Just Baking

Some time ago, we had to put “les petits plats dans les grands”; oh yes, my partner’s mum was coming with half the family in tow and some friends of hers. I agreed to cook the main while He would do dessert. I was impressed with the result. Ain’t these chocolate curls just the cutest? They happen to […]

Recently, our overly observant 5-year-old noticed that Mommy hadn’t made dessert in like forever. Kudos to him for even paying attention to such things, and since he cares, you know I had to rectify that asap. Luckily I had already planned to make homemade cupcakes for our recent New Years’ Eve festivities, so he didn’t have […]

Flipping through the pages of innumerable baking catalogs that all feature the same immaculately clean kitchens, state-of-the-art appliances, and flawlessly decorated cookies, even a five-year old could tell you that these images are all fake. Staged, meticulously constructed down to the very last crumb; Those cookies that look so incredible on the page could […]

Quickly piling flour, sugar, and spices into the mixing bowl, cranking up the oven, and doling out paper liners at the speed of light, I had no time to stop and think about what I was really doing- Baked goods were expected to appear at a party in just a few short hours! Deciding […]

Making seasonal baked goods doesn’t need to be a complicated or difficult ordeal. Forget the intricate designs, because with just basic shapes and a bit of whimsy, I can bet that anyone can appreciate the effort just as much. Take for instance these pumpkin cakes! All you need to do is mix up […]

Today’s video lesson comes to us from Dyann at Dyann Bakes, a vlog dedicated to baking tips. Dyann’s site gives the recipe for both doughs, which are for shortbread cookies. Making checkerboards (as well as pinwheels, cookie wheels, or marbled cookies) is a cool way to take your cookie presentation to the next […]

Take one look at the pictures of the ornately decorated cookies and cakes in Confetti Cakes by Elisa Strauss (with Christie Matheson), and you would expect them to take some work to complete. After I read over the book’s recipe for “Fruit Cookies,” I knew I had to be prepared for a good few hours of baking and decorating. So, I set aside Saturday to tackle the fruit cookies, hopefully, in the end, to produce a finished product as decieving as Ms. Strauss’s.

I began sometime in the afternoon, starting out by gathering the various ingredients needed for the sugar cookie recipe Ms. Strauss provides.

I’m sure that every parent can relate to this familiar conundrum: Your child’s birthday is fast approaching and it is your duty to supply the best cake they have ever forked into their mouth, but there isn’t a single thing that they want. Chocolate doesn’t suit them and vanilla is too plain; Fruit flavors […]

Today we have how-to videos from Epicurious. They have many “technique” videos, from which we’re showing you the first and last in a series of 7 about baking a pie. You can see the full series here plus other videos covering more than just baking.

Ah, spring. The snow is gone, the trees are showing their inner green, and that mourning dove is once again outside my window at 4AM. But spring is about more than just Mother Nature reawakening and annoying birds, they say that spring is a time when love is in the air. You […]