Mulitgrain Sandwich Bread

Wendy and I have been trying to eat healthier. More vegetables and grains, less sugar, and less processed foods overall. In doing this, we have found that nearly everything on grocery store shelves is full of sugar (in the form of high fructose sugar) and other ingredients we can't even pronounce. Even sandwich bread that is supposed to be healthy (100% wheat blah blah) is chocked full of sugar and chemicals. I'm temped to call up this crappy food companies and ask "DUDE, let me get some real food!". Is that too much to ask for? Apparently! So I decided to make my own sandwich bread that is ACTUALLY healthy. Even if you're a bread virgin, I made this formula to be as easy as possible for everyone to make (no excuses!). Give this a shot!!

The Non-Oreo, Oreo

I'm gonna share a little (or maybe I should say large, very large) tidbit with you. I was a FAT kid. I don't mean like a cute chubby kid you might want to call a chubby monkey, I mean FAT FAT FAT.  I know with my currently muscular physique this may come as a bit of a surprise to you (don't worry, that was indeed a joke). I remember going to my grandparents house, dipping my hand into the cookie jar loaded with Oreos and filling up my plate. I would than proceed to crumble the mountain of Oreos into milk and spoon them into my huge fat kid face. I mean, I must have eaten truckloads of the things. I'm not proud of this, I still have nightmares. Nowadays, the taste of Oreos don't do it for me. The all shortening "cream" filling is hyper sweet and gross. I thought it was time to make something better, the non-Oreo, Oreo. So here I give you a chocolate shortbread cookie adapted from the Bouchon Bakery Cookbook filled with my very own vanilla buttercream. These blow Oreos out of the water! (or should I say milk).

Avocado Vinaigrette

It's been crazy hot here in the Bay Area lately. Today is my day off, which is when I usually  try to bake up some delicious things to share. Today was different. It was so hot that I could barely unstick myself from the couch let alone crank my oven up to bake. It honor of a nice hot day, I thought I would bring you something bright, refreshing and, gasp...healthy. Avocados are super healthy, they make your body happy. Throw this on top of, lets say, a kale and spinach salad along with a handful of nuts and you've got yourself a delicious and very healthy meal.

Cinnamon Honey Scones

So I was browsing through my copy of the Bouchon Bakery cookbook, (which you should definitely pick up) and I came across cinnamon honey scones. Now, being a baker, I'm cocky about what I bake, mine is always better (or so I think). Bakers are just like that when it comes to their own recipes (including you, don't lie, I won't tell). What I DID like was the odd way they incorporated the honey and cinnamon into the scones. Wow, is this really what excites me nowadays? Yes, yes it is. No shame...ok, maybe a teensy bit. Anywho, I used my own base recipe for these scones which you can find here and I adapted the cinnamon honey paste from the above book. As Julia Child would say, " Bon Appétit".

Baptism Cake

Maybe you already know this, but my wife and I make cakes together. A few weeks ago a coworker hired us to make him a baptism cake for a little girl. Well the baptism just passed so I thought I would share our cake with you. We did 3 tiers for this cake, each tier was four layers. Two of the tiers were red velvet with chocolate, the other one was vanilla cake with vanilla bean filling. In addition to the cake, we also did 48 cupcakes.

 This was the first time we attempted a quilted pattern. Wendy did it, she's awesome!

Do you live in the San Francisco Bay Area and want a cake? Contact us at: baycakes@rocketmail.com.

Blood Orange French Macarons

I love zombie movies. Pretty much anything zombie or horror makes me happy. Currently, like everyone in the universe, I am completely addicted to The Walking Dead. Maybe you've heard of it? Since the season finale just aired and I am to be Walking Dead-less until October, (Wendy is Daryl Dixon-less which she's NOT happy about) I wanted to make something to satisfy my blood and gore craving. So I bring to you, drumroll please, BLOOD orange macarons. Maybe not as cool as zombies, or as attractive as Daryl Dixon, but I can say for sure these little guys are delicious. Whether you're waiting for The Walking Dead to return, or waiting for the REAL zombie apocalypse (We're ready for them!) you should definitely get up and make these!

Tiramisu

This is another old post in need of an update from about 2 years ago. You can see the horror that is the original post here. The picture in the old post is probably one of the worst pictures I've ever taken. Well...of course, there is my tres leche cake post that has a few horrendous pictures as well (I'll update that eventually). This thing is rich; like whoa, it's no joke. Tidbit: tiramisu means "pick-me-up" because of the the caffeine it contains. This tiramisu has been a favorite around my house and I guarantee it'll be a favorite at yours to!