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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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So Nutty Shortbread Bars

July 22, 2010

Don’t you love it when you set out to make one thing and end up with something totally different but delicious? Earlier this week, I was going to make a caramel nut tart- a tart with with a caramelized walnut filling topped with a baked almond pastry cream (or frangipane). I had just finished preparing [...]

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Cherry Almond Tart

July 16, 2010

I don’t care much for cherries. I’ve never had cherry pie nor have I really had the urge to make one. But a few days ago I came across a post on cherry coconut friands and a post on cherry crumble cake over at Mowielicious that changed my mind about cherries. He had some really inspiring cherry dessert photos. [...]