Cakes & Cupcakes Poetry & Pies Cakes & Cupcakes Poetry & Pies

Vanilla Bean Tres Leches Cake

A lovely spin on the classic cake, this recipe uses homemade vanilla bean cake and three milks to create a forever moist sponge, topped with vanilla bean whipped cream and cinnamon. The vanilla bean and cinnamon help balance the sweetness of the other ingredients, creating a lovely marriage of flavors and textures.

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The Easiest Sourdough Bread

Soft, fluffy, with a crunchy crust—this recipe is the perfect beginner’s guide to baking sourdough bread. While it may be a simple recipe, the loaf is still just as impressive and delicious as “artisan” bread—without the extra steps and complicated work!

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Baking with Sourdough Starter: Levains

Everything you need to build a levain to be used in a loaf of sourdough bread. While there are several methods for levains, this particular recipe is simple, reliable, and predictable, meaning your bread making will be easy and seamless.

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Troubleshooting Sourdough Starter

Tips, tricks, and answers to common problems for sourdough starter. While making and maintaining a great, active, predictable sourdough starter is incredibly rewarding, sometimes things go wrong and we need some help! Here is all I’ve learned in the years since I created my own little starter.

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Cinnamon Carrot Muffins

The softest, fluffiest carrot muffins with a hint of cinnamon and the perfect balance of sweetness. Not at all like the dry, bland carrot cake you may have avoided your whole life—these are addictive! And you’d never know these are full of healthy carrots, applesauce, and whole wheat flour!

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Maintaining a Sourdough Starter

A simple method for maintaining a thriving sourdough starter that results in minimal discard and waste. Bake consistent, reliably delicious sourdough loaves with a starter that requires minimal effort!

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Creating a Sourdough Starter

Everything you need to know about creating a thriving sourdough starter—from scratch! This is my simple, minimal-waste method that works for my busy schedule (and lazy self). While this takes a little more time and patience, there is something so rewarding about baking a perfect loaf using a starter made entirely by you!

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