Batter up those taste buds!

This week we are breaking out our aprons and cracking open the windows, so you can catch a whiff of all the glorious aromas, because the PodCavern Bakery is open for business! People all around the world have enjoyed the art of baking for centuries because the creative possibilities are endless (and delicious). There are so many diverse flavours and textures that offer such a cozy sense of satisfaction and comfort that only baked treats can provide. So that is why you should join Tuong La and Baking Buds Laura Gordon, Leslie Cserepy, and Zoe Towne as they whisk up some tasty goods, carefully measure out their decisions, and pull a Top 5 Baked Treats list out of the oven!

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Ground Rules

• Baked Treats definition according to Google: A baked treat, or baked good, is a food prepared by baking, typically in an oven, and includes items like bread, cakes, cookies, pastries, and pies. 
• For this podcast we allowed for sweet and savoury baked treats as a nomination so long as you can classify it as a “treat”.
• A baked MEAL does NOT count (ie shepherds pie)
• Because this is a “samples” episode for the most part (an episode where we bring in in nominations to taste and debate live on the air) we are a bit of a victim of what we could afford to make and buy as of the timing of the recording. Some nominations were made without bringing a sample but for the joy of recording we tried to bring as many as we could.

*Spoilers* Below is our Top 5 list from this episode as well our other honourable mentions

Group Top 5

5. Muskoka Cloud

4. Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie

3. Almond Croissant

2. Butter Tart

1. Cinnamon Roll

Zoe’s Faux Homemade Muskoka Cloud Recipe!

Other nominations in the Top 12

• Crème brûlée lava bun
• Scallion Sausage bun
• White Chocolate and Cranberry Scone
• Funfetti Birthday Cake
• Pistachio Hazelnut Danish
• Ginger Molasses Cookie
• Baklova

Unordered Honourable Mentions (across all four of us)

• Pecan Butter Tart
• Fruit filling Danish
• Corn Bread
• Chocolate Zucchini Loaf
• Portuguese Custard Tarts (Pasteis de Nata)
• Madeleines
• Coconut Macaroons
• Apricot Pistachio Danish
• Blueberry Muffin
• Baked Cheese Cake
• Brownie
• Hot Dog Buns (the one’s you get an asian super market that’s kind of like pigs in a blanket)
• Strawberry Strudel
• Hong Kong Egg Waffles