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]]>Lauren never had a single day of professional training, but she always loved art. Two years ago, she quit her nine-to-five job and embarked on this great adventure.
“My journey has been kind of an accident”, Ko says. Coincidence or not, she’s one of the best in the business today. After only few years of practice, Lauren opened her own confectionery in Seattle, called Loko Kitchen. Moreover, her Instagram account has more than 270k followers who admire her work daily.
Ko says people are constantly amazed by her complex designs: “I think with my designs there’s like a shroud of mystery. People think: ‘I can’t wrap my head around this, I have no idea where you’ve started or how you would even construct that.’” In the end, she says, most of them are surprised at how easy it is.
Keep scrolling if you want to see some of Lauren’s amazing work, but we warn you – you will get hungry!
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. To enter: Follow @lokokitchen, like this photo, and tag 3 friends coming to your place for a bake sesh. . BONUS ENTRIES: Check the link in my profile for FOUR additional entry opportunities! Giveaway is open worldwide and closes on March 2, 2018 at 11:59PM PST. Winners will be chosen at random.
| We got a rare white Christmas in Seattle, and I could not have been more stoked to stay inside all day, cozy in a fugly sweater and surrounded by my boisterous family and endless salty snax. 
| I didn’t spend much time on @instagram, but was frostsmitten by your @lokokitchen creations! 
I know I missed a ton, so give me a shout and tag me in the photos! I dough want to see. 
| This lemon tart with dragon fruit tiles is not for the faint of tart. It’ll put you to the zest with its pucker punch. 
| The giveaway to win a ticket to my Pi(e) Day workshop ends tonight! Scroll back two posts to enter! 
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I Blood orange curd tart with honeydew and cantaloupe. A sherbet for curing winter woes. 
I I’m not great at internet games of tag (hi, @brianharthoffman! It’s not you, it’s me.), where you share things about yourself, but @julie_jonesuk asked nicely and who am I to deny the lady? And yes, this may LOOK like a picture of a tart, but I swear it’s me! Round, colorful, tart, and a little crispy around the edges. 
Here are 4 moderately fun facts and 1 colossal baking fail. 1. I spent all my childhood summers in Honduras, where my grandmother still lives. This is where I acquired my fear of dogs and love of green mango. 
2. I was never an animal person (see #1), but after 11 years, Ben wore me down and now Santi rules our lives. I’m still kind of scared of dogs, so it’s fortunate we opted for a bear. 
3. I bring inclement weather with me everywhere. My first time visiting Portland? Biggest snow storm in 60 years. First winter in Boston? Most snowfall in history. First winter in Seattle? Rainiest winter ever. Where should I go next? 
4. Cauliflower is my nemesis. 
5. I tried to make black pie dough, but instead concocted a concrete grey pie that hulked so hard in the oven, it excreted two poops. Disaster preserved for posterity over @piesgoneawry. It’s a doozy. 
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]]>For an interesting effect, she combines classic crusts with all kinds of fillings – blueberry, kumquat, purple sweet potatoes, etc. Check out her work below and follow her on Instagram for more.
| Because were goobers by principle, Valentine’s is an extended excuse for lighthearted, unorthodox traditions for my partner and I—exchanging joke presents (a bouquet of boxers one year, an obese plush T-Rex another) and watching @pinkpanthermgm (the really bad/amazing remakes with Steve Martin). In our golden San Diego days, we’d load up the car with @tjoysterbar tacos and Sour Patch Kids and go to the drive-in theater in our pajamas. This unusually-colored pie crust is an ode to our philosophy that an important aspect of any relationship is fun. Here’s to merriment! | Special thanks to @chefspringsheldon who, after my experiment with raspberry dough went ham (
), kindly sent an email walking me through the process of vibrantly coloring with beet compound butter and beet juice! Genius. 
| @thejamlab’s blood orange curd with (more) kiwi tiles because, you guessed it, #costco. 
If these chilly months are kiwing you and you’re just biding time until summer 
, search for Amisha’s tart recipe on @thefeedfeed’s website and make it immediately. Winter citrus magically transformed into SUNSHINE. Eat your tart out! 
Cheers and thanks for following along! You’re incurdible. 
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), I’m partnering with @renegade_game_studios to give away FOUR copies of the brand-new board game Pie Town!! Get ready for spies, lies, and of course, [apple] PIES! To enter, simply do these three things: 1. Follow @lokokitchen 2. Like this photo 3. Comment below with what pie you’re bringing to game night and tag two friends! Contest closes at 11:59pm PST on December 30 and four winners will be chosen at random. Open to North American residents only. Ready, set, dough! 
| @oh_sweet_day’s matcha custard tart with a coconut crust and a full slate of dragon fruit tangrams. 
| Attention: PIE PEOPLE. 
Link in my story! #notsponsored, I just have really cool friends! 
| Cardamom-spiced cream and cinnamon-scented wine-soaked pears layered on buttery shortbread. It’s crust pearfect for fall.
| A tiny pie reprieve with pumpkin spice latte cinnamon rolls as I queue up all my pie-deas for the coming weeks! @sallysbakeblog’s pumpkin cinnamon rolls plus cream cheese icing and espresso glaze. 
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]]>“I usually have some nebulous idea in my head for design and then just improvise as I go along, depending on how well the dough or fruit cooperates with my vision. My final products are generally happy accidents, which is why I’m especially stunned by the feedback,” Ko, a baker from Seattle, told Buzzfeed News.
Check out her extraordinary pie creations.
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