Empire Bakery

Each year Kids Helping Kids by Kids Way, Inc. - through their "Making a Warmth of Difference" initiative - donates hundreds and hundreds of brand new coats and other winter apparel to valued organizations across Long Island in an effort to help warm our children in need during the winter months. This wonderful organization, led by Executive Director Bob Eslick...

” Do you try to give your kids healthy foods, but they would rather eat Cheetos? Are you looking for a way to spark their interest in and knowledge of nutrition? A baking class could be the perfect solution! Among the many benefits of baking classes for children is improved nutrition. When children bake, they are more likely to try...

Who doesn’t love warm chocolate chip cookies? We have all grown to enjoy them, but have you ever thought about how they first came about? Let us give you a quick rundown on the history of everyone’s favorite cookie: Inventor The creator of the chocolate chip cookie was Ruth Wakefield, without her the world might not have ever tasted such...

Do you enjoy baking yummy desserts but are trying to cut down on some calories? You can make a healthier version of your baked delights if you follow these four baking substitutes. Instead of butter… Try using avocado or banana instead of butter. Butter is extremely heavy and unhealthy and seems to make an appearance in every baking recipe. To...

Do you get sick of baking with mainly chocolate and vanilla flavors? Are you tired of doing different variations of red velvet desserts? Shake up your summer bakery menu by baking with fresh fruit. Customers will love to see a new, healthy spin on their favorite items. Plus, you’ll have tons of baked good options when you’re mixing fresh and...

Planning a wedding is both a great joy and a great stress, however, taste testing desserts to serve your guests is definitely a plus. Although a cake is typically the most typical dessert served at a wedding, many brides and grooms are now starting to offer cookies as a fun and easy alternative. Wedding cookies can serve as another element...

If you are a bakery that produces cakes for special events, you understand the struggle that it can be to create a cake or transport a cake in the heat of summer. With wedding season in full bloom, many bakeries are starting to produce and transport wedding cakes while battling warm temperatures. It is important to understand how to store...

If you’re a baker at heart, you know that the benefits you get from baking are more than just the pile of cookies in your kitchen when you’re finished. How you feel after baking is likely how people feel that love working out, creating artwork, doing sewing projects, and so forth. Many people enjoy hobbies because they have a good...

Even the bakery industry is often being improved due to innovations and advances in technology. While the beloved bakery equipment that you’ve had for decades might hold sentimental value, it is likely costing you in efficiency, energy, and cold hard cash. Using old and out of date bakery equipment will result in missed opportunities in efficiency gains and cost reduction...

If you want to set your bakery apart from your competitors this holiday season, it is important to have some sweet treats prepared  that customers can easily pick-up and take to a holiday party of serve at their own. There are several “classics” that people are expecting bakeries to have available and we have compiled a list of suggestions. Old...