Daring Baker’s Milano Cookies

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.
We were given the option of making either cookie or both. Neither my husband nor I am fond of marshmellows, so I just made the Milan [...]

A Daring Baker’s Cheese(cup)cake

The April 2009 challenge is hosted by Jenny from Jenny Bakes. She has chosen Abbey’s Infamous Cheesecake as the challenge.

As you can see, this month’s daring baker challenge was Cheesecake.  I love cheesecake, and it is something that is easy to make gluten free.  It is only the crust that needs to be altered, and [...]

For the Love of Chocolate (Cake)

Presenting February’s Daring Bakers’ Challenge:
A Flourless Chocolate Cake — a Chocolate Valentino

The February 2009 challenge is hosted by Wendy of WMPE’s blogand 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 [...]

A daring attempt at tuiles

I tried.  I really did.  I just didn’t quite succeed. But I get an “A” for effort, right?

This month’s challenge is brought to us by Karen of Baking Soda and Zorra of 1x umruehren bitte aka Kochtopf.  They have chosen Tuiles from The Chocolate Book by Angélique Schmeink and Nougatine and Chocolate Tuiles from Michel [...]

A Daring Baker’s Pizza

This month, our Daring Baker challenge was to make Pizza.  Who doesn’t like pizza??   Rosa’s Yummy Yums hosted, and had a few special instructions.  She left the toppings to our imagination, but we had to use both sauce and toppings.  And she challenged people to toss their dough and take photos.  Being that mine is [...]

Lavash Crackers – A Daring Bakers’ Challenge

This month’s challenge was designed just for us “alternative” bakers.  The recipe was vegan, and was designed to be made either whole grain or gluten free.  The hosts this month were Natalie from Gluten A Go Go, and Shel, of Musings From the Fishbowl.  You never really think about making crackers at home, but they [...]