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PIÑATA CAKES

New cake
options bring
joy to the
season.

With Cinco de Mayo fast approaching, one interesting way to help customers celebrate is a piñata cake.
You can make a traditional cake livelier and more exciting
for partygoers by filling it with candy.
To make a piñata cake, cut out a roughly 4-inch circle in the
center of the cake before you have frosted it. Preserve the rounds,
as they can be used later. Fill the hole in the cake with a few cups
of whatever candy you want to use. Make sure to leave a little bit of
room at the top of the hole.
Take one of the previous cake rounds and slice it in half horizontally to make two thinner rounds. Cover the candy with one of the
rounds. Then, finish frosting the cake and decorate it with a variety
of colors.

©ANAUMENKO - STOCK.ADOBE.COM, GENERAL MILLS FOODSERVICE

General Mills Foodservice has announced the launch
of the Pillsbury Professional Online Community, a new
resource to help foodservice professionals make baking
easier. The website connects users to a community of baking experts and enthusiasts nationwide to share ideas, ask
questions, and collaborate in a supportive online forum
with others who are passionate about baking.
The digital platform offers recipe inspiration, how-to
videos, baking trend analysis, and an interactive forum
that allows users to submit questions and connect with
baking experts and peers from across the country.
"Fresh-made baked goods are an essential and growing
part of any foodservice operation, but we recognize they
can also be a challenge," says Kelley Walhof, assistant
brand experience manager for General Mills Foodservice.
"Pillsbury Professional is meant to be a place where our
customers can come to learn, find inspiration, and ask
their questions about baking so they don't have to start
from scratch."
At PillsburyProfessional.com, foodservice professionals
have access to detailed information about how to bake a
wide assortment of baked goods on foodservice menus,
including standards of identity for each item, instructional
videos, and inspirational photography. Registered users
can post a question or recipe photo where others, including experts from the professional culinary team at Pillsbury, can provide comments and advice-building on each
other's expertise to provide input and help solve common
baking challenges. In addition to a searchable database for
answers about products and baking questions, the site will
share trending topics, menu-planning ideas, recipes, and
troubleshooting tips.
"We wanted to create a community different than other
social platforms where foodservice professionals can
come and connect with one another about baking to see
what is working best, share best practices and discuss
some of the common challenges they may be experiencing," says Walhof. "We know they face substantial labor
challenges, so between our products and this new connection, we hope to help ease some of those pain points."

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