daring baker

Mandy of What The Fruitcake?! came to our rescue last minute to present us with the Battenberg Cake challenge! She highlighted Mary Berry’s techniques and recipes to allow us to create this unique little cake with ease. Don't judge a book by its cover. My cake has quite some much blush on the cheeks. I can't tell if it's really ugly or not bad for a first  try. But it's pretty good. If you can forget about the ongoing heat. I took on the challenge and here goes: Rosewater and rasberry Battenberg cake! Don't overreact, folks, it... [Lire la suite]

  May’s Daring Bakers’ Challenge was pretty twisted – Ruth from The Crafts of Mommyhood challenged us to make challah! Using recipes from all over, and tips from “A Taste of Challah,” by Tamar Ansh, she encouraged us to bake beautifully braided breads.     I now know why I became a Daring Baker in the first place. I discovered the concept on the beautifull blog Rosa's yummy yums. Unfortunately I signed up as she stopped the challenges. Vanilla panna cotta with fiorentine cookies marked my beginning and was the... [Lire la suite]

The Daring Bakers’ April 2012 challenge, hosted by Jason at Daily Candor, were two Armenian standards: nazook and nutmeg cake. Nazook is a layered yeasted dough pastry with a sweet filling, and nutmeg cake is a fragrant, nutty coffee-style cake. This month I litterally had to force myself to do the challenge. I haven't been posting a whole lot on my blog and I wonder what it's direction will turn out to be. The strange thing is that this challenge really made my mouth water and early on in the month I bought everything I needed to... [Lire la suite]

Sara and Erica of Baking JDs were our March 2012 Daring Baker hostesses! Sara & Erica challenged us to make Dutch Crunch bread, a delicious sandwich bread with a unique, crunchy topping. Sara and Erica also challenged us to create a one of a kind sandwich with our bread!   Sara et Erica de Baking JDs étaient nos hôtes Daring Bakers pour Mars 2012! Sara et Erica nous ont défiés de faire du pain Dutch Crunch, un délicieux pain à sandwich avec une croûte unique. Elles nous ont aussi défiés de créer un sandwich original... [Lire la suite]

The Daring Bakers’ February 2012 host was – Lis! Lis stepped in last minute and challenged us to create a quick bread we could call our own. She supplied us with a base recipe and shared some recipes she loves from various websites and encouraged us to build upon them and create new flavor profiles. L'hôte du défi des Daring Bakers du mois de février 2012 était – Lis! Lis est intervenue à la dernière minute pour nous défier de créer des "quick breads" à notre image [la traduction de quick bread pourrait être le sujet d'une thèse ou... [Lire la suite]

Audax Artifex was our January 2012 Daring Bakers’ host.. Aud worked tirelessly to master light and fluffy scones (a/k/a biscuits) to help us create delicious and perfect batches in our own kitchens! So I would like to start by thanking Audax for challenging us to bake something relatively simple in this post-holiday time of unkept resolutions. I didn't wait untill January to think to myself that I should be more serious about making the pastries every month. So today, I gladly present my little scones, I will call them biscuits (or... [Lire la suite]

The Daring Baker’s October 2011 challenge was Povitica, hosted by Jenni of The Gingered Whisk. Povitica is a traditional Eastern European Dessert Bread that is as lovely to look at as it is to eat! Le défi du mois d'octobre des Daring Bakers était le povitica, accueilli par Jenni, de The Gingered Whisk. Le Povitica est un pain sucré traditionnel d'Europe de l'est qui est aussi agréable à regarder qu'à manger!  Not that I want to excuse myself for the long absence here, I have to mention this, since, part of the obligations of... [Lire la suite]

Jana of Cherry Tea Cakes was our July Daring Bakers’ host and she challenges us to make Fresh Fraisiers inspired by recipes written by Elisabeth M. Prueitt and Chad Robertson in the beautiful cookbook Tartine. Jana de Cherry Tea Cakes était notre hôte du mois de juillet pour les Daring Bakers et nous a défié de faire des fraisiers inspirés de recettes de Elisabeth M. Prueitt and Chad Robertson dans leur superbe livre Tartine. Okay, so I'm not a big fan of fraisier... It seems most months I wait impatiently to find out what the... [Lire la suite]

Erica of Erica’s Edibles was our host for the Daring Baker’s June challenge. Erica challenged us to be truly DARING by making homemade phyllo dough and then to use that homemade dough to make Baklava. As if making philo dough were'nt hard enough, now comes the difficult task of immortalising baklava in a photograph or two, writing all about this adventure, and then translating it into French. Oy. My dear boyfriend grew up on north african pastries, he would eat them everyday day if he could. He was such a happy camper when I showed... [Lire la suite]

The April 2011 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Evelyne of the blog Cheap Ethnic Eatz. Evelyne chose to challenge everyone to make a maple mousse in an edible container. Prizes are being awarded to the most creative edible container and filling, so vote on your favorite from April 27th to May 27th at http://thedaringkitchen.com! Le défi du mois d'avril 2011 des Daring Bakers est présenté par Evelyne du blog Cheap Ethnic Eatz. Elle invite tout le monde à faire une mousse au sirop d'érable dans un contenant comestible. Des prix... [Lire la suite]