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    • Caramelized Peach Tart
      Caramelized Peach Tart with Brown Sugar Crumble
    • Swirls of Pastry Cream on an Orange Tart.
      Pastry Cream Filling (Crème Pâtissière)
    • The finished Coconut Cream Cake sits on a gray plate with a flower vase in the background ready to be cut.
      Coconut Cream Cake - The Perfect Easter Dessert
    • A meringue topped coconut cream pie in a glass pie pan with plates and forks beside it.
      Coconut Cream Pie with a Difference
    • Sunny Side Up Apricot Pastries
      Sunny Side Up Apricot Pastries
    • Danish Butter Cake
      Danish Butter Cake
    • Vanilla Mousse Torte with Strawberries
      Vanilla Mousse Torte with Strawberries
    • Banana Pudding
      Banana Pudding with Maple Pecans
    • Chocolate Coconut Cream Cake
      Chocolate Coconut Cream Cake
    • Individual Apple Crostatas with Pastry Cream
      Individual Apple Crostatas
    • Double Banana Cream Pie with plates and cups and saucers.
      Double Banana Caramel Cream Pie
    • Strawberry Verrine
      Strawberry Verrines
    • Finished St. Honore
      Gateau St. Honore
    • Finished Photo
      Marjolaine - A Classic Flourless Pastry
    • Banana Tart with Rum Pastry Cream
      Banana Caramel Tart with Rum Pastry Cream and Praline
    • Flower Cupcakes
      German Buttercream and American Buttercream

    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.

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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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