Violet Bakery

  • I Drove Myself Mad Trying to Recreate the Royal Wedding Cake

    Claire Ptak, the East London baker chosen by Harry and Meghan to make their wedding cake, wouldn’t share the recipe so I took matters into my own hands.

  • Quiches Gone Wild

    London baker Claire Ptak’s quiche ain’t your average pastry cowering in a tin foil container. This quiche does Spring Break in Miami and gets its crusts out for the lads—this is quiche gone wild.

  • Wild Garlic and Feta Quiche

    Make the pastry the day before and have breakfast (or a snack) ready in no time.

  • These Chewy Ginger Snaps Are the Reason for the Season

    Courtesy of Claire Ptak—dessert maven and owner of London's Violet Bakery—these from-scratch cookies are dead-simple to make, even on an eggnog-hazed Christmas morning.

  • Your Christmas Cookies Will Taste Better with Coriander

    “There’s a sourness to coriander that works really well in sweet stuff,” says American-born baker and owner of London’s Violet Bakery Claire Ptak, as she shows me how to prepare her festive ginger molasses cookies.

  • Our Favorite Cookbooks of 2015

    We here at MUNCHIES have tirelessly racked our greasy brains to compile the best food-related gifts on planet Earth, and quite possibly the universe. Behold, The MUNCHIES Holiday Gift Guide.

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