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    Expert Baking & Pastry Recipes from Helen S. Fletcher

    Browse hundreds of delicious, show-stopping baking & pastry recipes you can make today! Learn via expert instruction and step-by-step how-tos from a professional baker with over 30+ years experience.

    Helen, you are a master teacher! Your directions are straightforward and explicit. I especially appreciate all the time you invest in providing visual images as well. Thank you so much!!! Jill

    Spring Baking

    As seasonal fruit begins to come on the market there are so many ways to use them in baking. Here are a few.

    • Rhubarb Cream Tart
      Rhubarb Cream Tart with Strawberry Sauce
    • Four finishes on the Carrot Cake Dougnuts are plain, pecan topped, sugared and filled with cream cheese.
      Carrot Cake Baked Doughnuts
    • A warm brown Lemon Rum Bundt Cake on a clear glass plate with petals of a yellow flower.
      Lemon Rum Bundt Cake
    • A slice of the Raspberry MascarponeTarte Tropezienne sits on a lace edged white plate with a teal napkin behind it and a gold rimed saucer.
      Raspberry Mascarpone Tarte Tropezienne

    Newest recipes

    My latest posts can be found here including updated recipes that are sure to become favorites.

    • A Banana Streusel Muffin on aplate with others behind it.
      Best Banana Streusel Muffin Recipe
    • The finished Coconut Cream Cake sits on a gray plate with a flower vase in the background ready to be cut.
      A Last Minute Easter Roundup
    • A slice of the pecan upside down cake sits on a white plate with a lace edge which sits o ntop of another orangish pate.
      Pecan Upside Down Cake
    • A Salted Peanut Chew in the foreground with others in the background.
      Simple Salted Peanut Chews

    See more all recipes →

    Recently Updated

    Explore the latest updates on our food blog! From refreshed recipes to updated cooking tutorials and ingredient tips, find the newest improvements to your favorite dishes.

    • A Banana Streusel Muffin on aplate with others behind it.
      Best Banana Streusel Muffin Recipe
    • The finished Coconut Cream Cake sits on a gray plate with a flower vase in the background ready to be cut.
      A Last Minute Easter Roundup
    • An Orange Macadamia Roll sits on a white plate with a rack of other rolls behind it and a saucer to a coffee cup to the right.
      Orange Macadamia Rolls Recipe
    • A cut open Double Chocolate Truffled Muffin sits on a plate with a teacup next to it and more muffins in the background.
      Double Chocolate Truffled Muffins

    Trending

    These recipes are the most viewed recipes on my blog.

    • A slice of the Chocolate Coconut Tart sits on a lace edged white plate with a red napkin and a fork behind it.
      No Bake Chocolate Coconut Tart
    • A plate of turnovers featuring the Amazing Pastry Dough Recipe.
      Amazing Pastry Dough Recipe
    • Slices of English Muffin Bread on a white plate with orange juice, honey and jam with a blue and white napkin in the background.
      Easy English Muffin Bread
    • Apple Crisp
      Apple Crisp with a Difference

    Cakes

    There are so many newer, faster, more efficient ways of baking cakes from mixing, to baking, including how to get flat layers every time without cutting the tops off.

    • Angel food Cake
      Perfectly Easy Angel Food Cake
    • Spirited Marble Cake
    • The opening photo for Multiple Cake Layers from 1 Recipe includes white, yellow, marble, 2 different chocolate layers and 3 citrus versions.
      Multiple Cake Layers from 1 Recipe
    • A partially eaten piece of the Decadent Chocolate Snack Cake sits on a white plate with a fork and bit of marshmallow with the cake in the background and a blue and white vase.
      Decadent Chocolate Snack Cake

    See more cake recipes →

    Tarts & Pies

    From the perfect crusts, to individual tarts and pies to a no bake pie that is deceptively easy, it all here.

    • A slice of the S'more Tart with it's browned marshmallow topping sits on a brown rimmed plate with a fork and napkin in the background.
      How to Make A S'mores Tart
    • A meringue topped coconut cream pie in a glass pie pan with plates and forks beside it.
      Coconut Cream Pie with a Difference
    • Honey Thyme Apple Tart
      Honey Thyme Apple Tart
    • A slice of the Cafe au Lait tart sits on a white plate that is on a tan plate with a napkin and fork behind it.
      Café au Lait Chocolate Tart

    See more tarts & pies →

    My Books

    Sharing the information I’ve gleaned over a 30 year career in professional baking can be found in these books.  Many of the recipes as well as techniques developed for them are included.

    • European Tarts
      European Tarts
    • The New Pastry Cook
      The New Pastry Cook
    • Baking as a Business
    • Craving Cookies, the Quintessential American Cookie Book

    About Helen

    Being a self-taught baker and owning a bakery for over 25 years, I found many ways to make baking more successful and less intimidating. Even busy people can bake as in many cases, recipes can be done over days. The goal is to make your baking life easier, more enjoyable, with great outcomes on a consistent basis.

    Learn more about me →

    Hi, I'm Helen! Being a self-taught baker and owning a bakery for over 25 years, I found many ways to make baking more successful and less intimidating. Even busy people can bake as in many cases, recipes can be done over days. The goal is to make your baking life easier, more enjoyable, with great outcomes on a consistent basis.

    More about me →

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    Spring Baking

    • A sour cream cake laden with poppyseeds filled with orange curd and finished white chocolate buttercream
      Poppyseed Cake with Orange Curd and White Chocolate Buttercream
    • A lone Banana Split Cupcake with its vibrant pink strawberry buttercream and drizzled with chocolate sits on a pink rimmed plate.
      Banana Split Cupcakes
    • Turtle Cake
      Gluten Free Turtle Cake with Salted Caramel
    • Sweet Kolache with pineapple, cream cheese, fig, raspberry fillings
      The Marvelous Variable Kolache
    • A slice of Lemon Glazed Lemon Twists made with Sixty Second Brioche
      60 Second Brioche
    • Rhubarb Cream Tart
      Rhubarb Cream Tart with Strawberry Sauce

    Popular Recipes

    • This Mini Pineapple Upside Down Cake features a pineapple slice with a cherry in the middle on top of a yellow cake sitting on a blue and white plate.
      Mini Pineapple Upside Down Cakes
    • A plate of Cuccidati, fig and nut filled Italian Cookies sprinkled with multi-colored nonpariels.
      Cuccidati - Italy's Finest Cookie
    • This picture shows a slice of the coffee cake on a white, lace edged plate on a marble counter.
      Apricot Crumb Coffee Cake
    • Langue de Chat cookies in a bowl.
      Langue de Chat
    • Angel food Cake
      Perfectly Easy Angel Food Cake
    • Large nut pieces for Chopping Nuts
      Chopping Nuts - A Quicker Way

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