The Innocent Baker is Canada’s FIRST Gourmet Baking Box! The box comes straight into your home every month complete with pre-measured artisanal ingredients, an easy-to-follow, step-by-step themed recipe card and a surprise gift to assist you on the road to making delicious desserts for friends and family! They kindly sent us this box for review.
Subscription Details
When you sign up for The Innocent Baker you have 3 subscription options to choose from:
- month-to-month
- 3-month prepay
- 6-month prepay
Each month you will receive pre-measured gourmet ingredients, easy-to-follow instructions and gifts for your kitchen, delivered to your door each month.
Have you ever wanted to bake but found yourself missing that ONE ingredient that could make it happen? Have you ever gotten excited about a recipe only to get disappointed with the complicated directions and lackluster results? Have you ever wanted to try a recipe that called for a small amount of an unusual ingredient but found that sourcing and stocking said ingredient was not worth the time, money and effort. If your answer to any of these questions is YES, then The Innocent Baker box is for you!
Here’s a closer look at the items we received in the October The Innocent Baker box….
The Innocent Baker October Recipe
Millionaire Cupcakes: This dessert is all the deliciousness and richness of a traditional Millionaires’ shortbread in cupcake form: a buttery shortbread base, a rich chocolate layer and an amazing creamy salted caramel buttercream centre.
Dry Ingredients
For the dry ingredients we received the following:
- shortbread mix
- icing sugar
- flour
- cocoa powder
- instant coffee
- baking soda
- sea salt
- milk chocolate
- shortbread crumbs
- sugar
- twix bites
Wet Ingredients
For the wet ingredients we received the following:
- vanilla extract
- sunflower oil
- callebaut caramel
Extra Ingredients & Tools
We also received piping bags, silicone baking cups and an apple corer.
What We Need to Purchase
To make the recipe the only additional items we need are butter, whipping cream, eggs, sour cream, and boiling water.
Recipe Details
The recipe was organized nicely, complete with numbered steps and photos. It also tells us the prep time (30 minutes) and the baking time (20-22 minutes). I found it easy to follow, with a total number of 9 steps. Here’s the overview:
- prepare the shortbread base
- combine dry ingredients
- prepare coffee
- prepare batter
- bake cupcakes
- make salted caramel buttercream
- core cupcakes
- frost the cupcakes
- garnish with chocolate drizzle, shortbread crumbs and twix bites
What do you think about this month’s The Innocent Baker?
-AYOB