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Chocolate Ermine Frosting

How much frosting do I need for a cake?

Here's your complete cake frosting guide.

Apr 17, 2025
Hands zesting a lemon with a microplane zester

Things bakers know: The right way to zest a lemon

Our Test Kitchen wizards swear by this wand.

Apr 16, 2025
A simple, single layer lemon cake topped with frosting and candied lemon slices

17 of our best lemon desserts to brighten your baking

Tangy thumbprint cookies, citrusy layer cakes, tart lemon bars, and more. 

Apr 14, 2025
Chili Crisp Cottage Cheese Flatbreads

Eating more protein? Make these flatbreads.

Get your protein via your carbs.

Apr 9, 2025
Silky frosting being applied to a cake with an offset spatula

My new secret to great frosting? This powerful mixer.

It’s the key to silky, ultra-smooth buttercream.

Apr 8, 2025
Knife being used to cut a round cake

How to cut a round cake, according to the pros

Borrow a trick from professional pastry chefs.

Apr 7, 2025
Image of text introducing the podcast, Things Bakers Know

We're launching a podcast!

Listen to the trailer now.

Apr 3, 2025
Strawberry Lemonade Bars served on a plate

The 15 best recipes to bake in April

From latte-inspired bars to boozy snacking cakes, and much more.

Apr 1, 2025
Cutting pasta into noodles with an electric pasta machine, next to a sheet pan of fresh pasta noodles

This clever contraption is like a bread machine for pasta

Make pasta at the press of a button with an electric pasta machine.

Mar 27, 2025
Sliced fruit bars on a cutting board next to a knife

Things bakers know: Sniff your equipment!

Prevent unwanted flavors with a single sniff.

Mar 24, 2025
Pretzel Buns

Convection oven baking: Why this baker is a fan

For your best bakes, consider convection mode.

Mar 19, 2025
Just 4 Chocolate Chip Cookies

10 small-batch recipes perfect for two (or just you!)

Less is more.

Mar 17, 2025
Three freshly fed starters, at different ratios

Baking trials: Testing different sourdough feeding ratios

What difference does your feeding ratio make?

Mar 13, 2025
Closeup of healthy soil being used to grow wheat

As a baker, here's why you should care about soil

Soil health is the foundation of all our baking.

Mar 12, 2025
Nests of fresh pasta on a sheet pan

How to make homemade pasta without a machine

Homemade pasta doesn’t have to be complicated.

Mar 10, 2025
Bag of bread flour behind a sliced loaf of oatmeal sandwich bread

What is bread flour?

Higher protein unlocks great bread.

Mar 5, 2025
Southern Caramel Cake

The 15 best recipes to bake in March

Celebrate spring and get baking.

Mar 3, 2025
Multiple loaves of different breads next to a bag of bread flour

4 recipes to kickstart your Big Month of Bread

Bake with us and learn new skills along the way.

Feb 28, 2025
Round cake pans, lined with parchment, being sprayed with nonstick vegetable oil spray.

Wait, do you really have to grease parchment paper?

It’s not overkill, we promise.

Feb 27, 2025
Biscuits baked in surrounding dough

Things bakers know: Break this biscuit rule before baking

The secret to ultra-soft biscuits.

Feb 26, 2025
Homemade Cheese Ravioli

How to make ravioli at home

Got a rolling pin and a knife? You can make ravioli.

Feb 25, 2025
Jamaican Beef Patties

A flaky hand pie offers bountiful lessons on identity and culture

For my kids, Jamaican beef patties are a key to their Caribbean heritage.

Feb 24, 2025
Four different types of fresh pasta noodles next to each other

A guide to different ribbon-cut pasta shapes

Everything from lasagna to linguine.

Feb 21, 2025
Fudgy brownies made with sourdough discard

The fudgiest brownies are sourdough discard brownies

Sourdough is about more than just bread.

Feb 20, 2025