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Understanding Common Cake Ingredients
Baking is a fun, creative endeavor, but first and foremost, it is a science. In order to bake deliciously soft, flavorful cakes and cupcakes, it helps to understand the most common cake ingredients. Learn about what role they play in…
FREE Buttercream Course for Beginners
As a home baker, you understand that mastering buttercream is a key skill that will take your baking to the next level. Buttercream can be used in many bakes, like cakes, cupcakes, and cookies. In this free course, you’ll learn…
Creamy Chocolate Coffee Pie
Chocolate and coffee. Is there a more perfect combination? Together, they are the perfect balance of sweet and bitter. But more than that, they enhance each other making them a magical flavor combination. This dynamic duo inspired me to create…
How to Use Piping Tips… For Beginners
How many piping tips do you have? And how many different brands? If you’re anything like me, you’ve got dozens and dozens of tips and they seem to be from multiple brands. Some of them have labels, some of them…
Piping 101: Piping Buttercream Like A Pro
While it is absolutely possible to frost cakes and cupcakes with just a spatula, you’ll soon realize that mastering piping with a pastry bag and piping tip is essential in order to take your bakes to the next level. The…
Cranberry Orange Scones For Christmas
Cranberry Orange Scones topped with a generous dusting of cinnamon sugar are what Christmas smells like. Warm, sweet cinnamon laces the air with citrus notes floating around to brighten your day. These star shaped Christmas scones are perfect for the…
Introduction to Buttercream
Once you’ve decided to start making your own cakes from scratch, it’s important to also add making your own homemade frosting to that list of new skills to master. Using buttercream that you’ve made from scratch is going to allow…
Bakes & Books: Part Two
Two of my favorite pastimes include reading a good book and noshing on a delicious treat! As such, I genuinely enjoy pairing my reading snacks and current novel accordingly. In this fun roundup, I’ve gathered seven books that I love…
How to Avoid Waste When You Bake
The only way to become a better baker is to get in the kitchen and bake. Yay! Any excuse to bake is music to my ears, but the bad news is you are about to be knee deep in delicious…
The Best Gifts for Bakers: A Complete Guide
Shopping for fun, unique gifts at Christmas or for birthdays can be such a struggle. If you need to find a gift for a special someone who LOVES baking, you’re in the right place. As a passionate home baker, I…
