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Fluted Polenta and Ricotta Cake

April 29, 2008 By 23 Comments

Another Tuesday and another Dorie recipe. This week Caitlin of Engineer Baker chose Fluted Polenta and Ricotta Cake. The great thing about these challenges is that I am trying new recipes. In the original recipe it calls for figs. Well, if you know how picky of an eater I am, you know those went out of the recipe. I made a simple polenta and ricotta cake. It is very easy to pull together and came out very tasty. I think next time I would add a bit more lemon and throw in a bit of chopped fresh rosemary. I added [...]

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Cheesecake Pops

April 27, 2008 By 1 Comment

For this months Daring Bakers Challenge Elle and Deborah selected Cheesecake Pops. They are little cheesecake morsels on a stick, dipped in chocolate and decorated how you wish. They are very rich and they would have to be served straight out of the freezer. I fear they would fall off the stick on a warm day, as it is today, in the OC. The cheesecake was easy to make but I the dipping was a bit of a struggle. I added some pink sugar to pretty them up, plus it added a bit of a crunch to the bite. Check [...]

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Carrot Cake

April 22, 2008 By 22 Comments

So I am back from my business trip and it is another Tuesday with Dorie.  This week   Amanda  from slow like honey selected Bill’s Big Carrot Cake.  I have never understood carrot cake – I like my desserts veggie free but I was up for the challenge. The recipe was super easy to put together and was soon in the oven.  I  cut the recipe in half and used two small pans.  Because I cut it in half I had to keep checking it at ten minute intervals to keep from overcooking. Tasting it after cutting the cakes, I was [...]

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A Taste of Yellow for Brielle

April 14, 2008 By 5 Comments

When I read that Barbara was hosting a LiveSTRONG with A Taste of Yellow 2008 event I knew I wanted to participate. She created the event last year to raise awareness and is fighting cancer herself. She is from Australia, my second most favorite place (after Italy of course). Last year 149 bloggers participated. I had dreams of finding an amazing recipe to try but decided to bake what I was told Brielle might enjoy. She is a friend of our family’s daughter. Just days into 2008 they received the news that she had RMS (Rhabdomyosarcoma), a form of cancer [...]

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Mandarin Orange Chicken

April 10, 2008 By 5 Comments

I was so excited when I realized that the Ali of Divine Domesticity had listed my Malted Milk Chocolate Cheesecake on Blissfully Domestic. I am a new blogger – so the little things excite me. What can I say! It is a great site, especially if you are blissfully married so go check it out right now! Going through old recipes I came across an old favorite. It mixes garlic, bitter marmalade, soy sauce and sweet chili oil making a sweet and sour type sauce. It is a great choice for a weeknight dinner because it is so simple to [...]

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TWD: Fresh Orange Cream Tart

April 8, 2008 By 25 Comments

  It is another Tuesday so you know what that means – another new challenge.  For this week’s Tuesday with Dorie challenge Mary, from Starting from Scratch, gave you the choice of The Most Extraordinary French Lemon Cream Tarte or the Fresh Orange Cream Tart.  I think we have established I like lemon, but I love orange equally!  My favorite yogurt is Yoplait’s Orange Creme and I love 50/50 bars. I had to choose the Orange Cream Tart.   I fell in love with this recipe after the first bite.  My office fell is love with this tart.  Even my mom loved this tart. [...]

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Malted Milk Chocolate Cheesecake

April 6, 2008 By 9 Comments

Easter Candy was the ingredient for this month’s MasterBaker event. I know, Easter has come and gone. What can I say it has been busy at work! One of my favorite treats are the malted milk eggs. I finally decided that the Malted MIlk Cheesecake might recreate the flavor. I recruited my niece and nephews to help me the night before Easter. We melted chocolate, whipped cream cheese, and crushed Lorna Doone’s into a buttery crust. We tried to keep from double dipping and tasting. Really we did. Finally, off to the oven for nice long warm bath and then [...]

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Angel Hair Pasta with Lemon Sauce

April 4, 2008 By 6 Comments

You may have noticed that I love lemons and am always drawn to recipes featuring lemons, especially Meyer Lemons. On my first visit to Italy I went down to Positano, this beautiful coastal town on the Amalfi Coast. Lemons are part of the region. Limoncello is from that region and in every restaurant lemons were part of the menu. One night we went to Il San Pietro Di Positano Hotel, where they featured a pasta with lemon cream sauce. This hotel is amazing and the food was too. It was very light and bursting with flavor. When I came home [...]

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TWD: Gooey Chocolate Cake

April 1, 2008 By 21 Comments

  For this weeks Tuesdays with Dorie challenge, Leigh at  Lemon Tartlet picked Gooey Chocolate Cake.     After participating in several more complicated events, I breathed a sigh of relief at this one.  I have served many molten cakes to my guests. So this weekend I put the ingredients together and gave it a try.   I ran out of bittersweet chocolate so I placed mini semi sweet chips on the top. I cooked for exactly the 13 minutes and took them out to cool.   To finish the cake off I placed a handful of raspberries on top and drizzled a White [...]

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