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Festive Towering Treats

The Fork to Belly I'll Be Home for Christmas Cake Reaches High

— December 19, 2014 — Lifestyle
The Fork to Belly I'll Be Home for Christmas Cake reaches impressive heights just in time for the holidays. Four layers of chocolate slabs are stacked on top of one another, allowing the dessert to stand high at the dinner table.

Presented as a festive treat or rather the "Leaning Tower of Cake," this treat features cocoa powder, all purpose flour, buttermilk and vanilla extract. The supposedly secret ingredient is an entire cup of freshly brewed coffee, infusing the dessert with mocha flavors that are common during the winter months.

Topping this delectable creation is a light frosting and heaps of strawberries and blueberries. The white, red and blue shades are reminiscent of festive colors, resonating with the Christmas Cake name.
Trend Themes
1. Vertical Desserts - The trend of creating towering and vertical desserts like the Leaning Tower of Cake presents opportunities for innovative presentations of desserts in restaurants and bakeries.
2. Seasonal Mocha Flavors - The trend towards incorporating warming seasonal mocha flavors like coffee, cocoa, and berries into desserts presents opportunities for innovation in both cafes and pastry shops to respond to seasonal preferences in-market.
3. Colorful Festive Desserts - The trend towards creating visually appealing, color-coordinated and festive desserts offers opportunities to spice up the dessert space in clothing stores and specialty grocery store sections as holiday gifts.
Industry Implications
1. Bakery - As people look for innovative and creative desserts, there is the potential for bakeries to organize the presentation of these towering desserts in new ways that will create a memorable dining experience and attract new or recurring customers.
2. Restaurant - Incorporating vertical desserts into restaurant menus as attention-grabbing showpieces that can be shared among guests presents opportunities to enhance the dining experience and attract new customers.
3. Gift Wrapped Desserts - As the consumption of festive desserts continues to grow, clothing stores and specialty grocery stores have the opportunity to create memorable gift-wrapped dessert options at a time when people are looking to share joy and appreciation.
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