Cake Pops: Snowmen and Polar BearsThis was my first foray into the realm of cake pops. If you haven't hopped on this fad yet, I highly recommend it. They're so cute that it's worth the nit-picky work they take to make! Bakerella, the author of Cake Pops , recommends using a[...] |
DB: Christmas StollenThe 2010 December Daring Bakers? challenge was hosted by Penny of Sweet Sadie?s Baking. She chose to challenge Daring Bakers? to make Stollen. She adapted a friend?s family recipe and combined it with information from friends, techniques from[...] |
TWD: Nutmeg Crumb CakeJill of Jill?s Blog chose Cardamom Crumb Cake, on page 38, for this week's TWD bake-along. However, I made mine with Nutmeg instead and threw in a handful of chopped apples for good measure. It was a nice change from cinnamon crumb cake which[...] |
Gingerbread Bundt CakeLess than 1 week to Christmas! It was a really weird feeling this weekend to be at the mall on the last weekend before Christmas and NOT have it packed with line-ups out the doors. I heard that online shopping has increased this year and I[...] |
Guaranteed Fudge BrowniesYou are most likely thinking - Oh no, not another brownie recipe - but before you click away, please note that these brownies are Incredible. So incredible that King Arthur Flour has designated them as "guaranteed" in the King Arthur Flour Cookie[...] |
TWD: Apple Coconut Family CakeThis week's TWD pick was by Amber of Cobbler du Monde who chose Apple-Coconut Family Cake, page 214 of The Book . It's a basic apple cake with coconut added to it. It's not too sweet, which was a nice change from the cookies and chocolates which[...] |
Tomato Parmesan Roll-UpsThese rolls are a pretty variation of pizza pretzels, recipe from Sandra Lee of the Food Network. I like to think of them as a savory version of cinnamon buns, since it's the same shaping method. They are full of classic flavors loved by all.[...] |
Semisweet Chocolate Layer Cake with Bakery FrostingI volunteered to make a bunch of cakes for a cake walk at our church, so I was in mass production mode. I came up with the idea to bake two jelly-roll sheets 11" x 17" and cut each into 6 smaller rectangles, make 2-layer high cakes from these[...] |
Copycat Club: December 2010Welcome to this month's Copycat Club (Our 3rd month!) I have a request. Does anyone have a crumb cake recipe that is very similar to the Krusteaz Cinnamon Crumb Cake mix. I have tried a lot of crumb cakes (including New York Crumb Cake[...] |
TWD: Maple Almond TuilesHindy of Bubie?s Little Baker chose Translucent Maple Tuiles, on page 173 of The Book . Check out her blog for the recipe. I had never made tuiles before in my life but the recipe was really simple and straightforward and approachable with only 4[...] |