Happy National Cupcake Day!

Okay, now this is certainly a holiday I can get into! Happy National Cupcake Day, peoples. Now, there is some confusion as to the actual date of National Cupcake Day, is it October, December, August, when? Personally, everyday should be cupcake day! According to American Food Holidays, today is the ACTUAL National Cupcake Day. However, and this probably...

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My First Loaf of Homemade Bread

Two days ago I decided to make bread.Yes, I know I can buy it at the grocery store. Yes, it's easier that way. However, by making bread, I have accomplished another feat in baking, my house smells like yummy bread and now whenever I run out of bread (or money) I know I can just make it! (Plus my wonderful boyfriend heaped loads of praise on me for...

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My First Official Day As A Baker

My first day as a baker was so much fun. This is going to be awesome (and hopefully the best idea I've ever had). I started my two-day Baker's training, which is overnight training at another bakery. The guy that trained me was very nice. It's a pretty straightforward job. I think the title should be "Re-heater" instead of "Baker", perhaps, but hey,...

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I'm A Baker Now!

Hello there, out there in blog-reading land. I've created this blog to document my foray into baking. I've been interested in baking for some time now and eventually want to open my own bakery. Today I started my first job in the food industry- a bakery/cafe hired me as their day baker. This blog will be a combination of all of my baking experiments, my entries into local baking and sugar arts competitions, my homework assignments at pastry/baking school and my entries into the most awesome online...

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