Where to buy your caking tools online

Hi everyone! It has been a while since I updated this blog. But I am resuscitating this from now on to share what I am up to and hopefully, dish out some tips, tutorials, and cake news. My way of giving back to the medium that taught me everything I know about caking. ^_^

When I started baking and cake decorating in 2010, there was a dearth of cake decorating supplies available in confectionery stores, and the ones available are too pricey especially for someone who is just starting. But in less than a year, online stores started cropping up, with cheaper tools coming from US and China. Oh how they made life easier for me!

Well, I would love to share with you my trusted online stores. I would be updating the list from time to time so I think it would be best to bookmark this entry. ^_^

Baking Buddies

Baking Buddies has almost anything and everything you need in cake decorating. It even has The Mat at a very affordable price. They have lovely cutters and molds and impression mats. And it is very easy to deal with the owners—very friendly and accommodating. Delivery is also fast! I have bought a lot of times from it already and my favorite are the letter cutters.

Online store: www.facebook.com/bakingbuddies

Physical store: 2 Mercury St., Bricktown Subd.,  Moonwalk, Parañaque, Philippines

Contact number: +639175993888

Bake It Dainty

Atty. Miles, the owner of Bake It Dainty, is very helpful and accommodating. She even has a blog to teach her caking friends how to use the things they bought from her store. She also teaches cake decorating! I love the impression mats from her store.

Online Store: www.facebook.com/bake.dainty, www.facebook.com/BakeItDainty

Physical Store: Makati City, Philippines

Contact number: +639063004919

Bake Et Al

Kelly of Bake et al is very friendly and GENEROUS! You get freebies from her from time to time. She has letter cutters that are not available in other stores.

Online store: www.facebook.com/bakeetal?ref=ts

Physical store: Etech Marketing, 1449 Pres. Quirino Ave., Paco, Manila, Philippines

Contact number: +639232735624

D’Chef

It is very easy to do business with D’Chef headed by its owner, Ms. Debbie Caw. If you are looking for Amecolor gel and airbrush colors, this is the place to go! They have all the colors in stock.

Online store: www.dchefonline.com

Contact number: (632) 251-4004

Oh, Sweetcraft!

So far, Sweetcraft holds my best confectionery award. All thanks to Kate's entry on where to buy baking stuff. It's small but very organized and super clean. The attendants are really friendly and helpful, too. And surely, they sell cheaper than CL. I found the all too elusive tylose powder there, too. They also have a wide-range of cake and pastry boxes at the stall next to the confectionery.

Sweetcraft is located at 373 Boni Ave., Mandaluyong City. You could reach them at 532-1595 and 532-6289. I suggest you call them first when looking for hard-to-find products.

I don't have my own car so I just commute going there. If you're coming from recto or cubao area, take a jeepney going to stop and shop. From there, hail a boni-mrt jeepney and tell the driver to drop you off Rizal Technological University (RTU). And if you're coming from EDSA, take a stop and shop jeepney near the MRT-Boni Station and get off RTU. You may also take a tricycle. Sweetcraft is right across RTU.

Off topic: some brownies my officemates ordered: ^_^

Weekend sugarcrafting

Hello! Can't believe it's midweek again. Days are passing by too fast. I read somewhere that age has to do with people's sense of time--the older you get, the faster you perceive time. Whoah! Now that gives you an idea of how young I am. ^_^

As a working mom, I only have Saturdays to spare for my confectionery shopping. So last Saturday, I was planning to bring my sister to Divisoria to check on their baking products but ditched the plan the last minute and opted for Chocolate Lovers at Quezon Avenue instead.

(I love the castle-like structures of Chocolates Lovers stores. It gives you that fairy tale feeling^_^)

In the afternoon, I passed by Gourdo's in Trinoma after our family's mall stroll and got myself a heart cutter for my calla lilies.

Come Sunday, I used up the remaining gumpaste from my sister's birthday cake and made these flowers. I enjoyed painting the roses with red powder color. They're so RED!^_^

(I used the upper part of my steamer to dry the flowers)

(I steamed them the next day so the powder would stick)

Can't wait for the next weekend!

I love Gourdo's!

I'm a newbie baker and I am just starting to discover and explore confectioneries in town. I frequent Chocolate Lovers for my baking needs because their Q. Ave branch is the nearest to my place. But gosh, do I love Gourdo's! Gourdo's does not sell flour and chocolates but they have the widest selection of Wilton products that I have ever seen (so far)! The coolest thing is, I always pass by their Gateway branch every day after work (you know, being an MRT patron.) ^_^

Last week, I dropped by and saw that they have nice items on sale and I grabbed myself a buy-one, take-one cake stand. The attendant said it's from Turkey and quite durable.

I also got myself a black color mist, hoping that I could use it to tint my fondant. Bad idea! Turned out this food color spray is best for boiled icing and buttercream but not on fondant.

And so, two days after buying it, I finally got to use the stand.^_^