Category: cake
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Daring Baker’s Challenge: Biscuit Joconde Imprime/Entremet
The January 2011 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Astheroshe of the blog accro. She chose to challenge everyone to make a Biscuit Joconde Imprime to wrap around an Entremets dessert. Download the original challenge recipe. Glossary Entremets (French baking term)- An ornate dessert with many different layers of cake and pastry creams in a […]
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August 2010 Daring Bakers’ Challenge: Baked Alaska
The August 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Elissa of 17 and Baking. For the first time, The Daring Bakers partnered with Sugar High Fridays for a co-event and Elissa was the gracious hostess of both. Using the theme of beurre noisette, or browned butter, Elissa chose to challenge Daring Bakers to make a […]
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Sweet Potato Bundt Cake with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
Last week I realized that ignoring the root vegetables in my produce bins was not going to make them go away. So it was time to take stock and clean out a bit. And knuckle down and use some of them up. I get lazy when it comes to root vegetables. It seems like they’ll last […]
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Plum Delicious
When you live in Minnesota, it feels really exotic to see local fruit other than melons, apples and berries. Last year I made jelly with some Concord grapes I bought at a Farmer’s Market they held in our workplace cafeteria of all places. I didn’t even know they grew around here. There have been plums […]
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Pistachio and Almond Rose Cakes
Minneapolis is the home of Nordic Ware and that means the home of the Bundt pan. In recent years they’ve expanded their basic Bundt pan line into all kinds of shapes, sizes, and designs: Roses, daisies, castles. They’re on a roll and these pans are very popular. They’ve put Nordic Ware back on the map. […]
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