Graduation, whether from pre-school or university, holds special significance to the graduate and his or her relations and friends. Bakeries add to this accomplishment by offering custom decorated cakes to help make the celebration a winner. Since the traditional graduation season falls in the spring, together with numerous bridal showers, weddings and anniversaries, this tends to be a awfully busy time for decorators and bakeries. This can be very crucial that you plan ahead for this demanding time. The most popular decoration that we sell is the graduation caps, from Bakery Craft.

It is best to offer 4 to six standard graduation designs for customers throughout the busiest weeks of the time. Provide a beautiful display of the cakes for customers to view. Draft the order blanks so clerks can note the look chosen and the correct colors and dedication. Cake creations may include a computer generated school emblem or photo on Frosting Sheets, plastic caps, plaques, picks and diplomas, or icing arrangements. The next graduation concepts are suggestions for your display.

The plastic mortarboard cake is easy to execute and extremely practical. We chose to demonstrate the look on a half sheet, but it may be easily modified for a full or quarter sheet cake. To work out how many servings to score each cake, ask the customer if the cake is for use for a dessert or perhaps a buffet serving.
Dessert Size: 2-in. by 4-in. slices
1/4 sheet serves 12
1/2 sheet serves 24
full sheet serves 48

Buffet Size: 2-in. by 2-in. slices
1/4 sheet serves 24
1/2 sheet serves 48
full sheet serves 96

Base ice the cake, and comb the edges, making them even and removing excess icing. This also leaves a pleasant pattern about the sides. Score or cut through the cake as the client desires, leaving a section in the middle for your plaque and the message. Add appropriate plastic picks to the center of the pieces. Pipe on a white shell border around the center section, top and bottom edges using star tip No. 20. Add some colorful sugar pieces as decoration.

Pointer: Make use of wafer paper, to generate a diploma – brown edges either with paste color or airbrush spray. Next, hold cautiously over steam and melt edges right into a curl. Write on with Cake Decorating Pens, Place on cake.

Suggestion: School emblem on wafer paper; enlarge logo at copy store. Set wafer paper over image and trace lines with Cake Decorating Pens. Finish coloring in with the pens or if you have an air brush… after tracing picture then spray water on your dry icing and lay traced logo in place. Spray in with air brush colors.

Suggestion: Do you call for gold or silver for a school logo? Use Highlighter Dust, mix with a drop of vegetable oil and paint on using a fine brush.

Pointer: Don’t forget that the plastic Graduation Hats are a 2 piece Novelty item – Surprise the lucky grad with a gift inside!

Suggestion: Roll up a pumpkin roll and ice as a diploma.

Have a display of graduation cakes available at least one month before graduation season, using designs that are easy to implement and that focus on your cake decorator’s mastered skills for this high volume phase.

For additional information on graduation cakes or any new cake decoration supply please pay a visit to our on the web store.

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There are so many different recipes for lasagna’s on the web, but the goal here at the things we talk about is to find the easiest way to make something. So here is my best take on how to make a delicious dish of lasagna. Note: This recipe is for everyone even those that are afraid to cook. Also this recipe is copyrighted. 

Here it goes: 

This recipe can be done two ways, one where meat is used and the other where no meat is used. It’s really up to you.

Without meat:

1.  Chop up some onions,  green peppers, red peppers, fresh thyme.

2. Take a pot and pour in your Ragu sauce into the pot, while your ragu sauce begins to cook, take a box of mixed vegetables (frozen) and place it into your sauce.

3. Once that starts to cook, place your onions, green peppers, red peppers, fresh thyme into the sauce. Add some ADOBO Goya to the mix to give it that extra taste. Be careful not to put too much because it can make your sauce too salty.

4. Now while your sauce is simmering. Place another pot filled with water to boil and add some oil, and a little bit of salt.

5. The water shouldn’t take long to boil but once it is place your lasagna into the water. Make sure you place the lasagna one by one.

6. Now let the lasagna cook. Once that’s cooked, this is where it gets tricky, lasagna tends to stick together so you have to keep it in the water, let the water cool a little before sticking your hand in it. 

7. Take your oven ware and spray it with PAM or butter spray, whichever you prefer. 

8. Place your first layer of lasagna, next place the sauce on top. Now it’s time for your shredded cheese, I like to use different 3 different kinds and it really depends on how I feel. One cheese that is necessary to have is the Ricotta Cheese. 

9. Place your ricotta cheese first and then add your shredded cheese on top. Now add your other layer of lasagna and continue this process. 

10. Once you add all your layers, the very top layer should consist of the shredded cheese. Now it’s time to place it in the oven.

11. By the way, make sure your oven is preheated to 400 degrees. When your oven is preheated, the lasagna will be ready quicker. 

12. Let it bake for about 30-35 minutes. 

13. Once it’s bake, take it out of the oven, let it cool and then it will be ready to eat.

With meat:

Follow same steps just add meat to your sauce and let it cook a bit longer, remember cook it a medium heat, and add water as you go, not too much, because you want your sauce to be thick.

Good luck!

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Delicious Banana Fruit Smoothie Recipe

Note: This recipe is copyrighted

I just love fruit smoothies and today I am actually doing something very special for all of my readers and that is share my delicious fruit smoothie with you.

This fruit smoothie is made with apples and bananas.

1.     Peel a banana and place it into the blender.

2.     Peel 2 apples, chop them up into pieces and place it into the blender.

3.     Now take a little bit of water and place it into the blender. Just a little.

4.     Now take a can of carnation milk and pour it into the blender.

5.     Now take some brown sugar, it should be about 4-5 tablespoons, or depending on how you like it.

6.     Now pour 1 teaspoon of some vanilla extract into the blender.

7.     Finally add your ice and blend away!!

Follow these steps and I assure you that you will have a delicious tasting fruit smoothie.

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Hey you guys, this is a very easy recipe if you want to make some rice with black beans. This recipe has a West Indian twist to it, it tastes delicious and I hope you enjoy it.

Note: This recipe is copyrighted.

Rice with black beans

Note: This isn’t black beans and rice ( which is white rice and bean sauce) I’ll have this recipe up soon. So stay tune….

1.       Wash your black beans with water. (2 washes)

2.       Put the black beans to boil, don’t forget to cover the pot, it boils quicker!

3.       Check the beans after about 20-30 minutes to see if they are tender, (it shouldn’t be mushed)

4.       Once beans are tender, drain the beans but don’t throw away the water in which the beans were boiled (Very important)!

5.       Now it’s time to fry the beans, no need for too much oil, just enough for the beans to fry in.

6.       While the beans are frying it’s time to start putting in your spices

(how to prepare your very own homemade spices will be coming soon).

-Some spices to consider

                Goya ADOBO collection

7.       Once the beans are done frying with the spices, time to put in your coconut milk, yes coconut milk, no need to put too much, that means don’t put in the whole can, not even half the can, just enough to cover the beans.

8.       Let the beans simmer in the coconut milk for about a minute or two.

9.       Now it’s time to pour back the bean water back into the pot.

10.   Once you pour the bean water back make sure you check to see if it needs more salt (this truly depends on you).

11.   Now once the water begins to boil, you know it’s time to pour in your rice.

12.   When pouring the rice, you know you have enough once the rice makes a hat over the water.  Stir to make sure you haven’t been deceived. Pour as needed.

13.   Now let the rice cook in water for a little bit on High to medium heat.

14.   Once the water starts to disappear it’s time to cover the rice so it can steam.

15.   Let the rice cook and steam for about 30 to 40 minutes.

16.   Go and check to make sure your rice is cooked and if it is then your ready to eat!!!

?Good luck!!!

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There are so many different recipes for lasagna’s on the web, but the goal here at the things we talk about is to find the easiest way to make something. So here is my best take on how to make a delicious dish of lasagna. Note: This recipe is for everyone even those that are afraid to cook. Also this recipe is copyrighted. 

Here it goes: 

This recipe can be done two ways, one where meat is used and the other where no meat is used. It’s really up to you.

Without meat:

1.  Chop up some onions,  green peppers, red peppers, fresh thyme.

2. Take a pot and pour in your Ragu sauce into the pot, while your ragu sauce begins to cook, take a box of mixed vegetables (frozen) and place it into your sauce.

3. Once that starts to cook, place your onions, green peppers, red peppers, fresh thyme into the sauce. Add some ADOBO Goya to the mix to give it that extra taste. Be careful not to put too much because it can make your sauce too salty.

4. Now while your sauce is simmering. Place another pot filled with water to boil and add some oil, and a little bit of salt.

5. The water shouldn’t take long to boil but once it is place your lasagna into the water. Make sure you place the lasagna one by one.

6. Now let the lasagna cook. Once that’s cooked, this is where it gets tricky, lasagna tends to stick together so you have to keep it in the water, let the water cool a little before sticking your hand in it. 

7. Take your oven ware and spray it with PAM or butter spray, whichever you prefer. 

8. Place your first layer of lasagna, next place the sauce on top. Now it’s time for your shredded cheese, I like to use different 3 different kinds and it really depends on how I feel. One cheese that is necessary to have is the Ricotta Cheese. 

9. Place your ricotta cheese first and then add your shredded cheese on top. Now add your other layer of lasagna and continue this process. 

10. Once you add all your layers, the very top layer should consist of the shredded cheese. Now it’s time to place it in the oven.

11. By the way, make sure your oven is preheated to 400 degrees. When your oven is preheated, the lasagna will be ready quicker. 

12. Let it bake for about 30-35 minutes. 

13. Once it’s bake, take it out of the oven, let it cool and then it will be ready to eat.

With meat:

Follow same steps just add meat to your sauce and let it cook a bit longer, remember cook it a medium heat, and add water as you go, not too much, because you want your sauce to be thick.

Good luck!

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Hey you guys, this is a very easy recipe if you want to make some rice and some red kidney beans or any beans for that matter. This recipe has a West Indian twist to it, it tastes delicious and I hope you enjoy it.

Rice with Red Kidney Beans

1.       Wash your kidney beans with water. (2 washes)

2.       Put kidney beans to boil, don’t forget to cover the pot, it boils quicker!

3.       Check the beans after about 20-30 minutes to see if they are tender, (it shouldn’t be mushed)

4.       Once beans are tender, drain the beans but don’t throw away the water in which the beans were boiled (Very important)!

5.       Now it’s time to fry the beans, no need for too much oil, just enough for the beans to fry in.

6.       While the beans are frying it’s time to start putting in your spices

(how to prepare your very own homemade spices will be coming soon).

-Some spices to consider

                Goya ADOBO collection

7.       Once the beans are done frying with the spices, time to put in your coconut milk, yes coconut milk, no need to put too much, that means don’t put in the whole can, not even half the can, just enough to cover the beans.

8.       Let the beans simmer in the coconut milk for about a minute or two.

9.       Now it’s time to pour back the bean water back into the pot.

10.   Once you pour the bean water back make sure you check to see if it needs more salt (this truly depends on you).

11.   Now once the water begins to boil, you know it’s time to pour in your rice.

12.   When pouring the rice, you know you have enough once the rice makes a hat over the water.  Stir to make sure you haven’t been deceived. Pour as needed.

13.   Now let the rice cook in water for a little bit on High to medium heat.

14.   Once the water starts to disappear it’s time to cover the rice so it can steam.

15.   Let the rice cook and steam for about 30 to 40 minutes.

16.   Go and check to make sure your rice is cooked and if it is then your ready to eat!!!

17.   And if it’s edible then you have definitely done this right!!

Good luck!!!

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