A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking

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This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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If you have ever prepared for a siege in two days, then you know what the next few days were like. If you haven't, then you probably don't. Well...a big formal wedding is about the same (and because we do cakes, I've been on the periphery of a few), except that if things go wrong in a siege you'll all die horribly, and in formal weddings, the stakes are much higher.

A WIZARD'S GUIDE TO DEFENSIVE BAKING

The very best thing about being a baker is watching somebody bite into a blueberry muffin or a fresh slice of sourdough dripping with butter and seeing them close their eyes and savor the taste. You're making their lives better, just a little tiny bit.

A WIZARD'S GUIDE TO DEFENSIVE BAKING

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A Wizard's Guide