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Gumpaste Flower Drying Rack and for Fondant Loop Bows
Make the most of your counter space when you create bows for your gift cakes. This drying rack has 16 adjustable arms to make drying gumpaste and fondant bows a breeze. When you are done it collapses for storage.
Rolling Pin Rings
Rolling your dough to a uniform thickness is a snap with roller rings and this wood rolling pin (sold separately). Rubber rings slip onto your standard size rolling pin. Four sets of rings to provide 1/16", 1/8", 1/4" or 3/8" thickness. (3/8" rings fit minimum 2" diameter rolling pin).
Our September Cake Club Meeting was the most productive ever. Membership & Activity committees have been formed & 2006 meeting dates are planned. Mark your calendars for the afternoon of Sunday, December 18th to gather for our second annual holiday sweets/cookie exchange. Click here for details. Bring 6 dozen of your best cookies, mini cakes or candies to share & take home a fabulous variety of sweets to grace your holiday table. Make some new friends & get excited about 2006 meetings. RSVP by December 12th is requested.
Candy Mold Heaven
Decorator Spotlight
Myra White Certainly stays busy. She completed Wilton Course 3 in 2005 and hasn't slowed down one bit. From Buttercream to fondant to cookies it seems that no decorating technique is beyond her expertise. Full Story
Myra White
Illinois
News You Can Use
March 27, 2006
Sugar more valuable than oil?
Cookie and candy producers are facing cost pressures and increased competition as sugar becomes more precious in the global market. Prices for raw sugar rose 60% last year and are already up 12% in 2006, and officials predict that sugar supply will fall more than 2 million metric tons short of demand this year. Chicago Tribune
Happenings Around Town and Beyond!
Winners Circle
Calling all baking enthusiasts!
There have been some fantastic decorating competetions over the past few months. Do you know of any pastry events happening? let us know so we can tell the world about it. e-mail info@cakewalkchicago.com.
Take The Plunge!
Calling all Pearl Dust and Luster Dust Users. The tool you've been waiting for. Just fill this natural bristle brush (Did you hear me? I said "fill your brush") with 2g of your favorite luster or pearl luster then press the plunger to saturate your brush. Brush your heart out and plunge again when you need more. No more broken fingernails or spilled dusts.
"TRIBUTE TO MOTHER"
Congratulations To Eurico "Jing" Palasigue. His three tiered cake is a 1st Prize Winner in the Professional Tiered Category during the Midwest Professional Bakers Educational Conference March 2007
The 18" round is covered by Pink Rolled Fondant, and 12" round coverd by Chocolate Fondant Marblelized and sit on a Gold Fondant layered Base to look like a trophy.
The Heart shape is covered in rolled fondant and sprayed with Old Gold Luster Dust surrounded by lace pieces. The abstract topper is a Flame made of Pastillage. All elements are handcrafted with sugar.
Take your cakes to the next level.
A beautifully photographed book packed with a tremendous amount of information. It may even become your next coffee table book.
Play Dress Up with Nature
No more sugar lumps. These crystallized flowers are beautiful to look at and are 100% edible. A beautiful addition to your cupcakes, cakes, and pastries. Beautiful... naturally.
PUMPKIN FUN!
October 22, 2007
Cakewalk Chicago and Chef Lori Parrett are featured on the Chicago Municipal Television show Chicago Works! Chef Lori takes you to the farmers market for pumpkins and then to the kitchen to create delicious pumpkin muffins. Pumpkin recipes are available here.
Cakewalk Chicago and Chef Lori Parrett are featured on the Chicago Municipal Television show Chicago Works! Chef Lori takes you to the farmers market for pumpkins and then to the kitchen to create delicious pumpkin muffins. Pumpkin recipes are available here.
Beautifully Unique and Simply Elegant. Laser cut cupcake wrappers. Need I say more? Just bake in standard baking liner and place cupcake into this wonderful wrapper. Cupcakes not your thing? Just place an empty paper liner into the wrapper and fill with candy treats and nuts and wrap with cello for elegant favors or fill use an empty silicone liner and fill with condiments to for a unique serving container.
Put your best foot forward
Serve your pastries in style. This stunning stainless steel cake server has a magnetic "heel" on its handle that transforms this utensil into a sleek and sexy shoe. A perfect gift for your fashion forward friends.
Texture Sheet, Structure Sheets for Chocolate, Fondant, Pastillage
Truly Unique. This skeleton candy mold set has a total of 15 pieces and is the perfect for a larger cake. or Toss the molded "bones" in a bowl make a game out of assembling the body... Perfect for hours of edible fun.
The Coolest Cookie Cutters...
ACCESSORIES FOR THE LADY
5 PC SET
This 5 piece cookie cutter set comes packed in an attractive gift box includes 2.5" boot, 2.75" gloves, 2.5" hat,
2.75" purse, 2.25" slippers.
These cutters are cute and highly detailed.
Create dozens of cookies with 5 1/2 cups of DELICIOUS ready to use icing formulated for use on cookies! GREAT for piping or heat gently to create beautifully smooth flow in designs.
(Try Dixie's Whipped Icing for Cakes too)
Use with the
Are your cupcakes all dressed up with no way to get there? www.CakewalkChicago.com is excited to offer Cupcake Boxes and Cupcake Holders/Inserts. The Cupcake Holder/Insert cradles each cupcake with its own seatbelt. Each one arrives beautifully with no bumps and bruises. Also available for mini cupcakes
June 2007 Lori won 1st place in the Murray's Sugar Free Sweet Satisfaction dessert contest by creating a 100% sugar free recipe using the sugar free cookies. Check out the recipe here soon.
July 2006 Lori placed 3rd in the Food Network Chicago Cake Decorating Challenge.
Cake Vase
No Decorating Skills? Dont Fear. The Cake Vase takes a plain cake and makes it spectacular. Even store bought cakes become extraordinary in moments. Use fresh, sugar or silk flowers along with a store bought or freshly baked cake. Press the Cake Vase into the top of the cake. Cut flowers to desired length. (Add water to cake vase if using fresh flowers) Arrange flowers in cake vase.
Gelatina 3D
Jello never looked So Good!
Lourdes Reyes joins us from Mexico to teach her 3D and Watercolor Gelatin techniques
September 30th , October 1st and October 2nd
at Lori's Cakewalk Chicago
$65.00 for each session space is limited...register by August 1st
AM Classes are 9:30am-12:30pm and PM Classes are 6pm -9pm
Lourdes Reyes Class Schedule
Tuesday Sept 30th
AM/PM Large Rose
Wednesday Oct 1st
AM Single Molds Calendula, Rose, Gerbera Daisy
PM Single Molds Dahlia, Camilla, Mum Gerbera
Thursday Oct 2nd -
AM/PM Watercolor in Gelatin
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NEW!!! UNbelievable Edible Sugar Jewel Gems
These Cake Jewels come in a rainbow of colors. These faceted sugar gems are packed in a 10 piece assortment with gems ranging from 1/2"- 3/4" in a single color. (choose from Ruby Red, Regal Purple, Canary Yellow, Royal Blue, Pink Topaz, and Emerald Green) Give all of your confections some "Bling" when you create stunning Tiaras and Crowns, edible Jewelry Boxes and the coolest edible pirate Treaseure Chest...
edible diamonds, edible gem stones
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Lori's Cakewalk Chicago is located at
Chicago, Illinois 60643
Across from Blue Moon Cafe just East of the Metra tracks
Across from Blue Moon Cafe just East of the Metra tracks
773-233-7335
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