Baking the Best of It Podcast

If the alt text on these sounds a little off it's because I don't know anything about baking and I'm simply doing my best to help! -Nick

Three loaves of pumpkin babka. They kind of look like slimy eels.

A lovely piece of pumpkin babka on a plate. Roxie holds it aloft with her pretty hand.

The babka early in the process. A flat bit of dough with some delicious brown stuff lathered on top. The pumpkin butter, I believe.

The babka before they've been baked. They kind of look like someone sliced into an alien tree that is full of pumpkin butter. Long strips of dough with layers inside.

Happy Halloween!! Enjoy these photos of the pumpkin babka we made, and make sure to listen to our October episode! "Anything can happen on Halloween!" -Tim Curry #baking #bakerlife #pumpkin #theworstwitch

You can listen at linktr.ee/bakingthebes... ! Please share with your friends and if you want access to the recipes we've discussed you can find our Patreon at that link as well! 🎃

For our Halloween episode we made spoOoOoky pumpkin babka! We used a scary amount of pumpkin butter, so it oozed like ectoplasm, which we intended! Due to the theme! Listen to the episode now! 🍽️ #baking #bakerlife #bakersfield #babka #pumpkin

You can listen at linktr.ee/bakingthebes... ! Please share with your friends and if you want access to the recipes we've discussed you can find our Patreon at that link as well! 🎃

Our pumpkin episode is out now! Happy Halloween! We talk about all things pumpkin, jack-o'-lantern, and the history behind why these beautiful orange boys are so nice to slice up, decorate, and eat! #bakingpodcast #baking #bakerlife #pumpkin #halloween 🍽️

yesssss particularly with cream cheese frosting

one of mine too!!

DATA NEEDED: What's your favorite pumpkin baked good or dessert that's *not* pie or pumpkin bread?

screenshot of my website air plants page

🌱soft launching the website for orders 🌱

dovesplants.com

Our sourdough episode is out now! We break down the science and history behind that classic bread you know and love. Including dispelling a few myths! bakingthebesto.fit #bakingpodcast #baking #bakerlife #sourdough #sourdoughbread #wheredoesyeastcomefrom

Our sourdough episode is out now! We break down the science and history behind that classic bread you know and love. Including dispelling a few myths! bakingthebesto.fit #bakingpodcast #baking #bakerlife #sourdough #sourdoughbread #wheredoesyeastcomefrom

Two round loaves of sourdough bread on a wooden kitchen counter. 🍽️

Roxie's hand holding a slice of sourdough bread from the loaves in the first picture. It's a little flatter than we would have liked it to be, due to under-developed gluten structure, but has a nice even crumb.

New episode out wherever you get podcasts! Sourdough, likely the first of many. Here's our first sourdough bread with my starter that I began in January, many more loves to come!

You can also get full-length episodes on our patreon:
www.patreon.com/posts/sourdo...

Let's Talk About the Gay Couple in 'Weapons' - Pop Heist 'Weapons' isn't homophobic by any means, but sometimes things can come off slightly problematic even when there are no ill intentions.

For @popheist.com , I wrote about the gay couple in WEAPONS and, before you throw tomatoes, why I *don't* think they're portrayal is homophobic but still kinda hated their chapter popheist.com/weapons-gay-...

The show announcement flyer for the Now & Then episode of This Ends at Prom featuring a photo of the cast.

NEW EP: NOW & THEN (1995)

In honor of the film's 30th anniversary, let's talk about the sapphic energy of Sam and Roberta, the chokehold Devon Sawa had on a generation, and why male critics comparing the film to STAND BY ME is lazy film criticism.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts!

Two round loaves of sourdough bread on a wooden kitchen counter. 🍽️

Roxie's hand holding a slice of sourdough bread from the loaves in the first picture. It's a little flatter than we would have liked it to be, due to under-developed gluten structure, but has a nice even crumb.

New episode out wherever you get podcasts! Sourdough, likely the first of many. Here's our first sourdough bread with my starter that I began in January, many more loves to come!

You can also get full-length episodes on our patreon:
www.patreon.com/posts/sourdo...

A naked chocolate layer cake with white frosting and yellow passionfruit curd, topped with tempered chocolate curls as decoration.

The same layer cake as the first picture, cut into with the cross section of the layers: showing off the white chocolate ganache and passionfruit curd inside. 🍽️

Catch up on our July episode before our August ep drops on Friday! We made a cake that came to Roxie in a dream, and deep dive into the science of chocolate 🍫🎂

A naked chocolate layer cake with white frosting and yellow passionfruit curd, topped with tempered chocolate curls as decoration.

The same layer cake as the first picture, cut into with the cross section of the layers: showing off the white chocolate ganache and passionfruit curd inside. 🍽️

Catch up on our July episode before our August ep drops on Friday! We made a cake that came to Roxie in a dream, and deep dive into the science of chocolate 🍫🎂

Green flag moment tbh

the official stance of this podcast is PRO pasteurized milk

why is it HOT MILK cake? among other things, when this recipe was listed in the Chicago Tribune in 1911, milk pasteurization was not yet federally regulated and wouldn't be for several more decades!

an overhead photo of a table laid with a serve-yourself dessert situation: a bundt cake, strawberry-rhubarb compote, strawberry ice cream, bowls and spoons. 🍽️

a bowl with a slice of vanilla pound cake, strawberry rhubarb compote, and vanilla ice cream.

treats from our latest episode: American Cakes!

we made a hot milk cake and dressed it up as summer-y as possible with strawberry rhubarb compote and strawberry ice cream

Catch up on our last episode before our new one drops on Friday!

Agreed!! Cream cheese frosting is one of the absolute best.

a plate of vanilla cupcakes with a variety of piping techniques in their frosting. 🍽️

New episode out now!! All about the very divisive topic of 🧁frosting🎂. Are you a "frosting is the best part" person or an "it's too sweet and in the way of perfectly good cake" person?

Below are vanilla cupcakes with crème mousseline. Listen wherever you get podcasts!

Crème mousseline is basically whipped butter with a bit of custard. Wild stuff.

Four loaf pans and one tiny loaf pan with unbaked coffee cake in them. 🍽️

the same 5 loaf pans of coffee cake, baked and golden brown with a sweet crumble topping.

it’s placek season!!!

(placek = polish coffee cake often eaten around easter)

Four loaf pans and one tiny loaf pan with unbaked coffee cake in them. 🍽️

the same 5 loaf pans of coffee cake, baked and golden brown with a sweet crumble topping.

it’s placek season!!!

(placek = polish coffee cake often eaten around easter)

Crème mousseline is basically whipped butter with a bit of custard. Wild stuff.