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Chocolate Babka

December 27, 2011

Chocolate babka, a sweet yeasted cake filled with chocolate and cinnamon. It just sounds so delicious. I’ve read about others making it on several blog sites. Quite often the post starts off something like this… “The only reference I have to chocolate babka comes from Seinfeld”….yadda yadda yadda… Well, not to sound like everyone else but [...]

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Brioche Cinnamon Rolls

April 14, 2011

Working with yeast has never been one of my favorite things. Recently I’ve noticed that I’m not alone either. I’ve been reading other blogs and there is a group out there that would rather avoid using it. Makes sense. Yeast is a tricky ingredient and you need a very specific environment for it to work [...]

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Daring Bakers: Meringue Coffee Cake

March 27, 2011

Where did March go? As always, It feels like I just posted last month’s challenge yesterday. The March 2011 Daring Baker’s Challenge was hosted by Ria of Ria’s Collection and Jamie of Life’s a Feast. Ria and Jamie challenged The Daring Bakers to bake a yeasted Meringue Coffee Cake. This challenge looked delicious from the [...]

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Daring Bakers Challenge: Fig and Chocolate Stollen

December 27, 2010

I procrastinated on this month’s challenge and then went away last week for a beach vacation. I pretty much accepted defeat in that I was not going to have time to participate this month. Hah! I some how managed to pull it off on the last two days! Well, I guess being snowed in as [...]