Sugar Baby by Gesine Bullock-Prado

Author:Gesine Bullock-Prado
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2011-08-09T04:00:00+00:00

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Once you start down the path of playing with sugar, chances are your output is going to outweigh your appetite. I get so excited about working with sugar that I tend to create before I have a home for the end result, so the destination for all the treats ends up being my very own piehole. Not smart. Not healthy. Not frugal.

This is where confectionery packaging resources are going to be your best friends. Choose to go hog-wild with your candy thermometer when you know you’ve got an upcoming gifting event (or make one up).

Stock up on the rest of your packaging materials so you aren’t reduced to presenting your gorgeous confections on a paper plate wrapped in mangled foil. As a matter of fact, let’s make a pact never to utilize paper plates for gifting. I don’t care if angels are stamped all over them—no paper plates!

Instead, go to wonderful sites like Nashville Wraps (www.nashvillewraps.com) and U.S. Box (www.usbox.com) for an unbelievable selection of food and candy boxes, tissue paper, ribbon, and food-safe candy bags. If you’re making a high volume of panettone or pound cake, or if you just want to wrap your cupcakes in divine paper, check out Qualita Paper (www.qualitapaper.com), NovaCart (www.novacartusa.com), or Fancy Flours (www.fancyflours.com).

If you plan on giving someone something extraordinary but want to add your own personal culinary touch, visit www.simonpearce.com for a selection of hand-blown glass bowls and platters. Many of the cake platters I use are Simon Pearce beauties and they are made right here in Vermont.

If you need simple personalized labels and mailing boxes (along with gift basket supplies), check out Uline (www.uline.com). If you plan on getting fancier with your labels or gift tags for weddings or holidays, you must spend some time perusing My Own Labels (www.myownlabels.com). Many of these places will give you ideas for the colors and sizes of your confections, so take some time to plan your large-scale confection-making days by choosing your packaging options first.

If you’re using your new skills to make larger pastries and cakes, get yourself some professional bakery boxes and ribbon (and even personalized labels). Retailers like Box Depot (www.theboxdepot.com) and Papermart (www.papermart.com) carry bakery boxes in a large array of sizes and colors, along with the cardboard cake circles upon which you’ll be wanting to set your cake (instead of—you guessed it—a paper plate).

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