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Actually what we get asked more often is how long does it take to bake a cake, which is the wrong question when you want to find out the last point at which you must order and/or pay for your cake. Cake designers produce hand made works of art and delicious cakes, but they also have [...] Buttercream is a favourite of many cake decorators and I never understand this until I became a pro cake designer. Forget the sickly sweet stuff masquerading as such in the high street shops and bakeries, no-one wants that much of a sugar-fix! Proper buttercream has a soft mellow flavour, with a melting sweetness that perfectly balances [...] I do get asked what is the difference between buttercream and what is ganache? So today I will answer this question. Chocolate buttercream is essentially buttercream flavoured with chocolate, be it melted and/or cocoa. Ganache is a totally different product. It is chocolate and double cream, melted and mixed together. Of the two the latter is the more expensive [...] Barker Bakes new online cake shop is up and running, still lots to do, cakes to add, but its operational. I have been working on and off for the past few months on relaunching our online wedding cakes offering, and am pleased to announce this is in the final stages of revamping and will be relaunched over the weekend. Initially the range will be slightly larger than that currently available, we will be offering birthday [...] I have uploaded a couple of new designs onto the website. We have a policy of not covering customer made cakes here at Barker Bakes. This is due to a number of factors, not least of which, when we have done this in the past, we have been presented with some very sorry looking cakes and it is a crying shame to cover them and have [...] One question I get asked a lot is how long does it take to make a wedding cake. This is a bit like how long is a piece of string. The best answer is one that I heard an artist give about how long it takes to do a painting. He said 20 years and [...] Site back up!!!! Sorry but our main site http://www.barkerbakes.co.uk has gone down again. I am researching an alternative host, this one seems very unreliable. Fine as a backup but not much good when really needed! |
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