The Baking Society
We bake and blog (and eat). Though baking takes up a lot more of our life than blogging.
Blog / June, 2013
If I’m Not Baking, I’m Reading. Beach Reads Edition.
June 26, 2013 / By Matt
I do not trust these people. New York is kind of unbearable (to some degree) in the sticky, summery, smelly heat, and anyone that claims to enjoy the city in August is probably lying. Or they are delusional. Summer in the city is less crowded for a reason: the perfume of rotting garbage, 185 degree…
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Lazy Cake aka Aunt Naomi’s Chocolate Fudge Cake
June 19, 2013 / By Matt
I am afraid I lost another weekend to recipe obsession. This has been happening a lot lately. I should spend more time outside (assuming the NYC weather cooperates), but there is still so much to bake. And always so little time. My latest baking preoccupation: one-bowl (hence, lazy) chocolate cake designed for a 9 x…
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Copenhagen Report : How to Make Hindbærsnitte aka Raspberry Slice
June 12, 2013 / By Matt
[Note from Matt: I am absolutely giddy with excitement to present you with a post from our special Copenhagen correspondent, Johannah Christensen. Johannah is an extremely talented baker and all-around great person. She was kind enough to meet up with me while I was in Copenhagen to discuss the local pastries, breads, restaurants, and other “must visit”…
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A Chunkwich Surfaces In Brooklyn
June 5, 2013 / By Matt
According to this New York Times article, over one billion Chipwiches had been sold by 2002. Renato and I are probably personally responsible for a sizable chunk of that number. We both, unbeknownst to each other, spent entire summers lost in a downward spiral of Chipwich addiction – waking only to satisfy the next fix. The Chipwich,…
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