Two is a Trend

NRN spotlights two new mini Los Angeles pastry concepts, fonuts and früute, both hoping to kick cupcakes to the curb. Pastry chef Waylynn Lucas (The Bazaar, Patina) says "I think cupcakes are overly sweet and dry...I’ve been hell bent on ridding the world, or at least my world, of the cupcake craze.” Hence fonuts, her mini faux donut and coffee concept opening in a few weeks on 3rd Street. In other news, früute has shacked up inside the Pavillions Plaza offering Angelenos $3 mini tarts and petit fours. Owner Yolanda Santosa claims that "[m]ini desserts are the next big thing." [NRN]