Pictured, from left, Chef Katie Lee, Iron Chef Geoffrey Zakarian, Kim Lange, Food Network Chef Sunny Anderson and Food Network Chef Jeff Mauro. (Photo provided)

NEW PARIS— A New Paris resident whose blog reached over 1 million views during the month of December 2018 will be appearing on an episode of “The Kitchen” Saturday, March 2.

Kim Lange is the founder of a popular food blog known as “The Baking ChocolaTess.” Her Awesome Country Apple Fritter Bread recipe is currently the most popular apple recipe on Pinterest, being pinned over a million times.

Lange started the blog in April 2014 “for something to do in the evenings” while her husband was working second shift. 

“I love desserts so I just started researching it and the next thing I knew, I was starting a blog,” said Lange.

The blog initially ended up being more challenging than Lange expected. 

“I almost threw in the towel after the first year because it’s so much work,” said Lange. “The first two years I didn’t make a dime. I didn’t really know what I was doing.”

Lange eventually found an online class where she was able to interact with other bloggers who were starting out. 

“I learned a lot. It took you through starting a blog to everything in between,” said Lange.

Kim Lange. Photo provided.

Her blog focuses almost entirely around dessert recipes.

“I think that’s one of the reasons it’s been successful for me,” said Lange, “because I’ve stayed in that niche.”

She describes herself as artistic, which is helpful when it comes to decorating the desserts featured in her blog.

“I took cake decorating classes when my kids were young and I also did wedding cakes,” Lange said. “I did learn all that stuff so it’s very helpful if I want to decorate cupcakes or something.”

Although she is not a professional photographer, Lange has taken online photography classes and shoots all of her own photos for the blog.

“I did everything with my phone in the beginning,” Lange said. “The first thing you want to learn is photography. If you want recognition, you have to have really good photos.”

Regarding her upcoming television appearance, Lange said she received an email from the show’s producer.

“First of all I thought it was a joke,” Lange said. “They wanted to do an article on my apple fritter bread because it’s the most pinned apple recipe on Pinterest. They did an article first and then they came back a couple of weeks later and said ‘Hey, would you come on our show and make the apple fritter bread?’”

“The Kitchen” is a cooking-themed talk show that airs on the Food Network channel. The series, presented by Food Network chefs Sunny Anderson and Jeff Mauro, along with Chef Katie Lee and Iron Chef Geoffrey Zakarian, premiered Jan. 4, 2014.

The episode with Lange’s appearance will air at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 2. 

When asked about advice for future food bloggers, Lange said, “I think the most important thing is to take good pictures and have good content — and pin the hell out of it.”

Lange’s Awesome Country Apple Fritter Bread. Photo provided.