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    · This blog earns income via ads and contains affiliate links (See disclosure) · Thank you for your support ·

    You can view links to all the tools and equipment on my Amazon Storefront.

    Would you like to learn how to bake professional, bakery-style cakes and treats at home? With these posts, I'll show you how to use my bakery recipes, baking techniques, and secret ingredients to wow your guests.

    Some of my recipes are more complicated than others, and some of them are super simple and speedy. All of them can be baked to perfection by YOU by following these recommendations.

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    • 🍰 Baking Resources
    • 👩‍🍳 Bakery Business Resources
    • 👩‍👧‍👦 Baking Fun for Your Kids
    • 🥣 Shop My Favorite Tools and Ingredients
    • 📜 Other Resources

    🍰 Baking Resources

    These tricks and methods that I used for over a decade at Amycakes Bakery can be easily incorporated into your home kitchen.

    • How to Make really moist cakes
      Seven Bakery Secrets to Incredibly Moist Cakes Every Time
    • Instant Clearjel
      Instant Clearjel: A Magical Bakery Ingredient
    • Cut cake with cake rings
      How to Bake and Layer Cakes Like a Pro: 5 Easy Steps
    • Cake Cutting Guide: The Easiest Way to Cut a Round Cake
    • A carrot cake baked in a sheet pan cut out with cake rings.
      Frequently Asked Questions
    • image of a decorated cake next to stencils to practice cake decorating.
      18 Pro Cake Decorating Piping Patterns + Free Practice Templates
    • 5 Genius Ways to Use Up Leftover Cake Scraps
    • A tall cardboard box with scissors lines showing to cut along the front sides to create a door to place a tiered wedding cake, with an image of a wedding cake in front of it.
      How to Transport a Wedding Cake (7 tried-and-true tips!)

    👩‍🍳 Bakery Business Resources

    Feel free to use these tools in your bakery or home baking business.

    • A dessert table filled with professional cakes and pastries
      15 Professional Bakery Recipes that Taste Amazing!
    • a variety of homemade cupcakes on a wooden table.
      The Best Ways to Sell Cakes and Baked Goods Online (in 2025)
    • A Vanilla Cake Slice with Strawberry Cake Filling and the rest of the layered cake in the background.
      13 Cake Filling Flavors (and recipes!) used in my bakery

    You can find my insights on using instant clearjel to adjust sugar levels in this Baking Safely at Home article.

    👩‍👧‍👦 Baking Fun for Your Kids

    I made the following posts on my Craft blog that I think your kids may enjoy. Check them out below!

    Several bakery dramatic play free printable pages on a table incuding an open sign, play money, and printable desserts.
    Bakery Dramatic Play Free Printables for Kids

    🥣 Shop My Favorite Tools and Ingredients

    By shopping through the links below, you support the content on this site, which allows me to create and share recipes--thank you! I regularly update my Amazon Storefront with the tools and products I use and/ or recommend.

    Shop my favorite tools and ingredients as seen in my recipe videos.
    Strawberry Cupcakes with filling
    Use the code AB20 at Olive Nation to get 20% off for Amycakes Bakes readers. I use their Strawberry Extract, Coconut Extract, and more.

    Instant clear jel by Medley hills farm 1.5 Lbs. in Reusable Container - Great Clear jel for canning & Thickener for liquids Like Sauces, Soups, Gravy, Desserts - Gluten-Free - Non-GMO - Made in USA

    Cornaby's E-Z Gel Instant Food Thickener, 16oz. (Pack of 1) | Gluten-Free, Non-GMO, All-Natural, Instant Food Starch Granules For Thickening Sauces, Soups, Gravy, Desserts, Salad Dressing, and More!

    EZ Gel works great as a substitute (in a 2x ratio) for Instant Clearjel in my Stabilized Whipped Cream, though I recommend sticking to instant clearjel for other recipes.

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    Recipe creator, cake decorator, and lover of all things sweet. 🍰

    Amycakes was a small family bakery known for its incredibly moist cakes, cupcakes, and delicious bakery treats. Now, we're excited to share all our secrets with you!

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      Frosted Peppermint Sugar Cookies

    Baking Resources

    • How to Make really moist cakes
      Seven Bakery Secrets to Incredibly Moist Cakes Every Time
    • Cut cake with cake rings
      How to Bake and Layer Cakes Like a Pro: 5 Easy Steps
    • Instant Clearjel
      Instant Clearjel: A Magical Bakery Ingredient
    • Cake Cutting Guide: The Easiest Way to Cut a Round Cake

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      Extra Moist Triple Chocolate Ganache Cake: a Bakery Recipe
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      The Best Blueberry Cake

    Bakery Business Resources

    • a variety of homemade cupcakes on a wooden table.
      The Best Ways to Sell Cakes and Baked Goods Online (in 2025)
    • A dessert table filled with professional cakes and pastries
      15 Professional Bakery Recipes that Taste Amazing!
    • A Vanilla Cake Slice with Strawberry Cake Filling and the rest of the layered cake in the background.
      13 Cake Filling Flavors (and recipes!) used in my bakery
    • A tall cardboard box with scissors lines showing to cut along the front sides to create a door to place a tiered wedding cake, with an image of a wedding cake in front of it.
      How to Transport a Wedding Cake (7 tried-and-true tips!)

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