My First Baking Blog - Comet Kitchen

Katie Le | Aug 19, 2020 • 4-min read

Baking is no different than coding up a project: the lines of codes I happened to stumble upon after nights of unanswered questions were, for so many times, what I felt most proud of.

Just as programming takes a bit of learning from here and there, it's easy to hit a cul-de-sac if sticking to one recipe while baking. Nothing satisfies me more than baking something good out of mere intuition, even if that requires experimenting with various recipes over and over. Having seen my mom cook admirably delicious meals without relying on any recipes, accomplishing the same in baking has become one of my fanciest goals.

For every dessert I baked, I made sure to write down the mistakes and memorize the hacks. My secret sauce is to try to bake at least once every two weeks and most importantly, not being afraid of improvising one recipe. At the end of the day, “foodstagramming” can make you feel quite rewarded, but it isn’t often enough to convey the creative work behind the desserts themselves. These happy moments can be short-lived unless the process of baking is shared with the ones who need it. While deep in thought, I decided to start writing about my baking experiences and occasionally share some tips on my top favorite desserts.

As new inspirations arrive, there is no stop to my experimenting with more ways of making desserts. To keep these experiments regularly revisited and accessible by everyone is to have an online presence that features everything. I realized what I needed most was an online blog.

Funny as it sounds, my twin sister and I decided to name our blog page Comet Kitchen - which did not have a sensical meaning since we were only looking for a short and catchy bakery name.

Well, that’s not quite true.

I’ve been a fan of astronomy, and as much I adore its mystery, I’m attracted to anything that is not only mysterious but also sweet ;) To mark the beginning of "Comet Kitchen", we decided to make a chocolate C-letter cake topped with flowers, fruits, and melt-in-your-mouth strawberry-flavored cream (and the almost successful macarons :P).

Finishing up my first blog, I want to thank anyone who has been following my baking journey so far. As I continue writing, I seek to use this page as a way to better communicate my creative doings with you and hopefully will have your tips in return.

Until next time!