This is our first episode discussing gluten free baking. Unfortunately, the baking audio for this episode was lost and couldn’t be recovered, but we hope you enjoy our discussion of Jessie Sheehan’s incredible Flourless Hazelnut Nutella Cake nonetheless. We go over what gluten is, what ingredients it’s found in, and some easy approaches for GF baking newcomers.   https://www.jessiesheehanbakes.com/2017/10/31/flourless-hazelnut-cake-with-nutella-whipped-cream/ 

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Episode 22: Gluten-Free Baking

It's the middle of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and we could all use a little hygge: the Scandinavian concept of convivial and contented coziness. In this episode we make a Swedish cinnamon roll, or kannelbullar, and discuss all our favorite bakes for filling your home with coziness.

Episode 21: Baking for Hygge

All about one of our favorite baking ingredients, citrus fruits! We adapted Sophie Faldo's (Great British Bake Off) Ode to the Honey Bee entremet into an Ode to Citrus. 

Episode 20: Citrus!

In this episode, we discuss how we develop recipes, something we’re now doing for work! Plus, we practice recipe building by making a cake that came to Roxanne in a dream.   Chocolate ft. Sohla El-Waylly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXnlVlkkkxM   Chocolate Fudge Blackout Cake: https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/chocolate-fudge-blackout-cake-recipe   Sweet Tart Passion Fruit Curd: https://www.garlicandzest.com/sweet-tart-passion-fruit-curd/ 

Episode 19: Recipe Development

Disclaimer-laden and high on sugar, we’re coming at you with our first episode about plant-based baking. We cover the basics of vegan bakes and make a plant-based pavlova!   Article on militant white veganism from Lakota Law: https://www.lakotalaw.org/news/2018-12-12/veganism    Cupcake Jemma Recipes mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QECjltYhwYg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj9wbbPKMIU

Episode 18: The First Vegan One

Sourdough part two of who knows how many! This episode features an interview with our dear friend and sourdough enthusiast Toby. We also made the Sourdoughnuts from Bon Appetit’s “It’s Alive” youtube series - twice!    Check out Toby’s work! https://www.sartorialsquonk.com    Brad & Claire Make Sourdoughnuts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzDwiw7xIHE   Reddit recipe: https://www.reddit.com/r/bon_appetit/comments/cm08w3/sourdough_donuts_the_recipe/ 

Episode 17: Sourdough Part 2/???

Let’s blast the past! In this episode we discuss mid-20th-century American recipes and bake Jessie Sheehan’s incomparable and high femme silver cake. Sources:   https://www.jessiesheehanbakes.com/2018/05/19/silver-cake-with-pink-frosting/   COOLEY, A. (2015). To Live and Dine in Dixie: The Evolution of Urban Food Culture in the Jim Crow South. University of Georgia Press. Retrieved November 12, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt17573sg   https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-enslaved-chefs-helped-shape-american-cuisine-180969697/   https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/3/140301-african-american-food-history-slavery-south-cuisine-chefs/   https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/food-matters/eating-jim-crow/ 

Episode 16: Vintage Baking & Silver Cake

Happy Halloween & Blessed Samhain! This episode is all about our relationships to food and sacred rituals. We discuss Hoodoo offerings, Samhain, Día de los Muertos, and Shinto buddhism. We also made funnel cake, a traditional dish of Finnish Mayday celebrations. For patreon subscribers, we’ve released some bonus footage about the Hungry Ghost Festival and bread-loving faeries.   Sources:   https://www.hoodoofoundry.com/the-ancestor-altar/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodoo_(spirituality) http://missionaryindependent.org/conjurecookoff.html http://missionaryindependent.org/hoodoo-heritage-festival-workshops.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead https://spiritspodcast.com/episodes/dia-de-los-muertos?rq=day%20of%20the%20dead http://www.theafromystic.com/blog/2017/11/4/a-veneration-prayer-to-invoke-the-ancestral-spirits http://blackyouthproject.com/how-learning-to-work-with-my-ancestors-created-a-relationship-of-reciprocity-and-parental-support/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/msf-podcast-05-hoodoo-black-southern-spirituality-conjure/id1506840626?i=1000472248624 

Sacred Foods & Funnel Cake

We're back! Thank you to everyone for tuning back in for season 2. We recorded this episode and the following one remotely at the beginning of the COVID19 outbreak, so apologies for the audio quality. It will greatly improve starting with the episode 3 of this season! In this episode we catch up with some exciting updates, discuss Roxanne's fraught sourdough experiments, exalt the glory of the savory bake in all its forms, and bake a bacon and venison pie together. 

Episode 14: Savory Bakes & Venison Bacon Pie

In our Season 1 finale we discuss our families' Christmas baking traditions, Roxanne quizzes Fiona on various culture's traditional winter baked goods, and we rhapsodize over the lovely panettone we made!  Chrusciki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_wings https://www.thespruceeats.com/what-are-chrusciki-1135581   Makowiec: https://culture.pl/en/article/makowiec-the-most-scandalous-cake-in-the-world   Laufabrauð: https://forvo.com/word/laufabrauð/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laufabrauð https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Christmas_folklore   Yule! https://theherbalacademy.com/celebrate-winter-solstice/ https://wicca.com/celtic/akasha/yule.htm   Judith: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanukkah   Lebkuchen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebkuchen https://germangirlinamerica.com/what-is-lebkuchen/   Panettone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panettone

Episode 13: Winter Holiday Bakes

It's the beginning of our sourdough journey! Join us, won't you? In this episode, we offer an overview of sourdough and describe our experience following Brad Leone’s & Claire Saffitz's sourdough tutorial on the Bon Appétit youtube page. Spoiler alert: at the end there's bread.

Episode 12: Sourdough Part 1/???

Roxanne very rudely forgot to introduce her dad in their interview, as if everyone should already know his name! Presumptuous. His name is David, or Doctor Be. This episode we share two of our fathers' specialty bakes with each other, and celebrate our appreciation for spending time in the kitchen with our dads! Apologies if the audio is somewhat crackly in places, we couldn't figure out how that one happened. Thank you for listening!

Episode 11: Family Bakes: Daaaydzz Edition, Placek, & Crown Roll

This is merely the beginning of our chocolate-centric episodes. We discuss our favorite chocolate bakes, bake Nadiya Hussain's decadent Chocolate-Peanut tart, and dive into what exactly cocoa powder is and how we get it from a darn bean! It's a good reminder that we are bakers but not chemists.

Episode 10: Cocoa, Nadiya Hussain's Chocolate-Peanut Tart, and Chemistry Fails

It is established Whisk Takers canon that we learned a lot about baking from our Moms. This week we interviewed them for you! We also talk about some of our personal favorite family bakes and what we MUST HAVE for the holidays. 

Episode 9: Family Favorites and Interview With Our Moms!

What has flour and fat, and isn't a cake or pie? Her name is Pastry and she's got the secret key to flaky, buttery, cream-filled, honey-soaked goodness. For this episode, we baked Kouign Amann (pronounced Queen-Ahmahn), a sweet puff-pastry-muffin much easier than it seems. Book Turn Lamination Technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnOxkNH-GLs Kouign Amann Video showing Letter Turns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CiS6LSNGfI  

Pastry: Who Is She? + Our Baking Standbys

Whisk Takers is a show about baking and friendship, hosted by Fiona and Roxanne. We're lifelong bakers here to tell you what we've learned and what we're learning about baking. Want to know what wheat flour is best for cookies? Want to know the French names for the different types of pie crust? Want to know what exactly cocoa powder is? We're the show for you!

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