Baking Diary: Recent Successes and Failures

In this episode of The Beginner Baking Podcast, Matt talks about some discoveries he's made with proofing boxes and his bread deflating! He also goes over a recent revelation of using the refridgerator to proof instead of leaving the dough at room temperature.

Matt is back to talk about Egg Tarts, Babka, and using your oven as a Proofing Box.

In this episode, Matt goes through some of the initial headaches he ran into while making bread over the last couple months! Topics covered: Softened Butter, Active Dry Vs Instant Yeast, Standmixer Bowls and Wet Woes, Keeping Things Wet and Dry, Kneading References and the Windowpane, Oiling and Rising.

Frustration Topics:  Olive Oil Bread, Springform Cake Pans, Nothing is Just Right, Why is My Cake Browning Here and Not Here?!

In this episode, Matt discusses the beauty of Freezers (very self-explanatory) and Cookie Dough, as well as the use of Tangzhong and Biga with bread.

Matt describes his initial reaction to The Butter Book!

0:00 - 1:01 Sponge Cakes in my life 1:02 - 2:47 Paper Wrapped Sponge Cakes 2:48 - 9:15 Fruit Cream Cake 9:16 - 9:29 End

In this episode, Matt goes over his experience of being without a mixer! Music: Forget Your Feet (Tayler Watts, Epidemic Sound)

0:00 - 0:15 Intro 0:16 - 2:59 Egglette, Eff it (Mini frustration) 3:00 - 7:50 Starting easy, finding your strengths to stay motivated 7:51 - 8:05 End

0:00 - 1:22 Intro 1:23 - 2:09 Cupcakes are smaller muffins (I mean, not really, but kinda really) 2:10 - 2:28 No Mixer Needed! 2:29 - 2:46 Ingredients are Simple 2:47 - 3:49 Poke and Touch Test  3:50 - 6:14 Bigger, Bolder Baking Crazy Muffins (https://youtu.be/FhE1x-4vjLs) and Entertaining with Beth (https://youtu.be/zGV0y8BTA0Q) 6:15 - 6:52 Outro