baking bucket list:

  • macarons 
  • cinnamon buns 
  • biscuits 
  • apple pie 
  • cheesecake 
  • croissants 
  • salted caramel sauce 
  • russian wedding cakes 
  • popovers 
  • slice-and-bake shortbread
  • choux pastry 

baking tools I would like to have: 

  • another 9-inch springform or basic cake pan (I need at least two for layer cakes!) 
  • one or two 6 inch cake pans 
  • A KITCHEN AID STAND MIXER. (But I can get this later on in life. No biggie.) 
  • A hand mixer would be nice. 
  • pastry cutter 
  • smaller cookie scoops 
  • Silpat! (I have no problems using parchment but I only heard good things about Silpat and want to try it!)
  • bundt pan 
books to start/continue/finish:
  • * A Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde 
  • A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens 
  • * On Beauty - Zadie Smith
  • * An Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan 
  • * To Have and To Have Not - Ernest Hemingway 
  • To Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway 
  • A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway 
  • The Sound and the Fury - William Faulkner
(*) indicates that I am in the midst of reading it