Easter is right around the corner, which means that a big Easter brunch is the perfect way to celebrate.

The Ann Arbor bakery and baking school has made two different, limited-time cupcakes to celebrate Pride or honor Juneteenth.

Zingerman's Bakehouse releases a special edition cupcake in honor of AAPI Heritage Month.

Have you thought about making macarons part of your holiday celebration?

Whether pumpkin, pecan, or apple the way many people end their Thanksgiving meal is with a slice of pie, but making pie is no easy feat. There’s a lot that can go wrong in the pursuit of flakey crust, so we invited Catherine Zornischenko, the Owner of Kate’s Kitchen in Flat Rock, and Manager Gina Putty to get their advice on how to make a tasty pie.

We are entering a favorite season for many - Michigan apple pie season! Our beautiful state grows some of the best apples around, and with all that fresh fruit, you just have to have some in a freshly baked pie. Susan Wilcox Olson, Spokesperson for the Grand Traverse Pie Company, joined host Jason Carr to talk about apples, pie, and more.

Mother-daughter duo is behind the bakery that offers colorful cookie kits.

He’s a native of Metro Detroit who turned his passion for baking into a viral sensation, and now he’s taking his culinary and decorative skills to Netflix. It’s all for the television show “Is It Cake?”. The show is about exactly what it sounds like: Talented bakers who can make things look so real that you can’t tell whether they are cakes or not.

The Creative Cheesecake Collection is offering a variety of desserts.

We know the holidays can bring a lot of joy but it can be stressful with juggling everything you have going on and keeping an eye on that shopping budget as well. To help with some advice on how you can save in the kitchen and keep a little jingle in your pocket, Tati Amare spoke with Food Network personality and best-selling cookbook author Sunny Anderson.

Michelle Oliver shares her family recipes for Apricot Cookies, Toffee Squares, and Russian Tea Cakes. Your family will love these tasty non-cut out Christmas cookies.

Actor Issac Ryan Brown is the co-host of a new bake-off show.

Jonny Cakes is baking cakes that have the Internet buzzing.

There is no better way to celebrate the red, white and blue than with red, white and blueberries, right?

Three ways your brown sugar will stay soft and ready for use!

With Memorial Day coming up, many people are planning to BBQ. Hamburgers, hot dogs, and maybe even steaks will be on the menu, but what about dessert? Well, I may just have the perfect sweet for the summer, Strawberry Pie.

Almost everyone promises to eat healthier at the beginning of a new year, but sometimes that sweet tooth will cry out for a treat. Is there a way to enjoy sweets, like a slice of cake or a cupcake, and still stay on the healthy path? Kila Peeples found a way to still have a baked goods, but you swap out the eggs and oil for a healthy, savory fruit. Kila made cupcakes using store-bought cake mix, but instead of using the three eggs and vegetable oil, she used one large avocado. Watch the video above to see if Jason Carr and Tati Amare can taste the difference between cupcakes baked traditionally or with an avocado.

While out grocery shopping, you may have spotted something in the refrigerated section, ready-to-bake pizza dough. Pretzel BitesPretzel Bites made from Pizza Dough (Copyright 2020 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.) Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese IcingCinnamon Rolls made with Pizza Dough (Copyright 2020 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.) Everything BagelsEverything bagels made with pizza dough (Copyright 2020 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.) In the meantime, bring 3 quarts of water to boil and add in 1 Tbs salt and 1 Tbs baking soda.

ANN ARBOR – For local student Nemo Tsai, 2020 was as normal a year as could be until a casting agent from Food Network reached out to him on Instagram to audition for Season 9 of “Kids Baking Championship.”Nemo’s family has owned Japanese-American fusion restaurant Godaiko and Tsai Grocery in southwest Ann Arbor for more than 25 years. Raised in the kitchen, Nemo was making sushi rolls before he was five years old, and recently took up baking after watching videos on YouTube. “This was the first season that parents get onto the show and react,” said Nemo. ET on Food Network with a double episode. Aside from the title of Kids Baking Champion, the winner of the Kids Baking Championship will take home a grand prize of $25,000 and will get a spot in Food Network Magazine.

You’re baking away in the kitchen and you run out of powdered sugar. You’ve got cookies in the oven and you can’t run to the store! Kila Peeples discovered a way to get more of your key ingredient using two items that you can find in your pantry. Put a half cup of regular sugar in a mixer, along with a tablespoon of cornstarch and mix for about five minutes. Kila tried this out and then made two batches of frosting, one with store-bought powdered sugar, and another with the sugar she made.

My family is big into making Christmas cookies, but when we are decorating our cut-out cookies... I’m left a little wanting when it comes to the details. For help, I turned to Jen Schroeder, the Union Joints Pastry Chef. They make some beautiful Christmas Cookies at the Union General Store, and here is her advice:1. No matter how you decorate your cookies, remember to have fun, they will all taste great in the end. If you don’t feel like making your own cut-out cookies, you can order some at the Union Joints General Store.

We know that things may be a little different for the holidays this year, but that could spark a new tradition or new ways of keeping up with old traditions. For What’s The Buzz, Kim DeGiulio was joined by local author and motivational speaker Mimi Brown, Lauren Crocker with The Blaine Fowler Morning Show on 96.3 WDVD, and local comedian Mike Bonner, to discuss the new ways of celebrating traditions over the holidays. From baking to whether, or not your company is having a holiday party. the What’s The Buzz crew have some interesting plans this holiday season. Watch the video above to hear about Lauren Crocker’s attempt to make Christmas cookies!

So Grandma Carr -- God rest her soul -- used to make these Christmas cookies that were so good they had to have been laced with some magic secret ingredient known only to her. I haven’t had a frosted shortbread cookie (with sprinkles) before or since that could touch her recipe. I can still picture that Thom McCann shoebox bursting open, cookies rolling asunder in all directions. “You want the cookies?” I shouted. Have the cookies!”Of course, 35 years later, if I had a time machine I would go back and eat those cookies right off the ground.

Gluten Free Specialties in Rochester is hoping to provide a safe option to anyone who wouldn’t normally be able to join in on all the holiday snacking. Co-owner of Gluten Free Specialties, Priscilla Demello, stopped by to speak with Tati about the kind of treats they serve at their store. This holiday season, Gluten Free Specialties will be providing gluten-free versions of classic winter treats including caramel apple pie, pecan pie, pumpkin pie, stuffing, and more. Some of their gluten-free treats are even available at 9 different cider mills in Michigan. To find out more about how to order from Gluten Free Specialties, watch the video above.

It’s been a very busy few months for local baker Jonathan Peregrino. He’s currently the pastry chef at Oak and Reel in Detroit, the head baker at Tapped Beverages in Canton, and now he’s adding to the list by competing on the Food Network’s Holiday Baking Championship. Peregrino left his job in the corporate world to pursue a childhood passion for baking. Now he’s 38, and he’s baking professionally on national television. When Food Network’s casting director first reached out to him on Instagram, Peregrino said he thought it was a joke.

Today we’re celebrating National Homemade Cookies Day. Lauren Roumayah owner of the Detroit Cookie Company in Ferndale gave us a few pointers. Roumayah suggests using a spoon to scoop flour into the measuring cup to stop it from clumping. If you make too much cookie dough, Roumayah says you should scoop the dough into small balls and freeze them for later. If you don’t want to make your own cookies you can visit Detroit Cookie Co. and try their new fall cookie flavors.

When it comes to cookies, they’re all pretty good, but they were not all created equally.

Chocolate chip cookies just might be the most classic cookie recipe of all time. For National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day, Jason Carr spoke to Jodie Polk and Jessica Barris. They take a basic chocolate chip cookie and elevate it with different mix-ins and designs and showed Jason how it is done. It starts with the dough mom, Jodie Polk, says. To find out how they get a great tasting dough and overall cookie, click on the video.

He is known for competing in several baking competitions on the Food Network. Try making his multi-tier chocolate naked cake with fresh berries! This cake is considered naked because there is no frosting coating the outside, so you can easily see the layers of cake, chocolate ganache, and fresh fruit. To make any baking experience fun and easy, Elias recommends always keeping the basics- flour, sugar, eggs, baking soda, baking powder - in stock, so you are ready to go. If you would like more ideas from Jonathan Elias, you can follow him on Instagram under the name Pastry Guru.

No, it’s just not you -- it seems that everyone is making banana bread during quarantine, and if you haven’t done so already, it’s time to jump on the bandwagon. Banana bread is really more of a cake than a bread, but regardless, it’s the perfect thing to make if you’re wanting to dip your toes into the wonderful world of baking bread. Most bread recipes are generally the same, but we searched the internet high and low to find the easiest-looking banana bread recipes, so you can impress your friends and family with your new-found baking skills. This is another easy banana bread recipe. It combines two of the greatest breads that have ever existed: cinnamon swirl bread, and obviously, banana bread.

If you’ve ever watched a season of “The Great British Baking Show” and thought I’d be great to make a homemade load of sourdough bread, but the idea of making bread from scratch sounds daunting, then this article is for you.