Ann Reardon

‘How To Cook That’ started when I needed a way to keep my mind active and my body awake during night feeds with my third son. I loved cooking desserts and people were always asking for my recipes, so the topic was an easy choice. As obvious as this sounds if you intend on starting a blog make sure:
1. It’s a topic that you enjoy.
2. An area that you are trained in or have experience. If it a how-to site you’ll need more knowledge than the average bear.
3. You LOVE it. If your blog is a success you are going to be producing the same topic of content for years to come. It should be fun for you.

You are still reading so I assume you are passionate, excited and have more ideas than you have time to write about. Welcome to the world of blogging. I’ve made a video to guide you through setting up your new website. Don’t worry, it’s easier than you think!

1. Click HERE to follow along with the video and set up your website.

(Disclosure: I get a small affiliate commission if you buy hosting through the above link, commissions are small so please don’t let that influence which company you choose to host with, go with whatever suits your needs the best).
2. CHOOSE A DOMAIN NAME
A domain name is your website address. For example the domain name for this site is “howtocookthat.net”.

3. ADD HOSTING
Buying the domain name is like putting that web address on hold so no one else can use it, BUT you are not yet using it yet either. To actually use your web address you need ‘hosting’, a company to store your website information and send it out to the world.

4. INSTALL WORDPRESS
Wordpress is free and totally customizable and you don’t need to know anything about coding (HTML/java etc) to use it.

5. CUSTOMIZE
Choose a ‘theme’ for the website. The theme is the general layout of the site. Click through the many ones available and choose one that will work for you. You can always come back later and change the theme at any time. Make sure you choose a theme that is ‘responsive’, which means it works on any size screen from mobile though to desktop.

Add various ‘plugins’ as you need them. Plugins are like mini tools or apps to help you do things on your blog. If you want your website to do something specific like have a shop, play your music, add a page of youtube videos, a gallery for your photos, share buttons… there is bound to be a plugin for it. You can add a plugin, test it out and delete it if it is not what you want, just like you would do with an app on your phone. Like apps there are heaps of free and paid versions of plugins.

6. CONTENT
Now it is time for you to add content to your website. Just a word on copyright. You can not copy or use other people photos or text without written permission. Every picture you find on google images has been taken by a real person and you can’t just steal their photos, you need permission.

7. GO LIVE
On the dashboard / admin area it will say “your site is currently being displayed as coming soon click here to launch it”. Click it and it is live.

8. ENJOY
Enjoy creating your very own piece of the internet.

479 Comments View Comments

  1. Hi ann! Iā€™m Addy! Age 10 (USA) and i love your channel! Iā€™m inspired by your desserts for a long time ? iā€™ve been getting inspiration from cakes that you make for my birthday cakes (mostly decoration ideas)
    Have a great day!
    -Addy

    • OMG! Hi Addy! I’m the same age as you, in the USA and also love her channel!
      I know a few addy’s in my school too!
      Also, Ann or Ann’s helper, can someone link me to more debunking videos on the website plz?

      • Omg ann i love ur vids r awsome keep going,1 question who eats all the food which u make hmm?
        im 10 years old started watching u from 2019 ur an amazing chef almost like the bob ross of cooking lots love from me n my family.
        ~sreshta

  2. Hi Ann, I’m Sophie, age 10 (in the USA) who who likes watching your channel.
    I have been baking with my Nona for as long as I can remember and I’m taking your advise from your channel and this website.
    I’m going to tell my Nona about you and your tips.
    Have a nice day!
    Bye!

  3. I really like your videos they are awesome thank you for making all these videos your biggest fan Anabella

  4. Hi
    I’m trying to buy the templates for the dump truck but it won’t take me to the payment pages after I click buy

    • I’ve just worked it out. Sorry

  5. I MADE THE TNT CAKE FOR MY SON’ 5th BIRTHDAY AND HE LOVED IT!! THANK YOU

  6. Iā€™m making the dump truck cake this weekend. Do you have a vanilla cake mix recipe that would hold up the the carving needle for this cake?

  7. We can’t help thinking you would enjoy ‘Accidentally Wes Anderson’ – the website and book of real places that look as if they belong in a Wes Anderson movie… and would love to see a Wes Anderson inspired cake – be it Grand Budapest Hotel or the boat from the Life Aquatic – the Bellafonte… thanks for your wonderfully soothing videos. xx

  8. I love watching you debunk these viral cooking YouTube videos…I was wondering about this new fruit cake that was build by scumdillious video. I like how they build the fruit cake tower and place fruits on the side but seems to me that the fruits would’ve slid off.

  9. Hey Ann,
    This is Neeraja, texting you from Sri Lanka. I am a big fan of your contents and follow you in youtube. I really like the way you debunk other viral videos. I have found some pictures of cake in thumbnail to be really exciting but when i watch the video tutorial, the thumbnail cake would be missing. I am sending you one of the cake thumbnail picture can you recreate it. I have been searching for those recipes but havenā€™t found them anywhere. Most of the similar cake thumbnails are from Natalia Lukashova dessertsā€™,a facebook page containing a variety of cake and desserts pictures, but no tutorial or recipes mentioned. Please make a video on recreating those cake and debunk such videos which has those pictures from the above mentioned facebook page

  10. Hi Anne,
    Love all your recipes. I’ve been searching for a recipe for lokumalso known as Turkish delight. I’d like to know how you get it to the consistency of store bought and it comes in many styles. Plain (sade) double boiled (kavrulmus) and sultan (Ankara lokum) if I’m right!! The double boiled is cooked longer till dark before it is set and the sultan loom has seaport meringue added the end to make it white and marshmallow like. I’d be grateful if you could include a recipe video for this and thanks again for all your wonderful recipes.

    Kindest regards
    Michael from Scotland

    • I MADE THE TNT CAKE FOR MY SON’ 5th BIRTHDAY AND HE LOVED IT!! THANK YOU

  11. Hello Ann,
    Living over here in France and my kids love your videos and are teaching me the best ways to make sweet treats, thank-you!! ā˜ŗļø
    Really appreciate if you do more food videos rather than debunking as it’s much more interesting!
    Thanks and stay safe!!!

  12. Hey dear ,im wondering if I could be able to get a video on getting a rosette piping done ,I will attach the cake imagine on like how i want it to be .. and also the type of topping to cover the cake before getting the icing done …how to create firm butter icing for the icing…and so on …thank you sof or much ahead ….

  13. Hi Ann. Love watching your channel. Just saw this video from 5 minute crafts maybe could be another clever or never video https://www.facebook.com/5min.crafts/videos/316907539535935/

  14. My husband and I have been binge-watching your YouTube videos and we so appreciate you ā€œdebunkingā€ the very misleading and dangerous cooking and life hack videos out there! Your insight and knowledge for food science is so important, but we want to give a big shoutout to Dave for taste-testing all of these awful recipes! Such a trooper! Haha! Much love from Olympia, Washington! ~Jill and Adam

  15. Hi, I am a new subscriber and was wondering at what time Ann films her videos so I can watch live. Does anybody know?

    • Hi, I think you need to download it from the shop, then print it out.

      • Tat was meant for Frank Castro.

  16. I donā€™t know if thereā€™s anyone that could help me.Where can I get the template in recipes for ambulance cars and hospitals. I would like to donate cakes to our local COVID-19 first responders doctors nurses and police
    In my area Texas if you have anything that fits that overall I would love

  17. hi i am inspired by you and now making my own website. i will send a link to you as soon as i am done

  18. hi i am inspired by you and now making my own website.

  19. Hi Ann. Big fan of your channel your debunked videos are great. Just stumbled apon a parody of you. Was just wondering if you’d seen it and what you thought of it.

  20. Hi Anne. I gave your Lightning McQueen a go. Very happy with the result. It appears the recipe needs updating as you need 8 black tyres not 4. Enjoyed making it.

    Regards
    Toni Martin

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