A colorful social media trend is driving customers into bakeries across New York, and two Brooklyn businesses are putting their own spin on the viral dot cake craze.<\/p>\n
Dot cake cups, individual servings of layered cake covered with colorful dot-shaped sprinkles, have gained popularity online, inspiring bakers to create their own versions of the dessert.<\/p>\n
At Circo’s Pastry Shop in Bushwick, owner Anthony Pierdipino gave the trend an Italian twist by transforming one of the bakery’s signature flavors into a cannoli dot cake.<\/p>\n
“I’m doing it the traditional style, a little Italian twist,” Pierdipino said. “We made our cannoli dot cake.”<\/p>\n
The dessert features layers of cake and cannoli cream topped with a thick coating of colorful sprinkles. Since introducing the item, Pierdipino said demand has been strong.<\/p>\n
“People have been coming in, calling, even asking if I ship them,” he said. “I’m thinking about it.”<\/p>\n
Pierdipino credits his 10-year-old child for encouraging him to embrace the trend.<\/p>\n
“My 10-year-old told me I had to be more trendy,” he said.<\/p>\n
The viral craze has inspired more than just cake cups.<\/p>\n
At Settepani Bakery in Williamsburg, owner Nino Settepani created what he calls a dot panettone after his daughter suggested he try the trend.<\/p>\n
“My daughter came in and said to me, ‘We have to do this thing,'” Settepani said. “And I said, ‘Sure, why not?'”<\/p>\n
The bakery’s version takes the traditional Italian sweet bread and replaces the customary dried fruit with colorful sprinkles, both inside and out.<\/p>\n
While the eye-catching appearance has helped attract attention online, Settepani said the dessert is rooted in familiar flavors.<\/p>\n
“What I think is nice is that a younger generation is getting to know and appreciate things the older generation used to do,” he said. “It’s a new way of rebranding.”<\/p>\n
Though their creations look different, both bakers say the trend draws inspiration from long-standing bakery staples.<\/p>\n
“One of our staples here is our sprinkle butter cookies,” Pierdipino said. “We’ve been making them for over 80 years.”<\/p>\n
As the dot cake trend continues to gain traction on social media, the bakers hope customers discover more than just a viral dessert.<\/p>\n
While the colorful treats may bring people through the door, they say it is the traditional flavors and family recipes that will keep them coming back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A colorful social media trend is driving customers into bakeries across New York, and two Brooklyn businesses are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-262786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}