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Baking the Terrazzo Cake

A few months ago, I got hooked on last year’s season of Great British Bake-off (GBB). They are amateur bakers, and no one has made everything before, but they must have exceptional skill and experience to pull off these creations, right? Fake modesty is very British, but I wondered: how hard is this really? What […]

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A Dessert for the Indecisive and Inquisitive

In general, I don’t think I’m very good at making desserts. I have had many disasters with oven temperatures that cause burned cookies, tough cupcakes, liquid-y banana bread, and more. Fortunately, most things turn out well enough when enough sugar is added, and because I’m usually willing to stomach my own mistakes, food usually gets […]