Friday, March 2, 2012

Finding Cake supplies in Eindhoven

Watermolens (water mills) here in the Netherlands are both places to purchase baking supplies and at the same time, pet stores. Intuitively it makes sense, when you consider the grain is processed by the mill, powered by the river water. Flour is created, and grain for animals created, all with large stone grinders. When I first heard of this I thought it was strange but now it seems normal. Without my favorite Michaels around, I have to get my Wilton cake supplies fix somewhere, and De Dommelsche Watermolen is the place!

Located just south of Valkenswaard, (take N69 south, and turn right onto N397, you'll see it after a small river, on your left side).
Bergstraat 1
5551 AW Valkenswaard, Netherlands
 
In the background you see the different types of flours available. Zeeuwse bloem here is 1.50 instead of 1.25(at Genneper Park Watermolen). Check out all that Wilton stuff! And even Crisco- (4 euro for a tiny can). They have fondant, marzipan, gum paste, and everything you need to shape the stuff. Cookie cutters galore, cake pans, sprinkles, etc- it is all there. They even have chocolate chips made from Callebaut chocolate (you can also find them at Genneper Park, and I think the price is a bit cheaper there).

I was excited to find some special carousel candles for Dina's upcoming 3rd birthday. It is difficult to find carousel themed items and it looks like on Wilton.com, that this particular product has been discontinued, so I feel extra lucky to have scored these! They even had the carousel cake creator (for only 35 euro- it is $25 in the US! Love that EU tax! It is a stand, plastic horses that can support the shaped top made of plastic which you are supposed to cover with fondant)... but I felt like it wasn't for me. I feel the need to make the entire cake structure edible. Obviously, I'll have to use supports that are not-edible, but I don't want a fondant-covered plastic thing on the cake. At this point I'm making sketches and test-cakes (husband is happy with that) and so we'll see how it goes!


3 comments:

  1. Have you been to Keekie's in Eindhoven? http://www.keekies.nl/ It's a cute shop across from the Albert Heijn on Hoogstraat and it sells all sorts of things for baking. From decorations and dishes to even Wilton products. Their website doesn't do them justice, so you should pop in there some time.

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  2. Thanks, Danica! Funny thing- I keep trying to remember to go there sometime when they are open, which is only W&Th(2pm-6pm),F&Sa(11am-5pm). For some reason these hours aren't ideal for me (something about having a 2 year old who gets cranky in the late afternoon) but I'm going to try to go next week and check it out.

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  3. I order all my fondant, Wilton products through a local website.http://www.deleukstetaartenshop.nl/

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