there was no practical way to supply it. If they couldn’t find a profitable system to produce the cake pops for clients, they would be forced to decline valuable business opportunities. In response to this issue, Heavenly Cake Pops developed the Easy Roller. The affordable device allows users to roll roughly 21 cake balls in a matter of minutes. What once could take hours of hand-exhausting labor was economized into a simple and fast procedure. “The machines that we see are used just as a divider and still require people to hand-roll the balls,” Anthony Cucci says. “While the Easy Roller is still a manual tool, it really automates each part of the process. It not only saves you time, but also saves you the pain of hand rolling.” Not to mention, the Easy Roller is easy to use. And operations that improve your production efficiencies will improve your GET CREATIVE There are plenty of inexpensive ways to add a creative flair to your cakes. The following is a collection of affordable, non-traditional decorating gadgets that will define your products and streamline your production. • Bubble wrap as a texturizer adds a distinguished finishing touch to cakes. • Heat guns can be used for tempering chocolate. • PVC pipes work wonderfully for structure, but can also be used as a rolling pin. • A chef’s knife can be used for shaping flower petals on a cake. • Textured wallpaper acts as a transfer sheet for tempered chocolate. 44 < MAY 2012 | bakemag.comhttp://www.cmbakeware.com