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Posted: 07 Jul 2024
If you’re making cookie pies, tarts, traybakes or layered desserts, you might want a thick, softly set but sliceable layer between your biscuit base and your chocolate topping. We’ve got the perfect solution: cuttable fillings made by combining sumptuous spreads with compound coatings. Read on to find out how to create your own ideal fillings for every application using Keylink Essentials…
by Joe Baker
07 July 2024
Given the enduring popularity of traybakes, it’s essential to have a thicker, more easily cuttable version of our versatile spreads that can be piped into tart cases, biscuit bases, cookie pies and more.
Each spread has a corresponding Keylink Essentials compound coating, which you can combine with the spread to achieve a soft-set, cuttable consistency your customers will love to bite into. We’ve taken care of all the ratio calculations for you!
Spread | Matching coating | % of coating required | Bakestable |
Pistachio (10%) | Pistachio | 20% | Y |
Pistachio (15%) | Pistachio | 20% | Y |
Lemon Cream | White | 20% | Y |
White | White | 20% | N |
Milk | Milk | 20% | N |
Milk with Hazelnut | Milk | 20% | N |
White with Hazelnut | White | 20% | N |
Each spread will need 1-2 hours to set in the fridge after combining to make them cuttable. After keeping at room temperature, the spreads will soften but will keep their form, so can be displayed all day.
If you’ve tried all of the above combinations and are looking for something a little different, we’ve got just the thing. Here are some spread and compound coating combination ideas for you to try in your next batch of bakes:
Our range of Keylink Essentials spreads and compound coatings are a perfect pairing, allowing you to create your own range of indulgent fillings. Use our table as a guide, but feel free to experiment and find your own ideal ratios for every application!
Looking for other ways to use compound coating in your bakery business? Read our blog 5 Reasons to Use Compound Coatings for a few ideas.
We’d love to see your creations, tag us on social media in your photos of compound coatings and spreads!
Earlier this year, the Barry Callebaut factory in Belgium closed for several months following a salmonella-positive chocolate production lot. While the factory has re-opened and our Callebaut stocks are improving again, the closure had a significant ripple effect on the chocolate industry and our other brands continue to be in high demand.
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