About Me
Hi! I’m Nina. Join me, an amateur baker, as I work on my baking and cake decorating skills by baking 52 cakes in 2012 – a cake a week.
I’ve always had a passion for cooking and baking, which really took hold during my time working for Celebrations.com, which coincided with my moving into an apartment with a proper, grown-up kitchen. I now cohabitate with my dear boyfriend, Chris, in Manhattan. By day I work on the digital team at a public relations firm.
Check out my personal blog at www.NinaSpezz.com.
About the Project
Here are some ground rules I’ve laid out for myself.
The Ground Rules
- Cakes must be cakes, not cupcakes, cake pops, bars, cookies, pies, or any other variation on cake.
- Recipes must be new (to me). Each week I’ll be trying a recipe I’ve never tried before.
- Recipes should be mostly original. I’d like to learn more about the science of baking and develop my own recipes in the process. But I will leave some breathing room for some classic recipes I’ve never tried before.
- Recipes should be bold. Classic ingredients are great – chocolate, vanilla, caramel, peanut butter. But I’d like to experiment with unique cake ingredients such as chili powder, zucchini, or black beans.
- Recipes should be inspired. I’ll do my best to draw inspiration from unlikely sources for cake decorating, techniques, and who knows what else?
Have a recipe you’d like to submit for me to try? Email me at tips [at] weeklycake.com.
I’d like to join you and eat all 52.
I would like to join Mr. Rockmore in joining you in eating all 52.
Hi Nina,
I bought a sifter yesterday. I am all ready. If you can teach me to make a cake, you are a genius!
First the oven thermometer, now a sifter! You’re on the road to being an expert!
I’m so PROUD! (and thanks for not mentioning all my cake disasters)
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Nina,
I think this is an intriguing undertaking and a brilliant way to become a better baker. I should do it myself. One question – and perhaps I didn’t look enough on your website – where do the recipes come from? I mean who are the authors of these recipes?
Sara
Hi, Sara!
Thanks for your comment. I adapt most recipes with my own changes, in which case I’ll note that in the post. Some recipes are from friends, others are from recipe sites. If you have a recipe you recommend from one of your cookbooks, please send it my way to tips [at] weeklycake.com
Best,
Nina