Author name: jason

Just a guy who discovered he loves to bake.

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Chocolate Raspberry Birthday Cake

I made a Chocolate Raspberry Birthday Cake this year for my wife’s birthday. Chocolate is her favorite and she requested some sort of berry or fruit with it. I originally found this recipe for Drunken Cherry Chocolate Cake that I intended to use, but I found it impossible to find cherries in the middle of […]

Thanksgiving Pies
bread, pie, savory

Thanksgiving Bakes

Thanksgiving has come and gone, and ofc I had to get my bake on with some Thanksgiving bakes. First up, you always need some bread and butter with turkey day dinner, so I made an overnight white. I also made both a sandwich loaf (plain white bread) and cornbread to use in stuffing. My wife

Apple Marzipan Tart Slice
cake, GBBO, Pastry, pie

Apple Marzipan Tart

I made an Apple Marzipan Tart for my in-law’s dual birthday celebration. They decided that my mother-in-law would pick the theme this year and she requested apple. I’d been looking for an excuse to make something from Jurgen Krauss’ (of GBBO) book The German Baking Book, and found this recipe. The Marzipan As you might

cookies, Pastry

Egg Kichel

Egg Kichel is very niche. If you aren’t Jewish you probably never heard of them. For that matter, one Jewish friend I asked about them responded with a vague “I think they had them at synagogue sometimes?” For some reason, a memory of them was triggered recently, and it led to a craving. There was

Coconut Cheesecake
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Coconut Cheesecake

I made a Coconut Cheesecake for my father-in-law for Father’s Day. Cheesecake and/or coconut are usually his go-to requests when I’m making something, so I decided to combine them. I used this recipe from King Arthur Flour. It calls for coconut milk powder which is an ingredient I’d never used before. I have used milk

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