Vive La France

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.
Cupcakes may seem to be the flavour of the moment but us foodies are always on the hunt for the next best thing, we are it [...]

Never Again

Don’t get me wrong I love a challenge, and sure, isn’t that why I joined the Daring Bakers? This months challenge though nearly tipped my challenge enjoyment level over the edge, it wasn’t difficult as such but just such a palaver. I spread the challenge over two days (very unlike me) to try and give [...]

I’m Late But I’m Still Eating For England

The July Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Nicole at Sweet Tooth. She chose Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies and Milan Cookies from pastry chef Gale Gand of the Food Network.
For the first time ever I’m late posting my Daring Bakers entry (sorry folks)! We had the option to make either the Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies or the Milan Cookies, or even [...]

Ancient Capital Of The Peak

The June Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Jasmine of Confessions of a Cardamom Addict and Annemarie of Ambrosia and Nectar. They chose a Traditional (UK) Bakewell Tart… er… pudding that was inspired by a rich baking history dating back to the 1800’s in England.
Bakewell tarts…er…puddings combine a number of dessert elements but still let [...]

Strudel Doodle

So here I am once again, writing about another Daring Bakers expedition. This month we had a challenge indeed – strudel. Now I’ve never made a strudel before so it was both rather challenging and rather fun too, although I did run into a major problem along the way – lack of work-top space – but more [...]

Get Creative

The April 2009 challenge is hosted by Jenny from Jenny Bakes. She has chosen Abbey’s Infamous Cheesecake as the challenge.
April Challenge? Well it can mean only one thing, Daring Bakers time again!
What a lovely challenge we had: Cheesecake! The difference here was that we had free reign, given a basic recipe for a baked cheesecake [...]

Che Cosa C’è Per Il Conpanatico?

For the non Italian readers on this blog, the title means “What are we having with the bread?” A lovely expression which shows just how much the Italians value their bread. Maybe it’s a tourist or restaurant thing, or maybe I’m just an old romantic but I envisage a basket full of bread on the [...]