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17 and Baking

http://17andbaking.com

A 17 year old baker juggles high school biology, driving lessons, and a passion for baking and photography, documenting everything from black bean brownies to chocolate raspberry ganache cake.

Added on: Apr 20th, 2009
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: Elissa
Listed in: Recipes Home Cooking
Tags: recipes Chocolate teen baking cake dessert

Recent Posts

For Mom, Dad, and Grandma

Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 22:52 in apple, cake, Autumn, cake cupcakes

My mom tells a funny story from my childhood. Her best friend’s brother was babysitting me in his office. When my mother returned two and half hours later, I was sitting at his typewriter – though I’d never used one before – ...
Cream Cheese Rippled Pumpkin Bread

Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 at 03:41 in bread, breakfast, breads, cream cheese, pumpkin, cinnamon, quick bread

Last week I turned in my senior quote. I did a slight twist on Harriet van Horne’s quote and submitted, “Baking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon, or not at all.” Every aspect of my life, baking no exception, int...
The Confidence Cookie

Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 18:23 in Chocolate, cookies, eating out, seastar, buttery

A few weeks ago, my friend T- brought a container of homemade cookies to school. As people got up from around me to try them, I figured I should grab one before they all ran out. My fingers were inches from the box when T- covered the cookies with b...
The Daring Bakers Practice Their French Kissing – Cinnamon and Cream Cheese Macarons

Posted on Tuesday October 27th, 2009 at 02:33 in french, cookies, cream cheese, cinnamon, macarons, daring bakers

When I was in elementary school, I had a neighbor who I always played with, N-. I looked up to her for most everything – she was smart, pretty, and just older than me to have unquestionable authority. Whenever we played, whether it was pretend...
Seastar

Posted on Saturday October 17th, 2009 at 00:02 in seafood, eating out, savory, seastar

Before anything else, I have to say this: thank you! Thank you to everyone who commented on last week’s post, where I asked readers to leave a comment with their location. I was having somewhat of a bad day when I wrote that post, and I include...
School, Seattle, The Northwest… The World?

Posted on Friday October 9th, 2009 at 12:40 in Herbs, breakfast, cream cheese, chives, savory, breakfast brunch

I think the first time it happened was near the end of April last year. I was standing in line for lunch, feeling bored and hungry and a little irritated, when someone tapped me on the shoulder. I turned around and faced a girl I didn’t recogni...