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On Daring Bakers and Coffee Cake

There are certain things I get a real child-like excitement about baking . Chocolate chip cookies. Chocolate ganache. Any kind of bread/yeast product. I’ve made these things over and over and still feel this sort of gleeful anticipation before making them. I think with the first two it’s because they’re just soooo good (and honestly, who [...]

On Daring Bakers and Artful Cakes

I must say I’m developing a bit of a love/hate relationship with these Daring Bakers’ Challenges. Every month since I’ve joined the Daring Bakers the process has gone something like this:

Excitedly open and read the challenge on the first of the month Either a) love or b) hate it on first sight Promptly avoid [...]

On Daring Bakers and Stollen

The 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 Peter Reinhart’s book………and Martha Stewart’s demonstration.

My first experience with stollen, told in the style of Bridget [...]

On Daring Bakers and Christmas Crostata

The 2010 November Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Simona of briciole. She chose to challenge Daring Bakers to make pasta frolla for a crostata. She used her own experience as a source, as well as information from Pellegrino Artusi’s Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well.

Pasta frolla the Italian name [...]

On Daring Bakers and Doughnuts

Exciting news: I have joined the Daring Bakers. Ok, it’s exciting for me! I know I’m a little late to the game but hey, I’m still quite new to this whole blogging thing. So with the eagerness reserved for all things new (and all things baking) I waited to see what the October’s (and my first) [...]