Daring baker challenge :

Daring Baker's Challenge ~ Bakewell Tart

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The June Daring Bakers' challenge was hosted by Jasmine of Confessions of a Cardamom Addict and Annemarie of Ambrosia and Nectar. They chose a Traditional (UK) Bakewell Tart... er... pudding that was inspired by a rich baking history dating back to[...]

Daring Baker?s Challenge: Puffed Pastry!

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The September 2009 Daring Bakers' challenge was hosted by Steph of A Whisk and a Spoon. She chose the French treat, Vols-au-Vent based on the Puff Pastry recipe by Michel Richard from the cookbook Baking With Julia by Dorie Greenspan.  [...]

Daring Baker Challenge: Frangipane Tarts!

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The June Daring Bakers' challenge was hosted by Jasmine of Confessions of a Cardamom Addict and Annemarie of Ambrosia and Nectar. They chose a Traditional (UK) Bakewell Tart... er... pudding that was inspired by a rich baking history dating back[...]

Daring Baker's Challenge: Piece Montée

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The May 2010 Daring Bakers? challenge was hosted by Cat of Little Miss Cupcake . Cat challenged everyone to make a piece montée, or croquembouche, based on recipes from Peter Kump?s Baking School in Manhattan and Nick Malgieri.[...]

Daring Baker Challenge: Chocolate Pavlova

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The June 2010 Daring Bakers? challenge was hosted by Dawn of Doable and Delicious. Dawn challenged the Daring Bakers? to make Chocolate Pavlovas and Chocolate Mascarpone Mousse. The challenge recipe is based on a recipe from the book Chocolate[...]

Cannoli - Daring Baker's November Challenge

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When I logged in to check about November's challenge the first thing I read was "no baking",this was disappointing.After going thru the post,I wasn't sure if I would be able to participate coz Cannoli is something that I have neither seen nor heard[...]

October Daring Baker's Challenge: Doughnuts

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The October 2010 Daring Bakers challenge was hosted by Lori of Butter Me Up . Lori chose to challenge D-B-er's to make doughnuts. She used several sources for her recipes including Alton Brown, Nancy Silverton, Kate Neumann and[...]

November Daring Baker's Challenge: Crostata

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This chocolate and ricotta tart is light, fresh and easy to make. I do wish I had gone with a different pastry - something saltier and flakier - but for the quick pastry it is, it works well with the ricotta filling. We had a couple of[...]

Daring Baker's Challenge: Cannoli Siciliani

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The November 2009 Daring Bakers Challenge was chosen and hosted by Lisa Michele of Parsley, Sage, Desserts and Line Drives . She chose the Italian Pastry, Cannolo (Cannoli is plural), using the cookbooks Lidia?s Italian-American Kitchen[...]

October's Daring Baker Challenge: Doughnuts

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Eeeee! I know I haven't posted anything in what seems like forever, and yes you can blame my work on that one. I simply haven't found the time to get back into the kitchen! When doing shift-work, it seems like your "days on" are so busy you[...]