Daring Bakers April Challenge – Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake

jen | April 27, 2009

When it comes to cheesecakes, the choices are endless. I saw this first hand whilst we were in the U.S last year. A favourite restaurant of ours is ‘The Cheesecake Factory’ where as soon as you walk in the door you are greeted with a window display of cheesecakes. Some of their selections include: White [...]

Daring Bakers March Challenge – Lasagne

jen | March 29, 2009

The March 2009 challenge is hosted by Mary of Beans and Caviar, Melinda of Melbourne Larder and Enza of Io Da Grande. They have chosen Lasagne of Emilia-Romagna from The Splendid Table by Lynne Rossetto Kasper as the challenge. Since joining the Daring Bakers back in November last year, the challenges were always something sweet. [...]

Daring Bakers February Challenge – Chocolate Valentino

jen | February 27, 2009

The February 2009 challenge is hosted by Wendy of WMPE’s blog and Dharm of Dad ~ Baker & Chef. We have chosen a Chocolate Valentino cake by Chef Wan; a Vanilla Ice Cream recipe from Dharm and a Vanilla Ice Cream recipe from Wendy as the challenge. After another busy month i was a little [...]

Daring Bakers January Challenge – Fortune Cookies (Tuiles)

jen | January 28, 2009

This months challenge is brought to us by Karen of Bake My Day and Zorra of 1x umruehren bitte aka Kochtopf. They have choosen Tuiles from The Chocolate Book by Angelique Schmeink and Nougatine and Chocolate Tuiles from Michel Roux. Having had such a hectic December, i missed out on the December challenge which was a French Yule [...]

Daring Baker’s Challenge – Caramel Cake With Caramelised Butter Frosting

jen | November 29, 2008

After reading about The Daring Bakers, i finally plucked up the courage to join. I’ve been reading my favourite bloggers and noticed they were also Daring Bakers so it was a case of ‘anything you can do, i can do’ (let’s not get too cocky – i’m leaving the ‘better’ part out!).   It was [...]