A few summers ago, I had the best cupcake of my life at London's famous Hummingbird Bakery. This blog is my attempt to capture that same magical experience, as I bake through the Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook and other delicious and similarly inspiring recipes.
Sweetened condensed milk cake with Grand Marnier soak
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When I was a little kid, sweetened condensed milk was one of my favorite things. If I was sick and needed a spoonful of cough syrup to get me by, my mother (...)
The Project Which Will Not Be Named started as a fantasy; something to text my friends about while we exchanged woes about work and the state of the country's (...)
Late last year, Nik told me that Filipino food is currently "having its moment". I'm not sure I believe him, but I do see signs of progress here and there. The (...)
Hi guys, tomorrow is the last day you can vote for my blog in Saveur Magazine's Best Food Blog Awards, where Hummingbird High is a finalist for the Best Baking (...)
Rustic blackberry and peach pie with noah's pie crust
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Guys, I have a confession:As a completely self-taught home baker, there are certain types of baked goods that I tend to avoid making because they intimidate (...)
Hot Chocolate Cake with Marshmallow Fluff Frosting
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i'm dreaming of a white christmasjust like the ones i used to knowwhere the tree tops glistenand children listento hear sleigh bells in the snowi'm dreaming of (...)
Strawberry cake with strawberry buttercream frosting by brown betty bakery
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So I'm pretty sure all the major parts of my life contradict each other. Take the fact that I'm a food blogger and a Crossfitter. Lots of Crossfitters follow (...)
Most people have a romantic notion of fall, conjuring up images of wool sweaters and falling leaves, but I know the truth — here in Portland, it's mostly about (...)
I've partnered with HERSHEY to give you guys a quick tour of my pantry and bring you this recipe for chocolate sugar cookies! These chocolate sugar cookies (...)
With my move to New York in sight (at the end of this month — yipppeeee!), I'm starting to be more mindful about what's in the apartment that needs to stay or (...)
Naked red velvet cake with crème fraîche frosting for blog birthday
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Every year when my blog's birthday rolls around, I tend to get a little pensive when I talk about its beginnings. A reflection of things I learned along the (...)
I noticed the other day that I have a LOT of chocolate recipes on my blog. My last two posts -- my marble pinwheel cake and double chocolate cookies -- have (...)
In my last post, I discovered that the sea-level recipe for chocolate cupcakes fared significantly better at high-altitude than that of the vanilla cupcakes. (...)
So I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.I’ve never been a spontaneous person. Take my blog, for instance. Every Wednesdays and Saturdays, I post. (...)
Yep, while everybody else is on a diet, I'm just sitting here baking three-layer cakes. This is my third layer-cake of the year, and it's only been three weeks (...)
In my last post, I came dangerously close to actual, edible-looking cupcakes simply by reducing baking powder. Would it be too optimistic to say that maybe all (...)
Although I'm a "West Coast is the Best Coast!" kinda gal, I will say that there are some things that the East Coast does far better than the West. New York, of (...)
There's a restaurant called Mission Chinese Food that's making waves in New York City right now. This recipe comes from their (kindof) cookbook and describes (...)
Valentine's Day Red Velvet Cake with Marzipan and Ermine Frosting
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When I was in the seventh grade, I wrote an impassioned essay about my hatred of Valentine's Day. "Valentine's Day," I read out to the class. "Is my least (...)
Today is my mom's birthday! Even though she's halfway across the world, I decided to celebrate by baking a chocolate-hazelnut cake dedicated to her:Happy (...)
In the last few weeks, several major food publications and leaders have finally stood up and recognized (what I like to call) their unbearable whiteness of (...)
Every so often on my blog, there comes a recipe that trumps all other recipes. This is one of them. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you...Kentucky Bourbon (...)
We're getting to that weird part of the year where there's a limited number of fresh fruits and vegetables available. And you know what that means?It's Butter (...)
