Mexican Marquise on Meringue
The May 2011 Daring Bakers challenge was a decadent chocolate marquise on meringue, garnished with caramel and spiced nuts. I chose a Mexican chocolate theme with cinnamon and dulce de leche that turned out beautifully.
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S’Mores Cupcakes for the Birthday Boy
Antipasto pasta salad may be tasty, but it pales in comparison to gooey, chocolatey s'mores cupcakes with toasted marshmallow meringue frosting. The perfect treat for a third birthday celebration!
Compounding Assets
In the second week of the Preserve the Bounty Challenge, we preserved fruits and vegetables in fat and oil. My approach was three flavorful compound butters: basil, peach-praline, and tomato-garlic.
Late Night Meal
The sudden heat wave continued last night. It was approaching 90F when we got home from work yesterday, so we delayed Freyja’s usual after-work walk until later in the evening, bleeding off some of her…