Milk Street Bakes

The American baking repertoire may be unparalleled in our claim to pies, biscuits and cakes. But step off a plane in London, Mexico City, Istanbul or Paris, and you realize how much more there we can learn about the art of simple, delicious baked goods.Milk Street “Bakes” includes 200+ recipes—and step-by-step techniques—spanning the globe. We found a simple Spanish almond cake that uses no wheat flour. Loaf cakes that balance the sugar with slightly-bitter rye. Super-creamy Basque cheesecake that requires no water bath. Mexican sweet corn cake made in a blender. Or Catalan biscotti, sticky chocolate cake from Sweden and crispy spinach and cheese börek from Türkiye. We also include forgotten American recipes, such as maple-glazed hermits, and new classics, such as peanut butter banana cream pie. And we go beyond sweets to include yeasted breads, savory tarts, pizzas and flatbreads (some made in a skillet in minutes). Most of these recipes are easier than you’d think, from beer pretzel