Welcome to Begin with Butter! Whether you've been baking for days or decades, you've found your online kitchen home here.

This is where passion meets possibility in the kitchen – where every collapsed cake leads to learning and every golden-brown loaf is cause for celebration.

I'd like to invite you to come for the recipes, and stay for the baking journey! We'll explore not just what to bake, but why each technique works, how different ingredients interact, and which tools can make your baking life easier. My kitchen is where science meets sweetness, and every question is welcome.

May all of your bakes be golden brown!

New on the Blog

Fall Favorites

Iconic Apple Pie Pound Cake

Sweet Potato Spice Cake

Simple, Classic Apple Pie

Sweet Potato Pie

Simple Sunday Artisan Bread

Pies

Pound Cakes

Biscoff Cake

Honey Apple Pound Cake

Bananas Foster Pound Cake

Vegan Lemon Vanilla Pound Cake

Sock it to Me Pound Cake

Tiramisu Pound Cake

Baba au Rhum Pound Cake

Creme Brûlée Pound Cake

Brunch Ideas

Celebration Cakes

Weekend Bakes

Anytime Bakes

ABOUT ME

Shani Whisonant

CHIEF BUTTER AMBASSADOR/CEO

Here at Begin with Butter, my goal is to make new bakers and non-bakers into unbelievably proficient bakers, by helping you decode the techniques, equipment and ingredients that advanced home bakers and pros use. I want to make baking addictively fun and approachable for absolutely anyone who wants to bake!

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