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Ladies Night, March 31!

While the men are at the Priesthood session of conference, the ladies get to experience some amazing deals at Deseret Book with featured guests for all to enjoy. Come see Brenda, our head baker, as she give samples and promotes our newest cookbook “Cookies and Sweets”. See you there!

Visit the below link to find out more about Ladies Night!!

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Pick up a special treat for your sweetheart this Valentine’s Day! Get them something delicious from any of our pantries at Deseret Book, or order them right from our bakery in Salt Lake City!

Give our catering office a call at 801-539-3250

We look forward to helping make your Valentine’s celebration as sweet as possible!

Now is the time to order your Lion House Rolls and Pies for Thanksgiving! We have amazing bakery goods for your feasts this year, and every year!

Give our catering office a call at 801-539-3250 to place your order.

We look forward to helping make your holiday celebrations very fulfilling!

FROM THE NEW CAKES AND CUPCAKES COOKBOOK

(Much like a truffle)

1     18.25    ounce cake mix (prepared and baked as directed on the box for a9×13 cake)

1 ½   cups    frosting or cream cheese (choose a flavor that goes with the flavor of cake you made)

1   package   chocolate bark (regular or white)

Wax paper or parchment paper

After cake is cooled completely, crumble into a large bowl.  Mix thoroughly with the frosting. (It may be easier to use your hands to mix this but they will get messy.  Roll dough into walnut size balls.  Place on a pan that has been lined with wax paper or parchment paper.  Allow to cool 2-3 hours or place in the freezer for 45-60 minutes.  Melt chocolate in the microwave according the package directions (this will burn easily).  Dip each ball in the chocolate and allow to cool.

Variations

Any flavor of cake and frosting can be used. The trimmings from cakes  can also be used just adjust the amount of frosting to the amount of cake.

Instead of dipping the balls in chocolate they can be rolled in cocoa, coconut, finely chopped nuts (any kind), sprinkles.  Anything you would like.

If you would like to make a fun treat for your children place a lollipop stick in the cake ball before it is dipped in chocolate.

FROM THE NEW CAKES AND CUPCAKES COOKBOOK

12-14 servings

1          cup     sugar

1          cup     white corn syrup

½         cup     water

2          Tbsp.  butter or margarine

1          tsp.     vanilla

2-3      drops food coloring (your choice, it is optional)

18       cups   popped corn

1 ½     cups   small gumdrops or M&M’s plain or peanut

1 ½     cups   nuts (mixed or peanuts or almonds)

Grease well on 10” tube pan and set aside.  Place popcorn, gumdrops/M&M’s, and nuts in an extra large bowl.  Combine sugar, syrup, water and butter in a saucepan.  Cook on high until sugar mixture begins to boil turn to low and cook until mixture reaches 240-degrees on a candy thermometer.  Remove from heat allow to cool 5 minutes.  Add vanilla and coloring stirring till well mixed.  Pour syrup over pop corn mixture and stir until popcorn is well coated with syrup.  Press mixture into the tube pan.  Allow to cool 5 minutes unmold cake.  Place on a serving plate.  Slice servings with a sharp knife.  This can be wrapped in plastic wrap and frozen.

Brenda will be teaching a Lion House Pies class at the Holiday Fair in Ogden, Utah on Saturday, November 12, 2011. This is an amazing opportunity to learn how the professionals make amazing pies. You’ll learn great techniques to use for your own baking at home. You won’t want to miss this unique opportunity. Come out to Ogden and learn the trade of delicious pie making!!

Come get your NEW Cakes and Cupcakes book signed by Head Baker Brenda Hopkin! She’ll be visiting several locations soon, so stay tuned for…

Dates and Locations:

October 6 and 7, 2011: Chandler, Arizona

October 22, 2011 (11:30am-1pm): GRAND RE-OPENING of VALLEY FAIR Deseret Book

November 12, 2011 (11am – 1pm): Layton, Utah Deseret Book

The long awaited Cakes and Cupcakes cookbook will be out on the shelves NEXT WEEK!! Be the first one to find out the delicious secrets of The Lion House in this new book. You won’t want to miss these wonderful recipes, especially with the holidays coming up so soon!

Visit any Desert Book location after September 26, 2011

to find this amazing cookbook!

The Lion House Bakery is baking up a NEW cookbook and this time it’s all about cakes and cupcakes! Brenda Hopkin, Head Baker of The Lion House Bakery, just got done with a series of photo shoots for the cookbook. The bakery smelled delectable as Brenda and her staff created their masterpieces for the photo shoot. (The below pictures are not featured in the cookbook. They are merely photographs during the preparation for the photo shoot.)

The cookbook is scheduled to come out in September of 2011! So get ready for some new insights into the world of cakes!

On April 27 and 28, Chandler, Arizona will receive the great privilege of housing one of the best bakers in the business.  The one and only Brenda Hopkin from The Lion House Bakery will be featured in the local Deseret Book store.  Whether you’re from Chandler, Mesa, Tempe, Pheonix, Gilbert, Casa Grande or anywhere even remotely close to Chandler, come and glean from Brenda’s baking expertise. You won’t want to miss her!