Erin Jeanne McDowell: Baking Fearlessly
In Erin Jeanne McDowell’s kitchen, precision is an act of love. Her voice—whether through a screen, a recipe, or across the pages of a book—carries both the confidence of a professional and the warmth...
Edd Kimber’s Dulce de Leche Layer Cake
”To recognise 10 wonderful years of Bake from Scratch, I thought we should celebrate with a small-batch layer cake, made with brown sugar-buttermilk cake layers and filled with a sweet and salty dulce de...
Edd Kimber’s Blackberry and Tahini Cupcakes
"Chocolate and tahini are a perfect pair, cousins to peanut butter and chocolate but with a bit more depth. In this recipe, these two delicious ingredients are partnered with blackberries for a fun and...
Ingredients are Everything
I was seriously offended, many years ago, when my late husband, Elliott, who was a doctor (ergo, a scientist), called me an alchemist. I thought he was putting me down, because my vision of...
Comfort, Whisked In
The Queen of Cake finds her rightful place in the James Beard Foundation legacy.
Some honors arrive with fanfare—flashes of applause and the sharp clink of cutlery against glass. Others—like this one—begin in quiet disbelief....
Writing That Passes the Test of Time
What a lovely coincidence that the 10th anniversary of Bake from Scratch is this year and The Cake Bible is celebrating its 35th anniversary edition at the same time! I am so honored to be a contributing editor...
Edd Kimber Returns as a 2025 Contributing Editor
London-based Edd Kimber (@theboywhobakes) is a baker, food writer, and TV personality who is the first-ever winner of The Great British Bake Off. Since his big win, Edd has authored seven cookbooks, including Small Batch Bakes, published...
Baking by the Book: Our Interview with Rose Levy Beranbaum
The doyenne of baking, Rose Levy Beranbaum, shares a glimpse into the 35th anniversary edition of her ever-influential cookbook The Cake Bible.
By Amber Wilson
While I was growing up, there was a small box my...
Meet the Bakers in Williams Sonoma’s Peppermint Bark Off
To celebrate Williams Sonoma's twentieth anniversary of their holiday staple, their Peppermint Bark, we hosted a Peppermint Bark Off Competition at their Columbus Circle flagship store in New York City! Editor-in-Chief Brian Hart Hoffman...
Shake Up Your Sheet Cake
Consider Erin Jeanne McDowell the baking version of a fairy godmother. Only, instead of transforming mice and pumpkins into a horse and carriage, the cookbook author revamps humble banana bread into a triple-decker caramel-coated layer...
