About Jules

Jules (Juliane) Grasekamp, baking blogger at Bonni Bakery standing in the kitchen holding a heart spoon.

Hi, I'm Jules,

I'm the sweet-toothed Scot behind Bonni Bakery!
I'm here to help you make incredible desserts from scratch at home.

Below you can read a little about my journey, as well as the values and ethos of Bonni Bakery.

I'm so happy you're here!

Happy Baking!

I truly believe that baking is for everyone and my goal is to use Bonni Bakery to help you to create impressive, professional-quality desserts in your own kitchen.

Every recipe is developed and tested by me and I use my sixteen years of culinary experience to break down the recipes into easy steps with pro tips thrown in to help you create your own kitchen magic.

My Story

When I was sixteen I started a small baking business in my home in Scotland. I didn't know then that over the next decade, I would grow it into a successful bakery across two stores, a commercial kitchen, and a wonderful team of talented bakers!

After ten incredible years, I decided it was time for a new adventure, so I packed up my piping bags and moved all the way to Canada with just a suitcase and my kitty cat, Jasper.

I started this baking blog as a way to share some of my old tried and true recipes from my bakery’s kitchen, but I quickly discovered that helping people learn how to make delicious desserts at home felt like my new calling!

When I had my bakery, the thing that got me out of bed in the morning was that wonderful feeling of watching people take a bite of something that I had created and seeing how much joy it brought to them. I sometimes still miss the bakery, but what I love about having a dessert blog is that I can have that same impact in millions of homes all over the world.

Knowing that these recipes are being tried, tasted, and shared by families worldwide is a feeling I can’t even describe. Now living back in Scotland, with my Canadian husband and our gorgeous baby girl, Aurora (and of course, Jasper), I share new dessert recipes every week.

The Bonni Bakery Ethos

Everyone has their own way of doing things and I think there is a right time and place for every method. So without judgment, here are some of the principles that are reflected throughout every recipe on this site.

1. Using REAL ingredients

I always try to use real ingredients wherever possible in my recipes, rather than artificial flavorings and substitutes. This is for two reasons. Firstly, I want to make my recipes accessible to everyone and make sure you can get most of the ingredients from your local grocery store, rather than searching to find specialist ingredients.

Secondly, I just believe the flavor is better and more authentic if you are using the real deal! Choosing the right ingredients can be critical to the success of a recipe, so you’ll find guidance for each one in the ‘ingredient notes’ section of each post.

2. From Scratch Recipes

I am a big believer in baking from scratch, which is why you will never see any recipes on Bonni Bakery using box mix. I just wholeheartedly believe that homemade always tastes better. Plus the pre-made cake mixes contain so many unnecessary chemicals and additional ingredients that we can avoid just by sticking with simple ingredients you can find in your pantry. Same goes for using jello and pudding mixes as an ingredient for a dessert.

I will occasionally let you know in the ‘Shortcuts’ section of a post if you can substitute with a box mix, but I never recommend it. The time and effort it takes to make from scratch is far outweighed by the superior end result, I promise it will be worth it!

3. Recipes for Every Skill Level

As I said above - baking is for everyone. You wouldn’t believe how many times I hear people say ‘Oh I could never make something like that’ or ‘I wish I could bake like you’. You absolutely can! I strive to write my recipes in a way that is approachable and caters to every skill level - whether you are an experienced pastry chef or a complete newbie in the kitchen.

You don’t need to go to pastry school to make show-stopping desserts. I learned everything I know through years of trial and error and experimenting in the kitchen. I trained dozens of employees over the years, and taught classes to novice bakers, and not once have I come across someone who genuinely couldn’t do it.

You just need to follow a good recipe and give it a go! I try to keep my instructions simple, but if anything isn’t clear you can always leave a comment or message me on Instagram for clarification and I will always be happy to help.

4. Genuinely Reliable Recipes

I want you to know that every recipe on this site has been personally developed, tested, and re-tested by me, firsthand. It’s hard to know what you can trust these days with low-quality sites and AI spitting out nonsense recipes. But I guarantee you if you come to Bonni Bakery for your recipes you can trust that each one has honestly been carefully constructed by Yours Truly. That’s a promise.