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Sloane's Table is your go-to collection of tried & true bakery-worthy recipes ranging from simple sweets to technical pastries.
Hey there! I'm Sloane
I am the professional baker, food photographer, and blogger behind Sloane's Table. I grew up in Southlake, Texas and currently live in Dallas, Texas.
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Why I started Sloane's Table...
My connection to baking isn’t rooted in childhood memories or family recipes. I didn’t grow up in a kitchen filled with flour-dusted counters or handwritten recipe cards passed down through generations.
Baking entered my life in a very different way: as an escape.
From ages 6 to 21, I spent the majority of my life in a pool as a competitive springboard diver, training more than 20 hours a week. Diving required precision, discipline, and relentless repetition - qualities that unknowingly laid the groundwork for how I approach baking today. But during those same years, I began experiencing chronic back and hip pain that doctors struggled to diagnose or treat. I was passed from specialist to specialist, often given temporary fixes instead of answers.
Pain slowly took over my life.
As someone already quiet by nature, I withdrew even further. Relationships with my family became strained, friendships faded, and my world grew smaller and smaller. For years, the only consistent bright spots in my life were doctor appointments (some of the only structured social interaction I had) and baking.
I never consciously decided baking would be my coping mechanism, it happened naturally. But over time, what began as distraction turned into fascination. I became obsessed with understanding how recipes were built, how ingredients affected structure and texture, and why certain baked goods tasted the way they did.
Growing up in Texas meant incredible Tex-Mex and BBQ, and with an Italian father, unforgettable traditional Italian meals. But when it came to desserts, nothing compared to what I could recreate myself from my favorite baking blogs. Baking became the one area of my life where I felt both control and creativity... and eventually, purpose.
The Turning Point: Greece 2019
In 2019, I was a junior at Dartmouth College studying Classics abroad in Greece. That experience changed everything for me. Until then, I had followed the path I was expected to take. But being immersed in history, culture, and food opened my eyes to an entirely different kind of life, one rooted in creativity and storytelling through food.
I vividly remember sitting on buses traveling through tiny Peloponnesian towns, binge-listening to Radio Cherry Bombe episodes about women building careers in the food world. Something clicked. For the first time, I could see a life that aligned with both my passion and my physical reality.
I knew then that food (specifically baking) wasn’t just a hobby. It was my future.
Turning Passion into a Business
By spring 2020, I had launched Sloane’s Table with a clear vision: to create bakery-worthy recipes that home bakers could confidently recreate from scratch.
I was still applying for traditional jobs at the time to appease my family, but deep down I knew I could never sustain a corporate career while managing chronic pain. And then, like for so many others, the pandemic shifted everything. I found myself at home finishing my degree with very few job prospects and one undeniable opportunity: to fully commit to the dream I had felt forming in Greece.
What began as passion quickly became purpose, and then a business.
Sloane’s Table exists because baking gave me a way to rebuild my life on my own terms. Chronic pain didn’t just influence this path, it made it possible. It taught me patience, precision, resilience, and the value of slowing down and doing things intentionally.
Those lessons now live inside every recipe I create.
Sloane's Table Mission
Sloane's Table is your go-to collection of tried & true bakery-worthy recipes ranging from simple sweets to technical pastries.
I dedicate each recipe to:
- Teaching the “why” behind every step
- Simplifying complex techniques
- Refining the classics
- Eliminating guesswork
Baking can seem intimidating, but my goal is to take you step by step with process photos and detailed notes, guiding you throughout each recipe. So whether you are looking to challenge yourself and improve your baking skills or just want an easy, trust-worthy recipe, you're right where you belong.
Thank You for Being Here
I started Sloane’s Table because I love baking and food photography, but what fuels me every single day is the freedom this career has given me while living with chronic pain, and the joy of helping others create something beautiful from scratch.
Baking has the power to bring comfort, celebration, and connection into our lives, and I am endlessly grateful to share that with you🤍
If you have questions about a recipe or baking in general, don't hesitate to reach out! Send me an email at hello@atsloanestable.com or DM me on Instagram.
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