Tag: baking

Best Banana Cake Recipe

The BEST Recipe for Banana Cake

This delicious Banana Cake is the BEST Recipe for Banana Cake that you will ever make! It is full of banana flavor, amazingly moist and perfectly dense. Top it with Browned Butter Buttercream for a match made in heaven!

Wedding Cake with real flowers

Home Baking Laws…and my experiences with it

As a baker/blogger, I often asked about home baking laws. In fact, I am often asked the following questions: Why don’t you bake full time? Why don’t you open a bakery? Why not just make a cake in my home kitchen and sell it from home? While I love to […]

Rugelach, Take 2

Mulled, spicy, red wine in a buttery, pastry-like cookie. Um, yeah, I’m ready for fall baking. And Fall Eating!! Most people are craving their pumpkin latte’s right about now in anticipation of cooler weather. But I am all about mulled cider and mulled wine. Just the smell alone when I’m […]

Eton Mess with strawberries

Classic Eton Mess!

Eton Mess is a delicious traditional British dessert made with berries, whipped cream, and meringues. The textures come together to make the most indulgent dessert!

Portuguese Serradura

This blog is, first and foremost, about baking. Sharing recipes for all of my favorite treats and exploring flavors and textures and creating tasty and pretty baked goods. But this blog is also about exploring cultures from around the world. That’s the ‘global’ part of Global Bakes. A lot of […]

Oatmeal Nutters

Mmmmm, nutter butters. One of my favorite childhood treats. I love anything peanut butter but those crunchy pb cookies with pb filling could entice me to eat an entire package in a sitting and only feel mildly guilty. When I bought the beautiful Bouchon Bakery Cookbook and saw a recipe […]

Fun and learning with Marshmallow Fondant

Have you ever seen those amazing cakes decorated with fondant and gum paste decorations? Cakes in the shape of castles and cats. Wedding cakes stacked to the ceiling, covered in handmade flowers. Unicorns and cars and suitcases, oh my! If you can imagine it, someone out there can make it! […]

3am Biscotti, take two!

I wrote about my early morning baking HERE. You can find my recipe at that link for Chai Spiced Biscotti, which is adapted from Johnny Iuzzini’s recipe. So, without further ado, here is the second Biscotti recipe from this morning – Cranberry Orange and White Chocolate. Enjoy! Cranberry Orange and […]

To bake or to blog??

Well, that is the question, isn’t it?  I have been so busy in the kitchen and have been trying so many recipes that I just haven’t had time to blog!  I promise to make the time to share these recipes very soon!  Until then, here is a little teaser of […]