Turtle Cheesecake
My mom's favorite dessert flavor, in cheesecake form: a fantastic birthday gift and even better goodbye (for now) to casein.
Tag Archives: caramel
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The August 2011 Daring Bakers challenge was making candy, with at least one incorporating tempered chocolate. I made white chocolate-blueberry marzipan bonbons, chocolate coconut figs, cucumber-elderflower pate de fruits, and chocolate-dipped tahini caramels.
Crimson Popcorn
Local heirloom popcorn is coated with a simple blend of peanut butter, honey, and sugar for a totally addictive treat like caramel corn that is neither too hard nor too gooey.
Baked Alaska
The August 2010 Daring Bakers challenge was brown butter pound cake combined with homemade ice cream into baked Alaska and ice cream petit fours.
Bombe Squad
The July 2010 Daring Bakers challenge was a Swiss roll-lined ice cream bombe. I chose to go with an almond and summer fruit theme, making almond cake, boysenberry jam and caramel, and apricot and honey-almond…
The Full Montée
The May 2010 Daring Bakers challenge featured the croquembouche, a tower of cream puffs glued together with caramel or chocolate ganache. I filled my choux puffs with chocolate and vanilla praline pastry cream based on…
Orange Tian
The March 2010 Daring Baker's challenge featured homemade orange marmalade, pate sablee and caramel sauce in a French dessert called an orange tian. My variation used sweet Cara Cara oranges, a buckwheat-tinged crust, and a…
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.
My New Star
A twist on the old standard pumpkin pie, this recipe infuses the filling with caramel and tops it with an optional almond streusel.
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.
Oatmeal Carmelitas
A favorite bar cookie with oatmeal and walnuts for crunch, oozing caramel and melty chocolate.
Buns in the Oven (Three Ways)
The September 2007 Daring Bakers challenge featured cinnamon rolls and sticky buns from The Bread Baker's Apprentice. I made both varieties, and capped everything off with the announcement of my pregnancy (another "bun in the…
Milk Chocolate Caramel Tart
The August 2007 Daring Bakers challenge featured a milk-chocolate caramel tart, with creamy caramel hidden under a layer of fluffy mousse and a garnish of hard caramel scribbles.
Christmas Baking
Christmas baking 2006: Almond roca and toffee, chocolate korova wafers, chocolate PB pinwheels, coconut macaroons, molasses cookies, eggnog thumbprints, and caramel nut acorns.