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Decorating Techniques

How to Make Fondant Rose

Fondant Rose, Pastry Maestra

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s the great author once said:” What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet!” That’s cool, I agree with that! However – what about the taste? If – for example – I create a rose out of fondant, would the taste also be sweet? You bet!

How to Make Tempered Chocolate Decorations

Tempered Chocolate Decorations, Pastry Maestra

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ecorations made of chocolate are the most beautiful and sophisticated display of pastry chef’s skills when done properly, but they are also fun to make! That’s what I like the most about being a pastry chef – you get to play with chocolate all day long and on top of that – you get paid! It’s a sweet life!

How to Pipe with Melted Chocolate

How to Pipe with Melted Chocolate, Pastry Maestra

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ne thing that always takes my breath away is a display of those perfect French-style decorated entremets [ɑ̃tʁəmɛ] (for modern pastry chefs, an entremet is a multi-layered mousse-based cake with various complementary flavors and varying textural contrasts)! That glossy glaze and delicate chocolate piping on the top, ah, be still my heart!

Rolled Fondant – an Edible Play Dough

Rolled Fondant, Pastry Maestra

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id you like playing with modeling clay when you were a kid? Well, playing with rolled fondant will be even better because you can eat your creations! And how fantastic is that?

Caramel’s Secrets Revealed

Caramel Butterfly, Pastry Maestra

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s it is often the case in the history of sweetness, the origin and/or the inventor of some delicacy that is widely popular today is – unknown. Same goes for caramel.

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