The Baking evolution, from secret recipes to all over social media aesthetic. Baking is not just about mixing flour, sugar and little bit of butter hope anymore. It has changed to a full-fledged, aesthetic, health conscious and career driven industry. From Grandmas secret recipes not being found, following tradition with a mix of smart baking technology. Pastries too pretty to eat and career opportunities that go beyond just rolling out dough.
So, lets jump into the rising temperatures of trend in baking, experiences as a baker, and how industry is growing like a perfect rising cake.
From Traditional bakery smell of cinnamon, to smell of technology smoking up the growth. With the youth we have and their ideas of fusion are evitable in this industry too, hybrid desserts such as Cruffins (a mix of muffin and croissant), brookies (guess what it can be?? You can never guess it. It is a mix of Brownie and cookies.), Cronuts (Croissant and donuts). These prove that when it comes to sugar, fusion is the future.
As we see AI driven bakery, with cute aesthetically made customized pictures as per what you describe, and creating a 3D printed desserts, bringing it to reality. The smart baking tech, and automated baking systems has made work efficient, clean and opened gates for more innovation with less failures.
Tech is the new comfort, however the peace in bite of handmade traditional recipe cookies can never be replaced. The aroma from bakeries which gets us flying following through the air to the bakery cannot be created with tech.
If you have ever dreamed of being a baker, I am one and can tell its equal parts butter and sugar, to get perfect crumbling, and mouth melting delights. But the flours comes and burnt cookies too. Cleaning off butter from cutest aprons never gets old and more sad. Failed recipes, black tray matching colour with black burnt bread, been there-done that.
Early mornings? Of course, Burnt fingers? Duh! Dough sticking all over you, all comes with the job. But it is all worth when you are a mess but your baked goods look perfectly crafted and tempting. The joy of seeing how items turn out and use of all colours you want, the art and creativity, is the clam in the chaos.
Do you also think being a baker is all you can do as a career in this industry, like sprinkling sugar and sifting flour like a magician? There is more to it. The baking industry now offers a variety of paths to choose, science, art, entrepreneur. Let’s see few options I can remember:
The industry has space for everyone, whether you want to work behind the scenes or become the next viral baking sensation.
Got a sweet tooth but a healthy diet and guilt of eating an entire pizza, still craving for something sweet. Thise days are long gone when healthy baking was just about sugar free cookies. Today’s bakers are using alternative flours, natural sweeteners, and innovative techniques to create healthier treats without sacrificing taste.
Almond, coconut, oats, ragi, wheat flour, semolina are replacing all purpose flours.
Natural sweeteners like honey, jaggery, dates are taking over refined sugar.
Dairy free and vegan baking, no longer limited to a small group, saving animal and going plant based is the new normal.
Protein based, and gluten free baking delights are making the gym bros happy. Keto-friendly baked goods are also working out.
Healthy baking alternatives have brought in customers who were running away to be healthy.
Bakery and aesthetic goes hand in hand, Rise of artisanal bakeries. The pastel colours interior, cozy vintage look, warm lighting. Live baking and aroma, brings peace and comfort. What a baker feels while creating art is what consumers can feel with these given in all thought aesthetic bakeries.
It is not just ambience, the packaging and innovations also lure in audience. Small cardboard box with a print of oven, used as packaging for cookies, giving a feel of freshly baked and taken out of oven, appealing right? Over sized croissant is a dream come true for every croissant lover.
At the end of the day, it is not just a place to grab a snack, but a sweet escape from chaos.
The industry is rising faster than a perfectly proofed dough, and there has never been more exciting time to be a part of it. The trends of baking industry are only making it better. A mix of art and science, from artistic creations to health conscious innovations, and aesthetic bakery spaces and packaging, it has something for everyone. It is only getting sweeter. Growth of bakery online business and giving comfort of home and following passion, who does not need that.
When me and my mother started our home bakery, it was mere an order from a family who could not get cake customised from commercial bakery due to covid. Pandemic was all about creativity and delivering what people could not get at that time, but did we stop to that, will an entrepreneur do that? Of course not, trying and experimenting everyday is what makes you different, bringing in premixes for customers, healthy cake varieties and expanding to savoury as well, we are trying it all and so do you, As at age of 50 my mother feels independent and has a passion, why can’t you!
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have a cinnamon roll waiting to be devoured.
