Teaching you how to make baked goods into delicious art every week. Join me for unique recipes, some goofs and fails, and crazy cake decorating techniques.
If you know me, you know I've been making cakes professionally for about six years now, but I began practicing at the young age of 15. I've loved cakes and cake decoration my whole life, making it natural that I start a home cakery for custom cakes. When the pandemic first hit, I declined orders …
When I was in baking school I was pretty unfamiliar with 75% of breads that I was churning out in class, day after day. One of those breads was focaccia. I soon learned that focaccia is a large flat loaf that has a crisp top and chewy texture. It's full of garlic, herbs, and smothered …
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I make strawberry shortcake every. single. year. It is my go-to summer cake because it is so amazingly simple and delicious. I wanted to try and change it up this year and create a strawberry shortcake that was slightly different from all of my previous years, while still keeping the beautiful simplicity of it. So …
I grew up eating pandesal -- a soft and pillowy sweet bun. It is great with everything from cheese to peanut butter, or even on it's own. I've been wanting to attempt to make pandesal for a long time, but I've always felt intimidated by Filipino recipes. I went to school for baking here in …
Continue reading Ube Cheese Pandesal Recipe (Filipino Purple Yam Cheese Bun)
Are you spending your days Netflixing by yourself/with family? Have you easily consumed all your snacks and all the best TV shows in the past few months because of this whole pandemic? I can safely say I have, and I was feeling determined to upgrade my snacks to a whole new level, and came up …
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A delicious super easy, people-pleasing cake. Requires no icings and no buttercream, making this an effortless cake. It can be made dairy-free with a simple swap of almond milk instead of regular milk, and will still come out super fluffy and luscious. This cake is officially my new go-to cake. I plan on bringing this …
Two words. Instagram. Trends. Have you seen this new cereal trend going around? More often I am seeing the pancake cereal trend... and to be quite honest it really did not intrigue me. I think the thought of having to flip a whole bunch of tiny pancakes really threw me off. I will admit that …
I've been in the habit of looking at old photos from my travels a lot lately -- to the point where I think it may be a little bit unhealthy. The album I find myself gravitating to a lot lately, is the one where I was in the Philippines. Every time I look at it, …
Continue reading When the Churro Craving Hits (Churro Bites + Spicy Chocolate Sauce Recipe)
First of all reader, how are you dealing with the pandemic? I find that during this whole two months of being in lockdown I've had two moods -- incredibly happy or incredibly upset, with no in-between whatsoever. I will admit the whole first month and a half was really rough for me -- I was …
Have you ever wondered "how can I possibly consume more Nutella in other ways than by putting it on toast"? If so, you've come to the right place. I definitely have had my chocoholic/Nutellaholic moments, from cleaning out the jar with nothing but a spoon, to changing my grilled cheese to grilled Nutella, and to …
