Tiramisu

The February 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen and Deeba of Passionate About Baking. They chose Tiramisu as the challenge for the month. Their challenge recipe is based on recipes from The Washington Post, Cordon Bleu at Home and Baking Obsession. I have always been a big tiramisu fan. […]

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Nanaimo Bars

The January 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Lauren of Celiac Teen. Lauren chose Gluten-Free Graham Wafers and Nanaimo Bars as the challenge for the month. The sources she based her recipe on are 101 Cookbooks and www.nanaimo.ca. After taking last month off from the Daring Bakers, I was just totally sugared out by […]

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Daring Bakers: Macaroons

I have a confession. Promise not to judge??? Okay here goes… before this Daring Bakers Challenge I have never ever eaten a Macaroon! GASP! I know. It’s bad. Don’t hate me. Fortunately for me I was able to break this terrible trend before it got any worse. The 2009 October Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought […]

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Daring Bakers: Dobos Torta

Talk about PROCRASTINATION – I literally just finished my masterpiece this morning! And now I get to eat it for breakfast 🙂 The August 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Angela of A Spoonful of Sugar and Lorraine of Not Quite Nigella. They chose the spectacular Dobos Torte based on a recipe from Rick […]

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Daring Bakers: Mallows (Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies)

The July Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Nicole at Sweet Tooth. She chose Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies and Milan Cookies from pastry chef Gale Gand of the Food Network. We were given the option of doing one, or both of the cookies. I opted for the Mallows or Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies, partially because […]

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Daring Bakers: Bakewell Tart…er…pudding

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 the 1800’s in England. Until the next DB Challenge… p.s. I need your suggestions… […]

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Daring Bakers: Chocolate Chip and Butterscotch Cheesecake

The April 2009 Challenge is hosted by Jenny from Jenny Bakes. She has chosen Abbey’s Infamous Cheesecake as the challenge. When I first read about this month’s challenge I was so excited but at a total loss for what kind of cheesecake to make! There are just so many possibilities… chocolate, strawberry, vanilla bean, coffee, […]

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Lasagne of Emilia-Romagna

The March 2009 Daring Baker challenge is hosted by Mary of Beans and Caviar, Melinda of Melbourne Larder and Enza of Io Da Grande. They have chosen Lasagne of Emilia-Romagna from The Splendid Table by Lynne Rossetto Kasper as the challenge. This is my first month in the Daring Baker’s Challenger and it definitely proved […]

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