Joanne Chang of Flour Bakery to create 375th birthday cake for Harvard

Joanne Chang of Flour Bakery will provide a cake for Harvard's 375th birthday celebration.

Joanne Chang

Joanne Chang | Photograph courtesy of Flour Bakery

Joanne Chang ’91, owner of the three Flour Bakery + Café venues in Boston, will create the birthday cake for Harvard's 375th birthday party on October 14. Chang, profiled in Harvard Magazine's Montage section in 2008, recently spoke at an event for the Friends of Harvard Magazine. Her new cookbook, Flour: Spectacular Recipes from Boston's Flour Bakery + Café, has raised her media profile of late. Learn how to make Chang's celebrated sticky buns in this video.

 

 

 

 

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