I get this much anticipated text about once a week:
Hi Sarah! I’ll have Sour Cherry & Pistachio Snacking Cake available for pick-up between 12-4 today. Text “claim” to claim this bake.
Once I “claim” my bake and the time slot opens, one of my girls and I drive just a few blocks to home baker Karri Suh’s house where she has a cooler with rainbow handles on her porch stuffed with snacking cakes (or fig eclairs…or blackout chocolate cake …or 5 layer peach basil cake…). We grab ours and drive home to let the whole family taste and discuss. Everyone has favorites — Karri’s month of French pastries was a huge hit in our house. As were her rainbow bakes during pride month.
Karri is part of The Baking Notification Project (BNP), an arrangement between home bakers and baked good-loving locals (like me) that finds homes for the “extras” inevitably created when a batch of cookies, cakes, etc. is made. I signed up for BNP in May 2022 and have loved watching it grow, getting to know my home baker, Karri, and trying her creative treats with my family. I appreciate that it’s a small amount that we can all share.