Most consumers—61%—eat dessert at least once a week, including 38% who eat desserts after a meal twice a week or more, according to Technomic’s recent Dessert Consumer Trend Report. Operators should be offering a variety of desserts that different diners gravitate toward, including fruit options, chocolate and baked goods. Creating an extensive array of from-scratch desserts doesn’t have to create more work, thanks to Ready to Bake Batters from Krusteaz Professional.
Streamlining back-of-house tasks
Krusteaz Professional’s Ready to Bake Batters in a bag allow operators to make multiple dessert options using one versatile product. Each batter bag makes one half-sheet pan and can be easily portioned out across several different recipes—cakes, muffins and more. Opened bags have a shelf life of seven days, meaning one batter can be used to create fresh baked goods for an entire week. Unopened bags have an eight- to 10-month refrigerated shelf life and baked products store up to five days tightly wrapped, allowing operators to adapt to varying demand and reduce waste.
By starting with Ready to Bake Batters, back-of-house staff can prepare craveable, scratch-quality desserts while reducing prep time. No gathering, measuring and mixing of wet and dry ingredients, and no mess to cleanup. By streamlining the preparation process, staff can simply Pour. Bake. Amaze!™
The importance of variety
According to Technomic’s Dessert report, the most ordered desserts include baked goods such as brownies or bars, cake, cookies and donuts, with 18% of consumers saying they are eating baked goods more often now than they did two years ago. In restaurants, switching up dessert offerings can be as simple as adding mix-ins or toppings to brownies, cake and bar desserts.
Use Ready to Bake Brownie Batter for dense, fudgy brownies—perfect plain or with nuts or caramel stirred in or topped with ganache or frosting. For scratch-quality cupcakes, muffins and cakes, start with Sweet Cream Vanilla, Chocolate or Cinnamon Spice Cake-Muffin Batter. Offer trendy options by simply stirring in additional ingredients or use them as toppings.
With Ready to Bake Batters, operators can menu desserts featuring trending flavors without having to create numerous recipes that involve many labor hours to produce. Try these ideas, using Ready to Bake Batters as a base:
- Chocolate Waffle Charcuterie Boards: A unique take on the happy hour classic, Chocolate Waffle Charcuterie Boards use Krusteaz Professional Ready to Bake Chocolate Batter for delicious waffles, which are surrounded by dessert-style charcuterie board fixings such as berries, nuts, jams and more.
- Orange Creamsicle Poke Cake: A fun dessert perfect for summertime, Orange Creamsicle Poke Cake uses Krusteaz Professional Ready to Bake Vanilla Cake & Muffin Batter as the base, and the baked cake is then soaked with orange gelatin, resulting in a unique cake that features the flavors of the season. Top with whipped topping and garnish with orange slices and zest.
- Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies: This classic flavor profile gets an update—start with Krusteaz Professional Ready to Bake Cinnamon Spice Cake & Muffin Batter, stir in carrots and raisins and sandwich whoopie pie halves with cream cheese frosting.
- Glazed Berry Cream Muffins: Perfect on the breakfast or dessert menus, these berry-stuffed muffins start with Krusteaz Professional Ready to Bake Sweet Cream Cake & Muffin Batter and have raspberries and blueberries swirled in. Drizzle a vanilla glaze and they’re ready to go!
By offering a variety of dessert options that don’t max out labor—operators can bake on their time and keep everyone happy, ensuring diners find a dessert they want to eat and making sure back-of-house staff isn’t stretched thin.
Krusteaz Professional’s bag-to-pan Ready to Bake Batters are the perfect solution for creating an array of fresh-baked dessert options for any size operation. To learn more, click here.
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