Ann Reardon of the successful YouTube channel How to Cook That (H2CT) not only makes the most beautiful and delicious desserts, but the food scientist and dietician also dives into baking hacks and debunks myths about milk and gluten.

When she was pregnant with her third son, the Australian Ann Reardon developed a rare skin disease that left her unable to go out in the sun and thus she was forced to stay indoors. She started a baking blog – howtocookthat.net – but  learning how to make cake decorations for example is easier by seeing how it’s done, than by reading about it. Reardon initially wanted to put those videos on her blog, but they were too big, so about 10 years ago she created a channel on YouTube to store her videos on. To her surprise, the channel quickly became popular and she now has nearly five million subscribers and almost a billion views.

‘In real life, you get a liquid mess’