daring bakers

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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Ginger Panna Cotta & Pear Gelee with Agar-Agar

February 26, 2011

First, an explanation of my absence: My blog has seriously slowed down and I’ve been MIA because I have started a part time job teaching again. Things should slow down soon and hopefully the blog will pick up again! I really do miss it!!! And now for this month’s Daring Baker’s challenge reveal… Let me [...]

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Daring Bakers: Mini Chocolate Hazelnut Mousse Entremets

January 27, 2011

The January 2011 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Astheroshe of the blog Accro. She chose to challenge everyone to make a biscuit joconde imprime to wrap around an entremet dessert. Huh? Joconde imprime is a French baking term used to describe a decorative pattern that is baked into a soft sponge cake (joconde).The decorative [...]

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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 [...]

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Daring Bakers Challenge: Doughnuts

October 27, 2010

The October 2010 Daring Bakers challenge was hosted by Lori of Butter Me Up. Lori chose to challenge DBers to make doughnuts. She used several sources for her recipes including Alton Brown, Nancy Silverton, Kate Neumann and Epicurious. I have to admit, I was not too excited about this month’s challenge. I suppose it’s the [...]

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Daring Bakers Challenge: Decorated Train Sugar Cookies

September 28, 2010

At first, I thought this month’s challenge was a no brainer. It was in the sense that I knew exactly what I was going to make. The September 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Mandy of “What the Fruitcake?!” Mandy challenged everyone to make Decorated Sugar Cookies based on recipes from Peggy Porschen and [...]