Bake Fest Holiday Edition Scheduled for Oct. 8
The Bake Fest Holiday Edition, a virtual learning event for bakers taught by well-known baking influencers, is set for Oct. 8.
Founder Stefani Pollack held the first Bake Fest in May 2021, with the second one in May. Pollack is a blogger and social influencer with nearly one million Instagram followers on her @cupcakeproject account.
The events typically draw about 1,000 attendees from all over the United States, Pollack said.
“Our next online event is all about holiday baking,” she said. “It’s taking place on Oct. 8 and includes eight hands-on holiday baking classes and business of baking classes as well as video chat networking opportunities with bakers and baking brands in our virtual marketplace.”
Tickets are on sale for $15 on thebakefest.com. Prices go up to $25 on Oct. 1.
“If you are a home baker, baking business owner, or aspiring baking business owner, this event is for you,” Pollack said. “It will be a day filled with classes, holiday shopping opportunities, prizes, and networking.”
Classes include:
- Product demos and Q&As in the virtual marketplace
- Discounts from all marketplace vendors
- A chance to win incredible prizes
- Recordings for a full year
Topics and speakers include eight baking and business classes with recordings for a full year:
- Easy-Peasy Holiday Baking – Jessie Sheehan
- Wafer Paper Ornament Cake Decorating – Katelyn Brewer
- A Mid-Century Christmas Sugar Cookie – Mitzi Torgersen
- Holiday Cookie Design – Liz Joy Murray
- Showstopper Christmas Tree Cupcakes – Jyoti Nanra
- How To Raise Your Prices And Make More Dough – Laura Luk
- Holiday Business Talk – Porsha Kimble
- How To Create, Market, And Sell Virtual Holiday Baking Classes – Amanda Shonberg
Day-of shopping discounts and prizes will be available to attendees from participating brands: Castiron, Amoretti, CakeSafe, ClearBags, Eddie, The Edible Ink Printer, Canvas, Cake and Cookie Planner, Bob’s Red Mill, Simply Delish, Impact Products, Cabot, Caljava, Lolly’s, Sweet Elizabeth and Swans Down.
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DYI Monster Chocolate Pops Kit to Launch for Limited Time
Families looking for a fun Halloween activity have a unique new option: tinyB Monster Chocolate Pops, an at-home chocolate-popsicle making experience. This easy-to-use kit helps kids of all ages make monster, ghost, or mummy popsicles with creamy brigadeiro (Brazilian chocolate truffle) filling.
The limited edition kit contains everything needed to temper and mold chocolate popsicle shells, fill them with brigadeiro and cover them with colorful toppings, making it simple to make chocolate Halloween ghouls and let children, family, friends and co-workers express their creativity. Kits will be available exclusively online starting on Sept. 5.
“We’ve had such a great reception for our DIY brigadeiro kits, we decided to make a Halloween monster version,” said tinyB Chocolate founder Renata Stoica, who uses her Brazilian family recipe to make tinyB brigadeiros. “The kits are a fun at-home activity for families and a great team-building activity in corporate settings. Besides, shouldn’t everyone know how to make a Monster Pop?!”
The one-of-a-kind popsicle kit comes with pouches of dark and white chocolate (used to make the outside of the popsicle) and 4 ounces of dark chocolate brigadeiro and pumpkin spice latte brigadeiro for the inside. The kit also includes an array of spooky decorative toppings like googly eyes, colorful sprinkles, nuts, popsicle sticks and a silicone popsicle mold.
tinyB Monster Chocolate Pops are gluten-free and preservative-free. Each kit makes four complete popsicles and retails for $59. Supplies are limited and orders will be fulfilled on a first come, first served basis.
San Francisco-based chocolatier tinyB Chocolate specializes in making brigadeiros, extraordinary Brazilian truffles that are adored the world over. Family-owned and operated, tinyB Chocolate makes its authentic brigadeiros fresh to order.
Stoica’s recipe strikes a perfect balance — avoiding the bitterness of dark chocolate or the sweetness of extra sugar. Perfect as gifts or wedding favors, tinyB brigadeiros are handcrafted, beautifully packaged and delivered within two days anywhere in the continental United States.
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Brace Yourselves: Krispy Kreme Starts Pumpkin Spice Season Early
Pumpkin spice season is arriving earlier than ever at Krispy Kreme and there’s a latte more to love (literally), including a Latte Swirl Doughnut – a take on the beverage that started it all – and Iced Coffee.
Krispy Kreme is officially kicking off the season Aug. 8 – a month earlier than the brand did in 2021.
“Sure, pumpkin spice is generally associated with fall, but true fans of the flavor will agree that August is close enough! So, we’re pulling fall forward, enabling our guests to indulge and enjoy early with delicious pumpkin spice doughnuts and drinks, including our Pumpkin Spice Latte, which you can get iced or frozen, by the way,” said Dave Skena, global chief brand officer.
Krispy Kreme’s full pumpkin spice lineup is available beginning Aug. 8 at participating shops:
- Latte Swirl Doughnut: Dipped in a pumpkin spice/sugar blend and topped with a swirl of vanilla and coffee buttercream.
- Original Glazed Doughnut: A classic Original Glazed doughnut with a twist.
- Original Filled Cheesecake Doughnut: Original Glazed doughnut with creamy cheesecake filing decorated with cheesecake icing.
- Cake Doughnut: Old-fashioned cake doughnut covered in iconic glaze.
- Latte: Available hot, iced or frozen.
- Iced Coffee: Iced Coffee blend.
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