As Seen on TV: DIY "Cronuts", Buffalo-Style!

“Cronuts” are a deep-friend croissant that is filled like a donut. People are lining the streets of New York City to pay $5 a pastry for these bad boys. Whether you call them a cronut or a "doissant", these are super fun to make. 

Behold:  the DIY version.

What you need:

2 cans Pillsbury Grands! Biscuits

¼ cup sugar

1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon

2 cups heavy whipping cream

Instant pudding mix: strawberry, chocolate or caramel

1 ½ inch cookie or biscuit cutter

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Trend Alert: DIY Petal Buttercream Cakes

We love decorating cakes with buttercream for different reasons. While fondant gives you options, buttercream is rewarding and beautiful. Case in point: the Buttercream Petal Cake.

Thanks to our friend, Shannon, at Creative Creations Cakery, we have these awesome pictures of how to create this look at home:

 

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Italian Meringue Buttercream Recipe

Frosting a cake is a breeze with Italian meringue buttercream. It’s light texture is a great frosting for wedding cakes. You can add preserves to give it a different flavor and color for your special event. Make sure the butter is at room temperature before you begin!

This is a great recipe from local cakery, Creative Creations Cakery!

Italian Meringue Buttercream
Recipe after the jump!

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Video Alert: How To Make Buttercream Lobsters

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Buttercream is a great medium to work with. Click on the link for the tools to make this cute crustacean!
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Plan your own Valentine party with us and Sheckys.com!

Valentine's Day is a great reason to bust out the chocolate sauce and pink sprinkles. We recently did a DIY Valentine party spread with Sheckys.com and KC You There.

Cupcake fondue once again was the star of the show! Homemade cupcake toppers take the cake to an adorable level that is both useful and creative! Pin It

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes: Step-by-Step!

Voila: Chocolate chip cookie dough cupcakes!

When brainstorming a new cupcake, there are different elements to consider. Size, cake, and frosting. Here's a step-by-step tutorial to the most delicious mini chocolate chip cookie dough cupcakes to pass your lips!

1st: Size. Almost always the best choice is mini cupcakes. They feed more people and they are more fun to pop! 

2nd: Cake. When choosing the cake, use your imagination! Mini chocolate chips in a basic yellow cake recipe is a delicious way to change the ol' classic. And the best part about it is that the chocolate chips remain somewhat in tact after baking, making it a complete mix of chocolate chip cookie and cupcake. 

3rd: Frosting. A no-brainer. Team Lola Pearl is so in love with cream cheese frosting that we dream of it dripped in ganache. However, to make it truly chocolate chip cookie dough frosting, there is one key ingredient that must be added: brown sugar.  Depending on your frosting, start with one tablespoon and flavor to taste!

Sprinkling the mini chocolate chips on top of the frosting and finishing with a mini cookie is the only way to finish this delicious concoction! 

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As Seen On TV: "Trick or Treat" Cupcakes HOW TO

TRICK?

OR
TREAT?

These spooktacular cupcakes are super fun for a Halloween get together. All it takes is some plastic storage bags, frosting and some food coloring, and you've got yourself a nice little kid-friendly activity! 


Behind the Apron "How Too" after the jump! 

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Berry-Berry Delicious!

This is a great time of year to try out this patriotic combination. Perfect for the 4th of July, Team LP recommends mini chocolate cupcakes with topped with strawberry buttercream and a blueberry. 

It will be like a mini firework of fruity treats in your mouth! :)

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Behind the Apron TIP: Prep, prep, prep!

We came across this procedure in a cookbook circa 1951. Follow this when making cakes at home from scratch!

1. Read the recipe. Every word!

2. Turn on and set the oven.

3. Assemble ingredients. (Ingredients should be at room temperature)

4. Assemble utensils

5. Prepare the pans

6. Sift flour. Measure ingredients.

7. Always measure on the level

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Celebrity Post: Mardi Gras Cupcakes!

To celebrate Fat Tuesday, here's a picture sent in by loyal LP fans, Jonas and Madalyn!

 

Want to be featured on LP?

Email your pictures to

askLP@lolapearlbakeshoppe.com

Happy Baking!

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The PERFECT coffee cake (+ recipe!)

These frigid winter mornings call for a perfect cup of coffee and a nice hearty, yet moist, coffee cake to get the day started right. 

This is a THE coffee cake! The preparation is simple, and falling in love at first bite is inevitable!! The recipe makes makes two 9" inch cake pans, so you will be able to spread the love around!

(I'd imagine that the cake freezes well, once wrapped tightly, but that's never an option when this cake is around the LP family!)

 

Recipe: 

Grease two 9" rounded cake pans. 

Preheat oven at 375 

Prepare Streusel topping:

1 cup brown sugar

4 tsp brown sugar

4 Tablespoons flour

4 Tablespoons melted butter

1 cup chopped nuts

To make the cake: 

Cream: 

1/2 cup butter

1 cup sugar

Add:

2 eggs

1 cup sour cream

1 tsp vanilla

Combine dry ingredients and add into mixture: 

2 cups flour 

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

Bake for 25-30 minutes. 

I prefer cutting in triangles, but it's your coffee cake! Be creative! 

Happy Baking!!

xoxo

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Celebrity Post! Dora the Explorer Cake!

Mad props go out to our friend Jenny who made this awesome "Dora the Explorer" cake for her daughter Madalyn's 2nd birthday!!

Like to bake? Send us a pic of your creations to

lolapearlbakes@gmail.com!!

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