Nora Blake's kitchen

I’m Nora Blake, the baker and recipe developer behind Crumb & Cedar Bakery. I created this site for home bakers who want warm, reliable recipes without feeling as if they need pastry school vocabulary to make a good dessert. My recipes are developed for normal kitchens, normal grocery-store ingredients, and everyday pans, because that is how most of us actually bake.

Crumb & Cedar Bakery focuses on small-batch home baking, weekend desserts, cookies, cakes, fruit bakes, breakfast treats, and pantry-friendly sweets. I care about clear visual cues as much as timing. When a recipe says to soften butter, brown butter, fold batter, or bake until set, I try to explain what that should look and feel like so you can make decisions in your own kitchen.

The recipes on this site are tested with practical home equipment and written with honest timing notes. Still, ovens, pans, ingredient brands, humidity, and kitchen temperature can affect results. I encourage readers to use the sensory cues included in each recipe along with the stated time ranges.

Crumb & Cedar Bakery may display advertising, use affiliate links where clearly disclosed, and work with third-party services that help operate the website. These partnerships help support the cost of recipe development, photography, hosting, and maintenance while keeping recipes available to readers.