[lask724]

Hi, my name is Lynne and I have a small baking/confectionary business. I am not schooled in culinary arts (although I'd love to go that path when the kids are in college!), nor am I a professional chef, and do not claim to be one! I love to bake and cook and established the business due to requests to purchase my goods. I use (what I believe to be) high quality ingredients, such as Pulgra butter, Billington's muscovado brown sugars, Madagascar pure vanilla, Lyle's Golden Syrup, organic corn syrup, etc. I love to experiment...sometimes those experiments are disasters, sometimes they aren't, it's just fun to mess around in the kitchen.

I will post my dilema in a separate thread!

Thanks,
Lynne

[Ishbel]

Welcome to Cheftalk, Lynn!

Have a look around and feel free to jump in with your own posts!

[Mezzaluna]

Hello Lynne and welcome! We hope Chef Talk members will be able to help you think through your dilemmas and find answers to your baking and business dilemmas. I'll also recommend that you use our search tool to see if some of your questions have been addressed over the years (10 and counting!).

How did you get interested in baking? What are your specialities?

We hope you enjoy being part of the community. Welcome!
Mezzaluna

P.S.- Good afternoon, Ishbel!

[lask724]

Good Morning Mezzaluna!

I became interested in baking as a little girl...yes, I had an Easy Bake Oven with their awful box mixes! But I didn't care then, I just wanted to bake. My mom cooked our meals and she baked from scratch. My dad did too, but for my dad it was a creative outlet...and a calming hobby. He was soooo picky about his ingredients, and I think that's where I picked up my love of the good stuff.

My specialties, as I'm told, are my cookies, cakes and caramels. The caramels are different, they are very good...when they don't have the wrinkled, plastic like film that they've been getting lately...argh! I did post this problem a short time ago, and hope I get some feedback.

I'm really excited about finding this site. I tried another site and found it to be not so helpful, more like the owner was trying to get folks to try posted recipes, for which she charged a year's subscription ...disappointing.

Lynne

[lask724]

Thanks! I'm looking forward to it!

Lynne

[rachael24]

Hello and welcome to the forum...I look forward to chatting with you!