From the category archives:

Daring Bakers Challenge

Nanaimo Bars Deconstructed

07.03.2010 Chocolate

It’s been nearly three years since I joined The Daring Bakers and in that time, I’ve been quite diligent about making each month’s challenge and posting it on time.  Actually, I’ve had a slip here and there along the way, but recently,  I’ve struggled the past several months for a variety of reasons.  Suffice it [...]

12 comments Read More →

Chocolate Macarons with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Buttercream

26.10.2009 Baked

I’ve tried to remember the first time I saw a macaron, but honestly, I can’t.  It surely wasn’t until I started writing here, more and more frequently crossing paths with amazing people who bake amazing desserts at home with little or no formal training.  I’d not heard of Pierre Herme, either.  No, I was [...]

43 comments Read More →

Vols-au-vent: Spiced Poached Pears with Hazelnut Sabayon

27.09.2009 Baked

It was only a matter of time that I’d have to revisit the task of making pate feuilletee again.  My first run-in with the multi-layered French pastry dough was also my first Daring Baker challenge over two years ago.  The result was truly something that might qualify as an organic building material considering the sheer [...]

29 comments Read More →

12 Layers: White Dobos Torte

28.08.2009 Baked

I haven’t always been a contrary person, but when I saw the August challenge the Daring Bakers were to task themselves with smack in the middle of the dog days of summer, I knew I wanted  to work with a light cake  and feature some aspect of the summer fruit that is so plentiful [...]

32 comments Read More →

Mallow Cookies Three Ways

28.07.2009 Chocolate

I’ve consigned myself to being late and promising not ever to say that I’ll reform my ways when it comes to our monthly Daring Bakers challenges.  It seems not to matter what the excuse is, I’ll have one, and having been a teacher for many years, I’d say my excuses rank with the top [...]

47 comments Read More →

Mixed Berry Bakewell Tart

04.07.2009 Baked

It’s becoming very apparent that I’m a complete failure at this business of working and trying to keep a food blog. I’m surprised, actually, because for years and years I managed to work a ridiculous number of hours and still have time to occasionally pretend that I might be Martha — sans the income, [...]

24 comments Read More →

← Previous Entries