Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Full Service Bakery Equipment

At Topos Mondial Corp, there is a wide selection of full-service bakery equipment that will allow anyone with a bakery to run it with ease. There are multiple options of new bakery equipment to used bakery equipment that can handle any type of ingredients you will be working with to meet all of your needs.

From mixers all the way to baking and all the processes in between, we have the baking equipment you need to run an efficient bakery. 

Empire Removable Bowl Spiral Mixer
Not only do we have the bakery equipment for putting together your recipes, but we have the equipment you need for moving each part of the recipe fluently through the kitchen or warehouse such as transfer belts and conveyors. 

5ft Transfer Belt
Between mixing and baking, it is nice to have baking equipment than can distribute your dough accordingly. Whether you are making bread or cakes, it is nice to have a timely set up system that will keep portion the dough correctly and send it on its way to a proofer or an oven.

Topos Conical Dough Rounder
Finally, when your cupcakes, cookies, or bread have made it out of the oven, it is time to package it for sending to your loyal customers. A quick system to take care of this will only save you more time. 

Topos Hand Bagger



At Topos Mondial you get whatever your are looking for, whether that is a full-line setup on your bakery or a piece of equipment to be remanufactured to fit your line appropriately. Full service bakery equipment follows the company motto of "We've got it!". Whatever you are looking for, Topos can definitely help to get your bakery working and running the way you want it to.


Monday, May 20, 2013

Cupcakes from Bakeries Across the Nation

We love cupcakes, and there is a good chance that you probably do, too. What would a bakery be without a selection of cupcakes to choose from? Here are a few cupcakes we have put together from bakeries spread out across the country. We chose these based on their design creativity, but hopefully, they taste just as good as they look.

1. Unicorn Poop


This chocolate cake is topped with a tinted Swiss gluten-free, buttercream frosting. It was made by Cupcake Queen from Santa Barbara, California. Even with a name like this one, we would still eat it. Would you? More interesting and fun designs from this baker can be seen at Flickr.

2. Owl Cupcakes



The popular cupcake blog Cupcakes Take the Cake recently posted this cupcake design from Classy Girl Cupcakes in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The design is refreshingly made with buttercream and not fondant, which makes us love it more just for the taste. Other flavors to choose from are peanut butter cookie, peanut butter monkey, and chocolate covered coconut. Their Facebook pages shows other animal cupcake designs such as elephants and lions.

3. Tiramisu Cake


This cupcake does not actually come from a bakery but is a recipe from food blog alimentageuse. It just looked too good to pass up, and anyone that has had tiramisu knows exactly how moist and fluffy it is. Put that into a cupcake, and you have the perfect dessert. 

4. Mocha Latte


Anyone who watches Cupcake Wars has probably heard of Crave-Bake Shop from Lake Oswego in Oregon. The gluten-free bakery has been doing great on the latest season of the show. The above cupcake is one that is served in their shop daily. It is a chocolate espresso cake topped with espresso buttercream.

5. PB&J Cupcake



Magnolia Bakery in New York City has plenty of good looking cupcakes to choose from, but we thought this one was too unique not to add to this list. A peanut butter cake filled with grape jelly and topped with peanut butter buttercream sounds delicious. It is not the best looking when compared to some of their other recipes, but taste buds win over eye sight this time. 


Cupcakes are an excellent addition to any bakery. Sometimes a bakery can survive solely on being a cupcake shop. Whenever a cupcake bakery needs equipment for mixing or baking, Topos Mondial has a wide selection of new, remanufactured, and used bakery equipment

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

3 Simple Recipes to Make in a Bakery

Every bakery has its specialties that they offer better than everyone else. This is the epitome of having a successful bakery; however, it is also a good idea to have simple items that are quick and easy to make every morning to offer as extras to customers. These items should not take a great deal of your time, but will give the guests in your bakery other options.


Amaretti Cookies


Customers who love the smell and taste of almonds will have to buy a few of these every time they are in your bakery. They are airy, delicate little cookies that take about four minutes to make  and 24 to 30 minutes to bake for every batch of thirty.

  • Ingredients
    • 2 1/2 cusp of almond flour or 3 cups of blanched slivered almonds finely ground up
    • 1 1/4 cup of superfine baker's sugar
    • 3 egg whites
    • 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
    • 1 teaspoon of almond extract
    • Extra sugar for dusting
  • Baking
    • Preheat oven to 300 F and line baking sheets with parchment paper
    • In a mixer mill together the almond flour and sugar. Add the vanilla and almond extract and pulse for a few seconds. Then add the eggs, one at a time, and continue to process until the dough is smooth.
    • Place teaspoons of the dough on the parchment paper and dust with sugar. Bake for 24-30 minutes or until golden brown. 

Oatmeal Banana Muffins


Who doesn't love a great muffin on their way to work. This easy recipe combines bananas, cinnamon, oats, and brown sugar to get your morning off to a great start.
  • Ingredients
    • 1 medium egg
    • 5 tbsps. vegetable oil
    • 1 cup pancake and baking mix
    • 2 cups quick oats
    • 1 tsp cinnamon
    • 3 medium bananas 
    • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • Baking
    • Mix together egg and vegetable oil.
    • Stir in brown sugar and cinnamon.
    • Mash bananas then add to mix.
    • Stir in quick oats, pancake, and baking mix.
    • Spoon into greased muffin pans and bake at 350 F for 18 minutes.

Miniature Cheesecakes


Smaller is actually great when it comes to dessert. Sometimes you just need a little extra to top of a great meal, and these mini cheesecakes do the trick. 
  • Ingredients
    • 24 Vanilla Wafer Cookies
    • 3 (8 oz) cream cheese packages, softened
    • 1 cup white sugar
    • 3 eggs
    • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
    • 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
  • Baking
    • Preheat oven to 325 F (165 C)
    • Line 24 baking cups with liners.
    • Place 1 wafer in each cup.
    • In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth.
    • Beat in the eggs one at a time.
    • Stir in the nutmeg and vanilla.
    • Pour mixture evenly into cups, filling 2/3 full.
    • Bake for 20 minutes or until set. 
    • Cool completely, and then if you like add cherry or strawberry topping.



Resources: Simply Recipes, Fat Secret, AllRecipes.com