I love to search for new recipes and explore alternative baking methods or ingredients. While my primary source is wonderful online blogs, I enjoy browsing real paper cook and baking books (find the sites and books that most inspire me here). One of the first “healthy”…
Carrot cupcakes in October? Sure, usually, you bake carrot cake in spring or summer when it’s warm and sunny outside. But last weekend we celebrated my best friend’s baby shower, and she loves carrot cake. So I had to put the apples and pumpkin aside…
It’s only one more week until Easter, and at home, we would typically make a Hefezopf, a brioche-like braided yeast bread, for our Easter brunch. I like baking with yeast. It’s like magic when the yeast is working, making the dough to rise until double…
It’s a new year, and with it usually, lots of New Year’s resolutions are being made. It’s that time of the year when we reflect about the past, make goals for the upcoming year, and decide which bad habits to let go off and what new…
Have you ever eaten a fresh scone from the oven? With its flaky dough and crunchy crust? And that buttery flavor and subtle sweetness? If yes, you know why I finally had to put a recipe for scones on my site. If you never had…
Pumpkin season is in full swing. And I thought I had tried every possible way to eat pumpkin: from pie to porridge to bread to cheesecake. But I was wrong! These pumpkin pancakes are another easy and delicious way to enjoy more of my favorite…
