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Best Lofthouse Cookie Bake Off

by erika Published: Feb 11, 2021 Modified: Jun 18, 2023 4 Comments

This post is sponsored by Imperial Sugar! I've used Imperial Sugar for years and I am thrilled to be partnering with them. Thank you for supporting the partners that keep the bake offs ...

Best Lemon Poppy Seed Muffin Bake Off

by erika Published: Jan 21, 2021 Modified: Jun 18, 2023 14 Comments

In my eyes, there is perhaps no better muffin than lemon poppy seed (unless it's almond poppy seed and yes, I have a definite soft spot for those massive ones from Costco). The light and cakey crumb, ...

Best Copycat Levain Cookie Recipe

by erika Published: Sep 16, 2020 Modified: Jul 26, 2023 69 Comments

I tried my first Levain ("luh-ven") cookie back in 2013 when Kayle took me on a mini eating tour in New York and it's been a crucial stop on any New York trip ever since. For those unfamiliar, Levain ...

Best Yellow Cake Bake Off

by erika Published: Jul 28, 2020 Modified: Jun 18, 2023 31 Comments

Is there anyone who doesn't love this classic combo? In our quest to find the best yellow cake and chocolate frosting recipe, let me state my biases up front. My personal preference is for a light, ...

Best Lemon Bar Recipe Bake Off

by erika Published: Feb 23, 2020 Modified: May 31, 2023 17 Comments

If you're a lemon dessert lover, chances are you've already tried your fair share of lemon bars. But have you found the very best lemon bar recipe?! Lemon bars are renowned for their bright, tangy ...

Best Sweet Cornbread Bake Off

by erika Published: Nov 24, 2019 Modified: May 11, 2023 8 Comments

In some parts of the country, "sweet cornbread" is essentially blasphemy. But when you grow up on Trader Joe's boxed mix cornbread (ahem, me), you develop a palate for cornbread of the sweet and cakey ...

Chocolate Cake Bake Off, Part II

by erika Published: Jun 27, 2019 Modified: Aug 8, 2021 20 Comments

After baking 12 chocolate cakes for the chocolate cake bake off, the last thing I wanted to do was bake more. (Honestly, if you're trying to kick an addiction to chocolate cake, just try baking 12 of ...

Best Biscuit Recipe Bake Off

by erika Published: May 30, 2019 Modified: Jul 3, 2023 13 Comments

With melt in your mouth layers of flaky, buttery goodness, fresh homemade biscuits deserve their own category of comfort food. We setout to find the BEST of the best biscuit recipes out there, and ...

Best Chocolate Cake Bake Off

by erika Published: Apr 18, 2019 Modified: Mar 10, 2023

Chocolate. Cake. What a universal crowd-pleaser. You'd think this would be the easiest of all recipes to get right because who could hate a chocolate cake? But I’ve had a lot of issues with so-called ...

Best Buttermilk Waffle Bake Off

by erika Published: Feb 10, 2019 Modified: Jul 18, 2021 8 Comments

Welcome to the Part II of the Waffle Bake Off series, in which we search for the best ever buttermilk-style waffle recipe! Buttermilk-style waffles are probably the kind that most Americans are ...

Best Yeast Waffle Bake Off

by erika Published: Jan 29, 2019 Modified: Nov 28, 2022 15 Comments

Welcome to the Part I of the Waffle Bake Off series, in which we search for the best ever yeast waffle recipe (which, coincidentally, science says are the best kind). Although my sweet breakfast item ...

Bake Offs of 2018

by erika Published: Dec 21, 2018 Modified: Feb 17, 2020 10 Comments

What a year! I technically started these bake offs in 2017 (with the epic chocolate chip cookie bake off, inspired by Skyler--the author of many of my beautiful Tableau visualizations--getting ...