Baking is one of those trades where the people involved really love what they do. You have to in order to produce such luxurious looking pastries and desserts as you see in cake shops and bakeries everywhere. If you’re one of these people dedicated to the joys of baking, you might even open your own bakery. This is an exciting process, but after the space is painted, the bakery display cases are installed, and your logo is up on the door, you have to find creative ways to stock your shop! Here are some great flavor options that can be made as full cakes, cupcakes, or any other dessert you can think of.
Creative Cakes
There are countless flavor combinations in the world, but the trick to running a successful bakery is finding the ones that are unique enough to stand out, but commonplace enough to entice buyers. The first flavor idea is simple, but has plenty of options: coconut cake. This light and creamy recipe is traditionally served with a white cake, but to make smaller or bite sized options, consider serving them in angel food cake cups. Almost like a strawberry shortcake, you can fill the cup with coconut cream and top with toasted coconut shreds or slices.
Lemon is another popular summer flavor, but to spice it up a bit consider adding some basil into your batter. You can have lemon basil cupcakes or lemon cups topped with basil. You could even branch into lemon meringue pies or cups, lemon blueberry muffins or scones, or lemon cake balls.
Red velvet is a decadent favorite of many sweet connoisseurs, but you could take it back a notch with a delicate pink velvet cake. Flavor your white or yellow cake with fresh raspberries and fill the cake with a raspberry jam to get a gorgeously sweet base. You can then whip up some cream cheese icing to go on the outside and decorate with strawberry and pink piping!
If you’re looking for something to entice the younger crowd, you could try your hand at cereal cakes. Things like a Froot Loop or Lucky Charms cupcake will definitely grab the attention of the younger crowd. For the Froot Loop option, you can use a yellow cake with a citrus flavored icing and top with the cereal itself. For Lucky Charms, a simple yellow cake with buttercream and the marshmallow charms on top is a great eye-catching product!