It's funny how we feel like we know bloggers we follow for a long time, and get invested in their lives a bit. So when Michelle Lopez of the blog Hummingbird High started talking about her upcoming cookbook, Weeknight Baking, I was so happy for her. I was even happier when I was selected to get an advanced copy and it was as delicious as I'd hoped.
The book is especially interesting for someone who has followed her blog while the book was in development. Her blog recipes have been a bit crazy at times (a cake that looks like marble, for one!) to make up for the fact that the book is chock full of her best regular recipes. You won't have to explain to your coworker what an ube is when baking out of this book, just where you found that tip-top perfect key lime pie recipe. And this book really is for people who work or have otherwise full lives. The recipes are divided into tasks that can be done over several days so you don't lose an entire night after already working a long day making a cake for your friend's birthday, or for the holiday brunch at the office.
Some people may not want to bother with the pie that's made over the course of three days, but I LOVE that someone thinks this way and has tested out the process so we don't have to. Not every recipe is a multi-day process though, and one of those that I tried out first is amusingly enough, the only savory recipe in the book — cheddar and mustard scones.
These scones are fantastic and they reheat really well! Mine are on the drier side so I chose to reheat in the microwave for 50 seconds when I ate them in subsequent days. They are good with just butter, with tomato jam, and my personal favorite — with homemade tomato soup, which I will share later this week. But for now, Weeknight Baking is hot off the press and available today for sale on Amazon and at your local bookstores. Bake away, ya'll!
