Hi! I am Summer Stone Polzel of Cake Paper Party and I love to bake!
I developed a love of baking as a young girl. No one in my family really baked from scratch so I would pour over cookbooks late into the night to learn everything I could from print. I could often be found making banana bread or cakes in the wee hours of the morning (I am totally a night owl!).
In school, I was a math and science girl and I went on to study biochemistry in college and graduate school. My focus often centered around nutritional biochemistry and the effects of nutrition on overall health. This heart for food and science was a foreshadowing of things to come. I have always been fascinated with food science and my culinary curiosity eventually lead me to a writing position at CakeCentral magazine where I frequently write about baking science. This work allows me to explore all things in baking that intrigue me or frustrate my baking efforts and affords the opportunity to explore extremes in recipes and methods. Pushing the limits on ingredients and challenging well established protocols helps me to understand why and how things work. I hope to share my insights and rule-breaking methods with you!
I also have a penchant for all things party related. One of my great joys in life is creating fun themed parties for my children and loved ones. I get to bake, decorate cakes and other goodies and construct a microcosm of a fantasy world in their life. What could be more fun than that!
I make my home in Newberg, Oregon where I have a couple of acres that adjoin a beautiful hazelnut orchard. I have two children that amaze and humble me every day. Maddie is nine and Asher is seven.
I hope to provide you with information that will enrich and improve all of your baking experiences. May your sugar jar always be full and your oven set to 350 F!
Summer Stone’s articles have been published in CakeCentral Magazine. Her cakes and parties have been featured on Hostess with Mostess and The Cake Blog.
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