About Breakfast Bake
Good mornings, written down properly.
Breakfast Bake is a recipe site for breakfast, brunch and the baking that goes with them, written so that the first attempt is the one that works.
What Breakfast Bake is
Most recipes tell you what to do. Ours also tell you what you should be seeing, smelling and feeling along the way, and why each step is there.
That is the whole idea. A pancake recipe should say when to flip, not just how long to wait. A muffin recipe should explain why the batter stays lumpy. A make-ahead bake should tell you exactly what to do the night before and what to do in the morning.
Every recipe here gives weights in grams next to cups and spoons, steps in the order you'll actually do them, and clear signs of doneness. The pages are quick to scan when your hands are floury and detailed enough to learn from when you have time to read.
How we write a recipe
Four promises on every page
Grams and cups, side by side
Weighing is the single easiest way to make baking reliable. If you prefer cups, they're right there too, and the scaler keeps both in step.
“Done” described, not guessed
Times are a guide; ovens and pans vary. So each recipe tells you what to look for: open bubbles, matte edges, a center that springs back.
The why, in a sentence
A short reason behind the steps that matter, so you can adapt a recipe or rescue it, not just follow it.
Honest about what's tested
We note the swaps and variations we've tried and say so plainly when we haven't. When we get something wrong, we correct it in public.
Your host
Meet Molly
Molly is the face and the voice of Breakfast Bake. She introduces each recipe, keeps the instructions plain-spoken, and asks the question every recipe here has to answer: what should it look like when it's right?
She is our editorial persona rather than a single home cook with a backstory, and we'd rather tell you that than invent one. The recipes behind her name are developed, written and edited by the Breakfast Bake Kitchen, to the standard she stands for.
What you'll find here
Breakfast, brunch and the baking around them
12 recipes so far, plus 4 technique guides, a converter and a meal planner. Pick a way in:
The small print
How recipes are tested. Development and testing vary by recipe. We don’t claim that every recipe is tested a fixed number of times or by a second, independent cook. Each recipe says what it needs, what to look for and which variations we’ve tried. Our Editorial & Recipe Standards explain the process in full.
Who is behind the site. Breakfast Bake is an independent publication. Molly is its host and editorial voice; the recipes are developed, written and edited by the Breakfast Bake Kitchen.
When we get something wrong. We fix it and say so on our corrections page. If you spot a mistake, or a step that didn’t work the way we said it would, tell us or write to [email protected].
Pull up a chair.
Start with something you already love, read the why once, and the next time you make it you won't need to. We'll keep writing recipes the same way.
The newsletter
Start here: our top 10 recipes by email
Our ten most-loved recipes, one a day, each with the “why” behind it. Then new tested recipes about twice a month.