She's My Cherry Pie

The title of Nancy Silverton’s newest cookbook is “The Cookie That Changed My Life,” so we asked the iconic chef, baker, and author to join host Jessie Sheehan and share what’s so special about this particular baked good and walk us through the recipe.

Nancy also talks about her recipe development process and how this peanut butter cookie came to be; why she amped up the amount of vanilla for maximum flecks and flavor; her thoughts on shaping cookies and cookie sheets; the fine line between creamed butter and greasy butter; and why she combines her leavening agents, spices, and salt with the butter instead of the flour. 

Want to bake along? Here is Nancy’s recipe for her life-changing cookie.

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Hosted by Jessie Sheehan
Produced by Kerry Diamond and Catherine Baker
Edited by Jenna Sadhu
Editorial Assistant Londyn Crenshaw
Recorded at CityVox Studios

She’s My Cherry Pie is a production of The Cherry Bombe Podcast Network. For past episodes and transcripts, click here. Subscribe to our newsletter here.

More on Nancy: Instagram, The Cookie That Changed My Life cookbook
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Thanks to the Hulu series Black Cake and Charmaine Wilkerson's bestselling book that it’s based on, there’s been a lot of buzz about the celebratory baked good from the Caribbean. There’s no bigger expert around than Angela Price of The Black Cake Company in Brooklyn and she joins host Jessie Sheehan on today’s episode of She’s My Cherry Pie to share some secrets. 

Angela has been baking for more than 35 years and learned how to make black cakes and other treats from her mother in Barbados. She started her bakery business after praying for guidance regarding her calling, and today, ships her black cakes, brown cakes, and Dundee cakes around the world. 

Black cakes, as Angela explains, are particular in that you need to plan far in advance, at least three weeks or more. “You don’t get up in the morning and decide you’re making a black cake,” says Angela, who refers to them as “the Rolls-Royce of cakes.” 

Tune in and learn about soaking your fruit, why burnt sugar coloring is key, what Falernum is, and more.

If you’d like to try one of Angela’s cakes, you can order them online at blackcake.com. 

Thank you to Plugra Premium European Butter and California Prunes for supporting our show. 

Hosted by Jessie Sheehan
Produced by Kerry Diamond and Catherine Baker
Edited by Jenna Sadhu
Editorial Assistant Londyn Crenshaw
Recorded at CityVox Studios

She’s My Cherry Pie is a production of The Cherry Bombe Podcast Network. For past episodes and transcripts, click here. Subscribe to our newsletter here.

More on Angela: Instagram, website
More on Jessie: Instagram, Snackable Bakes

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Rebecca Firth is a cookbook writer, photographer, and the culinary creative behind the dessert blog, Displaced Housewife. She’s the author of two baking books, “The Cookie Book” and “The Cake Book.” She joins host Jessie Sheehan to chat about her baking career and how she got into blogging. Then, the duo takes a deep dive into Rebecca’s classic Snickerdoodle recipe and the baker shares how she gets them super soft, but chewy, every time.

Want to bake along? Here is Rebecca’s recipe.

Thank you to Plugra Premium European Butter and California Prunes for supporting our show. 

Hosted by Jessie Sheehan
Produced by Kerry Diamond and Catherine Baker
Edited by Jenna Sadhu
Editorial Assistant Londyn Crenshaw
Recorded at CityVox Studios

She’s My Cherry Pie is a production of The Cherry Bombe Podcast Network. For past episodes and transcripts, click here. Subscribe to our newsletter here.

More on Rebecca: Instagram, website, recipes, The Cookie Book, The Cake Book
More on Jessie: Instagram, Snackable Bakes

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Rose Wilde is the L.A.-based baker known for her luscious cakes decorated with buttercream squiggles and lots of fresh botanicals. The author of the brand new baking book “Bread and Roses,” she joins host Jessie Sheehan to chat about her time as a human rights lawyer and how she pivoted to her current career. Rose also shares her favorite tips and tricks and guides Jessie through the Sonora Vegetable Confetti Cake recipe from her book.

Want to bake along? Here is Rose’s recipe.

Thank you to Plugra Premium European Butter, California Prunes, and Ghirardelli Professional Products for supporting our show. 

Hosted by Jessie Sheehan
Produced by Kerry Diamond and Catherine Baker
Edited by Jenna Sadhu
Editorial Assistant Londyn Crenshaw
Recorded at CityVox Studios

She’s My Cherry Pie is a production of The Cherry Bombe Podcast Network. For past episodes and transcripts, click here. Subscribe to our newsletter here.

More on Rose: Instagram, Red Bread, Bread and Roses cookbook
More on Jessie: Instagram, Snackable Bakes

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For today’s show, we’re re-airing one of our most popular  episodes from earlier this year. Claire Saffitz, the baking sensation behind the bestselling cookbooks “Dessert Person” and “What’s For Dessert,” loves making fruit pies and she joins host Jessie Sheehan to chat about it. The duo talk all things pie dough and fruit pie, from why bakeware is the most important thing for your pie, butter slices versus cubes, Claire’s favorite types of apples and blueberries, and… you’ll all like this… how it’s almost impossible to over-bake a fruit pie. 

Thank you to Plugra Premium European Butter, California Prunes, and Ghirardelli Professional Products for supporting our show. 

Hosted by Jessie Sheehan
Produced by Kerry Diamond and Catherine Baker
Edited by Jenna Sadhu
Editorial Assistant Londyn Crenshaw
Recorded at CityVox Studio 

She’s My Cherry Pie is a production of The Cherry Bombe Podcast Network. For past episodes and transcripts, click here. Subscribe to our newsletter here.

More on Claire: Instagram, YouTube, her cookbooks Dessert Person and What’s For Dessert 
More on Jessie: Instagram, Snackable Bakes

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Happy Diwali! Hetal Vasavada is the culinary creative behind the “Milk & Cardamom” cookbook and website. An expert in Indian treats and sweets, Hetal joins host Jessie Sheehan to talk about her baking life, the barfi and mithai she ate growing up, competing on “MasterChef,” and her next book. Plus, the duo takes a deep dive into Hetal’s Gulab Jamun Cake recipe. 

Want to bake along? Here is Hetal’s Gulab Jamun Cake recipe.

Thank you to Plugra Premium European Butter, California Prunes, and Ghirardelli Professional Products for supporting our show. 

Hosted by Jessie Sheehan
Produced by Kerry Diamond and Catherine Baker
Edited by Jenna Sadhu
Editorial Assistant Londyn Crenshaw
Recorded at CityVox Studios

She’s My Cherry Pie is a production of The Cherry Bombe Podcast Network. For past episodes and transcripts, click here. Subscribe to our newsletter here.

More on Hetal: Instagram, website, Milk & Cardamom cookbook
More on Jessie: Instagram, Snackable Bakes

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Samantha Seneviratne is a food stylist, recipe developer, NYT Cooking contributor, baker, and star of “Everyday Cooking” on the Magnolia Network. Sam is also the author of three baking books, including her latest, “Bake Smart: Sweets and Secrets From My Oven to Yours,” which is out Tuesday, Nov. 7th. 

Samantha joins host Jessie Sheehan to talk about her baking life and she walks us through her Sticky Banana Monkey Bread recipe, which you can find in “Bake Smart.” 

Want to bake along? Here is Samantha’s recipe.

Thank you to Plugra Premium European Butter, California Prunes, and Ghirardelli Professional Products for supporting our show. 

Click here for tickets and more information on Cherry Bombe’s Cooks & Books festival, happening Saturday, November 11th!

Hosted by Jessie Sheehan
Produced by Kerry Diamond and Catherine Baker
Edited by Jenna Sadhu
Editorial Assistant Londyn Crenshaw
Recorded at CityVox Studios

She’s My Cherry Pie is a production of The Cherry Bombe Podcast Network. For past episodes and transcripts, click here. Subscribe to our newsletter here.

More on Samantha: Instagram, website, recipes
More on Jessie: Instagram, Snackable Bakes

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Known for her sticky buns, bagels, and babka, Melissa Weller originally worked as a chemical engineer before following her heart to culinary school. Since then, she’s had a fascinating career that’s taken her from top bakeries to fine dining. Melissa and host Jessie Sheehan talk about the baking life and do a deep dive into the chocolate babka recipe from Melissa's book, “A Good Bake.” Learn what yeast to choose, how to deal with sticky dough, how to shape your babka to get the tastiest layers, and more.

Want to bake along? Here is Melissa’s recipe for chocolate babka.

Thank you to Plugra Premium European Butter, California Prunes, and Ghirardelli Professional Products for supporting our show. 

Click here for tickets and more information on She’s My Cherry Pie’s Los Angeles event on Monday, November 6th!

Hosted by Jessie Sheehan
Produced by Kerry Diamond and Catherine Baker
Edited by Jenna Sadhu
Editorial Assistant Londyn Crenshaw
Recorded at CityVox Studios

She’s My Cherry Pie is a production of The Cherry Bombe Podcast Network. For past episodes and transcripts, click here. Subscribe to our newsletter here.

More on Melissa: Instagram, website
More on Jessie: Instagram, Snackable Bakes

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She’s My Cherry Pie is on a little break, so we’re dipping into the archives and re-airing our episode from last year with Sarah Kieffer, the cookie expert behind The Vanilla Bean Blog and the books Baking for the Holidays: 50+ Treats for a Festive Season and 100 Cookies: The Baking Book for Every Kitchen. Sarah and host Jessie Sheehan talk all things… you guessed it… cookies, from holiday cut-outs to crinkle cookies, creaming butter and sugar, spatula sizes, pan banging, and glazing. 

Want to bake along? Click here for Sarah’s red velvet crinkle cookie recipe from Baking for the Holidays and here for the holiday cut-out cookie recipe from Sarah’s blog. 

Join Jessie for special She’s My Cherry Pie events in L.A. on Monday, Nov. 6th, and Brooklyn on Saturday, Nov. 11th.

Thank you to Plugra Premium European Butter and California Prunes for supporting our show. 

Hosted by Jessie Sheehan
Produced by Kerry Diamond and Catherine Baker
Edited by Jenna Sadhu
Editorial Assistant Londyn Crenshaw
Recorded at CityVox Studios

She’s My Cherry Pie is a production of The Cherry Bombe Podcast Network. For past episodes and transcripts, click here. Subscribe to our newsletter here.

More on Sarah: Instagram, website, recipes
More on Jessie: Instagram, Snackable Bakes

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She’s My Cherry Pie is on a little break, so we’re dipping into the archives and re-airing our episode from last year with Fany Gerson, Mexican dessert authority, cookbook author, and entrepreneur. She joins host Jessie Sheehan to talk all things doughnuts. Fany’s become known for her creative and artisanal takes on the beloved American treats via her Brooklyn shop, Fan-Fan Doughnuts. (Fany is also the founder of La Newyorkina, which specializes in paletas.) She’s been making doughnuts since 2010 and has lots to share about frying, fillings, and flavors. If you’re curious about the doughnut-making process, don’t miss this episode. 

Want to bake along? Here is Fany’s recipe for Strawberry Jelly Doughnuts.

Thank you to Plugra Premium European Butter and California Prunes for supporting our show. 

Hosted by Jessie Sheehan
Produced by Kerry Diamond and Catherine Baker
Edited by Jenna Sadhu
Editorial Assistant Londyn Crenshaw
Recorded at CityVox Studios

She’s My Cherry Pie is a production of The Cherry Bombe Podcast Network. For past episodes and transcripts, click here. Subscribe to our newsletter here.

More on Fany: Instagram, La Newyorkina, Fan-Fan Donuts
More on Jessie: Instagram, Snackable Bakes

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