Sugar Bricks, or Cakes For Winter Feeding

[Jen]

Last year about this time Bakers, and Riverbee, and I were discussing a new way to make sugar bricks without all the boiling and candy thermometers. More like putting all of our ingredients into a big bowl, or kitchen aid, mashing and stirring till thoroughly mixed, then pressing into pie tins.. leave in the oven overnight by the light of the oven

Where would I find that thread again? 

[Bakersdozen]

https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/index.php?topic=6293.msg80456#msg80456

Jen, It's entitled Sugar Bricks.

I am glad I posted my "recipe" on this thread because I can never remember and I probably wouldn't remember where I put the recipe!   

[Jen]

Yaay Baker, Thanks

I'm going to demonstrate how to make these very simple cakes/bricks to my bee club. They are all talking fondant and are getting recipes. But really, fondant is A LOT of work! And to be honest I've made candy with the thermometer, and tried to make sugar cakes with the boiling 240 temps, and frankly, I think it's down right dangerous. I get hot droplets of sugar syrup pop up onto my skin. My glasses fog up.... and so forth.

This recipe is so darned easy and last year my bees ate it up! I love it

Thanks for your help Baker ~hugs~

[apisbees]

All I will say is fondant is a any time any condition feed where sugar cakes can be a poor feed for the bees if not all the conditions in the hive are favorable when the bees desperately need it.

[Bakersdozen]

All I will say is fondant is a any time any condition feed where sugar cakes can be a poor feed for the bees if not all the conditions in the hive are favorable when the bees desperately need it.

apis, please elaborate on which conditions you are referring to. This has me wondering.

[Jen]

Curious too Apis... not liking the corn syrup in fondant. Then if you make fondant from marshmallows, there is the powdered sugar issue.

[apisbees]

use sucrose from cane sugar. not sugar from sugar beets or corn syrup. if you are feeding fondant, do it right. their are some commercial produced fondants available.