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Rachelino

East Bay Area, California

Baking Entrepreneur, 5th generation Californian, Recipe Tester

Interests: cooking, baking, recipe writing & testing, wedding cakes, pies and pastry starring seasonal fruit, vegetable and herb gardening, vintage clothing, american history & poetry, playing piano/keyboard and singing, travelling to the Eastern Mediterranean, taking care and doing the right thing.

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Roxana Jullapat's Hot Cross Buns with Candied Kumquats

Try a twist on the classic Easter yeast roll with candied kumquats and almond paste crosses. Continue reading

Posted Apr 5, 2012 at scratch

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Emily Luchetti & Yigit Pura

Emily Luchetti, executive pastry chef of San Francisco’s Farallon & Waterbar, author of five books including 2011’s The Fearless Baker, and IACP and James Beard award winner, in conversation with Yigit Pura, executive pastry chef at Taste Catering and winner of the first season of Bravo TV’s pastry competition Top Chef Just Desserts Continue reading

Posted Dec 12, 2011 at scratch

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Food Styling & Photography with Maren Caruso, Kim Kissling, Sue Tallon and Robyn Valarik

I had another chance to write an article for the Bakers Dozen summarizing a fascinating presentation on styling and shooting baked goods with photographers Sue Tallon and Maren Caruso and food stylists Robyn Valarik and Kim Kissling. Enjoy! Continue reading

Posted Aug 6, 2011 at scratch

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Bake Sale(s) for Japan - Bake, Shop or Just Donate

Bake Sales to benefit Continue reading

Posted Mar 25, 2011 at scratch

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Montreal Dining & Travel Notes

Then again, with a city full of rivers and lakes that freeze beautifully for skating, amazing and affordable food scene which Bon Appetit rightly pegged "part Paris, part Portland", and francophone culture without the cost of flying over the Atlantic, I would love visiting in winter, too. Here are some of my travel notes on Montreal. Continue reading

Posted Feb 28, 2011 at scratch

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Golden Lemon Almond Cake

I meant to share this with you on Heavenly Bakers Free Choice week 12/20. This photo tells you most of what you need to know about this cake: bright, clear lemon mixed with flavorful turbinado sugar form the base of... Continue reading

Posted Dec 29, 2010 at scratch

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Beautifully stark. It has a kind of steampunk industrial-era-glory aesthetic, similar to the photos and styling in the Baked Explorations book. And the pastries and confections look gorgeous - the Valhrona chocolate eclair seems like a steal at $3.50. And the piped filling is in such beautiful shape; it looks like it was done onsite.

Commented Dec 17, 2010 on Farmers' Markets and Pop up Shops: Tell Tale Missive Two at Dessert First

Baked Apple Dumplings from Farmers' Market Desserts

Jennie Schacht's recipe Baked Apple Dumplings with Cinnamon Caramel Sauce from Farmers' Market Desserts (which was just featured on David Lebovitz' Favorite Cookbooks of 2010!!) - post including full recipe and step-by-step photos. Continue reading

Posted Dec 16, 2010 at scratch

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Burnt Orange Silk Meringue Buttercream

Just dropping by to check in with the Heavenly Cake Bakers (HCB), a group of us baking our way through Rose Levy Beranbaum's book Rose's Heavenly Cakes. Oh, I had such a long list of things to make from the... Continue reading

Posted Nov 15, 2010 at scratch

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Swedish Pear and Almond Cream Cake

As these things go, we broke out the fancy teacups and showered her with love and other things yesterday, and I was sure glad that the Heavenly Bakers roster gave me the chance to make the Swedish Pear and Almond Cream Cake for the guest of honor. A wonderful light bundt cake with the surprise of thin pear slices inside. Continue reading

Posted Nov 7, 2010 at scratch

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Farmers Market Desserts ~ my summer in stone fruit tarts

I will be sharing more recipes from Farmers Market Desserts on this site that you can make with seasonal fruit, including the SO-WORTH-IT Baked Apple Dumplings with Cinnamon Caramel, but if there is one reason to get this book, it's this almond cornmeal tart crust from the almond aprium tart which graces the cover. Continue reading

Posted Oct 27, 2010 at scratch

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inspiration is a rising tide

Hopefully I don't get blacklisted for posting this grainy point n' shoot of Michael Ruhlman, because it makes me grin, and grins are in short supply these days. This was just before the closing keynote at BloghHer Food conference this... Continue reading

Posted Oct 12, 2010 at scratch

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Mint Chip Ice Cream, and Notes on Homemade Ice Cream

This is miles away from mint extract, my friends. Head, shoulders, knees and toes better than store-bought mint ice cream. Recipe for homemade mint chip ice cream and tips! Continue reading

Posted Aug 9, 2010 at scratch

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Chocolate Banana Stud Cake

The Heavenly Bakers are making a single-layer chocolate cake made with sour cream and banana, frosted with bittersweet chocolate and studded with chocolate chips. Hence the name. Chocolate Banana Stud Cake. I used Vahlrona Rouge cocoa because I thought it... Continue reading

Posted Jul 19, 2010 at scratch

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Heavenly Cake Bakers: Coconut Cheesecake

Imagine this on your picnic table next to the watermelon. Not too shabby. This week the Heavenly Bakers made cheesecake, and I declare it the perfect thing to bring to a summer party, as long as you can park it... Continue reading

Posted Jun 21, 2010 at scratch

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Conquering Homelessness through Employment in Food Service

This time of year makes me giddy. Still light out at nine o'clock. OK, so I should not have taken a photo while driving, but I wanted to remember that light trailing over my left shoulder over Treasure Island. Still... Continue reading

Posted Jun 11, 2010 at scratch

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Cake Flour is Passive Aggressive, & Other Things I Learned from Rose Levy Beranbaum

I had the great pleasure of meeting Rose Levy Beranbaum and Woody Wolston for the first time when they made a stop in the Bay Area on their way to Portland for the IACP conference and winning two IACP awards... Continue reading

Posted May 3, 2010 at scratch

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Rose Levy Beranbaum at Omnivore Books in San Francisco

Rose Levy Beranbaum is swinging through the Bay Area (!) on her way to the IACP conference in Portland and this Saturday April 17, 2010 (3-4pm) she will be giving a talk and signing books at Omnivore Books in San... Continue reading

Posted Apr 14, 2010 at scratch

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Mar 15, 2010

Heavenly Cake Bakers ~ Sicilian Pistachio Cake with Golden Molasses Buttercream

Implausibly green blanched pistachio batons have danced in my head from the moment I first saw the stunning photograph of Rose’s Sicilian Pistachio Cake With Golden Neoclassic Buttercream (via NPR). I only wish I had been able to find the... Continue reading

Posted Mar 15, 2010 at scratch

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Heavenly Cake Bakers - True Orange Genoise (for real this time)

I love this time of year, when the days are getting longer rather than shorter, everything is intensely green, and the earliest flowers are starting to bud. Around here, daffodils and other bulbs pop first, and then the trees flower... Continue reading

Posted Feb 25, 2010 at scratch

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True Orange Genoise

The flavors chocolate and orange do not always play well together, but when they do, I adore them (full disclosure: my wedding cake was an orange poppyseed cake soaked in grand marnier, covered with ganache). Chances of a successful orange-chocolate... Continue reading

Posted Feb 8, 2010 at scratch

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Heavenly Bakers ~ Chocolate Tweed Angel Food Cake

I am excited about this recipe because it is one that Rose has published online (via NPR) and I can include the full recipe in my post for anyone wanting to try it [EDITED TO ADD: NPR's version omits the... Continue reading

Posted Jan 25, 2010 at scratch

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just keep swimming

I am heading to the tropics to see some actual tropical fish (not made out of icing and cake) this week. See you next week! Continue reading

Posted Jan 12, 2010 at scratch

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Sometimes a picture can be as satisfying as the real thing. More even. Okay, so sometimes looking will not cut it, but I find a joy in looking back on baked goods past, and it certainly does not hinder my... Continue reading

Posted Jan 5, 2010 at scratch

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