While there is some dispute as to whether Marie Antoinette actually said, “Let them eat cake,” there is no doubt that the French love to eat cake — or at the very least, dessert. In this post, we continue our culinary journey across the pond and take a look at some classic French desserts. Nutella…

Italy is a country that’s rich with culture, history, art and, of course, food. Take a culinary journey with us as we explore several of the best desserts to come out of Italy and let them serve as inspiration for you during this new year. Rum Babas / Baba Au Rhum. This small yeast cake…

As a connoisseur of baked goods, you may not give a lot of conscious thought to texture, density and consistency. Still, you can appreciate a moist chocolate brownie, an airy angel food cake or a dense cheesecake. As a baker, you may or may not know how to achieve those sought-after textures. So here is…

What does it mean to be creative? Author Fran Sorin explored that question in her inspiring book "Digging Deep: Unearthing Your Creative Roots Through Gardening." But what about unearthing your creative roots through baking? Or taking the principles of gardening and applying them to baking? In this post, we take a look at what one…

We’ve covered baking mishaps — what we called November nightmares — in the hopes of helping you avoid them. Now it’s time to focus on what we’re calling December daydreams. We’ve compiled a series of baking hacks, intended to turn potential baking misadventures into very sweet dreams. Add a slice of apple to prepared baked goods, as…

’Tis the season for baking, but rather than focusing on the traditional holidays, we’re using this blog to shine the spotlight on the winter solstice. The winter solstice is the shortest day of year, meaning there’s less sunlight within a 24-hour period than within any of the other 364 days. Winter solstice also translates to the…

You may have heard the phrase “Cooking is an art, baking is a science.” Not all food professionals agree with this sentiment, but most do agree that baking requires precision and attention to detail — and this includes attention to the details of measuring. After all, using a dab of this and a dab of that (instead…

Fall is finally here, and that means pumpkin-spice beverages and all the yummy baked goods that go with them: caramel-glazed apple muffins and pumpkin-cheesecake cupcakes and so much more. It also means autumn runs through cool, crisp air and piles of glowing scarlet leaves. And while it may seem as if one has nothing to…

Baking blunders can be, well, a nightmare. After all, nobody wants to eat baked goods that are burned, deflated or cracked. We have identified some common ways to help you avoid these issues and turn your baking nightmares into sweet dreams. Avoid the burn. If a recipe calls for greasing and flouring the pan, do…

With Thanksgiving approaching, bakers across the nation are mulling over whether to finish the big feast with pumpkin, apple or pecan desserts (or all three!). But there’s a more imminent event that calls for something sweet. Let’s celebrate Election Day with sugar, spice and everything nice. Election Day Cake has a long history in this…