So this month’s Daring Bakers Challenge was brought to us by Lauren over at Celiac Teen who threw down the gauntlet for folks to not only embrace the gluten-free, but also to embrace the uniquely Canadian treat known as Nanaimo bars (from scratch of course!). If you haven’t done so already, go check out Lauren’s blog. [...]
The December 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to you by Anna of Very Small Anna and Y of Lemonpi. They chose to challenge Daring Bakers’ everywhere to bake and assemble a gingerbread house from scratch. They chose recipes from Good Housekeeping and from The Great Scandinavian Baking Book as the challenge recipes.
This one was actually [...]
So another month has gone by, which can mean only one thing… another Daring Bakers Challenge!
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.
Macarons are one of those things that look so perfect that [...]
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.
This is one of those recipes that I have looked at over the years, in the cookbook, [...]
“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 Rodgers’ cookbook Kaffeehaus: Exquisite
Desserts from the Classic Caffés of Vienna, Budapest, and Prague.”
Last week, I realized that I had not yet tackled the August challenge [...]