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 »
This month’s Daring Bakers’ challenge, hosted by Morven, was Dorie Greenspan’s Perfect Party Cake. I made this cake for Easter dinner with my husband’s family. One of the neat things about this recipe is its flexibility because this basic recipe can be adapted with many different fillings, fresh berries, and other toppings. I opted to [...]
Filed under: Daring Bakers, cake, dessert on March 30th, 2008 | 7 Comments »
This is my first month being a part of the Daring Bakers, a super-cool group of bloggers who take on new and exciting baking challenges each month. In past months, they’ve tackled Lemon Meringue Pie and Yule Logs. February’s challenge was Julia Child’s French Bread, hosted by Breadchick Mary of The Sour Dough and Sara [...]
Filed under: Daring Bakers, bread on February 29th, 2008 | 15 Comments »