The Bake Club Team Talks Coffee Cake Scones

JS: Love it. There’s not much SEO competition there.

Are: And I love the picture that you had of the slice of fruitcake.

JS: Yeah, that’s great.

Are: It is so fun.

BW: Thank you.

Are: This has been such a great conversation. I mean, we’ve never met, but I’m so happy that we’re finally talking to you.

JS: Yeah, same.

Are: I’ve really, really admired your work for so long. And it felt like a fateful moment when I saw your Instagram post and saw your coffee cake scone. And I said, “Jesse, it’s the exact same thing. We need to have Bronwen on.”

BW: I’m so glad, and I can’t wait to try your version of the recipe.

Are: Oh my gosh. Please tell us.

JS: Yeah, give us notes.

Are: Yeah. And before we let you go, we want to know where our listeners can find you on the internet.

BW: Thank you. Yeah. So I’m on Instagram @bayousaintcake. I have a newsletter, the Bayou Saint News, that you can find on Substack. And, yeah, I’m also publishing work for brands and for Nicola Lamb and all sorts of people.

JS: Nice. Bronwen, thank you so much for joining us. This was so lovely.

Are: We loved it.

BW: Thank you so much.

Are: That’s it for this month’s edition of BA Bake Club.

JS: Shilpa, can you tell our bakers about the June Bake Club recipe?

Are: June’s Bake Club recipe is another cake, the Hummingbird cake. The Hummingbird cake is a very classic iconic cake, especially in the south. It’s essentially a pineapple banana cake mashup.

JS: Yeah, it’s like a banana cake went on a vacation.

Are: Yes.

JS: Yes.

Are: And it’s almost always layered. And it always has cream cheese frosting, which our cake does. But yeah, that’s the Hummingbird cake, a banana, pineapple layer cake with lots of cream cheese frosting and pecans.

JS: I really loved eating this, every iteration you made. It’s a very fun cake.

Are: Yeah, it’s beautiful. It looks beautiful.

JS: Yeah, it’s very pretty. Is there any special equipment or ingredients that bakers should stock up on?

Are: I did find it helpful to have a rotating cake stand.

JS: Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah.

Are: We’re making two layers of cake. We’re slicing each in half then we’re putting filling and frosting in between, stacking, piping, all of these things. And I found a cake turntable to be indispensable. And if you don’t have one, you could also get a lazy Susan from-

JS: Totally.

Are: … a home improvement store.

JS: Or take the thing out of your microwave. Yes, I’ve done that.

Are: Oh, because in the little wheelie.

JS: Yes, exactly.

Are: I never thought about that.