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Daring Bakers, October 2009 - Macarons
The 2009 October Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to us by Ami S. She chose macarons from Claudia Fleming’s The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern as the challenge recipe.Somehow, the theme for DB and kuVarijacije was the same this ...
Daring Bakers, September 2009 - Vols-au-Vent
The September 2009 Daring Bakers' Challenge has been chosen by Steph of a whisk and a spoon. Steph chose Vols-au-Vent, which we are pretty sure in French means, "After one bite we could die and go to heaven!"Michel Richard’s Puff Pastry D...
Daring Bakers, May 2009 - Apple Strudel
Daring Bakers, April 2009 - Abbey's Infamous Cheesecake
Daring Bakers, February 2009 - Chocolate Valentino
Daring Bakers, January 2009 - Tuiles
Daring Bakers, November 2008 - Caramel Cake
Daring Bakers, October 2008 - Pizza
Pizza is a lot like sex. When it's good, it's really good. When it's bad, it's still pretty good.AnonymousMargherita - tomato puree, mozzarella & basilBasic Pizza DoughOriginal recipe taken from The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of ...
Daring Bakers, August 2008 - Pierre Hermé’s Chocolate Éclairs
This month's challenge was hosted by MeetaK and Tony Tahhan. The recipe chosen was Chocolate Éclairs from Chocolate Desserts by Pierre Hermé written by Dorie Greenspan.Pierre Hermé’s Chocolate Éclairsfrom Chocolate Desserts by Pierre HerméPât...
Daring Bakers, July 2008 - Filbert Gateau With Praline Buttercream
Filbert Gateau with Praline Buttercreamfrom Great Cakes by Carol Walter1 Filbert Genoise1 recipe sugar syrup, flavored with dark rum1 recipe Praline Buttercream½ cup heavy cream, whipped to soft peaks1 recipe Apricot Glaze1 recipe Ganache Glaze, pre...
Daring Bakers, June 2008 - Danish Braid
Recipe source: Sherry Yard - The Secrets of BakingFor the dough (Detrempe):1 ounce fresh yeast or 1 tablespoon active dry yeast1/2 cup whole milk1/3 cup sugarzest of 1 orange, finely grated3/4 tsp ground cardamom1-1/2 tsp vanilla extract1/2 vanilla b...
Daring Bakers, May 2008 - Opéra
This months Daring Bakers chalange is Opéra cake, and it's dedicated to Barbara from winosandfoodies.com. This time, I decided to keep it simple, and not alter the recipe in any way.This recipe is based on Opéra Cake recipes in Dorie Greenspan’s ...
Daring Bakers: Perfect Party Cake
This month's Daring Bakers challenge was hosted by Morven and she chose A Perfect Party Cake from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking from My Home to Yours. Actually, I was thrilled to make a cake as a challenge since my birthday is this month and wanted to m...
My First Daring Bakers Challenge - Julia Child's French Bread
Finally! I am a Daring Baker! And for my first challenge - it's Julia Child's French Bread. Fifteen pages of recipe and I've only baked bread once before. I even went to our country house, cause that's where the good oven is. I calculated that if I s...
