Hi, I'm Richelle! I'm a southern girl, who left for bit to live in the big city, but found herself back in the south- the land of White Lily flour. Praise Be! My pie crust game was suffering.
Welcome to Southern Shelle Bakes, a place where we celebrate the resourcefulness, creativity and deliciousness of southern baking. I started this blog back in 2011 while I was driving myself insane waiting for my bar exam results. Back then I knew literally nothing about blogging and just slightly more about baking.
In the early days my kitchen was barely equipped and I took all of my photos on an iPhone 4. When I say barely equipped, I once tried to "wing" a caramel recipe without a candy thermometer in a cast iron skillet. If you're curious, it backfired immensely. I broke several spatulas and burned myself twice. What I lacked in resources, I made up for with enthusiasm about baking.
Now I own a candy thermometer and other pretty sweet gadgets and ton of baking knowledge that I've earned over the years.
I spend my days thinking about philanthropy and sophisticated charitable giving. [Please note: I'm not your attorney, mostly because I don't know you and you don't know me, so don't make this weird, okay?]
The rest of the time I'm reading recipes, testing them and planning my next baking challenge. I share southern inspired recipes that will help bakers of every level find their "signature" bake.