It’s time again for our monthly Daring Baker’s challenge! This time it’s hosted by Peabody of the delectable blog, Culinary Concoctions by Peabody. I was really excited to make this challenge because I’ve never made a Strawberry Mirror cake much…
Entries Tagged as 'DB Challenges'
Harry Potter and the Scarlet Mirror
July 30th, 2007 · 51 Comments · DB Challenges
Tags:Culinary Concoctions by Peabody·Daring Bakers·Strawberry Mirror Cake
And then there were three…
June 27th, 2007 · 33 Comments · DB Challenges
I did not have much time to complete this month’s Daring Bakers challenge having just come back from a grueling week of (cooking) boot camp. Flight cancellations also made matters worse by wasting an entire Saturday, a day I would…
Tags:bagels·Daring Bakers
It Huffed and it Puffed ….
May 27th, 2007 · 42 Comments · DB Challenges, Pastry
Friday, 5/25/2007 12:00 pm What is it about making puff pastry that strikes a chord of dread even in the most seasoned baker? Is it because of the time and effort one puts into it? Is it because it could…
A square crepe
April 29th, 2007 · 31 Comments · DB Challenges
I’m still on blogging vacation. I just popped in to post my crepe cake, which is this month’s Daring Baker’s challenge, hosted by Brilynn of Jumbo Empanadas. Let me tell you that this cake seriously kicked my a**. In fact…
Tags:Daring Bakers
A daring cake for Daring Bakers
March 26th, 2007 · 31 Comments · Cakes & Cupcakes, DB Challenges
“Racy yet regal with just a little hint of redneck, red velvet cake is wrapped in pedigree but remains queen of the comfort food.” This catchy description comes from the April issue of Virginia Living magazine. Yep, the red velvet…
Tags:red velvet cake
Chocolate Intensity
February 23rd, 2007 · 24 Comments · Chocolate, DB Challenges
After our ambitious foray into laminated dough last January, we girls decided to take it easy for this month’s cross-post. There were a couple of wonderful ideas tossed around for our next bake-go-round but clearly since this is the month…
My attempt to make Croissants…
January 30th, 2007 · 28 Comments · DB Challenges
WARNING : Long post. A collaboration of epic proportions took place this past weekend. A cross-post event that dealt with the making of croissants from scratch was held in the kitchens of several food bloggers. The croissant, as everyone knows,…
