beckyMy summer of macaron making! This summer I set a goal for myself: Do something every day to improve my baking skills. I defined “something” as any number of things. Taking a class, watching a …
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Jalapeño Cheddar Bread
Original post published August 23rd, 2019. Post last updated on August 10th, 2024. A rustic jalapeño cheddar bread made with roasted red peppers, roasted garlic, fresh rosemary, pickled jalapeños, spicy cheese, and crushed black peppercorns. …
Chocolate Chip Banana Whoopie Pies with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
Whoopie pies with banana? Why not! Like many bakers, I have one go-to recipe for using up a fruit bowl full of overripe bananas: banana bread. Sure, every now and then I’ll throw an overripe …
Sugar Hydrangea Class at Julia Fedorova Cakes
I recently attended an amazing sugar hydrangea course at Julia Fedorova Cakes in New York City. I’ve worked with pulled and blown sugar in the past, but gumpaste flowers are a completely different type of …
Mango Ice Cream Recipe
An easy mango ice cream recipe made with fresh or frozen mango, lemon juice, sugar, and cream. The best mango ice cream recipe! Why Make This Mango Ice Cream Recipe? Mango ice cream? Why am …
Choux Buns with Caramel and Pistachio
Original post published July 14th, 2019. Post last updated on August 21st, 2024. Made with a classic French choux pastry recipe, these miniature choux buns filled with vanilla bean pastry cream, dunked in caramel glaze, …
Rebecca Frey is a freelance recipe developer, food writer, photographer, stylist, and pastry chef. She earned the Diplôme de Pâtisserie (French Pastry Techniques Diploma) from Le Cordon Bleu London in 2020 and an MSc in Culinary Innovation from Birkbeck, University of London in 2022, where she focused her dissertation research on Pennsylvania Dutch recipes. She also holds a Professional Chocolatier’s Certificate from Ecole Chocolat. Rebecca has developed recipes for websites including Serious Eats, The Spruce Eats, Wine Enthusiast, and others. Follow her on Instagram @bastecutfold.