How To Enhance The Flavors In Your Baking | Knead to Know
May 15, 2026
This week on Knead to Know, professional chef Gemma Stafford and her co-hosts dive into how to enhance flavors in your baking. From surprising fall ingredients to the hotly debated use of avocados in desserts, they cover it all. Plus, discover the growing trend of cottage baking and decide for yourself if florals belong in fall treats! Watch the NEXT episode of Knead to Know NOW! https://youtu.be/X_4_dYtNbZE Sign up for the exclusive K2K newsletter at http://kneadtoknowpod.com/ and stay up to date with everything hot in baking! Knead To Know is the #1 baking entertainment podcast focused on only the best entertainment, news, tips, and trends in baking. A special thanks to @CuriousCatBakery for sharing her Cottage Bakery expertise on this week's episode! Knead to Know is BACK with all new episodes! We are so excited to introduce our NEW CO-HOSTS, Ami Shukla and Tianna Cohen, who will be joining professional chef & cookbook author Gemma Stafford as they bring you today’s latest trends, hottest celebrity baking, tips, and more! We are also a proud partner of HRN — https://heritageradionetwork.org/ CHAPTERS 00:00 - Cold Open 00:38 - In The Kitchen - 02:45 - Hot From the Oven 08:31 - Fall Flavors 18:28 - Cottage Baking & Natalia Lima 19:58 - In the Mix 24:07 - Vanilla Enhancing Flavor 30:14 - Bold Baking Hotline IN THE KITCHEN Stabilized Whipped Cream • 1/3 cup (2 1/2 fl/75 ml) plus 2/3 cup (5 fl oz/150 ml) whipping cream, cold • 1 teaspoon cornstarch • Method: combine 1/3 cup (2 1/2 fl oz/75 ml) cream with the cornstarch in a small saucepan and cook over medium heat for about 3 minutes, until bubbly and thickened. Remove from the heat and let cool completely. In a medium bowl, combine the cornstarch mixture with the remaining cream and whip with a wire whisk or electric mixer for a few minutes or until you reach soft peaks. •Use immediately or keep chilled until ready to use. This cream will last for at least 24 hours, but possibly longer. HOT FROM THE OVEN The California Avocado Festival - https://www.avofest.org/ Gemma’s Avocado Chocolate Pudding - https://www.biggerbolderbaking.com/avocado-chocolate-pudding/ Fall Flavor Predictions NETWORK CORRESPONDENT Natalia Lima - Curious Cat Bakery https://www.instagram.com/curiouscatbakery/?hl=en Curious Cat Bakery is a woman-founded and run business in St. Petersburg, FL making amazing vegan croissants indistinguishable from the real deal. Curious Cat Bakery aims to create a kinder and better world one delicious vegan pastry at a time. Our mission is to make delicious vegan food available to everyone everywhere so no one feels like they have to sacrifice for their values, and to encourage non-vegans to choose vegan food simply because it tastes good. IN THE MIX Gemma’s Chocolate Cake - https://www.biggerbolderbaking.com/best-ever-chocolate-cake/ How to make your own extracts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV0klhfqdpw https://www.biggerbolderbaking.com/homemade-extracts/ The Internet’s Best Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies - https://www.biggerbolderbaking.com/best-chewy-chocolate-chip-cookies/ NOTE: This one's an affiliate link, and we might earn a small commission if you use it: Rodelle’s Vanilla - https://bit.ly/3zomwO0 Please like & subscribe here on YouTube, and rate and review everywhere else! **Subscribe and download the audio-only versions here: * Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/KneadToKnowPod * Spotify: http://bit.ly/KneadToKnowSpot * Amazon Music: http://bit.ly/KneadToKnowAmzn * iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/knead-to-know-203736831/ 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 THE BOLD BAKING NETWORK The Bold Baking Network is your #1 authority for everything baking. The Network is led by Chef Gemma Stafford, co-creator & host of Bigger Bolder Baking, and co-creator & Executive Producer Kevin Kurtz. Our mission is to bring you the most diverse voices from baking experts and enthusiasts to help anyone bake with confidence anytime, anywhere. Gemma Stafford Instagram @Gemma_stafford Ami Shukla Instagram @sweetlifewithami Tianna Cohen Instagram @tiannalouisecohen #baking #kneadtoknow #fall
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