This month’s Daring Baker’s challenge, selected by Chris of Mele Cotte was a layer cake from Great Cakes by Carol Walter. A Filbert Gateau with Praline Buttercream, to be exact. It sounded delicious: praline buttercream, chocolate ganache, and filberts (aka hazelnuts…I don’t actually know anyone who calls them filberts, do you?). This recipe was super [...]
Filed under: Daring Bakers, cake, dessert on July 30th, 2008 | 6 Comments »
The Picky Apple won’t eat bananas by themselves, but he WILL eat banana muffins. Although we have our tried and true Banana Crunch Muffin recipe, I wanted to find another banana bread or muffin recipe for a little banana variety. We’ve had lots of extra ripe bananas around here lately as they are one of [...]
Filed under: bananas, breakfast, muffins on July 15th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This recipe is based loosely on Emeril’s recipe for Penne a La Vodka Casserole. Emeril’s recipe includes hot Italian sausage, and if you like Italian sausage, this is a great recipe (with or without the vodka). Although we enjoyed Emeril’s original recipe, The Picky Apple and I aren’t big fans of Italian sausage. This time [...]
Filed under: freezer friendly, main dish, pasta on July 12th, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This is a recipe I’ve had on my “to bake” list for quite some time now. It started when my husband gave me the Sticky Chewy Messy Gooey cookbook by JIll O’ Connor for Valentine’s Day this year. This cookbook is full of yummy looking desserts, but this one in particular caught my eye. This [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on July 10th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I hate meatloaf. There, I said it. Believe me, I want to like it. Meatloaf is one of those classic American comfort foods, and from what I’ve heard, it goes great with mashed potatoes (which I love). I have tried a handful of different meatloaf recipes, but to no avail. I just haven’t found one [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on July 3rd, 2008 | 1 Comment »