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« The July Fancy Food Show | Main | Corn Memories »

Rose's Heavenly Cake Kits Launch at the Fancy Food Show

YES--it's still real baking!!! but the cake kits contain all the best ingredients that i use for my cakes and the best part is that they are all premeasured (weighed) so all you have to do is soften the butter and add the liquid and eggs.

I am starting with two cakes: a moist buttery french vanilla and a soft rich chocolate. they can be made as 14 to 16 cup cakes or one 9 by 2 inch round cake or one 8 by 2 inch square cake.

there will also be two buttercreams, both containing lyle's golden syrup in just the right amount so that when combined with the sugar packet and brought to a full boil the syrup is the perfect temperature to thicken the egg yolks for a true foolproof classic buttercream.

one buttercream will be french vanilla with a hint of lemon and the other kit will contain a package of valrhona chocolate to melt for adding to the buttercream and valrhona chocolate pearls for decoration. both will have the finest madadgascar french vanilla(eurovanille) contains actual grains of vanilla.

the kits are being produced by my friends sarah leah chase (the reknowned cookbook author) and her husband nigel dyche (pictured here) The other photos are of our booth at the fancy food show where we offered miniature cup cakes samples. all 800 were consumed before the curtain went down on day 3 of the show!

the kits will be available in stores across the country by october--stay tuned for where they will be distributed.

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Dear Rose I am a cake decorator, have small business, and teach cake decorating in my shop, do you sell thses strips wholesale, I have used the bakeven strips for years and encourage my students to use them. I sell, wilton, bakery craft, decopac etc supplies. Thank you for any info. Jane S.

Where can I buy your mixes in Canada, specifically in Ottawa?

THanks!

Where can I buy your mixes in Canada, specifically in Ottawa?

THanks!

try wilton and/or sweet celebrations.

Hi there,
I am looking for a place to buy the cake toppers and cake decorating kits for kids bithdays. I would perfer wholesale so that i can buy in bulk, but at this point, I am up for anything... I just can not find them and I wanted to make the cake for my kids etc., instead of buying the adorable themed cakes they have at the stores.
thanks so much!

I'm so excited about the kits! I just went to the website and already I'm beginning to order the kit collection. I do have questions about them. Were you trying to imitate your previous successful recipes here? Or were you going for something totally different, but trying to stay with your basic cake formulas?

any second now they will be on their website www.coastgoods.com but meanwhile e-mail nigel: nigel@coastalgoods.com

i have already forwarded your e-mail.

thanks!

I am a retail buyer in Minnesota- where can we get the cake kits wholesale?

thanks--i sure hope so as my family lives in snohomish!

Oh my, I am so excited to try your cake mix (kit). I hope they will be available in Washington State. I do a lot, I mean, a lot of baking for church and family and friends. I use cake mixes for convienence, it will be so nice to have a great cake on the market that I can incorporate into my dessert making.

Just a follow up on the Devil's Food in a half sheet pan. I just completed it this evening using an old recipe I had with a volume for three 8-inch cake pans. I tried 375 degrees for 15 minutes and it turned out perfect.

Zach

zach, i haven't baked layer type cakes in a half sheet pan but see no reason why it wouldn't work.

ruth, most people don't eat the roses bc they're so beautiful even though in theory they are edible. they do get very dry and need to in order to hold their shape.

Hi Rose,

I've looked for a recipe for Devil's Food cake that I can bake in a half sheet pan. Have you ever baked one in a half sheet pan? I assume I can just take a standard recipe and pour it into the pan. Since it's so dark, any suggestions for signs when it's done?

Thanks for any advice!
Zach

Hello Rose,

How would you advise storing marzipan roses that are made in advance (2 week) of their use on a cake. How long can they be stored and still remain edible?

Thank you,

Ruth

thanks heather. as i'm sure you know, better a small taste of something exquisite....!

Man, having to cut back on sugar is so tough right now (*drool*). So glad I can still have splurges sometimes! I love your "Cake Bible" and have been using it for years, by the way!

Hello!

I was wondering if any bloggers here are in Texas and/or planning to attend the ICES (International Cake Exploration Society) convention this weekend? I think that I will go this Saturday (it's in Grapevine Texas, Gaylord Convention Center) to check out the program. From the schedule I downloaded at www.ices.org, it seems chock full of interesting things such as demos, cake hospital, sugar art displays, vendors selling products, etc.. If anyone has experience with this convention, I'd love to hear some thoughts on what not to miss, how well it's organized, etc.

Thanks!
Zach

roxanne, i'm aware of the problems at high altitude and admire susan purdee for actually testing the recipes at high altitude. i could only hypothesize in the cake bible as i live 7 stories above sea level! do check out lettie flatt's book "snow ball." she's the queen of high altitude baking and i know susan worked with her as well. she's lived there for many many years and creates all the desserts for the deer valley restaurants.

as for my kit, at least initially they will have the leavening mixed in with the flour. but it doesn't sound like you need a mix!

i do thank you for the suggestion and have given it to my "packager" but it may not be feasible to produce special mixes for high altitude at least at the outset.

you bet! that's why we're calling them "kits" and not mixes. no unpleasant aftertaste. no artificial anything! thanks for asking.

Wow, this is exciting! Can we assume that the mixes don't contain artifical flavors, colors, or preservatives?

Will there eventually be a high-altitude version of your cake kits? I can pretty much promise that if I bought a kit as is, it would totally flop at 5,280 feet. :)

Right now, I'm using the cake recipes in _Pie in the Sky_, which were tested and retested at various altitudes. The average cake recipe just doesn't work up here.

At the very least, the leavening agents could be left out of the mix, so high-altitude bakers could add their own agents according to their altitude level. Just a thought!

thank you anna and june and danny! i also am so pleased that the cupcakes (the chocolate ones too) stay so amazingly moist.

Rose, Your cupcakes at the show were INCREDIBLE! I had one at the end of the first day. They were perfectly moist and the frosting was buttery and nicely chocolatey. Loved them. I will recommend your kits!
-June and Danny

Oh, my...I could use one of these right NOW!!! Do keep us tuned as to where to buy or order your kits, Rose. Anna

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