JS: Love it. There’s not much SEO competition there.
SU: And I love the picture that you had of the slice of fruitcake.
JS: Yeah, that’s great.
SU: It is so fun.
BW: Thank you.
SU: This has been such a great conversation. I mean, we’ve never met, but I’m so happy that we’re finally talking to you.
JS: Yeah, same.
SU: I’ve really, really admired your work for so long. And it felt like a fateful moment when I saw your Instagram post and saw your coffee cake scone. And I said, “Jesse, it’s the exact same thing. We need to have Bronwen on.”
BW: I’m so glad, and I can’t wait to try your version of the recipe.
SU: Oh my gosh. Please tell us.
JS: Yeah, give us notes.
SU: Yeah. And before we let you go, we want to know where our listeners can find you on the internet.
BW: Thank you. Yeah. So I’m on Instagram @bayousaintcake. I have a newsletter, the Bayou Saint News, that you can find on Substack. And, yeah, I’m also publishing work for brands and for Nicola Lamb and all sorts of people.
JS: Nice. Bronwen, thank you so much for joining us. This was so lovely.
SU: We loved it.
BW: Thank you so much.
SU: That’s it for this month’s edition of BA Bake Club.
JS: Shilpa, can you tell our bakers about the June Bake Club recipe?
SU: June’s Bake Club recipe is another cake, the Hummingbird cake. The Hummingbird cake is a very classic iconic cake, especially in the south. It’s essentially a pineapple banana cake mashup.
JS: Yeah, it’s like a banana cake went on a vacation.
SU: Yes.
JS: Yes.
SU: And it’s almost always layered. And it always has cream cheese frosting, which our cake does. But yeah, that’s the Hummingbird cake, a banana, pineapple layer cake with lots of cream cheese frosting and pecans.
JS: I really loved eating this, every iteration you made. It’s a very fun cake.
SU: Yeah, it’s beautiful. It looks beautiful.
JS: Yeah, it’s very pretty. Is there any special equipment or ingredients that bakers should stock up on?
SU: I did find it helpful to have a rotating cake stand.
JS: Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah.
SU: We’re making two layers of cake. We’re slicing each in half then we’re putting filling and frosting in between, stacking, piping, all of these things. And I found a cake turntable to be indispensable. And if you don’t have one, you could also get a lazy Susan from-
JS: Totally.
SU: …a home improvement store.
JS: Or take the thing out of your microwave. Yes, I’ve done that.
SU: Oh, because in the little wheelie.
JS: Yes, exactly.
SU: I never thought about that.
JS: Yeah.
