By Jeanne, on July 27th, 2010
The July 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Sunita of Sunita’s world – life and food. Sunita challenged everyone to make an ice-cream filled Swiss roll that’s then used to make a bombe with hot fudge. Her recipe is based on an ice cream cake recipe from Taste of Home.
‘Tis the time of year [...]
By Jeanne, on June 27th, 2010
The June 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Dawn of Doable and Delicious. Dawn challenged the Daring Bakers’ to make Chocolate Pavlovas and Chocolate Mascarpone Mousse. The challenge recipe is based on a recipe from the book Chocolate Epiphany by Francois Payard
I won’t ever forget the day that I made these pavlovas. I [...]
By Jeanne, on June 21st, 2010
Saturday, 7:10 am. The farmers market had just opened and we found ourselves in front of a bright display of strawberries and marionberries. As we selected one of each type of berry, the farmer appeared in front of us and half-whispered, “I’ve got one container of tayberries back here if you’re interested.” [...]
By Jeanne, on May 27th, 2010
The May 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Cat of Little Miss Cupcake. Cat challenged everyone to make a piece montée, or croquembouche, based on recipes from Peter Kump’s Baking School in Manhattan and Nick Malgieri.
Assembling this pièce montée made me feel just a bit like a French pastry chef. Part of the [...]
By Jeanne, on May 17th, 2010
Logos fascinate me. It’s incredible how much influence one small image can have. Logos work their way into our subconscious mind, persuading us to buy (or refrain from buying) a product. Logos transcend languages. When you see a soda can with text in a foreign language, chances are you’ll recognize the [...]
By Jeanne, on May 10th, 2010
We were lucky enough to get some Meyer lemons in our CSA share this week. Since I’ve never used them before, I was incredibly excited! I’ve seen this variety of lemons featured on many of my favorite blogs, and people are always raving about them. Meyer lemons are a cross between a [...]
By Jeanne, on April 27th, 2010
The April 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Esther of The Lilac Kitchen. She challenged everyone to make a traditional British pudding using, if possible, a very traditional British ingredient: suet.
This challenge put me out of my comfort zone not only with a new technique, but with a new ingredient as well: suet. [...]
By Jeanne, on March 27th, 2010
The 2010 March Daring Baker’s challenge was hosted by Jennifer of Chocolate Shavings. She chose Orange Tian as the challenge for this month, a dessert based on a recipe from Alain Ducasse’s Cooking School in Paris.
Orange what? That was my first thought as well. Every Daring Bakers challenge introduces me to a new [...]
By Jeanne, on March 14th, 2010
I think they’d partake in a little bit of self-promotion, don’t you? These cupcakes are delicious, and they know it! It wasn’t much of a challenge to figure out what they were saying to me. Rich chocolate and dark brown sugar offset the flavors of Guinness perfectly. Topped with Bailey’s Irish [...]
By Jeanne, on February 28th, 2010
Every time I try a new brownie recipe, the resulting brownies taste like the best brownies I’ve ever made. This could mean one of two things: either my baking skills are improving, or I just love any type of brownies I can get my hands on.
So when I found this recipe for olive oil [...]