I never knew there was anything other than the usual creaming the butter and sugar together then add the dry ingredients process that every cake recipe uses. That was until I discovered this YouTube channel called The Scran Line. He uses something called the reverse creaming method, which I had never heard of, so I…

I had to take a break from my croissants while I did some more research on them, so I decided to try my hand at different buttercreams. I’ve seen all of my favorite bakers on YouTube using one of two frostings, both of which are meringue-based. One is Italian Meringue Buttercream, which involves pouring hot…

Welcome back to my adventures in croissant making! This time I decided to try a more traditional recipe, along with some more traditional techniques. This way is more time-consuming and requires a lot more patience than my first attempt, but it was worth it. With these, I got that golden brown crinkly top and the…

I’ve been wanting to try to make croissants for a while, and since I got a marble pastry board and rolling pin for Christmas, I decided to try it again.  I had tried once before, but that was a complete disaster. During the rolling and folding stage, the dough must be kept cold or else…

Happy New Year! I’m back after spending the week between Christmas and New Year’s playing with macarons! I’ve tried making these twice before I started this blog, and like the first attempts of any recipe, mistakes were made. The first time, I didn’t let the macarons rest at all before baking them. This was a…