Benjie's Bakery Blog

Bakes, and the maths behind them.

My baking diary, calculator guides and full bake-alongs. Every post is a real bake, and every one leans on a free DoughRise calculator to take the guesswork out.

Benjie, founder. I bake it, eat it, then write it up.
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The Bake Docket

BakeFriday night focaccia
SnagDough too slack at 82%
FixDialled back to 75%
Tool usedHydration Calculator
25 free calculators, and every post uses one
3 real bakes, eaten before they went up
£ · °C British baking, tested at home in London
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Three kinds of post, one habit: work out the numbers, then bake.

The Baker's Log is the diary, the good bakes and the ones that fought back. Calculator Guides walk through a single number that changes everything. Bake-Alongs take you through a whole bake, calculator in hand. Pick a format, or read the lot.

The tools behind the stories

Every post links to one of these. All free.

HydrationDial in your water FermentationTime the rise StarterFeed the right ratio Baker's %Scale any recipe TemperatureNail dough temp PortioningEven dough balls

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