In a quest to find good quality baking supplies I landed to General Food Addictive’s (GFA). A hot destination for all baking related items…whether you say baking pans, tins, molds to chocolate chips, essence, flavoring items, food color, etc…one hot stop for all baking related stuff.
One fine afternoon bitten by baking bug, three desperate house wives cum food blogger’s hired a taxi and made a trip to GFA. This trip was much planned and most pending one in the to-do list of ours. Me, Valar and Deepa had plans to visit GFA from so long but could not make out as the shop is very far nearly 25Kms. from our houses.
As we hired a taxi, it took nearly an hour and half to reach the place. By the time we were there the shop was closed for afternoon lunch. We waited for 20-25 minutes on the other side of the road for the shop to open. Finally shop opened and we entered the shop. It is very pretty small shop loaded with gorgeous amounts of baking supplies.
This little shop has got three sweet store helpers who graciously help you in finding the items. The good thing about the store is they have got a brochure where you can find all the list of items which are present in the shop. I found it very helpful, because most of the things we forget while listing down and some things are not in the display too.
We three had great time picking up the things….as the shop is far away from our houses we picked up lots of things and in more amounts….like 6 months’ supply of chocolate chips, chocolate bars, flavorings, etc. Upon asking about ‘Whipping Cream’, the store owner has introduced us with two types of options like a powder one which you can use as an instant topping for desserts and the other one is ‘Tropolite’ which is non-dairy frozen product…..which you need to thaw in the refrigerator before using. You can store it in the freezer for 4-6 months depending on the manufacturing date.
In a attempt to try we bought both the powder and frozen one. I must say enjoyed working with two of them. This tropolite brand whipping cream is good for frosting cakes. I tried it and liked the results. Whereas the powder form of ‘whipping cream’ which I bought was a ‘Blue Bird’ band, which is good for topping on desserts. The good thing about the powder one was it can be made very instantly. The bad thing is the consistency of powdered whipping cream is not like the one of regular whipping cream, which we use for cakes.
Apart from whipping cream, we also bought chocolate chips, muffin liners, disposable loaf pans, cookie cutters, lollipop molds, Hazel nuts, colored sprinkles, disposable piping bags, nozzles, chocolate bars, flavoring essence, food colors, candied cherries, whipping cream (both powder and frozen one), spatula, etc.
The list of items you can find at GFA are:
- Selbourn Dark Chocolate
- Selbourn Milk Chocolate
- Selbourn White Chocolate
- Morde Dark Compound
- Morde Milk Compound
- Morde White Compound
- Morde Dark Chocolate
- Morde Milk Chocolate
- Chocolate Moulds
- Chocolate Wrapping Papers
- Morde Choco Chips
- Morde Cocoa Powder
- Morde Drinking Chocolate Powder
- Morde Choco Strands
- Morde Butter Scotch
- Morde Milk Choco Chips
- Measuring Glass, spoons, cups
- Icing Syringe
- Baking Trays
- Icing Nozzles
- Palat Knife
- Plastic Cake Cutters
- Puff Cutters
- Biscuit Cutters
- Steel Scraper
- Icing Bag with Nozzle
- Doughnut Cutter
- Egg Beater
- Tool Set
- C M C Powder
- Sodium Powder
- Liquid Glucose
- Food Colors
- Flavors
- Ice Cream Toppings
ADDRESS:
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GENERAL FOOD ADDITIVES
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PO Box 2016, # 175/3,
1st Main Road, Seshadripuram,
Bangalore 560 020, India
Tel : +91-80-2336 7878
80-2336 0517
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WEBSITE: http://www.generalfoodadditives.com/
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Sireesha Puppala says
spelling mistake in the post title
Satya says
Its really fun to shop with friends and you guys r rocking,the shop is very nice and inspiring to c all under one roof for baking suppliesSuper Yummy Recipes
Raksha says
this is a very informative post Lubna. Thanks for sharing.
Sebeena Loyd says
really informative. thanks for sharing.
Kaveri Venkatesh says
Sure is a wonderful place…all baking requirements under one roof:)
Mélange says
A real helpful infectious post as always Lubna.Thank you.(Check with the heading 'Banking')Cheers !
Chitra says
Very nice review and iam very happy to know abt this shop. Did u find puff pastry sheets ? I am searching it for years in malls & nilgiris;)
Vimitha Anand says
Such an informative post Lubna.
Kanchan says
Oh .. how I want such a post on pune too ..its very hard to find even the basics .. neways, loved your post v informative for banglore bakers 🙂
Archana Kumar says
This little store is such a blessing…I got a big supply of pans, paper moulds, yeast and chocolate when I was in Bangalore last time…
Janani says
Thats a very helpful tips. Thanks for sharing.
Maha Gadde says
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Deeba PAB says
Beam me in Lubna …what a treat the store is. WOW!
Rachana says
I gotta forward this to my friend in Bangalore. A very helpful post!
sakshi says
does anybody know place like this in delhi?
Lubna Karim says
Sakshi – You can find baking supplies @ Bharat Stores, INA MarketModern Bazaar (NFC)Morning Store (GK)CCDSOsaba Emporium, Basant lok complex, Next to Priya cinema’s, Vasant Vihar
banupriya p says
finally i found this place, thank god….
Priya R says
Such a useful post Lubna, wish I can book a taxi to get there right now 😉 will do that one day
PrettyHandmadecards says
Hi dear…This is Gita here,thank u sooo much for giving the needed details…by the way want to know how to use whipping powder? can we add icing sugar to it?Can u plz send the method of preparing whipping cream using whipping powder with measurements..my mail id zellab4u@yahoo.co.in
Tarika says
can I get veg shortening from there?
Lubna Karim says
Hello Tarika, I have given the shop number in the post….Call me and find out whether the product is available with them….Thank you writing…
sofs says
Sounds like a good shop.. I am looking for puff pastry sheets.. would I find it there..
Aditi Rao says
Hey, if you happen to live somewhere around North Bangalore, there’s a place called Sidra Food & Essence Mart in Ganganagar. Everything you listed out here is available there too. Hoping this might help ^_^
Shazia says
Please let me know where can i find puff pastry sheets in bangalore
Lubna Karim says
Puff Pastry sheets are easily available in godrej nature’s basket, niligiris ans spar….check in frozen section of the stores…