Cookbook Club: Cake & Loaf

Transport yourself to this charming neighborhood bakery with Nickey and Josie.

What started as a coffee date between friends, Cake & Loaf is the beloved bakery of friends and co-owners Nickey Miller and Josie Rudderham. With Nickey’s pastry skills, Josie’s entrepreneurial spirit, and a shared dream of an environment that fostered creativity and trust, they transformed a two-story brick home into the space that would catapult their baking careers.

Tucked into a cozy neighborhood in Hamilton, Ontario, you can find bakery classics like cinnamon buns and Canadian butter tarts as well as new favorites like unicorn bars and coconut lime snack cakes. And if you can’t make it in person to drool over their epic layer cakes (hello drippy Chocolate Skor and puckery Lemonlicious Cakes!), you can now bake their recipes at home!

S’mores Sandwich Cookies

Their new cookbook is packed with cookie, pie, and cake recipes to satisfy every sweet craving. Bake something seasonal like the Farmer’s Fruit Crumble Bars or Pineapple Sour Cherry Tarts or year-round favorites like Lemon Merin…