Daring Bakers Challenge: Tiramisu

The February 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen and Deeba of Passionate About Baking. They chose Tiramisu as the challenge for the month. Their challenge recipe is based on recipes from The Washington Post, Cordon Bleu at Home and Baking Obsession.

Tiramisù translates from Italian to mean “pull me up” [...]

Mocha Hazelnut Marble Cake

I have to confess: I don’t often use nuts in my baked creations.  But sometimes I make an exception.  This cake is one of those exceptions.  The toasted hazelnuts add just the right flavor to the coffee and bittersweet chocolate.