Finished 52 Weeks of Baking and Cooking for 2023!
Welcome to 52 weeks of theme-based baking! This is a great way for beginners to learn, and for experienced bakers to expand their skill set and explore their creativity.I joined a reddit cooking challenge and the theme was home town so I made a banana slug for Santa Cruz!
Week 28: Hometown - The Banana Slug (Banana Cremeux, Peanut Caramel, Chocolate Cake, Candied Cherries) (Meta: Halloween)
Each week, we give you an ingredient, technique, cuisine, or inspiration. Each week, you cook a dish in that theme and share the results. Each week, your culinary repertoire gets a little bigger.Week 27: Ugly Delicious - Halloween Menu
Each week, we give you an ingredient, technique, cuisine, or inspiration. Each week, you cook a dish in that theme and share the results. Each week, your culinary repertoire gets a little bigger.Week 26: Secret Weapon - Poppy Miso Browned Butter Cheeseboard & Chocolate Wands (Meta: Halloween)
Each week, we give you an ingredient, technique, cuisine, or inspiration. Each week, you cook a dish in that theme and share the results. Each week, your culinary repertoire gets a little bigger.Baba Yaga’s Gingerbread House

Upset at the continuing intrusion of Christmas on our beloved holiday? Nothing worse than going into a store to buy Halloween decorations and see they've been pushed aside to make room for Santa and his elves. How can you celebrate Creepmas? By putting a spooky twist on all things Christmas during the first 13 days of December. Leave your Halloween decorations up until then, watch scary Christmas movies, sacrifice a snowman, the only limit is your imagination. Spook on my hallowfiends. Spook on.
Week 25: Boiling - Deviled Eggs (Meta: Halloween)
Each week, we give you an ingredient, technique, cuisine, or inspiration. Each week, you cook a dish in that theme and share the results. Each week, your culinary repertoire gets a little bigger.Week 24: Pride - Rainbow Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Buttercream & Rainbow Death's Head Hawkmoth Truffles (Meta: Halloween)
Each week, we give you an ingredient, technique, cuisine, or inspiration. Each week, you cook a dish in that theme and share the results. Each week, your culinary repertoire gets a little bigger.Week 23: Oregano - Green Goddess Butter Dipped Radishes (Meta: Halloween)

Each week, we give you an ingredient, technique, cuisine, or inspiration. Each week, you cook a dish in that theme and share the results. Each week, your culinary repertoire gets a little bigger.
Week 22: Pickling - BOOrrata Salad, Lettuce Have a Moment of Silence, & Impaled Pickled Mushroom Skulls
Each week, we give you an ingredient, technique, cuisine, or inspiration. Each week, you cook a dish in that theme and share the results. Each week, your culinary repertoire gets a little bigger.Week 21: New York City - Half Moon Cookies (Black and White Cookies) & Appealing to the Eyes (Waldorf Salad) (Meta: Halloween)
Each week, we give you an ingredient, technique, cuisine, or inspiration. Each week, you cook a dish in that theme and share the results. Each week, your culinary repertoire gets a little bigger.Week 20: Lemons and Limes - Magic Crystal Ball Raindrop Cake with Lemon Syrup (Meta: Halloween)
Each week, we give you an ingredient, technique, cuisine, or inspiration. Each week, you cook a dish in that theme and share the results. Each week, your culinary repertoire gets a little bigger.I made a carnivorous terrarium dessert
Goblincore is an aesthetic and subculture inspired by the folklore of goblins, centered on the celebration of natural ecosystems usually considered less beautiful by conventional norms. — Want a gobby pal to write letters to and/or send packages? Join r/GoblinPenpals! — Icon credit - SickOnSinWeek 19: Tempering - Carnivorous Dirt Cake (Meta: Halloween)
Each week, we give you an ingredient, technique, cuisine, or inspiration. Each week, you cook a dish in that theme and share the results. Each week, your culinary repertoire gets a little bigger.Week 19: Tempering - Eggs Benedict on Toasted Gougères with Mortadella and Calabrian Chili Hollandaise (Meta: Halloween)
Each week, we give you an ingredient, technique, cuisine, or inspiration. Each week, you cook a dish in that theme and share the results. Each week, your culinary repertoire gets a little bigger.Week 18: Taiwanese - Ground Pork and Pickled Cucumbers, Wood Ear Mushroom Salad, & Mango Matcha Boba Tea (Meta: Halloween)
Each week, we give you an ingredient, technique, cuisine, or inspiration. Each week, you cook a dish in that theme and share the results. Each week, your culinary repertoire gets a little bigger.I made a bunch of Halloween theme dishes.
Goblincore is an aesthetic and subculture inspired by the folklore of goblins, centered on the celebration of natural ecosystems usually considered less beautiful by conventional norms. — Want a gobby pal to write letters to and/or send packages? Join r/GoblinPenpals! — Icon credit - SickOnSinWeek 17: On Sale - Berried Alive Crumble (Meta: Halloween)

Each week, we give you an ingredient, technique, cuisine, or inspiration. Each week, you cook a dish in that theme and share the results. Each week, your culinary repertoire gets a little bigger.
Week 16: Battered - Battenberg Cake (Meta: Halloween)

Each week, we give you an ingredient, technique, cuisine, or inspiration. Each week, you cook a dish in that theme and share the results. Each week, your culinary repertoire gets a little bigger.
Week 15: Puerto Rican - Limber de Aguacate (Avocado, Lime, and Raspberry Popsicles) (Meta: Halloween)

Each week, we give you an ingredient, technique, cuisine, or inspiration. Each week, you cook a dish in that theme and share the results. Each week, your culinary repertoire gets a little bigger.
Week 14: DINOSAURS - Dinosaur Egg Dinner and Dessert
Each week, we give you an ingredient, technique, cuisine, or inspiration. Each week, you cook a dish in that theme and share the results. Each week, your culinary repertoire gets a little bigger.Week 13: Homemade Pasta - Mushroom Ravioli in Parmesan Cream (Meta: Halloween)

Each week, we give you an ingredient, technique, cuisine, or inspiration. Each week, you cook a dish in that theme and share the results. Each week, your culinary repertoire gets a little bigger.