Just Baking

When we remodeled our kitchen a few years ago, I allocated a large portion of the budget to buying a professional range. I was excited to take it out on its maiden voyage only to discover expenseive professional ranges do not have simple (and useful) functions like built-in timers.
A kitchen timer is an essential tool […]

My great-grandmother never made her blueberry muffins for me, but I found her recipe while looking through my mother’s recipe box a few years ago. I made the recipe and was an instant admirer of the muffins — delicate and moist, the sweet batter hugging each and every blueberry.
I decided to make the muffins […]

Pineapple upside-down cakes are familiar to most people and often seem associated with the 1970’s. My mother made hers in a heavy cast iron skillet and I loved to fight my brother for the candied cherries. My mom made sure that each piece had at least one cherry assigned to it, but it […]

This year is destined to be the year of the Tres Leches Cake. Its name literally translates to ‘3 milk cake’ and is infused with condensed milk, evaporated milk, and heavy cream. More bakeries are carrying a version of this cake and I’ve noticed it appearing more often at work functions and […]