All things baking

Baking with Herbs Meet-Up August 17, 2026 What did we make? Lavender Pound Cake Basil Chocolate Chip Scone Rose Petal Shortbread Rose Petal Caramel Sauce Practical Techniques for Adding Herbs and Flowers to Baking Herbs and edible flowers can add wonderful flavor and aroma to baked goods, creams, chocolates, sugars, and even savory pastries. The key is understanding how to extract their flavor and how much to use. Fresh vs. Dried Herbs Both fresh and dried herbs can be used i

If you have ever made biscotti, you know there are many steps. Then add in “the science”. It took me 6 times with 6 different versions to get to the point where I no longer mulled in my head at night all the different version I hadn’t tried, like using shortening instead of butter, brown sugar instead of regular…..I made 2 versions with only vegetable oil, 2 with only butter, 1 with half butter and half vegetable oil and the original sea level version which came out as hard