Not since celebrated pastry chef Dominique Ansel invented the Cronut in 2013 has the hybrid sweets category offered so much promise in the bakery marketplace.
Walter Pat's Bakery Cafe will receive the cash prize from Comerica Bank to open a brick-and-mortar business in Detroit, Hamtramck or Highland Park, as well as a business support package from TechTown Detroit, Wayne State University's entrepreneurship hub.