Gingerbread house
The December 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to you by Anna of Very Small Anna and Y of Lemonpi. They chose to challenge Daring Bakers’ everywhere to bake and assemble a gingerbread house from scratch. They chose recipes from Good Housekeeping and from The Great Scandinavian Baking Book as the challenge recipes. I was […]
Pumpkin Macarons
The 2009 October Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to us by Ami S. She chose macarons from Claudia Fleming’s The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern as the challenge recipe. These Macarons are not to be confused with the American macaroons that have coconut. They are light airy fluffy and hard to master. To […]
Milan Cookies
The July Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Nicole at Sweet Tooth. She chose Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies and Milan Cookies from pastry chef Gale Gand of the Food Network. Cookies!! I just love cookies as most people do. They are fun and simple and just plain ole good. But this months challenge was not […]
Mulberry Strudel
I’ll never forget the apple strudel that our neighbor Mrs. M gave us shortly after the boys were born, it was so good, good like a strudel should be. The crust was light and crispy, the filling was sweet with a slight crunch of apple and golden raisins. I remember asking her please show me […]
Jalapeno Cheesecake
The April 2009 challenge is hosted by Jenny from Jenny Bakes. She has chosen Abbey’s Infamous Cheesecake as the challenge. Be sure to check out the Daring Baker’s Blogroll and see all the wonderful cheesecakes these ladies made, you will be amazed. This months Daring Bakers Challenge, is obviously cheesecake, but the real challenge is […]
Chocolate Valentino & Vanilla Ice Cream
The February 2009 challenge is hosted by Wendy of WMPE’s blog and Dharm of Dad ~ Baker & Chef. We have chosen a Chocolate Valentino cake by Chef Wan; a Vanilla Ice Cream recipe from Dharm and a Vanilla Ice Cream recipe from Wendy as the challenge. When I first saw this february challenge I […]
Caramel Cake
This months Daring Baker’s Challenge was Caramel Cake and icing hosted by Delores , Alex, Jenny & Natalie enjoyed making this cake for two reasons, I have never made a caramel syrup, and secondly I would love to get better at making cakes. This cake has a unique flavor from the syrup and a denser […]
Pizza!
This is my very first Daring Bakers Challenge hosted by Rosa from Rosa’s Yummy Yums it’s pizza, I am so glad that I had pizza making experience before, here and here. So I decided to make two kinds of pizza. A traditional pizza with prosciutto, muenster cheese and pizza sauce. And a Halloween inspired dessert […]
