Daring Bakers

Pierre Hermé Chocolate Eclair induced nostalgia

This month's Daring Bakers challenge was hosted by hosted by Meeta of What's for Lunch Honey? and Tony of Tony Tahhan. I've been pretty tired and stressed this month from our move and hadn't even looked at what this month's challenge until about a week and a half ago. I had been contemplating forgoing the […]

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Going Nutty

It's that time again! Time to report on my efforts to complete this month's Daring Bakers challenge. Our host this month was Chris from Mele Cotte who chose a Filbert Gateau with Praline Buttercream from "Great Cakes" by Carol Walter (you can find the recipe on Mele Cotte as well). This cake was definitely a […]

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Danish Deficiency

After long hours toiling in a hot kitchen working with things like laminated dough, detrempe, beurrage, and a special technique called turning dough, I am proud to present this months Daring Baker's Challenge, an exquisite Danish Braid.   Okay, okay, I must come clean. This is not my Danish Braid. This masterful creation belongs to […]

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L’Opéra!

No, I didn't go to the opera this week. Instead, I attempted to bring the opera to me, but not in musical form. I made an Opéra cake (or little mini cakes to be exact), a cake made up (usually) of five components: a joconde (a cake layer), a syrup (to wet the joconde), a […]

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Edible Fuji

"Our way is not soft grass, it's a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes upward, forward, toward the sun." — Ruth Westheimer When I looked over this month's Daring Bakers challenge, I though "Eh, no problem! Totally doable!" However, when I started to break down the process and think about each step, […]

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Let them eat cake!

Whether or not Marie Antoinette said it, "Let them eat cake!" is the perfect title for this post.   This month's Daring Bakers challenge was Dorie Greenspan's Perfect Party Cake recipe from her book, Baking from My Home to Yours (page 250). This cake is essentially a white cake with a buttercream frosting, though there […]

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Channeling My Inner Julia

D is for Daring–Daring Bakers that is.   Not only am I a daring eater, but now I am attempting to be a Daring Baker. What is a Daring Baker you ask? Well, she/he is a person who loves anything having to do with flour, butter, sugar, yeast and the opportunity to better their baking […]

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