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BREAD & BAKING Sweet Breads As a bakery category, bread is a bestseller. It accounts for nearly one-third of all bakery sales year after year. And one of the hottest segments within the bread category is sweet breads—pan dulce. Within the Hispanic culture, sweet breads are especially popular. “Traditionally, after eating, Hispanic people like to have something sweet,” says Julie Moreno of El Fogón in Bakersfield, CA. “Something sweet always follows a meal.” TYPES OF SWEET BREADS Arguably, the most popular type of Hispanic sweet bread is the concha—one of the most traditional breads of the Mexican bakery. Concha dough is rich in sugars, shortening and eggs, and the pasta topping is a sweet paste that comes in many different colors such as chocolate, pink, white and yellow. Fruit-filled empanadas are a close second in sweet bread popularity. Empanadas are made out of a lightly sweetened dough, and are usually shaped into a triangle by hand. At Panadería La Mexicana in Oxnard, CA, they offer empanadas with the traditional fruit fillings, such as strawberry and pineapple; and they also offer pumpkin, which sells year-round—not just in the fall and winter seasons. Pan fino is another Mexican bakery staple. The sugary, soft dough, which has a distinctly cinnamon flavor, is often shaped by hand; therefore, it comes in a wide array of figures and shapes. Cuernos or cuernitos are horn-shaped pan fino. At Porto’s Bakery & Café in Downey, CA, they make a sweet croissant out of Danish dough; and while not pan fino, it takes on the same horn shape. Other popular pan fino shapes are elotes, which have an elongated oval shape, and panaderos, which are circles. Niños envueltos are sweet jelly rolls made with a sugary egg batter and a fruit filling—usually strawberry or raspberry. The dough and filling are rolled up, taking the form of a wrapped child, which is where the name niño comes from— they are called “babies” at Panadería La Mexicana for the same reason. Finally, the rolls are topped with the same fruit filling and sprinkled with coconut. La Estrella Bakery in Fresno, CA and Tropicana Bakery & Cuban Café in Downey, CA both enjoy sales from orejas, which typically look like ears or palm leaves, and are made of 34 MARCH 11 | PANADERIA

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of bakingbuyer - March 2011

bakingbuyer - March 2011
EDITOR’S NOTE - Reacting to the Economy
CONTENTS
CONTENTS
INDUSTRY NEWS
RBA to Relocate Headquarters
Caravan Names Director, Food Ingredient Sales
Bread Bakers Guild Adds to Board
Hobart Launches “Get Back to Scratch”
Gonnella Baking Promotes Dan Herzog
Danisco Takes Food Protection Gluten-free
IDDBA Speakers for 2011 Show
Expert Baker Joins New French Bakery
Green Baking
Bakery Toolkit
The Power of Promotions
CONTENTS
Inside and Out
Turn Impulse into Volume
Promote Personal Connections
Package, Protect, Promote
Loyalty Rewards
Shopper Spotlight
A Hot Concept
What’s Baking in Semifreddi’s Ovens
Team USA Profile
USA WINS SIGEP BREAD CUP
The Final Results of the Sigep Bread Cup 2011
A Guide to GRADUATION Cake Licensing
Your Options
Related Defi nitions
Here Comes the Groom's Cake
Personal Touch
Pillow Talk
Social Circles
How to Mold Filled Chocolate Candies
Alternative Method for Larger Jobs
Signature Sandwich Breads
Graduates Take th e Cake
Uncertain Times
Bake Your Own Signature
More Cake, Please
Word of Mouth
Creative Inspirations
THUMBS UP FOR GOURMET COFFEE
SANITATION Takes Center Stage
Production Schedule
FEATURED PRODUCTS
PRODUCT SHOWCASE
MARKETPLACE NETWORK
AD INDEX
BAKER’S DOZEN
BakeMark's Panaderia
CARTA DE INTRODUCCIÓN - Fusión Cubana
INTRODUCTORY LETTER - Cuban Fusion
Panes Dulces
Pasteles de Graduación
La Demanda Crece Por Platillos Étnicos y Opciones de Mejor Valor
Fusión Cubana
Porto’s Bakery & Café
Tropicana Bakery & Cuban Café
Reyna’s Bakery
Panadería La Mexicana
La Estrella Bakery
El Fogón
NUEVOS PRODUCTOS DE TRIGAL DORADO
CALENDARIO DE DÍAS FESTIVOS
FÓRMULAS
Sweet Breads
Wheat is on the Rise
Graduation Cakes
The Busy Graduation Season
Plan Ahead!
Demand Rising for Ethnic Fare and Value Options
Cuban Fusion
Porto’s Bakery & Café
Tropicana Bakery & Cuban Café
Reyna’s Bakery
Panadería La Mexicana
La Estrella Bakery
El Fogón
CALENDAR
NEW PRODUCTS FROM TRIGAL DORADO
FORMULAS

bakingbuyer - March 2011