Bite Size Cakes and Nonpareils

MMMM very tasty and easy to make!

Bite size heart cakes and nonpareils.

 

First lets start with the nonpareils.
Supplies Needed:

• Nonpareils, we used white ones (NON-WHI1)
• 1 lb. Merckens dark (MD)
• Squeeze bottle (CK81-5)
• a small cake pan

1. Fill bottom of small cake pan with nonpareils, approx. 1/4" thick.
2. Melt down chocolate either in a microwave, on low heat or on top of a double boiler. Make sure you do not boil the water.
3. Pour chocolate into squeeze bottle.
4. Squeeze small circles on top of nonpareils.
5. Place pan in freezer for 5 minutes.
6. Take pieces out of pan, shake pan gently to spread out nonpareils evenly and squeeze again.

That's it! It is sooo easy!!! And tasty too!

For the bite size heart cakes.
Supplies Needed:

• Bite size heart cake pan. (2105-2588)
• Your favorite chocolate and or vanilla cake.
• Your favorite chocolate and or buttercream icing.
• Decorator tip # 16. (402-16)
• Disposable decorator bags. (AT-460)
• Chocolate. We used white, red, pink and dark chocolate.
• Valentines Day sugar and nonpareils.
• Red, white & pink heart confetti. (CON-HRWP)
• Red heart charm sugar decorations. (L-14364)
• Tiny triple heart icing decoration. (KC-8212)
• Squeeze bottle (CK-81-5)

1. Grease and flour pan or use cooking spray.
2. Bake mini cakes, let cool, before taking out of pan use a serrated knife and cut off mounds. (They will sit flat.)

For decorating them: They are indented a little like a dessert shell so on some of them we used a squeeze bottle and filled in the center with chocolate and then drizzled a different color chocolate on top. Some we filled with chocolate and then let it dry, then sprinkled a little coarse sugar on top. If it's done that way the sugar will only stick to the drizzled area. On others we used the decorator bag with tip # 16 attached and piped icing in the center and then we put sprinkles & confetti's on some, sugar & icing decorations on others.

The fun part is you can use your imagination

and decorate them with different combinations that you like best.

Hard Candy, Not That Hard

When you think hard candy, you probably are thinking to yourself, I don't want to make hard candy it's too hard to make! Well, It's really not that difficult to make. It is very hot so we don't suggest this kind of a project for kids.

You can make candy just like This!

Hard Candy Lollipops


Hard Candy Recipe:

• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 2/3 cups light corn syrup
• 3/4 cup water
• 1 dram concentrated flavoring   We carry over 50 flavorings
• 1/4 tsp. coloring  We have12 colors to choose from
• Candy thermometer We suggest LA-5710
• Hard Candy Molds We used (8H-1217), (8H-1218), (8H-1233)

*you may also use a cookie sheet for irregular candy pieces.

Lightly oil hard candy molds with vegetable oil. In a large saucepan, mix together sugar, corn syrup and water. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Bring mixture to a boil without stirring. when syrup temperature reaches 260 degrees F, add color. Do not stir, boiling action will incorporate color into syrup. Remove from heat at 300 degrees F, or when drops of syrup form hard brittle threads in cold water. (Temperature will continue to rise after removing from heat, so remove precisely at  300 degrees.) After boiling ceases, add flavoring and stir. USE CAUTION WHEN ADDING FLAVORING TO AVOID RISING STEAM. Pour into lightly oiled hard candy molds or onto cookie sheet. When cool, unmold or break candy into pieces.

We added the Valentine's Day sugar decoration on the lollipop before it hardened. We also used royal icing and tip # 18 to do a shell border on the lollipops.

HAVE FUN!!



Getting Valentine's Day Samples Ready

Believe it or not Valentine's Day is only a month away. Here is a preview of our Valentine's Day candy, cookies, and mini cakes. Hope you enjoy the photos and remember we will be posting close ups of a lot of the samples we made. If you have any questions or want to see or know how to do something you see, please let us know.



Rice Krispy Treats

Valentine's Day Cookies

 

Chocolate and Chocolate Lollipops

 

Hard Candy made with Isomalt
 

Cake Pops, Mini Cupcakes and Chocolate made with Chocolate transfer Sheets

Chocolate Lollipops and Chocolate Pretzels







Finished Candy Cabinet

 Enjoy! Have Fun, and don't eat too much!!





 

Valentine's Day Is Coming Soon

We are excited! Our Valentine's Day supplies are ready for YOU!!! For those of you that live too far to come into our store, here are some pictures. We hope you enjoy them.

Cake Tops, Picks and Rings



Sprinkles, Jimmies and Confetti's

Candy and Cupcake Boxes

Cupcake Papers, Bags and Cookie Cutters

Cake Pans

Remember any questions we are here to help!