Brushes & Tweezers

Why do you need tweezers in the kitchen?

Tweezers are not only popular in the beauty sector for plucking eyebrows and the like. They are also a common and popular tool in the kitchen, albeit in a slightly different form. The tips are slightly longer and allow you to hold different things. For example, you can attach some sugar pearls in exactly the right place on the cake. Flowers and other ingredients, such as pink pepper or chocolate chips, can also be placed precisely in this way. You will find different lengths and shapes in our store, so there is the right one for every application.

What are brushes used for in the bakery and patisserie?

The most common use of brushes is painting, whether on paper, canvas or fondant. The fine brushes in our range can be used to create small works of art from fondant, chocolate and much more. Powder paint and glitter can be applied dry to create a sophisticated background. If you want the chocolate to shine in the chosen color, we recommend mixing a powder color suitable for the type of chocolate with gloss paint. This creates an intensive and opaque coloring, as we like to use for our chocolate high heels. You will find information on the suitability of the individual powders directly in their description.

If you prefer to paint on fondant, we recommend mixing the powder colors with a little water or, even better, alcohol. The latter does not soften the fondant or similar materials such as marzipan or flower paste too much and just a few drops are enough.

Incidentally, you can start painting directly with gel colors, as they already have the right consistency. You can also paint with colored cocoa butter, but this is preferably melted and then brushed onto the inside of polycarbonate chocolate molds. Applied details such as eyes, nose, mouth, flowers or spots can be seen on the outside of the finished figure after it has been poured and molded.

Baking brushes are usually less about decorating. They are used to spread water, egg or milk on bread. They can also be used to refine cakes with a delicious concoction. You can find out which brush is suitable for what in the next section.

What types of brushes are there and what are they used for?

Pastry brush

These brushes are specially designed for the bakery and are perfect for various tasks. You can use them to easily remove flour, spread egg, milk and water on dough pieces or even apply fats such as oil or melted butter. But their use is not limited to the bakery. The soft bristles are ideal for preventing damage to chocolate molds when lining them with couverture. This way, you can ensure that no air holes are created when moulding pralines, chocolate bars and figures.

Fine brushes

Slimmer brushes are ideal for drawing and painting with a variety of powder colors and glitter, as well as chocolate, royal icing and cocoa butter. The latter is melted and applied in molds to create details such as the eyes and noses of an Easter bunny or more abstract patterns such as dots and stripes on chocolates. Once the couverture poured over it has hardened, the details become visible in vivid colors on the surface.
Glitter and powder colors can be applied to couverture, fondant and marzipan. Mixing them with gloss varnish creates an opaque and luminous coating that is particularly suitable for our chocolate high heels.
The brushes can be used to draw fine lines and dots with royal icing and couverture. For example, draw the rough outline of a flower on a cake decorated with fondant to create a beautiful effect. You can then use a brush to paint the lines towards the inside of the flower. This creates an elegant pattern.

Fan brush

Brushes with widely fanned bristles make it easier to apply dry powder colors and glitter to large areas of chocolate, royal icing and fondant-like masses. They are also ideal for dusting off powder residue.

Silicone brush

Silicone brushes are particularly easy to clean and do not lose bristles. This makes them the perfect tool for work that requires less dexterity or precision. We like to use silicone brushes for brushing chocolate molds for later pouring with couverture and also for brushing dough pieces with water or egg. Afterwards, they can be easily cleaned by hand or in the dishwasher.