Cake decorating supplies overseas

I’m helping out with an Easter brunch, and one of my assignments is to bring decorated sugar cookies.  Easy enough, I love to decorate cookies, but I didn’t bring any decorating supplies with me.  Fortunately, I have a lot of time to find them.

I started with the closest shopping mall.  I was able to find Easter cookie cutters and a Wilton decorating kit at TK Maxx.  No, it’s not a typo, but from their website, I can say with confidence that it’s the same company we know as TJ Maxx.  Now the only thing I need is something to color the frosting.

After searching the grocery stores and friends’ kitchens for food coloring, I resorted to the internet.  I was able to find my favorite Wilton gel colors on a German website at nine euros apiece ($12.60).  I tried the Wilton website; they don’t ship internationally.  They did, however, list their international distributors.  There are two in Poland, and one happens to be in Poznań:

My husband is a map wizard and helped me plan how to get there by tram.  For all you cake bakers in POZ, I took Line 5 to Park Wilsona stop.  It dropped me off on Glogowska.  I crossed and walked down Kanalowa for two blocks (generally headed SE).  When Kanalowa deadends at Kolejowa, I turned left, walked about a block and found the store on my left.

The gate is open during business hours – the entrance is in the back of the building

This is a very industrial neighborhood; they appear to be a wholesale store for bakers but are willing to sell to the public.  They carry many Wilton and other cake and candy supplies.  The price I paid was slightly higher than what was marked on the shelves; I’m assuming that was for a retail transaction.  Even so, the colors were 11.07 zl or less than $4 apiece.   Wandering the aisles was so much fun; I know I’ll be back.

Check back later to see my finished product.  😀

Lois Britton

An accountant by trade and a food blogger since 2009, Lois Britton fell in love with Polish cuisine during the years she lived in Poznań, Poland. As the creator of PolishHousewife.com,  she loves connecting readers with traditional Polish recipes. Lois has a graduate certificate in Food Writing and Photography from the University of South Florida. She is the author of The Polish Housewife Cookbook, available on Amazon and on her website.