E.45 How to Make the Perfect Cake with Blair

BAKED by Blair was inspired by Blair's love of baking, her desire to spend time with her son and teach him her passion and her insatiable sweet tooth during pregnancy! Blair is a mother of two boys, a wife, a physical therapist by trade, and a baker by choice. Baking has always been a big part of her life. Blair can remember calling her mom daily after school to tell her what she would be making that day! Blair is excited to be sharing her baking creativity, passions, and delicious treats with family, friends and you! Blair is here to help you build confidence in the kitchen. She hopes you’ll enjoy her baked goods as her family and friends do!

Listen in as Blair shares her secrets of how to bake the perfect cake.

 

In this week's talk show, we are talking about gaining confidence in the kitchen, sharing game changing baking tips, and how important it is to do what excites you.

For Blair, baking was a journey that strengthened the bond between her and her young son, and a new path to following her dreams of baking. BAKED by Blair is a baking blog with recipes and resources to help people gain confidence in the kitchen.

While pregnant, Blair had a huge sweet tooth and she would find herself going out to the local grocery to buy cakes and sweets until she decided it was getting too costly. Her passion for baking started here, when she wanted to start baking at home.

Baking provides a source of creativity solely for Blair, but blogging about it has opened up a world of connections over a shared love of baking. There have been many hurdles as a new business owner that Blair had to overcome in the building process of her business. One question she asked herself was, "Am I good at this?". 

She also wondered,  “Do I have enough knowledge to share with people about baking?”

Over time, she came to the conclusion that "Yes, I do have a lot of knowledge to share!”

Some advice Blair gives as a new blogger since she experienced fast growth is to not pay attention to the numbers!  Instead, Blair focuses on each and every follower to build relationships with them. This has been so important to Blair in order to engage with her followers because it makes her relatable and builds trust within those relationships. Trust is one of the most important parts of having an online business.

Now, for some game changing cake and baking tips! 

First and foremost, Blair bakes from scratch and uses the top basic ingredients like all purpose flour, cake flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, eggs, vanilla, and milk. For those who want to know the difference between cake flour and all purpose flour, Blair shares that cake flour has lower protein and makes a more light and fluffy cake, while all purpose flour has higher protein and has more gluten which makes a more dense cake.

Some secrets Blair also discussed were to never scoop the flour out with a measuring cup because it packs the flour into the cup which leaves you with way more flour than you need. Instead, use a teaspoon and gradually scoop the flour into the measuring cup to let it aerate so you wont end up with so much flour. 

Too much flour in your cake will make it dry! 

In the event that you do leave your cake in the oven too long, Blair suggests you can save your cake layers by brushing a bit of simple syrup (in any flavor you like) on top of the layers to moisten it and immediately give your cake some extra flavor!

Most importantly, Blair has one last tip for you, our dear readers, Be gentle with yourself and be kind to yourself. 

It is okay if you don't know what you want to do, nobody has it all figured out. Look at all the things that excite you and figure out what makes you happy because that is truly the important thing.

You can find out more about Blair, her recipes, and services on her website, facebook and instagram.

In the meantime below you will find the recipe for our founders favorite kind of cake. Yellow cake with chocolate frosting!

 

No day of baking is complete without someone chic to wear while serving your desserts. 

This weeks style guide is complete with comfortable black flats appropriate for all occasions. 


 

 

 

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