Wafer-Thin
The January 2009 Daring Bakers challenge featured tuile cookies molded into fun shapes, decorated with chocolate dots and squiggles, and served with chocolate-coconut sorbet.
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French Yule Log, Update
A follow-up concluding my December 2008 Daring Bakers challenge, and offering suggestions to use up leftover elements from the dessert.
French Yule Log
The December 2008 Daring Bakers challenge featured a modern French holiday confection, the frozen yule log, consisting of layers of cake, ganache, creme brulee, feuillete crisp, and mousse under a shiny glaze. I went with…
Lavash There, Me Hearties!
The September 2008 Daring Bakers challenge featured crunchy lavash crackers, decorated with Middle Eastern spices and sesame seeds. I served mine at a going-away party with muhammara, a roasted-red pepper dip thickened with walnuts and…
Puffed and Stuffed
The August 2008 Daring Bakers challenge featured chocolate eclairs made with choux pastry, filled with chocolate pastry cream, and dipped in shiny chocolate glaze.
Got Milk?
A vanilla pudding infused with hazelnut praline, in honor of World Breastfeeding Week.
Daring Bakers Go Nuts
The July 2008 Daring Bakers challenge featured a filbert gateau with praline buttercream and a ganache glaze. It gave me a chance to play with caramel and piping.
Fava Pasta for Sher
Fettuccine with a velvety fava bean sauce, garnished with salty feta and crisp bacon, in honor of fellow foodblogger Sher of What Did You Eat?
What a Flake
The June 2008 Daring Bakers challenge featured the Danish braid, a gorgeous pastry of homemade laminated dough. I filled my braid with apples, and set about making a host of smaller pastries with a variety…
Angel Hair with Tomato-Mascarpone Sauce
A quick pasta dish comprised primarily of pantry staples.
If You Like Piña Coladas…
The May 2008 Daring Bakers challenge featured an almost "albino" version of the traditional dark chocolate opéra cake. My variation had a piña colada theme, involving pineapple curd and mousse, coconut buttercream, and a garnish…
Not So Daring
It’s time for another Daring Bakers challenge, but I’m going to have to take a pass this month, for the first time since I joined last July. The recipe—for Cheesecake Pops, from Sticky, Chewy, Messy,…
Cara Cara Creamsicle Cake
The March 2008 Daring Bakers challenge was Dorie Greenspan's Perfect Party Cake. My variation, served at my baby shower, was a creamsicle cake with cherry preserves, Cara Cara orange buttercream, and candied orange slices for…
Gator Pi(e) Day
Pi Day celebrated with chocolate coconut pie, and reminiscences about a fun children's book.
A Labor of Love
The February 2008 Daring Bakers challenge featured Julia Child's recipe for French bread, a labor-intensive process that yields a scrumptious result.
Time to Make the Long Johns
My attempt to tackle both chocolate-glazed yeasted doughnuts and the elusive creme-filled long john.
Consider Yourself Warned
A shockingly decadent version of my husband's favorite birthday cake, this towering dessert from the Junior's cookbook sandwiches an entire New York-style cheesecake between layers of fluffy German chocolate cake. Now that's what I'm talking…
Getting the Hang of Lemon Meringue
The January 2008 Daring Bakers challenge featured the classic lemon meringue pie. My first encounter with making a meringue topping ended well, with no weeping (me or the pie)!
Skinning the Wonton
Despite my pitiful crimping technique, these homemade wonton wrappers perform admirably when transformed into pork potstickers.
Yule (B)Logging, Part 2: Sawing Logs
The December 2007 Daring Bakers challenge featured a traditional yule log, or buche de noel, which is decorated to emulate an actual log. My "log" was embellished with meringue mushrooms, marzipan ivy and acorns, ganache…