The Sprinkles are in the Closet!
Karen, I am a frequent visitor to the cupcakes take the cake blog... I saw the posting with the picture of you - which is also posted on your website as I have discovered. May I ask: where are you shopping in that picture? It looks like the biggest sprinkles assortment I have ever seen! I am a big fan of your book and I enjoyed your segment on Martha. Thank you very much, Anne   Dear Anne, We are actually shopping at the cheapest sprinkle store in town. The huge armoire in Karen's dining room. It is about eight feet tall, five feet wide, and is filled top to bottom with sprinkles, organized, mostly neatly, by color and texture. That armoire is like the Library of Congress of Sprinkles. If it was ever made, there is one bottle in Karen's cupboard! Thanks for asking and... Keep on cupcaking! Karen and Alan |
You can have any color sprinkle that your heart desires in less than an hour. Just keep a supply of the plain, no color, sprinkle sugar on hand and your cake decorator's food dye. You have only to work in a little of the coloring and give the sprinkles a little time to dry and you're good to go. While the paste is more efficient you can even use liquid food dyes but you will have to let the sugar dry out a little longer. You can have any shade and any amount that you need.
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We couldn't have said it better. We usually spread the sugar out on a baking sheet to make it easy to blend the color evenly, and then place it out of the way on a rack in the oven to dry (no need to heat the oven, the sugar will air dry on it's own). And you are right, the paste coloring will give a richer color, but the liquid food coloring works just as well for softer hues.
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I have not been able to locate any caramel jimmies. I have looked online, but have been unable to locate. Know where I might find some? I am wanting to make Larry the Thanksgiving turkey.
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They are becoming hard to find. But try the milk chocolate sprinkles, they look and taste just great!
Keep on cupcaking!
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hello Karen: can i have the exact address of the sprinkle store or if there is a website so i can buy some,i started making cupecakes and i would really like more variety,thanks and i really love your cupecakes,theyr amazing!!!
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We order many of ours from Country Kitchen Sweet Arts at http://www.countrykitchensa.com
Also try Fancy Flours http://www.fancyflours.com for a great selection of both sugars and sprinkles.
They are a terrific source for all kinds of sugars and sprinkles although you can find most of them in your grocers shelves. We keep them on hand in our candy pantry all the time so we don't get caught short. We keep lots of varieties of white sugars and sprinkles on hand at all times and then tint them the color we need for our project (the technique for this is in What's New, Cupcake?). That way nothing is stopping us from making a gorgeous cupcake project on a moments notice.
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