my love to these cakes, they are not the majority we create, due to the amount of flowers. These cakes consist of hundreds and hundreds of flowers (which present hours and hours of work) Not many couples can afford these cakes, therefore when one of these cakes comes around I'm really happy to create it.<br />
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This cake was created for a cute couple Lauren and Fred, and there is actually a funny story about our meeting.<br />
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Lauren met me at her hotel, and Fred joined us a few minutes later saying he was sorry for the delay, he had to say hi to a friend from Italy who is also getting married just a week after their wedding.<br />
He said that his friend told him she choose an amazing cake decorator and she suggested that they'd meet with her, as well.<br />
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Two minutes after he said that, his friend camew over to say hello to Lauren. To my surprise, it was Carol, a bride that chose and ordered her wedding cake just 3 weeks before my meeting with Lauren and Fred.... Such a small world!<br />
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You can imagine I had the easiest time presenting to the couple.<br />
And to make things even better! they chose a bursting bloom cake. They had a photo of a cake they saw in a magazine and asked me to create something similar, which I did.<br />
Later I learned that the cake in the photo was created by Ron Ben Israel! <br />
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Cake away guys<br />
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SharonSharon Peledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13975066856833450725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115968818049176683.post-84879206759407443422011-05-31T23:54:00.000+03:002011-05-31T23:54:07.558+03:00Ron Ben Israel styled wedding cakeA few months ago I posted about my exeperiance in Ron Ben Israel's master class for wedding cakes. <br />
<a href="http://learncakedecorating.blogspot.com/2010/12/wow-ron-ben-israels-master-class.html">You can check it out here</a><br />
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I also told you how I've finished my mockup / fake wedding cake using his guidelines to create an amazing wedding cake.<br />
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At first I really didn't know what to do with it because my cake studio has no more space to keep extra mockup cakes.<br />
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So, when I told the guys at "touch food" (the boutique food chain, where I teach cake decorating) that I created a special cake and I kindda don't have a spot for it they begged me to bring it to the store....<br />
I was total for it, and to show their gratitude, they even built a special shelf, just for the cake.<br />
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Gladly that cake is proudly presented and has many good effects-I get more cake orders and more classes. That cake does so much work for me!<br />
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(for all of you that do this for a living or just a part time, I truly recommend placing a fake cake at a local bakery or event hall, along with your contact information in order to boost orders!)<br />
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So here is my very own first version of a wedding cake with Ron Ben Israel's roses, actually I made all the flowers, but they were created based on Ron's excellent methods. in addition you can see I added a vareity of flowers, many of them based on Ron's methods as well.<br />
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Tada!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sugar flowers: peony, sweet pea, jasmin, lisianthus</td></tr>
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til' next time, cake away !<br />
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SharonSharon Peledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13975066856833450725noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115968818049176683.post-31928514372197452812011-05-17T00:22:00.102+03:002011-05-24T01:24:59.301+03:00The 27th international exhibition for .....food and beverage Part 2Lets continue our tour at the exhibition:<br />
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Iris and I continued our walk and we saw these very unique looking wine bottles. We tasted the wine that was really good, and then we saw this vendor has other special things.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aren't these great bottles?</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>He offered us a taste of <span class="word">preserved</span> walnuts with their nutshell. It was amazing! can you imagine eating a walnut shell? it was soft and <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">chewy. This is how they look like</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The black ones, are walnuts in their shells</td></tr>
</tbody></table> And then we saw these special ice-creams made from goat cheese. We were rather full at this point, so we skipped on trying them but I must say I never tried pomegranate ice cream.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">pomegranate icecream</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I really liked the way this cake looks, it reminded me of a national cheese cake contest I participated in, in 2001 (I won 2nd place! and my prize was 800$ and a basket filled with dairy products) of of the <span class="word">contestants created a lemon bomb cheese cake that looked very similar to this cake.</span> </td></tr>
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">After seeing and trying so many cakes we got really thirsty so we stopped at a vendor that passed around consumable water bottles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">To warp it up, macaroons are really great cookies, but this photo was amazing, so I couln't resist. Iris, a bit tired from a long walk and tastings agreed to pose with the macaroons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Sharon </span>Sharon Peledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13975066856833450725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115968818049176683.post-30532924764590716872011-05-10T10:42:00.022+03:002011-05-17T01:09:35.609+03:00The 27th international exhibition for .....food and beverage (in short) Part 1<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The long version is: <b>The 27th international exhibition for equipment, services & technologies for the Hospitality Industry, the Retail and Institutional Sectors in Israel...</b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That name is TOOO long for me, so I'll just give you the shorthand: </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When I entered the cake decorating world I started receiving a yearly invitation to this exhibit. I'm a total sucker for new inventions, especially new food inventions. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So, once a year when I get their letter I'm really happy to check out all the new stuff.<br />
And You won't believe things that people invent?! </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So, this year I invited my best friend Iris to join me.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It was a great day, the sun was shining, the roads weren't too crowded and in the exhibit buildings the air conditioning was just right (I hate it when it's too hot, don't you?) </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Last year the best thing I tried was the new Avocado oil which is very tasty and supposed to be healthy and very good for you. This year I was expecting more, and I really got it!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">First we saw these plates and cutlery all recyclable made from different plants- pine leaves, bamboo and others, that is really cool and in addition to keeping our environment cleaner, you get really nice looking plates, for a very unique table arrangment!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6E-1DXlb5vXurMetzEncWSQK5dKzR2dtH4BF4fujsYAsbIAnL7fBzAdAdEbM0-CGkq7-2iAQY3rzJJFTOt2nimMG5Qd2xXFzd_0YfMsfBgBfyPfhXjSaa_jZthdw3dUndbhlZWS5loZY/s1600/recycableStuff.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6E-1DXlb5vXurMetzEncWSQK5dKzR2dtH4BF4fujsYAsbIAnL7fBzAdAdEbM0-CGkq7-2iAQY3rzJJFTOt2nimMG5Qd2xXFzd_0YfMsfBgBfyPfhXjSaa_jZthdw3dUndbhlZWS5loZY/s320/recycableStuff.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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Then we saw these chocolate fountains, except they weren't all chocolate. One was sesame seeds sweet cream, one was nougat (crushed sweet nuts powder) flavored, and ya-ha the others were just ordinary chocolate. Obviously everybody stopped at that point and tried at least 2-3 flavors..<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A sample of the swedish/swiss cakes</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Then we saw the cutest pita bread ever! Baby Pita Bread. Iris is nibbling on one of them. they were really good and a great size for younger kids for snack time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">baby pita -look how small they are!</td></tr>
</tbody></table> Back to sweetness- there were so many different chocolate and dough shells for filling<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Though the Cream-Bo is created on a production line, the foil covering each one is done manualy</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here is a recipe for the homemade version which is so much better compared to the store type:</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Foamy filling</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">1 ¾ cups of sugar</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">¼ cup of lukewarm water</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">3 egg whites </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">¼ teaspoon tartar cream</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">1 teaspoon vanilla extract</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">Piping bag </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">Round sweet cookies (you can use Oreo sandwiches or each cookie separated.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">For the chocolate coating </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">400 grams / 0.88 lb dark chocolate </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">3 table spoons canola oil </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">1.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span dir="LTR">Mix all the foamy filling ingredients together in a heat durable bowl using the <a href="http://candy.about.com/od/workingwithchocolate/a/choctools.htm"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">double boiler</span></a> method (A set of pans: a saucepan that holds hot water, and a bowl that fits securely over the saucepan. The ingredients are placed in the bowl and melt/warm-cook over gentle, indirect heat. Any metal or glass bowl that fits over the top of a saucepan will do.) </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">2.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span dir="LTR">Mix the ingredients with a hand mixer for 10 minutes, until you get shiny stiff white foam.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">3.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span dir="LTR">Remove the bowl from the pot and mix with the mixer for 2 more minutes. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">4.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span dir="LTR">For best results use a candy thermometer and make sure the mixture doesn't exceed 70<sup>0</sup> c /158<sup>0</sup> F degrees.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">5.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span dir="LTR">Place the cookies on a tray covered with a baking sheet; keep a small distance between them.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">6.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span dir="LTR">Fill your piping bag with the white foam and pipe a mountain peak on each cookie.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">7.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span dir="LTR">Place the tray in the refrigerator. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">8.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span dir="LTR">Melt the chocolate and oil in a clean bowl using the double boiler method again, until the mixture becomes smooth and shiny.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">9 <span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span dir="LTR">Remove from heat and cool mixture foe about 20 minutes</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;">10.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span dir="LTR">Take the cookies out of the fridge. Using a table spoon coat the foam peaks with the runny chocolate</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">11.Leave in room temperature for 20 minutes and place in the fridge for at least 3 more hours. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">t'il next time</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Sharon<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div>Sharon Peledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13975066856833450725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115968818049176683.post-26552984211035119352011-05-04T10:07:00.002+03:002011-05-11T13:03:10.426+03:00What a cake!<div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">This is going to be a short post, because I think the following article is quite enough.</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">Here’s a toast to William & Catherine, may their marriage last forever with everlasting love.</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">I hope they had a tasty cake, it was beautiful! </div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1381944/Royal-Wedding-cake-Kate-Middleton-requested-8-tiers-decorated-900-flowers.html">Check out the cake and crew that worked on it</a><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">Just in case, William ordered a second wedding cake from his favorite recipe:</div><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1370364/Prince-William-asks-special-wedding-cake-Rich-Tea-biscuits-dark-chocolate.html%20%20%20">A tea biscuits cake</a><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">check out the photos at the top of this page the dark chocolate cake is the tea biscuits cake William ordered. </div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">The tea biscuit cake was actually eaten during a morning coffee-tea-toasting held at the palace.</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">It was very exciting to tell my kids a prince and princess are about to be married. It blew their mind away. They asked me if we could go see them...</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"></div>We didn't, obviously, but we watched it on TV and they had so much fun, my youngest daughter said Kate is very pretty and William handsome and she also said that when she marries it will only be to a real prince.<br />
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Hope you enjoyed the wedding, and the cake photos, if not a taste.<br />
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Sharon<br />
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</div>Sharon Peledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13975066856833450725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115968818049176683.post-72886800029566848002011-05-01T13:15:00.001+03:002011-05-01T13:46:23.522+03:00A GREEN WEDDING CAKE? Are you sure?<div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">Sometimes a bride comes to my consulting meeting well prepared. </div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">I really enjoy these meetings, hearing from the bride exactly what she wants, helping out with the design when necessary, and creating a cake that I might never have thought of because the style and concept are coming from someone else. </div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">We sat down with her mom to decide on the cake design. She already knew she wanted a cake based on her very special and unique invitation. The invitation is a story in itself and I thought you might want to hear it- the bride Liat is a very artsy person. She loves design and beautiful things. </div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">While looking for an idea for a wedding invitation, her aunt called from London to tell her that she found an amazing idea for her (her aunt is very artsy herself). She found a gift card sold at one of the leading store chains in the UK. Actually the cover was the interesting part. Her aunt sent her a photo and she fell in love… </div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">This is the invitations envelope (I know it doesn't look like much, but it was really hard to capture the beauty and unique ness of the colors. The white dots in the background are almost invisible...</span></div></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">Her aunt contacted the stores management and asked to buy about 200 pieces, but they said that there is only a limited amount and they can’t sell her that amount.</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">Obviously Liat her mom and aunt were really frustrated because they were sure all was lost (and you know how it is when you really want something it’s very difficult to choose something else and be thrilled about it). But then they figured out a way to do it anyway! </div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">The frustrated aunt went back to the store and looked at the gift card and then she understood it was a card that can be bought for any sum from 1£ and up (that’s about 1 ½ bucks)</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">So she ended up buying 200 gift cards for a total of 200£…</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">Though, that wasn’t the end of it! </div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">Liat’s mom flew over to pick up the important delivery and make sure it arrives home safely. After that they had to remove the back of the cover (it had an advertisement) finally they glued a new back created by a professional printing company, and instead of the gift card they placed an invitation.</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">Well, back to the cake- Liat wanted to have elements from the invitation on her cake. </div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">The background was light apple green with white polka dots. The front had a special design combined with rich peachy-pink roses and two swallows. </div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a photo taken in my studio (hence the background) the colors here are closeset to the real actual cake. This was one of the most difficult attempts to photo a cake. </td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">For the drawen roses and decoration I used special edible paper to save time and money. The sugar roses were made in consistency to the roses in the invitation.</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The swallows</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cake placed at the wedding hall a couple of hours before the wedding starts (you can see how the light changes the colors on the cake)</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">I never created a green wedding cake before, and if you’d ask me, I’d probably say “a green wedding cake? Are you sure?” but I rally love the way this cake turned out, and so did Liat!</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">I hope this will inspire you to test your boundaries and realize that there are no limits! <span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
Mazal tov Liat and Sagi </div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">And to all you cake decorators, Cake away ! until next time</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
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</div>Sharon Peledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13975066856833450725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115968818049176683.post-57719068562672383782011-02-09T18:09:00.000+02:002011-02-09T18:09:58.213+02:00Prague a wonderful city!For some of you, I'm probably not going to renew anything.<br />
Prague is fabulous!<br />
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I have no idea how, but old Prague kept it's beauty, antique flavor and essence. a real picturesque. For us (my husband and I) that was all we needed to fall in love with this glorious city.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prague's famous gardens </td></tr>
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You're probably asking, why am I talking to you about Prague?!<br />
Well, one thing I didn't know before we visited the city, was the fact that Prague offers many sweets, decorated cookies, cakes and much more. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More of the famous gardens</td></tr>
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Walking around the old city we "bumped" into a candy factory, specializing in creating Millefiori / Murano style candies. If you are not familiar with the concept, I'll try to explain along with the following photos.<br />
I didn't get a chance to actually catch a photo of the candy making process, but in the photos you can see different stages of the process:<br />
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The finalized candies look like this:<br />
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using large amounts of heated candy material in different colors, the create a cane. it doesn't necessarily look like a perfect cane, sometimes it will look more like a large flat disc, (as you can see at the bottom of the photo) but it has to be large enough, to enable the candy creators to roll it out to a very long and narrow cane.<br />
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To make the lemon candy, they make long triangular shapes from yellow candy material and attach 6 similar flat squares pieces of white candy material, between each pair of yellow triangular shapes and attach them together. Then, they make a very long flat white shape and coat the whole cane, excluding both ends.<br />
All of this is done while the candy material is warm. Since the process requires heat, and I think they actually use different temperatures for different stages, it is highly recommended to have skilled professionals doing the job. Non professionals are sure to burn their hands with the hot candy... ouch! <br />
Once the cane is ready, they let it cool down / start the process of rolling it to a narrower cane. From about 1 ft to 1 inch.<br />
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But as I said in the begging of this post, there are many sweets in Prague, and we had a chance to see many and taste some.<br />
One of the great sweet-stops we had was in small cafe' on our way to Prague castle. The whole way is a steep climb walking on beautiful streets with many attractions for tourist.<br />
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The cold weather and the cute fake-cloth created wedding cake at this cafe's window, got us to stop and get in for a cup of hot chocolate.<br />
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However, we didn't take into account the cakes... They looked so good and our hot chocolate with whipped cream seemed so lonely.<br />
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My husband chose the bee sting cake that came with tons of whipped cream. It was good but not as good as mine...<br />
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The cafe' had a lot of other amazing cakes, but what really caught my attention was their piped cookies. The first ones I noticed, were the cookies in the window, the kissing couple-gingerbread piped with white royal icing. I loved them.<br />
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here are a few photos, for you to feast your eyes- <br />
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Of course we got cookies for our kids. We really couldn't resist.<br />
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Just 2 stores later, after we managed to get up for all that sugar rush and warmth, back to the very cooler outdoors- we saw these:<br />
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They are so unbeliveable, apparently these cookies, are created from a very dense /thick gingerbread based dough. To create these great images and amazing detail, they use press the dough into a special mold (I think it's a wooden mold, the kind that is also used to decorate bread)-as written next to the cookies.<br />
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After buying a cookie at this shop... well we couldn't resist (ok, ok, I couldn't resist)... We kept on walking around the old city, and then we found another sweet place- a chocolatir shop, and here are some of the good looking chocolates we saw. <br />
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Prague is so beautiful and holds so many treasures, I really loved our time there and if you're looking for a romantic weekend escape in a wonderful location with lots of events, shows, and great views Prague is for you!<br />
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Just a few more photos:<br />
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Cake away!<br />
SharonSharon Peledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13975066856833450725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115968818049176683.post-71364871360150161812011-01-31T13:39:00.000+02:002011-01-31T13:39:25.408+02:00One of my facebook friends told me my cakes are starring in a weddingarticle in one of the leading Israeli lifestyle magazines! (she didn't know but I was waiting for it to be published ;-) )<br />
The article is great and my wedding cakes got the best spot in the article and headline as well!<br />
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The reporter wrote about a very specific type of wedding cake, a wedding cake that is very common in south America, and you can also see it sometimes in north America: A charms wedding cake.<br />
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In Israel this type of cake has a nickname- Argentinian Wedding Cake, because mostly Argentinian originated Brides and Grooms tend to order this type of cake. In Argentina and other south American countries, this is a customary cake, and it holds a very special concept.<br />
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Here is the 1st page of the article in the magazine, the other two pages of this article dealt with wedding blogs etc':<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The title of the article says "I DO" </td></tr>
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I wanna tell you a bit more about this charms wedding cake: <br />
In Argentina the custom is to bake the cake with the charms inside. <br />
The charms are small symbols of love, luck, health, wealth, affection, and more. They come in many different shapes: hearts, cupids, flowers, horse shoes, air crafts, 4 leaves clovers, bells, baby shoes, one single wedding band (ring not music players) and more...<br />
They're also made of different materials, plastic, silver or silver coated metals.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original Argentinian charms</td></tr>
</tbody></table>(The charms in the above photo, came all the way from Argentina to be place in the cats wedding cake design. )<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The charms for this cake were cell phone decorations - they were very cute! </td></tr>
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Once the bride chooses her preferred charms, they are tied to long satin ribbons and placed in the cake. The ribbon is left outside to mark the place of each charm.<br />
According to the custom, all the bachelorettes are invited to take part in the charms ceremony and they gather around the cake, each one holds onto one of the ribbons and when given the sign, they all pull the ribbons together to expose the charms they got. <br />
The lucky one being----- of course! the one that pulled out the ring! Legend has it that she'll be the next to marry.<br />
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</tbody></table>When I created my first charms cake, I looked it up on the web, and found out lots of interesting stuff- this custom began while Queen Victoria was ruling Britain, the brides used to hide the charms in the cream coating their wedding cake...<br />
The ceremony called "the ceremony of ribbon pulling", usually took place during a special luncheon held for the bridesmaids, or just after the cake cutting ceremony. <br />
Actually, the number of charms was equal to the number of bridesmaids.<br />
Each charm holds a special meaning, an aircraft means trip or adventure, the clover means good luck and the ring means you will be the next to get engaged and married<br />
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Now days, this special cake can be seen at weddings both in south and north America, but mainly in the southern states such as Louisiana.<br />
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<span id="FontSizeA" style="color: black;"><div>There are different approaches as to combining the charms in the cake: some bake the cake with the charms, some place the charms between two levels/ tiers of the cake- top and middle, some just push the charms into the cake after baking. We place the charms on the fondant after the cake has been covered (for extra safety measures).</div><div> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">classic wedding cake with silver charms bought at the Armenian quarter in Jerusalem</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These charms are the star of David and Hamsa hands, some with an eye. The eye is a symbol of protection against evil, it is a common symbol for east mediteranean cultures, mainly originated from Arab countries</td></tr>
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</div><div>Until next time,</div><div>Cake away!</div><div>Sharon</div></span>Sharon Peledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13975066856833450725noreply@blogger.com1