Behind The Scenes Video Series
Developing an Original Cake Recipe From Start to Finish: My Complete Process
In this video series, I share my entire, start-to-finish creative process on camera, as I develop a brand new cake recipe from scratch. Along the way, I share and explain everything that I'm doing and thinking in detail — every idea, decision, tool, and technique.
You'll learn the exact recipe R&D process that I use at Milk Bar, from how I come up with my initial ideas all the way through tasting the final products.
In the process, I'll be explaining my approach to the following topics:
- Baking Fundamentals
- Controlling Flavor, Texture, and Shape
- Building an Intuitive Understanding of Ingredients
- The Science of Cookies
- Precise Measuring, Creaming, and Baking
- Gluten Formation, Leaveners, Aeration
- Assembly and Final Preparation
- Custom Batters
- Substitutions and Improvisation
- Advanced Techniques and Principles
- Prototyping, Creativity, and Iteration
- Recipe Inspiration and Flavor Story
- How To Get The Most Out of Your Home Kitchen
- And a lot more
In this series, I also make sure to teach you all of the skills you need to successfully follow along with my process. While you watch, feel free to follow along step-by-step to create your own original cake recipe alongside me.
What’s included:
4+ hours of on-demand video
Learn from the real behind-the-scenes
Exclusive access to insider secrets
Watch on all devices
Unlimited lifetime access
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Videos (4)
You’re a fan of Christina Tosi and are curious to see what happens behind the scenes. You’re looking for inspiration and access to a world you normally can’t see.
You want to learn exactly how Christina Tosi does what she does. Watch her real, start-to-finish process, including how she navigates every decision, setback, and more.
You want to know all of Christina Tosi’s insider secrets — the exact tools and techniques she uses, her hard-won lessons, and well-guarded industry secrets.
I enjoyed learning in depth about baking from Christina. She broke everything down and made it so easy to understand. This will stay with me for life!
Christina's very clear, very detailed explanations of her thoughts and the science behind her techniques opened my mind to new levels of baking! My latest recipes are light-years beyond previous baking efforts.
Christina really broke down the process into easy to understand steps. She is a fantastic teacher and so fun to have in your kitchen baking with you!
I can truly say that this was such an informative learning experience. Christina empowers one to use their imagination and try new things.
The best part was watching Christine explain, in detail, how to create unique desserts based on memories. Seeing how she tweaks and tweaks until she gets the correct flavor profile. Baking alongside her was so much fun.
I really enjoyed getting inside the creative mind of Christina Tosi. Learning her process and gaining insight on the R&D process Milk Bar uses helped spark creativity I didn't know I had.
Hey, I’m Christina Tosi! I’m a James Beard award-winning chef and the founder of Milk Bar. In my Studio, I’m showing you exactly how we develop new, original recipes at Milk Bar. I take you behind the scenes and share my real, recipe development process on camera, from start to finish. Watch me develop new recipes for cookies, pies, cakes, and more, as I explain everything I’m doing and thinking. If you’ve ever wondered how to invent your own recipes, I’m showing you Milk Bar’s entire process, step by step, all right here. Hope you’re hungry!
What’s included:
4+ hours of on-demand video
Learn from the real behind-the-scenes
Exclusive access to insider secrets
Watch on all devices
Unlimited lifetime access