Retail Baking

Busken debuts Cake Town 

Dec 1, 2006, Bakery-Net Staff

A well-established Cincinnati bakery chain is shaking up its cake line and inspiring local enthusiasm for extravagant celebration cakes.After 78 years...

How Concannons diversified its product line 

Dec 1, 2006, Modern Baking staff

by Edward M. Lee, editor emeritus The Concannons contracted with a national firm to supply the bakery with a variety of logo tins, including collegiate...

Workbench 

Dec 1, 2006, Modern Baking staff

Q: We want to make krumkake. Krumkake is a large thin cookie made from batter poured into an embossed mould with hinged plates and is very popular in...

The Workbench 

Nov 1, 2006

Q: What are the seeds that are sprinkled on naan bread? I believe they are onion seeds, but my co-worker does not agree. Andre, via e-mail A: Nigella...

Torrance Bakery's key to success: communication  

Oct 1, 2006, Katherine Martin

Editor Heather Henstock (left) presented Modern Baking's 2006 Retail Bakery of the Year award to Kirk Rossberg's Torrance Bakery. Bear claws are filled...

Workbench 

Oct 1, 2006, Modern Baking staff

Q: Our business is selling decorated and sculptured cakes. We sometimes run out of piping gel, and I would appreciate an easy formula for a small amount...

Workbench 

Sep 1, 2006, Modern Baking staff

Q: What is desiccated coconut? We currently use sweetened coconut and wonder what the applications of desiccated coconut could be. Joshua, via e-mail...

Making Mazur's Bakery a destination 

Sep 1, 2006, Katherine Martin

Mazur's offers a variety of packaged products for easy grab-and-go and impulse purchases Much of Mazur's production is done by hand, including icing mini...

Affordable solution for crumb packing 

Sep 1, 2006, Modern Baking staff

The CP-1H Crumb Press from Food-Tools is designed to dramatically reduce labor costs and improve product quality. The unit packs crumbs into the bottom...

The Workbench 

Aug 1, 2006, Modern Baking staff

Q: How can we keep our showcases condensation-free? Larry, via e-mail A: Any refrigerated display case can produce condensation during high heat and humidity....

Pistachio bucks retail tradition 

Jun 19, 2006, Marilyn Odesser-Torpey

Co-owners Anne Fletcher and Spencer Budros.Although the prettily garnished pastries, tortes, terrines and tarts in the refrigerated showcase at Pistachio-A...

How Scholars Inn diversified for growth 

Mar 20, 2006, Katherine Martin

Lyle and Kerry Feigenbaum have grown Scholars Inn Bakehouse to three locations and $3.5 million in sales.Branding is important to most bakery operators....

Industry leaders reflect on past for future success 

Mar 20, 2006, Heather Brown

PanelistsWarren Brown, owner, Cake Love, in Washington D.C. Relatively new to the retail baking industry, Brown opened his third location in Silver Spring,...

How The Pastry Chef overhauled its business 

Mar 20, 2006, Beth D'Addono

Owner Alex Gori, here with his wife Teresa, designed his new bakery to fit his custom needs.Taking over an existing bakery and remodeling a retail space...

Tammie Coe Cakes and MJ Bread form a perfect marriage 

Feb 23, 2006, Ed Lee

Partners in business and marriage, Tammie and M.J. Coe share a 1,600-sq.-ft. production facility for her Tammie Coe Cakes and his MJ Bread.Conventional...

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In-Store Bakery of the Year

Do you work for one of the best in-store bakeries in the United States? If so, submit your application for Modern Baking’s In-store Bakery Operation of the Year. Applicants will be judged on management systems, product quality, training programs, merchandising and marketing plans, sales and industry service. Applications must be received by March 1. The winner will be featured in Modern Baking magazine and will be recognized in front of their peers in New Orleans, during the International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Expo, June 10-12, 2012. Click here for the application.