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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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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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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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Daring Bakers: The Perfect Party Cake

March 30, 2008 By 20 Comments

I am excited to share with you my first Daring Bakers entry. This group of bakers has grown to over 600 members and each month take on a new baking challenge. These different blog events have really challenged me to try things I normally will not consider and I can see my baking abilities improving. This month was Dorie Greenspan’s Perfect Cake from her Baking cookbook. Morven hosted this months challenge. I almost never make traditional cakes and dreaded it a bit. In the end I really enjoyed the process and liked this cake. It is a versatile recipe allowing [...]

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Brioche Raisin Snails

March 18, 2008 By 23 Comments

I confess I have had a fear of yeast breads. Reading the ingredients of this weeks Tuesdays with Dorie baking event my breath quickened, I was overwhelmed at the three pages of instructions. I was longing for someone to choose one of the shorter, quicker recipe. But then would it be a challenge? Peabody of Culinary Concoctions by Peabody hosted this weeks event. I woke up early one morning last week and decided to dive in. The recipe starts with making one recipe of Brioche dough. As I started through the steps of mixing the dough and then adding in [...]

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Snickery Squares

March 4, 2008 By 16 Comments

So this is my first post with Tuesdays with Dorie. They are a group cooking their way through Dorie Greenspan’s Baking: From My Kitchen to Yours cookbook. I had only recently heard about Dorie and was intrigued so I picked up the book and gave it a try. These are like homemade Snickers bars. I wished you could see the cute picture in the cookbook because mine were not that thick or pretty. But they tasted great. If you are considering trying this recipe I would add a layer of dulce de leche over the peanuts. That would also make [...]

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Triple Chocolate Brownies with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

February 29, 2008 By 3 Comments

Today I am entering my very first foodie blog event – the Master Bake challenge. This is an event created by Nikki and this is the first month of the challenge. I am looking forward to meeting other food bloggers and see what they create. This months ingredient is cinnamon. Deciding to do this the night before I leave town I had to create something using what I had in my pantry last night as the deadline is fast approaching. The recipe I came up with is a combination using a brownie from Nigella Lawson and a Cinnamon Cream Cheese [...]

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