Shopping List

INGREDIENTS

All purpose flour (at least 4 pounds)

Cake flour (at least 28 ounces)

Baking powder (check expiration date)

Baking soda (check expiration date)

Fine salt

Unsalted butter (2 pounds)

High fat, “European” style unsalted butter. (1 pound) Look for at least 12 grams of fat per serving. Common brands include: Kerrygold, Tillamook, Vital Farms, Plugra, Strauss

Granulated sugar (2 pounds)

Light brown sugar (3/4 cup)

Vegetable oil (1/2 cup)

Cinnamon

Molasses (1/2 cup)

Whole, large eggs (5)

Egg whites (5) (either from fresh eggs, or carton 100% egg whites

Vanilla extract, (1 ounce)

Almond extract

1 lemon

1 brick of cream cheese

Yogurt (8 ounces)

Powdered sugar (4 pounds)

Light corn syrup

Fresh blueberries (2 pints)

Milk (8 ounces)

Rainbow sprinkles (1 1/2 cups)

Heavy cream

8 ounces jam, nutella, or pie filling for hand pies

Apple cider vinegar

Coarse sugar for sprinkling

Gel food coloring (Americolor and Chefmaster are good brands)

Cooking spray

REQUIRED EQUIPMENT
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2, 8-inch by 2-inch cake pans (I recommend Fat Daddio’s)

2 large cookie or baking sheets

Parchment Paper

Plastic Wrap

Cooking spray

Electric hand mixer or stand mixer (Can’t go wrong with a standmixer, but if you don’t have any kind of mixer right now and don’t want to invest in a standmixer, this hand mixer from KitchenAid has one of the more powerful motors and is the one I own.)

Wire whisk

Rubber spatula (my favorite spatulas)

12 cup muffin tin

3 to 4 inch cookie cutter or biscuit cutter (I love this Fat Daddio’s set)

Cookie cutter (for sugar cookies)

Fine mesh sieve (I recommend this set)

(Optional) Piping Bag and #2 and #5 or #6 round tips. (Any piping bag or even ziploc bag is good. For tips, this Ateco Set is a good writing set.)