DYSFUNCTIONAL DESSERTS: Break away from the ordinary Baking
Cakes, cupcakes, cookies and doughnuts have been a wedding and event dessert staple for quite some time. And so to see these desserts cross over to the...er...dark side of traditional baked goods would not only be a shocker for some guests, but a refreshing change for others.
Now when we say the 'dark side of traditional baked goods', we mean it. We're talking flavours that you would never even think of combining like bacon, peanut butter and chocolate or avocado, candied rose petals and wasabi peas. Yup, you read that right.
For your next function, grab some totally brazing inspiration from these daring dessert gurus hailing from Portland, Chicago and, of course, New York City, and challenge your caterer or cake designer to come up with their own badass flavours and concepts.
ET LOFTE LOVES:
Bleeding Heart Bakery in Chicago
Bleeding Heart is the ultimate badass in baking. Whether it's their creatively-flavoured doughnuts (think sweet potato topped with cream cheese glaze or cinnamon sprinkled with coffee beans), crafty cupcakes (like the bacon peanut butter chocolate cupcake) or super cool cakes (This Planner freaked over their tattoo cakes!), these edgy sweet-masters know how to stun.Bleeding Heart Bakery in Chicago
Photos from The Bleeding Heart Bakery
Tattoo Cake
Maple Bourbon Bacon DoughnutET LOFTE LOVES:
Voodoo Doughnut in Portland, Oregon
Celebrity Chef Anthony Bourdain praised this doughnut-duo for their "nonconformist" flavours. From the 'Arnold Palmer' (a vanilla doughnut sprinkled with a lemonade or iced tea dusting), 'Double Bubble' (a vanilla iced doughnut with bubble gum dusting and a bubble gum on top) and 'Maple Bacon Bar' ('nuff said) to their signature 'Voodoo Doll' (a raspberry filled doughnut covered in chocolate frosting and served on a pretzel stake), these guys are cursed with raw talent.
Captain My Captain Doughnut
Bacon Maple Bar
Voodoo Doll
ET LOFTE LOVES:
'The Carnival' from Abe & Arthur's in NYC
This uber chic restaurant in New York City catered by Executive Chef Franklin Becker has been highlighted in the press for it's famous dessert, 'The Carnival'. Warm ricotta doughnuts and cinnamon funnel cake chunks are set in a Ferris-wheel-like stand and paired up with strawberry and caramel filling. Guests can either dip their donuts or create their own doughnut holes with their choice of filling. This Planner fell head over heels for this concept as it would be an incredibly interactive (not to mention delicious!) dessert option for a table of guests to share and enjoy.
Photo Source: Abe and Arthur's Restaurant
Designers and Culinary Professionals alike are coming up with creative and favourable concepts every day. Rather than play it safe, become a dessert delinquent and offer your guests an opportunity to get daring with their dessert.
Photos from Voodoo Doughnut
Captain My Captain Doughnut
Bacon Maple Bar
Voodoo DollET LOFTE LOVES:
'The Carnival' from Abe & Arthur's in NYC
This uber chic restaurant in New York City catered by Executive Chef Franklin Becker has been highlighted in the press for it's famous dessert, 'The Carnival'. Warm ricotta doughnuts and cinnamon funnel cake chunks are set in a Ferris-wheel-like stand and paired up with strawberry and caramel filling. Guests can either dip their donuts or create their own doughnut holes with their choice of filling. This Planner fell head over heels for this concept as it would be an incredibly interactive (not to mention delicious!) dessert option for a table of guests to share and enjoy.
Photo Source: Abe and Arthur's Restaurant
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