If you have a sweet tooth and looking for some delicious baking inspiration then social media is a great place to start. From mouth-watering cakes that ooze out creamy chocolate to crunchy crumble delights and delicate pastries to get you in the baking mood, especially when the posts and pages you are scrolling through are igniting suppressed taste buds.
There are numerous renowned bakers and world-class pastry chefs with impeccable titles behind their names and years of experience, but if you search well enough you can find equally good talents on Instagram pouring their heart and soul into creating really yummy food content. Making us increasingly more excited to make those sweet treats ourselves to devour our faces in home-baked desserts.
Top 10 baking accounts to follow to satisfy your sweet guilt pleasure
Zoe Bakes
Zoë François is a passionate pastry chef and expert baker who loves sharing her delicious sweets, cakes, and pastries on her Instagram page, Zoe Bakes. Known for making some of the most mouth-watering meringues, she adds her own little flair to the traditional take by incorporating newly invented meringue coverings to make extraordinary sweet desserts. She also hosts her own television show on Magnolia Network and is the author of the best-selling cookbook, ‘Zoe Bakes Cakes‘.
The Scran Line
Landing on The Scran Line might be a dangerous thing for chocoholics, as you will be convinced to head to the pantry and grab the first sweet cookies you can get your hands on. The Scran Line is the designated Instagram page for all of blogger and photographer Nick Makrides’ sweet confections. It is full of really delicious recipes that you can download on his website, as well as plenty of baking tips and tricks that will help you become a better baker and make the journey of baking your own sweets that much more pleasurable!
Janes Patisserie
Jane Dunn is a well-known food blogger and author of the No.1 Sunday Times bestseller, “Jane’s Patisserie“. She posts absolutely decadent desserts, cakes, and sweets that will have anybody with a sweet tooth drooling over beautifully photographed recipes, especially when it comes to innovative chocolate chip cookies and brownies!
Matt Adlard
Perfectionism, delicacy, and exquisitely executed pastry desserts that blossom with storytelling and picture-perfectness for the gram are how we define Matt Adlard’s sweet dedicated feed. Matt Adlard is a self-taught pastry chef, passionate about all things baking! He has an online baking school called, Bake it Better where he posts online classes that will help you master baking and pastry.
Bake or Break
Bake or Break is exactly the words that describe my mindset when I see Jennifer McHenry’s Instagram page! My mind contemplates how to satisfy my sweet tooth by either baking or breaking into tears for steering clear of guilty desires. NYC baker and blogger, Jennifer McHenry dedicates her Instagram page to a whole variety of different sweet treats, baked goods, and even some featured savory recipes.
The Boy Who Bakes
Should we call him The Boy Who Bakes or The Boy Who Inspires Us to Bake? Maybe even The Boy Who Makes Us Eat sounds more like it because that’s all I think about when I look at Edd Kimber’s beautifully crafted Instagram page. Much more than an ordinary baker, Kimer is a passionate food writer and author of “One Tin Bakes” as well as his recently released “Small Batch Bakes”. Pages and posts filled by him of dessert recipes and sweet delights and ever so often a dedicated savory love for pizza.
Broma Bakery
“Nostalgic recipes for the modern girl” is the first thing we read when we land on the Broma Bakery’s page. The further we scroll down, the more we see some of our most beloved sweet treats as kids bring back memories only this time with some contemporary twist to it. The influencer to blame behind igniting some of our nostalgic cravings is Sarah Crawford, food blogger, and owner of Broma Bakery. Sarah founded Foodtography School and It’s Studio B. A passionate foodie, Sarah pours her heart and soul into her blog, which is filled with a plethora of different recipes to get your sweet teeth rolling.
Sallys Bake Blog
If there is one page that thrives on making people sweet addicted then baker, blogger, author, and food photographer Sally should be the one to blame. Having 3 published books; Sally’s Cookie Addiction, Sally’s Candy Addiction, and Sally’s Baking Addiction is a self-taught baker with a passion for sharing delicious recipes and food photography. Her Instagram page showcases hundreds of recipes, helpful kitchen tips, lessons on baking basics, and photo and video tutorials to help aid the amateur baker.
Handle the Heat
If you can’t handle the pressure of looking at mouth-watering cookies then don’t even bother looking at Tessa Arias’s all-sweet dedicated account, actually do though because her page will immediately spark baking inspiration! She is the author of “The Ultimate Cookie Handbook” and constantly posts helpful “how-to” tips and tricks for aspiring bakers. Sharing a variety of delicious recipes, Tessa guides you every step of the way to perfect delicious confectionery pleasures.
Molly Yeh
If you’re familiar with the show, “Girl Meets Farm” on Food Network, then you will recognize the face behind this foodie’s Instagram page, Molly Yeh. She is the host of Girl Meets Farm and author of “Molly On The Range“, her passion for food is a clear love affair and we are all for it. Her Instagram page is home to delicious recipes for both savory seekers and sweet bakes, which are sure to satisfy your cravings and tickle your taste buds. She’s always seen with a smile on her face and inspires everyone who follows her page to jump on the bandwagon that the love of cooking has on us!
So what are you waiting for? Follow your sweet guilty pleasure and get your baking pans greasing as the oven is heated and our taste buds are watering…
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