by Chef Susan Holtz | Apr 29, 2020 | B&CA, Baking, Cake Art, General, Uncategorized
HOW TO USE EXCESS CAKE-CHOCOLATE CHIP SPICE BARS Cake decorators and bakers! Do you need to clear out your freezer and use EXCESS CAKE? That cake that was left when you evened out the cake layers OR cake that was left after carving OR cake that did not turn out...
by Chef Susan Holtz | Apr 2, 2020 | Baking, General, Healthy Baking, Stories, Uncategorized
Aunt Sally’s Four-Grain Cookies Thought that sharing a healthy cookie recipe with you would be a helpful, and a fun way of creating a family activity where kids could get into the kitchen and help with measuring and baking. The cookie recipe was given to...
by Chef Susan Holtz | Mar 26, 2020 | Baking, General, Healthy Baking, Stories, Uncategorized
National Emergency and Mom’s Maraschino Cherry Cake One can totally freak out nowadays. Shopping has become almost hazardous to your health! Taking hours to purchase items in markets Where the workers are obviously sleep deprived and overworked! Everyone seems...
by Chef Susan Holtz | Jan 30, 2020 | Equipment, General, Uncategorized
HOW TO ADJUST A LOAF PAN RECIPE(When the pan you have is different from the one in a recipe.)How many cake pans do you have?I have a ZILLION, but not loaf pans that measure 9×5 inches.You say- “What!?” …. A baker without that “standard size.?”When I had my...
by Susan Holtz | Nov 9, 2019 | Baking, General
In honor of National Peanut Butter Month I got to thinking about one of my high school students years ago who shared a recipe for his mom’s Peanut Butter Cookies. Because of their distinct shape and flavor combination, the recipe has turned out to be one several...
by Susan Holtz | Aug 26, 2019 | B&CA
Do not have my own kiddos For those of you who do or are kids at heart A recipe for Banana Strawberry Paletas An idea for a weekend activity…. Or a Blender Breakfast…..if you Do not have the patience for the freezing part…… Equipment: Blender, popsicle molds, craft...
by Susan Holtz | Aug 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
“Chef, what is the difference between icing and frosting?” Do you ice or frost a cake? Does it sound more refined to say “ice” than “frost?” Historically, icing refers to a more European origin and frosting is the American term for icing and, even though America is...
by Susan Holtz | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
In the first quarter of 2014 I asked our online community of any interest in a super Tres Leches dessert. Response…amazing! As I had many scheduling hurdles in 2014, my focus was drawn away from the goal of developing a modified version of what we had been using at...
by Susan Holtz | Jun 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
We’re thrilled to announce that Chef Susan was awarded the 2015 California Council of Adult Education (CCAE) CALCO Excellence in Teaching Award for the Los Angeles Metropolitan section. The CCAE was founded in the 1940’s and is a prestigious and...
by Susan Holtz | Apr 18, 2014 | B&CA, Cake Art
Pan Dulce (Concha) When I began to think about what baked product I would try for National Hispanic Heritage Month I thought of those colorful breads known as pan dulce- sweet bread. I always wanted to try to make my own brightly colored rolls that I saw at special...
