Daring Bakers’ Challenge

Raincoast Crisps – crackers with raisins, sunflower seeds, and rosemary

Raincoast Crisps – crackers with raisins, sunflower seeds, and rosemary

Sarah from All Our Fingers in the Pie was our February 2013 Daring Bakers’ host and she challenges us to use our creativity in making our own Crisp Flatbreads and Crackers! I started with the recipe for Raincoast Crisps found on the Dinner with Julie blog. I only made a few modifications. I replaced the […]

Making Swan

Kat of The Bobwhites was our August 2012 Daring Baker hostess who inspired us to have fun in creating pate a choux shapes, filled with crème patisserie or Chantilly cream. We were encouraged to create swans or any shape we wanted and to go crazy with filling flavors allowing our creativity to go wild! So […]

Battenberg Cake: June’s Daring Bakers’ Challenge

This month, Mandy of What The Fruitcake?! came to our rescue last minute to present us with the Battenberg Cake challenge! She highlighted Mary Berry’s techniques and recipes to allow us to create this unique little cake with ease. I found the video to be very helpful. I did spend I good amount of time […]

May’s Daring Bakers’ Challenge: Honey White Challah

May’s Daring Bakers’ Challenge: Honey White Challah

May’s Daring Bakers’ Challenge was pretty twisted – Ruth from the Crafts of Mommyhood challenged us to make challah! Using recipes from all over and tips from “A Taste of Challah” by Tamar Ansh, she encouraged us to bake beautifully braided breads. Well…..I had never made challah before. I chose to try the Challah Honey […]