by Chef Susan Holtz | Nov 12, 2021 | Baking, Cake Art, Cake Art Trends, Recipe, Uncategorized
Chef Susan’s COOKBOOK PASSION Episode 1 This is the first in a series of articles in which Chef Susan will share recipes, thoughts, and stories about the baking books, cake decorating books, and multi-topic cookbooks that populate her extensive library CHOCOLATE...
by Chef Susan Holtz | Oct 14, 2021 | Baking, Recipe, Stories, Trends
COVID DECLUTTERING, RASPBERRY FRITTERS, AND LAUGHING OUT LOUD! (A High-Fat-Weight Control Moment) During this past year of COVID, there were a potpourri of projects that I was going to accomplish. For example, early on, I discovered an unfinished needlepoint from...
by Susan Holtz | Nov 1, 2020 | Baking, Cake Art, General
THE CREATIVE PROCESS-PART ONE Ah! The ebb and flow of family… One thing -you cannot control—OTHERS! I learned that my cousin, Joyce, is pulling up her Los Angeles, California roots and moving to Texas. Fun memories shared as kids flash through my mind…. Feelings of...
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 | 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...