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ABOUT GEMMA STAFFORD Gemma Stafford is an Irish-born chef, best-selling cookbook author, and host of the hit online baking show Bigger Bolder Baking. Gemma helps anyone bake with confidence anytime, anywhere with her chef-tested recipes and techniques that take the fear out of baking. Her videos have been viewed more than 350 million times and she has more than 8 million fans (“Bold Bakers”) online. She has been featured on numerous TV shows and as a guest judge on the Food Network’s Best Baker in America and Nailed It! on Netflix. Every day Gemma connects with her millions of fans online via YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and her website www.biggerbolderbaking.com. She lives in Santa Monica, California with her husband and producer, Kevin, new baby, George, and dog, Waffles.
ABOUT MIA BRABHAM Mia Brabham is a writer, host, and digital personality with a love for people, hearty conversation, and anything hot from the oven. With over two million video views on her YouTube channel, a series of blogs that have reached hundreds, and a debut book that’s reached readers all over the world, she’s always looking to inspire and empower people to be themselves. When she’s not working or writing, Mia is probably gathering a group of friends for karaoke, planning her next day trip, or baking banana bread.
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Hi Bold Bakers, we are shaking things up here a little bit at Need to Know.
Instead of waiting for the Ask Gemma segment during the podcast, I'm going to be joining me
at the top of every episode and we're going to be talking baking trends, what's going on in the
world and answering your baking questions. This is a brand new format, it's going to be a lot of fun,
a lot of conversation, you're not going to want to miss it. Just so you know, we're going to bring
back our special guests really soon. But for right now, I hope you enjoy this new format and make
sure you subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Hi Gemma, it's so good to see you again.
Hi Mia, I'm excited. What do you got for me today? Oh my gosh, let's just get into it. I'm so excited
to be here doing this new format and what we have this week is really, really good. So this week,
hot from the oven. First things first, I just wanted to get this out of the way and jump in.
I'm very excited about this one. So a little birdie told me that you love hot dogs, as do I,
but let's see how you feel about this. I'm very curious. So Disneyland is now selling a pickle
corn dog. It's a hot dog inside of a pickle. I don't know, don't ask me, I didn't do it. And
then it's all deep fried. Yeah, that's a picture of it. And it has a side of peanut butter.
I was going to ask you, I'm like, where did that idea come from? And I love peanut butter,
but I don't know if I would do all that. So how do you feel about this? Would you try this?
So I do, I love hot dogs. I know that Kevin told you that information because he knows that I'm
very passionate about hot dogs. Um, but lots of times when I tell people I love hot dogs,
they're like, uh, do you know what's in them? And I'm like, don't tell me what's in them. That's
why I love them. Exactly. Don't ruin it for me. Um, so I, I also, I love corn dogs. So just two
things. Um, and I do like pickles separately. This is a lot. I definitely, I suppose you would
have relish like, um, pickle relish on a hot dog. So I kind of get that. I don't know Mia though,
like hot dog in a pickle. Sure. That's a lot. That's a lot to bite off. And the peanut butter,
I don't get that. Like, you know, the way you have that, um, like the famous Elvis sandwich
where it's like bananas and jam and peanut butter. Yeah. And like, like that's a famous
kind of flavor, like iconic with Elvis. I don't know where the peanut butter falls into this one.
Me either. I would, I'd take a bite for sure. Okay. Just to see. Yeah. As you know, I always
say I'll, I'll try anything once, but for me, this is, this is a lot. Like you said,
I'd take a bite, but it just seems like, I mean, I'm not an expert on sauces here,
but I will say, I feel like a honey mustard would have been better. I don't know. That
would have been good. Yeah, for sure. That would have been good. You know what though? I have to
I am, um, so Kevin and I used to have season passes for, uh, Disney or Disneyland here in LA.
And, uh, we used to go a few times a year. This is before baby George and before quarantine. And,
um, I, um, there's like, I have some favorite hotspots that I love to hit up on Disneyland.
One of them is I never go to Disneyland without getting a turkey leg. I absolutely love giant
turkey legs. Um, I love the, they do a really yummy Mickey mouse. Uh, it's not an ice cream.
It's an ice cream. It's on a stick. It's Mickey mouse's head, ears, and face. Yeah. It's just
ice cream dipped in dark chocolate. And there's something about this dark chocolate
and vanilla ice cream. I just adore it. And then we have, um, like you said, the hot dogs,
I nearly always get a hot dog at Disneyland. Um, you know, we did a whole Gemma eats episode
at Disneyland dole whip. I mean, I'm a huge fan of like, you know, Disneyland foods like carnivals,
like that kind of stuff. Yummy, yummy, yummy. Yes. Have you ever, um, tried to make your own
dole whip or any of the things like, I'm sure you haven't tried to recreate the turkey leg,
but have you tried to recreate anything and put the web, uh, the recipe on the site?
So we did dole whip and we did that a few years ago now, and it was hugely popular and super easy.
It's just a few ingredients and it turns out really well. You do have to eat it straight away.
Um, but that was hugely popular for us because the, um, the Disneyland dole whip has become like
so famous and you can't get it. I think you can only get it at Disneyland. I don't think you can
get it anywhere else. That's what I've heard. It's a specialty. I'm pretty sure about that. Um,
but yeah, it's super yummy, but yeah, we, we did. We made Disneyland beignets.
Um, I do make turkey legs. We actually had turkey legs here last weekend and
the little bit different, um, they weren't roasted like the ones at Disneyland. We,
I can't feed them, which is, uh, have you ever can't feed anything before? No, no, I don't trust
myself. Um, it's really, it's a really easy method of cooking, but I, uh, confine something
is this is probably, isn't the exact definition, but you're cooking, uh, you're, you're braising
something in submerged in fat. Usually it's duck legs in duck fat because duck fat is ducks are so
fatty. You get all this excess fat from them and they're the fat flavor is so naughty and amazing
that, um, you would cook the duck submerged in the oven, uh, in all completely covered in fat
and you get this really tender, yummy, uh, duck leg. Long story short, it's hard for me to get
duck here in Santa Monica. And when you see it, it's really expensive. So I got turkey legs,
which are way cheaper and much bigger. And, uh, I can't feed them in some duck fat, a little bit
of olive oil, uh, some Irish curry, gold, butter, uh, some ghee. I did a bit of a mix of stuff and
they are so good. So if you want to start a different podcast about stuff that Gemma makes
for dinner, that's a whole, that's a whole different conversation. But yeah, I, I, I often
cook to kind of relax a little bit, which is kind of funny because usually people need to relax.
I usually, um, get something, you know, I see something in a book, a magazine or whatever it
is online. I get it into my head and I go into the kitchen and spend a few hours making it.
And like, that's kind of my, I don't know. It's a little bit like therapy for me.
Yes, that is true. Cooking is therapy. Baking is therapy. Food is amazing. Um,
it's more than nourish us. It just makes us happy and it, it relaxes us after a long day.
I totally agree. Um, and if anyone's looking for that pickle corn dog, it's actually so
very specifically it's in downtown Disney's blue ribbon corn dogs cart. So you'll have to go there
if you want to try it. Uh, but moving on to our next topic. So a peach cobbler debate has taken
over Twitter. Someone tweeted out a photo saying, this is what I mean when I say I want peach
cobbler. That means I want crust and you can sprinkle some peach on that. So it's basically
just all crust and a little bit of peach. So I wanted to ask you specifically about peach cobbler.
Do you like more crust? Do you like more peaches? Do you think a true peach cobbler should be a
balance between the two? Like is there a technical answer or is it all just preference? It's
preference. I would like to preface this by saying that I did not grow up with peach cobbler. You're
the first time I ever had a peach cobbler was this time last year. First time ever when, um,
honestly, I, um, army who helps me here with culinary. Uh, she made us, we did it for a photo
shoot at the recipes live on the website now on bigger, bolder baking.com. And, uh, it was the
first time I ever had us because it's a very American thing. So we like, honestly, that just,
that doesn't exist in Ireland. I I'd say you'd be very hard pushed to find a cobbler in Europe in
general. However, it has all of the, um, uh, the what's the word. It has all of the things that I
love about a dessert. It has like, so you got different textures. I love fruit and a little
bit of something else. Yeah. Um, you have a soft crust on top. It's buttery. It's a little bit
salty. If you put a little bit of salt in there and you've got like soft cooked fruit and then
you have it with vanilla ice cream. And I absolutely adore it. So I'm a huge fan of crisps,
uh, cobblers crumbles that whole family I'm all about. I would have to say that
generally it is. I'm all about the crust. So I do want, uh, you know, my ratio of crust to
peaches to be more crossed and less beaches. Um, but like I said, it's preference. Yeah,
it is preference. And I agree. I love peach cobbler. I've told you this before, but I grew
up, my mom made peach cobbler all the time. Like that was one of my actual what's opposite. It's
like one of the first things I was introduced to in baking. Um, and I kind of, I like mushy peach
cobbler, which I feel like is definitely not what people like. Like I like a little bit of crisp,
but I like it when it's mushy and the peaches kind of blend in with the bread and the bread
is softened and then with the ice cream on top. Oh my gosh. But that's just how I like it. But I
know a lot of people don't like it that way. And I'm like, it's fine. It's fine. I'll take it.
I love, I love it. But you know, I have to say though that so peach, peach cobbler,
very American thing, very Southern. Um, I appreciate it. I thought it was a tasty when
I had it. I have to say, um, peaches, I like peaches in season. I go down to whole foods
and I'll buy like, you know, two or three, I'll go to the farmer's market and buy a few.
And in season are amazing, delicious, like just like the best, one of the best desserts you could
ever have. Um, but I'm not the biggest fan of peaches cooked in desserts. I adore apples,
like an apple cobbler, apple crisp, blueberry, blueberry crisps, apple and blueberry crisp.
I am all about, I adore, adore, adore blueberries. And generally that's what I would go for.
And I actually, I have, um, try to think of it's a blueberry crisp on the website
and it has a naughty kind of a topping, not a cobbler. It's a crisp. So it has like oats and
nuts and yummy stuff in us. Yeah. It's to die for. I just adore blueberries and a little bit
of apple in there too. Oh my gosh. That sounds amazing. And if you all are fans listening of
peach cobbler, the peach cobbler that the girl tweeted is actually from, I think it's called
past shells in Atlanta. So if you're in Atlanta, go try it. If you think that peach cobbler
sounded really good, but while we're on the topic of pies, cobblers, um, and we're, you know,
also transitioning into a new season, what are your thoughts on rhubarb? Cause I know it can be,
you know, people stand where they stand on it, but where, where do you stand by this?
As far as baking rhubarb? Yes. So now you're talking my language.
We're going to make peach cobbler for a moment. Rhubarb. That's what I grew up with.
Um, it is gnarly looking. It's prehistoric. It's actually very tart. If you were to,
you can't eat it raw, can not eat it raw. Um, it can be quite tart. And so you do have to use,
you know, a good sprinkling of sugar with us. I, when growing up, we would have rhubarb, um,
what we call crumbles in the U S you'd call them crisps. And, uh, our crumbles are just butter,
sugar, and some flour. That's all our crumbles are. And I know the crisps here for like people
listening outside of the U S crisps usually have oats, usually have nuts, a little bit of cinnamon,
stuff like that. So there's a little bit more involved in Ireland. Our crumbles are very basic
flour, butter, little bit of sugar. That's all it is. And, um, so for desserts in Ireland,
rhubarb crumble, I huge, absolutely huge. And in Ireland, I feel like you can get it all year
round where I, um, I think in the States spring, summer, it's more of the rhubarb season here for
us in California anyway. But in Ireland, we get it all year round. And you know, like I said,
you, it cooks down beautifully. That's what I love about rhubarb and the flavor is really good,
but you do need that little bit of sugar just to make it a bit sweeter. But rhubarb is such a
lovely, uh, I was going to say fruit. Is it a fruit? It's a fruit, right? Yeah.
I don't know the tomato situation or of like, is it a fruit or is it a vegetable?
Whatever it is, it's absolutely delicious. And I love how it cooks down and you get those kind
of like strands, but it still holds its shape. I love it. Love it. Love it. Love it. Also rhubarb
and strawberries for those out there who haven't tried that delicious. It's a vegetable. I knew it.
There was something weird about us. I knew she edible stocks is how it's described. Do you know
the first time I ever saw rhubarb, I was scared. I was like, what is this? I was like, this is
janky looking. Like it's, it's terrifying, but I don't know if I've had anything with it on purpose.
I feel like if I've ever had it, it's been on accident. So I got to try. I do what you haven't
had us. I guess what I'm saying. I may have had it, but it may, it was probably an accident. I
know. I don't have rhubarb. I, I don't know. I just really haven't had it.
It's coming into season. Like, honestly, guess I'm a bunch of us. Stuart with a little bit of
sugar, put some strawberries in there, make a little like compost, have it with vanilla ice
cream or make a crisp and chop it up. Maybe mix it apples and rhubarb or just rhubarb
or rhubarb and strawberry. I know, um, a website bigger, bolder baking.com where you can get a
really good recipe for a strawberry and rhubarb crisp. So, um, yeah, get on that Mia.
Amazing. That is my homework for the week. So hold me accountable. Um, okay. Moving on delish
released, uh, a list of the top fast food desserts. Did I say that right? Top fast food desserts. Yes.
Um, and they ranked them. So I'm very excited about this. Um, the Oreo McFlurry is number one
white Castle's cheesecake on a stick. Never had that. Is that number 10? And then they have
everything from like Shake Shack's custard, all these other things. Um, so I want to read us the
top five, not the full 10 and we can just react and you can tell me your takes on them. And if
you think that it's in the right order. So number one, like I said, is McDonald's Oreo McFlurry.
Have you had this? I know you haven't had a shamrock shake. So have you ever had a McFlurry?
I've had a McFlurry. I have. Um, I don't know if I've had an Oreo one, to be honest. I haven't
had a Mc actually, I tell a lie. Kevin and I went and got McFlurries. Um, when was that Kevin? Like
two years ago, there's, um, in Ireland, there's a McDonald's near my house. And one night we just
weren't, we wanted ice cream and we said, why don't we go to get a McDonald's McFlurry? And it
was an Oreo. No, no, not Oreo. It was an arrow one, which is a European candy bar. And it wasn't,
it was a little bit disappointing. Now let me get back to it. Um, McFlurry, I've had an M&M's
McFlurry. I know that for sure. Years ago, I love M&M's one of my favorite candies. Um, I don't know
if I've had Oreo McFlurry, but there's nothing I wouldn't like about that. Like soft serve ice
love Oreos, love everything all mushed up and like soft love. Yeah. You can't hate a McFlurry. You
really can't, but I will say I would have liked to see a blizzard on this list. I'm like, I don't
know if Dairy Queen counts. I mean, they serve other foods, but I'm like, I prefer a blizzard
to a McFlurry personally, like a cookie dough one. Oh my gosh. I don't know. I feel like I need Kevin
to verify this for me, but I don't know if I've had a blizzard because I feel like one time a few
years ago we were in Burbank in Los Angeles and we had the conversation. We've never had a blizzard
and we got a blizzard in, um, the shopping mall there, but I could be wrong. However, like I, I,
I love, like I love soft, squishy desserts and then like everything blended up and then you
get a little bit of texture from the cookies and from the candy, whatever it is. But yeah, I, I'm
also. Yeah, no, I haven't had a lot of these, but you know, forgive me, but growing up in Ireland,
we, you know, when I was growing up in Ireland, there was a handful of McDonald's in the entire
country. There was absolutely no Starbucks until recently. Um, we just, we're not, we don't,
we don't have a lot of fast food chains. Uh, there's some small Irish fast food chains. Um,
but there wouldn't be hundreds of locations, you know, it's just such a small country. So
the only fast food I really knew was McDonald's and Burger King. That's really all we had.
Then when I came to the United States, you know, I was, uh, a grown woman, I was 25 and I didn't
eat, you know, as much fast food at that stage of my life. So I haven't had, like, I'm interested
to hear about the White Castle. I've never been to White Castle. I know that they make like little
burgers thing. Yeah. Um, I didn't know about the frozen cheesecake on a stick or whatever it is.
Um, but yeah, no, like I'm like this. It's all fascinating to me, especially I know for those
people listening outside of the U S this is very foreign food to us. Like cheesecake on a stick
and like a blizzard. We don't have a place that makes a blizzard at home. Like that sounds amazing.
Yeah. Um, but lots of, lots of these things, um, we just, uh, there's, it's not our cuisine.
So when we come to the U S like we go nuts for like American style buttermilk pancakes,
um, like, you know, some fat, like in and out burger and like animal fries and a milkshake.
Oh, if you want to talk about in and out, I got that one. I know that one. I miss it. Let's put
it on this list. Like everything that it just belongs in list. If it doesn't fit, it doesn't
matter. I miss in and out so much. Um, I cannot wait to have it again when I come back to
California, but you mentioned the list, Mia, sorry. Yes, no, it's okay. So you mentioned soft
and squishy desserts. And so I don't know. Number two is shake Shack's frozen custard. And I don't
know if you've ever had this, but my question for you is, can you explain to people the difference
between frozen custard and ice cream? Because I feel like a lot of people don't actually know,
you know, it's so, so if you were to make it at home in my kitchen, I would say,
to be honest with you, it's kind of more, uh, custard is more egg heavy and ice cream is like
probably more cream and more milk and stuff like that. Like that's, um, that's what I,
I personally think custard is kind of like a creme anglaise and it's cooked and it's thick.
But the thing about it is Mia that, um, ice cream is custards. So they're, so they're actually very,
very similar. I think the difference might just be more eggs in the custards than in the ice
cream, but both are custard based, um, and delicious and delicious. The shake Shack
custards, uh, I've had cause I just love stuff like that. Yeah. And my brother in New York,
um, is a huge shake Shack fan. And he was the one that I think I went to shake Shack
with for the first time in New York. And, uh, yeah, super yummy, super yummy. It's so like
thick and creamy and just delicious. Uh, delicious is the word. So the next two,
so three and four, I'm just gonna listen back to back. Cause I really want to get into number five,
three is a Wendy's frosty four is a Chick-fil-A frosted lemonade, which I've never had,
but of course I love Wendy's frosty should have been what is top three, but I think it should
have been higher. Should have been like one or two for me. Number five is McDonald's baked apple
pie, which I don't know if you've had this. I think, do you have a recipe of your own on the
website for, um, like a version of this, this apple pie? I do a homemade version. I have had
an apple pie, um, and McDonald's apple pie long, long time ago. Like not in 10 years, I haven't
had one. Um, but long, long time ago, but like, you know, it's pie filling it's sweet. It's pastry.
I mean, what's not like what's not to like. Yeah. So that's number one Mia. No, that's number five,
but I feel like that's a weird place, but that's halfway to 10. And I feel like it deserves more
than that. Well, what's up. So what's number one, the McFlurry, the McFlurry, which. Oh yeah.
Over apple pie. And there's a lot of other things on this list too. Like the hot fudge Sunday is
like way lower. It's like almost, I think it's number seven. And I was like, that's blasphemy
should be like top funny. I'm trying to think of what's see, I'm trying to think of what's my,
I don't know. I was surprised by that. Like an Oreo, quite a plain Oreo McFlurry that's been
around for donkey's years. It's like, that's number one. Like it just seems a little bit like,
like it's like big and you know, the top 10 like favorite fast food desserts.
And then it's a bit of a letdown, you know, like a McFlurry with Oreos. Yeah. Ice cream,
soft serve and Oreos. I don't know. I think I would have hoped it was something a little bit
more like crazy. Like you said, like the, um, like the, is it frozen cheesecake on a stick?
Is that what it is at White Castle? Yes. So that was number 10 on the list. So it was the very last
one. I've never had it, but it, that seems creative to me. I don't know how tasty it is,
but I feel like that could have been a little higher and Taco Bell's cinnamon twist were like
number seven. And I felt like that should have been way down, but Taco Bell cannot hold that
against me. I'm their number one fan, but their cinnamon twister. So it tastes like your air when
I bite into it. I like always want them to be like crunchier. Um, but anyways, okay. We still have
one more to get through. And then I have really great questions from you from fans. Great. So
going into this Ramadan starts next week on April 13th. And Jim, I know, I think you know what
Ramadan is, but for people who don't and aren't familiar, it's the holy month of Ramadan. It's a
time of spirituality and reflection observed by millions of Muslims all around the world.
Um, and it's best known for its tradition of fasting. So they fast during daylight hours,
break fast after sundown with special cuisine and amazing communal meal called Iftar really special.
And so date filled cookies are a typical sweet during Ramadan. Um, I wanted to know,
have you ever tried these? Have you ever made them? Um, or if you haven't, you also made my
mule cookies. I think I'm saying that, right. Um, but I'd love to hear more about those too.
So we made my mules. I hope I'm saying that right too. Uh, as far as, uh, so, um, I just want to
take a few seconds to talk about army, who is my culinary superhero here that helps me with,
um, the recipes of bigger, bolder baking. She is very cultured and she is very, uh, she,
she knows she introduces me to a lot of recipes and that's where bold baking worldwide came from.
So that those are our recipes on a Monday. Is that like when we were creating recipes and I'd
be like, man, let's make chocolate cheesecake. And she'd be like, no, how about we make like
Greek baklava or like something. So, so we started doing these, um, bold baking worldwide where we
would pick a region and make something traditional from there. And we wouldn't, we would stick
traditional, you know, we wouldn't go in and change anything ourselves, because if you're
looking for a removal, you probably want a traditional one. If you're looking for a baklava,
you don't want Gemma's crazy twist on us. You want just traditional baklava, which I absolutely
adore. So, um, army one, one of the recipes, and there's loads of them up there. Um, one of her
ideas was my moles, which are days, like you said, date stuffed, like a soft cookie, almost
like a shortbread, even softer. And they have dates on the inside. And I don't know if you
saw this, um, Mia and I I'm sure somebody listening could probably tell us you have a
special mold to make them a mole. And it's this gorgeous wooden mold. And, um, it has a divot in
it's like a hole and it's kind of car carved in there with like a shape on us. And then you build
your mammal in that mold. It's really gorgeous. I don't know. Um, if, if, if we will, so are they
a Ramadan treat? I'm not a hundred percent sure, but, um, they were delicious and definitely
different, different to what I'm used to. It comes from that area where a lot of people do
celebrate Ramadan, but it's not, I didn't see it on the list of, you know, things that people usually
have. They have like date filled cookies, a lot of dates they have pita, which is a, uh, it looks
amazing. I've never had it, but it's flatbread, uh, Turkish flatbread. And I really love to try
that. So maybe that can be a recipe you do in the future. Um, it sounds really good. I was like,
I want this now, but okay. To anyone celebrating Ramadan Mubarak, and now we're going to move on
to fan questions. So Gemma, somebody named Jessica Elaine wants to know, do you have tips on how to
Oh, Jessica asked me a different question.
That's a tough one. Humidity can be so harsh on a baker. It's just, it's, it's, it's tough. It's
really tough. It's tough when you're making meringues, it's tough when you're making macaroons,
when you're trying to proof bread, it's, it's a tricky one. I would say just try and go to the
driest part of your house and put your dough there. If it has to be in a cupboard,
um, put it in a cupboard. That's totally fine. If it has to be in a, um, uh, what would you call
in Ireland? A hot press where it's where you'd have your water tank. Like if it has to be in
somewhere like that, where you'd have like all your, your, uh, bed sheets, your towels, all
those things that has to be in there, put it in there for a little bit, just try and get it out
of that, that moist atmosphere. That was tough, but you answered that flawlessly. I was like,
cupboard. Got it. Got it. Um, amazing. Jessica, let us know. We need to know. Get back to us.
Okay. Okay. And then the next question is from Jules King eight. And they asked,
why do my brownies always sink in the middle? What do we Jules? I know Jules. So her brownies
sink Jules. That's a funny one. I honestly, I'm going to, I don't want to like, I I've made a lot
of brownies in my time. I've never seen a brownie sink. Um, so that's odd. Also I'll tell you what
brownies generally, especially my brownies aren't leavened. So there's no baking powder, baking
soda. Um, so they generally, they will rise, but they're very level. So, um, I know Jules from
Instagram and from email that like, I might reach out to her and see like, what's up with her
brownies. But I honestly, I, I have, I've never seen that before Jules. I'm sorry. Oh my gosh.
We'll have to figure it out. I would say, let me just, let me just say, um, that when it comes to
sinking, uh, just make sure you're not opening the oven during the baking period. Cause that's
super, super important. And that's, that can happen with cakes. You open it within 20 minutes.
Don't my rule of thumb is generally with cakes, um, anything that's kind of like soft and fluffy
like that. Don't open your door bread, especially don't open your door within 20 minutes of the
baking. Just don't. I made that mistake when I was first learning to bake, like no one had told
me not to open the oven and I did. And then it happened. My cake sink in the middle, but yeah,
my brownies have ever sank, but that was good advice. I would say not that I'm the expert to
tell you that you would have to tell me, which you did. And I thought it was very good advice.
I just gave. Yes. Yes. Yes. All here. This is a free podcast, but you know, you can pay Gemma with
likes and subscribing and all that good stuff. You're like our baking therapist. I'm like,
thank you. Thank you so much. Um, okay. So really quick before we head out, what is new with you,
you have had a lot going on, so I'm very excited to hear about this.
There's a lot going on. Um, uh, one thing that we're doing right now that we're busy
and planning around this week is that we're, we're going to, um, we will have just released
our first Amazon live. So we are going to be doing Amazon lives, uh, once one to two times a week
here. If you can see me, can you see my, my, my, uh, mise en place behind me? We're going to be
we're going to be live on Amazon, uh, showing recipes doing, it's going to be baking and
shopping at the same time. A lot of fun. Uh, it's a great place that where you can like tune in.
You could, uh, you can ask me questions live and I'll answer them. And, um, yeah, it's just another,
it's another platform for us to connect on. So any bold bakers out there keep an eye on my social
media and we will, um, we will announce that we're when we do these lives, but it's just,
it's really fun. And like often, like one of the biggest questions when I'm baking
is people ask me, what kind of pan do I need? What kind of tray are you using? What kitchen
mixer is best? And, um, like I have my preferences and like now I can share them with you, but I can
also share links. So it's going to be really fun. It's going to be like an hour each live,
which is a lot of time. So tune in. You can, um, ask me any questions that you have. We'll
get to them. It's going to be a lot of fun. It's going to be interactive, which is great.
And also you can get the tools that you need to bake with.
So cool. Okay. So how can people watch these and is it free? Do they have to have an Amazon
subscription? So it's free. And actually let me just say, I didn't say this, but we're for the
episode. Now, when this goes live, need to know it goes live. We will have done,
um, churros baked and in an air fryer, which is insane. And they're so good. I made them this
morning. So you can go to, um, amazon.live or sorry, forward slash live. Uh, or you can go,
if you go out to the Amazon homepage, there's a live button click on live and you will see,
um, our episode there, just scroll down, look for the food section and you'll see our episodes
there. And, um, we're going to be doing them. Like I said, one to two times a week,
it's another place to connect with bigger, bolder baking and me. And it's a fun platform.
Like live is really fun. It's interactive. And I personally love us and it's going to be baking
and cooking in real time. So I want everybody to join us there. That is going to be so exciting.
I cannot wait to tune in. So that's amazon.com forward slash live. I think you said,
for sure. And it's bigger, bolder baking Mia. Nice. Okay. Awesome. I cannot wait to see that.
Um, so Gemma, I think that does it for this week. I think this was an awesome new format. I'm loving
it already. I like that. I get more time with you to just talk to you about all of these things.
It's so much fun. And you keep me abreast of what's going on out there. Cause literally I have
no idea. You're like, I'm baking, I'm cooking. I'm on live. You know, it's okay. I got you. Um,
so all of you out there, thank you for listening. If you like this new format,
let us know how you feel. Cause it really helps us form the show. Reach out to us at
bigger, bolder baking everywhere. And don't forget, we're just starting out as a podcast
still. So be sure to subscribe rate five stars, wherever you listen and leave a comment with what
you want to see. If you're watching on YouTube, of course, I'm Mia Brabham. Again, you can find
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Instagram. Awesome. Amazing. Well, I will see you next week. Bye everybody.