Baking Magic with Wild Rye

Janurary 2023 I’m getting my Patreon members off their new year’s diets and onto the good things in life with Sarah Chisholm’s boxed baking mixes. Sarah’s company, Wild Rye Baking Co., is a Phoenix-based baking company focused on making the magic of baking accessible, fun, and (of course) magical.

I first came across Sarah Chrisholm’s work when I swung by Monsoon Market for a wine-tasting pop up. Sarah was there with a few of Wild Rye’s box mix cupcakes to sample, and as I eagerly tried “one of everything, please” Sarah explained how a few of her options were also vegan and gluten free. My in-laws are all vegan, and I have a lot of people in my life who deal with gluten intolerance. As I sunk my teeth into Sarah’s perfectly mouth-watering, spongy and sweet cake mixes, I couldn’t help but imagine myself hosting birthday parties, holidays and dinner parties- finishing off the evening with a perfect & easy cake from Wild Rye for all my guests of all diets to enjoy. No need to swing by wholefoods or risk of baking a brittle pie of my own.

Pumpkin olive oil cake with cinnamon cream cheese frosting! Head over to wildryebaking.com or Monsoon Market to see what Sarah currently has available.

It was love at first bite. From then on, I knew I would be sharing a whole lot of Sarah’s work with my friends, family and (of course) my patreon enthusiasts. Sarah describes her work as “. . . an expression of love.” Baking is an act of love & care, and Sarah was quick to mention that her focus on the craft has always been that act of love. She takes this act of love one step further by making it accessible through her variety of box mixes.

Before she was a baker, Sarah was actually a ballerina. Hailing from Chicago originally, Sarah moved to Phoenix in 2011 from Miami. She initially came to Arizona as a dancer with Ballet Arizona. As soon as she could, Sarah got involved in the hospitality industry and quickly found a home in pastry service. She then took a sabattical to travel and learn in France and Denmark. There, Sarah perfected her craft and vision, and upon returning to Arizona she took the position as Executive Pastry Chef at Chamberlin Hospitality. Although Sarah technically has no formal training, her mastery of her craft is evident through all of her -delicious- work.

I’m excited to share Sarah’s “baking magic” with my Red Tier Patreon members in exchange for their Janurary membership! Members will be recieving Wild Rye’s Chocolate Cake Mix along with Peanut Butter Coffee frosting (available with gluten free, vegan, or classic options).

The Red Tier on my patreon acts as a small, local grant which gets given out every month. In exchange, members of this tier receive a monthly gift! Members of all tiers are welcome to upgrade to the Red Tier on my patreon for the first week of February in order to support Sarah and Wild Rye Baking Co. and, in exchange, receive some delicious cake mix. $40 of each $45 pledge goes directly to the featured artist of the month, and you’re always welcome to upgrade, pause, or get refunds in order to be involved in this small, monthly grant.

Thank you to all of my patreons, your pledges help me with my work as an artist, as well as the work that goes into making this website!