Breaking Ground
A work party at the brand new community garden near my parents' house, salmon with Cara Cara orange sauce, and chocolate whoopie pies with Swiss meringue butercream.
Tag Archives: buttercream
Dobos Torte
The August 2009 Daring Bakers challenge featured a classic Viennese pastry, the Dobos Torte, in which five thin layers of sponge are stacked with chocolate buttercream and topped with a decorative caramel-glazed cake layer.
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.
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…
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…
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…
Yule (B)Logging, Part 1: Logrolling
The December 2007 Daring Bakers challenge featured a traditional yule log, or buche de noel, which is decorated to emulate an actual log. My version used a chocolate genoise, and chestnut and dark chocolate buttercreams.