52 Weeks of Baking

I love Liv for Cakes. I've made five or six of her cakes now. They taste great and they're decorated so simply, yet elegantly. Unfortunately this cake didnt come out so great. Obviously I was unable to get a nice mottled effect in the icing, that's on me. But the cake was flavorless, and for that I blame, not Liv, but Lor-Ann.

I've tried another cotton candy flavoring that was strong. I've used other Lor-ann flavorings that were strong. But there's no cotton candy flavor in this cake. The frosting tastes like butter. Thankfully I put a layer of strawberry crunch between the layers, so that gives a little flavor.

Original reddit thread

Week 35 Intro & Weekly Discussion : Seasonal Ingredients 2 Intro Whether it is the dog days of summer or a crisp winter morning where you are : time to bake something that brings out the unique flavor of your time and place.

Create something that uses fresh in season ingredients - fruits, veggies or herbs. Maybe a light summer tart covered in berries or a warm bread pudding laden with spices and apples. Tell us what you'll be baking this week!

Recipe. This was easy to make and really tasty. Reminiscent of corn bread and the vanilla gives a nice sweetness. Small eggs aren't a thing here, so I just used egg yolks (saving my whites for buttercream) but i think it would be just as good with whole large eggs. Last time I made an egg-stuffed muffin it was so dry. These are moist.

I've been wanting to try these gorgeous viral blueberry cookies for ages and this was the perfect challenge. Unfortunately, the coloring didn't happen for me. Not sure what went wrong. I used some cannabutter in them, but I think the frozen blueberries I used just didn't get jammy enough. They taste good.

A very hearty oat bread that was simple to cook in a skillet. Served best with butter and black currant jam!

I didnt personally combine recipes, but this recipe is a beautiful, tasty fusion of smores and blondies.

Savory crepes with spinach

Sweet cheese blintzes.

Used whole wheat for the savory crepes, and they tend to fall apart. Fillings were both good.

Bonus dog photobomb

My bake was supposed to be based on this recipe. Maybe if you're an experienced pie baker you can tell what's wrong, but I had to mix the dough before I realized the recipe is hot garbage. No pie dough is remotely that wet.

I know Tasty is not considered a reliable recipe source, but it says this recipe is from Lokokitchen, the writer behind Pieometry. I got that book last Christmas but hadnt made anything from it yet. So I switched to following the crust recipe from the book, using the compound beet butter I'd already made based on the web recipe. I turned the failed crust dough into cookies.

I used this blueberry filling and the whole thing came out lovely and delicious.

Recipe. Delicious.

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Not only was this delicious, it looked perfect. I usually make ugly delicious, but this was 10/10 in every way.

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Pretty good for an upside down cake. Moist.

Recipe. Inspired by Mercutio's speech in Romeo and Juliet. It's a stretch, but the cake was good. Especially if you like desserts that aren't too sweet.

Week 1 - Jan 1: New year, new bake! Bake something you have never made before.

Week 2 - Jan 8: Allergy-Friendly

Week 3 - Jan 15: Bite-Sized

Week 4 - Jan 22: Quick Breads

Week 5 - Jan 29: East Meets West. Make a traditional eastern or western bake but use flavors or ingredients from the other side of the globe.

Week 6 - Feb 5: Scandinavian

Week 7 - Feb 12: White Chocolate

Week 8 - Feb 19: Seasonal Ingredients 1

Week 9 - Feb 26: Main Dish. Make something meant as a main course for a meal that includes a dough element.

Week 10 - Mar 5: Dust it Off. Use a tool or pan that you don't use very much.

Week 11 - Mar 12: Acquired Tastes. Make something with flavor(s) considered to be an acquired taste.

Week 12 - Mar 19: Sweet Brunch

Week 13 - Mar 26: Disguise! Bake something that looks like something else.

Week 14 - Apr 2: Morocco

Week 15 - Apr 9: Single Serving

Week 16 - Apr 16: Save the Bees! Make something inspired by bees, using honey, or with an ingredient that is pollinated by bees.

Week 17 - Apr 23: Healthy Swap. Substitute a healthier ingredient into your recipe.

Week 18 - Apr 30: Community Chest. Bake a recipe from another post.

Week 19 - May 7: Guess a Future Fad

Week 20 - May 14: Surprise Inside

Week 21 - May 21: Pâte à Choux

Week 22 - May 28: Inspired By a Work of Art

Week 23 - Jun 4: New Zealand

Week 24 - Jun 11: Eyeball It. No measuring or weighing ingredients!

Week 25 - Jun 18: A Midsummer Night's Bake. Make something from or inspired by Shakespeare or the Elizabethan time period.

Week 26 - Jun 25: Upside Down

Week 27 - Jul 2: Steamed

Week 28 - Jul 9: Filled

Week 29 - Jul 16: Fruit & Veggie. Make a bake incorporating both.

Week 30 - Jul 23: Unleavened

Week 31 - Jul 30: Fusion. Make something incorporating two or more bakes.

Week 32 - Aug 6: Natural Food Coloring

Week 33 - Aug 13: Korea

Week 34 - Aug 20: Protégé! Make a recipe from a favorite chef or cook/influencer.

Week 35 - Aug 27: Seasonal Ingredients 2

Week 36 - Sep 3: Mocktail. Make something that copies the flavors of a cocktail.

Week 37 - Sep 10: One Bowl Recipe!

Week 38 - Sep 17: Cupcakes

Week 39 - Sep 24: Oktoberfest

Week 40 - Oct 1: Entremets

Week 41 - Oct 8: Frozen

Week 42 - Oct 15: Inspired by a Song

Week 43 - Oct 22: Indonesian

Week 44 - Oct 29: Piping

Week 45 - Nov 5: Textural Contrast. Make something with contrasting textures, like crème brûlée.

Week 46 - Nov 12: Diwali

Week 47 - Nov 19: Preserved. Use something preserved in your recipe (for example jarred fruits, jellies, pickles, etc.).

Week 48 - Nov 26: Cobblers

Week 49 - Dec 3: Yeast Leavened

Week 50 - Dec 10: Candy! Make something inspired by or using a favorite candy.

Week 51 - Dec 17: Gooey

Week 52 - Dec 24: Crossover! Head over to any of the food communities on lemmy and make something you see there.

This is inspired by the reddit community r/52weeksofbaking. I asked for the mods' blessing to copy the sub on lemmy and never received a response. Since I've been a prolific contributor for over 3 years and I even proposed several of the challenges for 2023, I don't mind just copying out the rest of this years challenges. For 2024 we can come up with our own list.

Edit: I have since received a response from the mods, and it was as gracious and generous as I could have hoped for. They gave their blessing and posted a link to this community on reddit.