I’ve just passed the one-year mark at my new job, and in some ways it still feels like I just started, but in others it feels like I’ve been there forever. One of my new co-workers has two super cute little boys and asked me to make their birthday cakes this summer. The first one......

  Do you know the difference between a Front-End Loader, Digger, Excavator and Grinder? I sure do, thanks to extensive Google Image searches last week in preparation for my nephew’s cake for his 4th birthday.  He was pretty specific about what he wanted, but when I saw him the day before his birthday and asked......

I think battle missions are my favourite Gastropost missions! Strawberry vs. Cherry, Basil vs. Mint, Coffee vs. Tea, and now an epic battle of winter fruit: Pomegranate vs. Cranberry. It’s a easy choice for me: Sorry pomegranate, but no matter how many Gastroposters tell me you’re easy to open – you’re still just so high......

Yes! It’s here! It’s COOKIE SEASON! Pretzel M&Ms have been bought, butter is being hoarded, and things are about to get real in my kitchen. As per our yearly tradition, Danielle and I have been swapping ideas for a few weeks now, and we debated our choices in a Google chat on the weekend, as......

Last week I made a Rainbow Cake for my friend Tatiana’s daughter’s birthday party, and she asked if she could write a guest blog post about it. I know my friends and family get excited when I bake, but I’ve never read something that articulated the feeling quite like this. I got a little emotional......

  Are you Team Coffee or Team Tea? That was the question posed to Gastroposters last week, in the ultimate battle of warm beverages. It took me a minute to choose a side, and here’s what I had to say: My hot beverage of choice is Vanilla Rooibos Tea, but if I have to choose, I’m Team Coffee......

I’m still trying to figure out my new co-workers. I’ve definitely been easing them into what life is like when you have me in the office. So far, the treats I’ve brought in have been pretty traditional, nothing too crazy (i.e. Trail Mix Cookies, Zucchini Cake, Pumpkin Streusel Bundt Cake). No cookie dough concoctions or......

Whenever my birthday falls on a weekday, I take the day off. I’ve been doing this for a while, but now thanks to Tom Haverford, this day is now known as Treat Yo Self Day. Instead of fragrances, mimosas and fine leather goods, this year I treated myself to a pedicure and a facial, where......

It’s birthday treat week on Planet Byn! Technically my birthday was last week, but the treats actually started on Thanksgiving. Sometimes I like to make myself a birthday cake for our Thanksgiving dessert, especially now that all my nieces and nephews like to sing the birthday song, blow out the candles, and stick their fingers......

I actually cracked open my first can of pumpkin of the season a few weeks ago, and you can see what happened over on the Joy the Baker project page: Pumpkin Pecan Loaf & Pumpkin Black & White Cookies. Both yummy. I think this is my third or fourth pumpkin baking season; I wasn’t really......