Basically Baking News Today

When’s the last time a chocolate chip cookie surprised you? This one, which gets its speckled look, earthy, nutty flavor, and chewy middle from buckwheat flour, might just become your new favorite.

In your lifetime, there will inevitably be bad days, global pandemics (hopefully just this once though), and dry cakes. Sometimes you will be to blame: You overmixed, you mismeasured, you forgot to set a timer, you baked the cake at too high a temperature for too many minutes (if you’re me, all of the above). Other times, you can fault the recipe—not enough fat, too many dry ingredients without enough wet, a ratio that is just plain off. The good news is that it’s not only possib...