The Sweet & Sour Baker

When Life Isn't A Piece of Cake....Bake one.

About

Hi, I'm Erica.

I'm a New Yorker, former TV producer and now a Texan stay at home mom. Nothing has been as challenging as making the transition from working mom to staying home all while working on my Texas drawl, but a fresh baked cookie does help. Who needs alcohol when you can have a crepe cake?

I bake to keep my sanity, to keep me going and to keep my out of control sweet tooth satisfied! I bake what I love and what I love varies from bread, to cakes to cookies. Basically a full out, uninhibited love of gluten and carbs! I love the American classics like chocolate chip cookies, but I also love throwing in Asian ingredients into well loved bakes. (Ube Tres Leches Cake Anyone?)

After a long day of wrangling kids, helping with homework, cooking and cleaning, (Geez, I sound like I just time traveled from the 1950’s ad for dish soap) Mama needs her fix!

This my way of adding some sweetness to a life that isn't always a piece of cake. And celebrating all those sweet and sour mommy moments that happen in between. Thanks for visiting!

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View fullsize It was Cookie weekend for this weeks #weekendisobakeclub !!! I debated between the classics, chocolate chip, oatmeal... but why go classic when you can create something unique!? So I decided to go with classic Indian ice cream flavor Kulfi and turned
View fullsize Summer is in full swing with this weeks #weekendisobakeclub ! 🍑🥧 Fruit tart was the theme and I decided to go French with this very almondy Nectarine and Raspberry Frangipane Tart! A tender almond shortbread crust is filled with a creamy soft almo
View fullsize This week’s #weekendisobakeclub theme was loaf cakes! For me, there’s nothing more classic than a loaf cake. Especially since one of my mom’s favorite cakes to bake growing up was banana bread. But I wanted to recreate the nostalgia
View fullsize It’s bread scrolls week! We’re swirling our best baked buns on #weekendisobakeclub and I know after this very raw, emotional week we can all use a bit of sweetness this weekend. I made Swedish St.Lucia buns. This dough was made feathery s
View fullsize Choux pastry week! This week I tackled eclairs. I haven’t made choux in awhile and unfortunately, it didn’t turn out quite as well as I would have liked, but my tiny tasters didn’t seem to mind! I tried 2 types: Strawberries with ma
View fullsize It’s pie week! For this weekend’s #weekendisobakeclub I decided to take inspiration from a dessert my brother in law used to make us! From his days working @ippudous, dessert was a scoop of matcha ice cream topped with mascarpone cheese,

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