I have to admit, I was reluctant when I first read this challenge. A cake without flour? Whyyyyyyy? I mean, fine for all those gluten-free believers out there, but I LIKE gluten. I like the way flour makes a cake look and feel. I like it to rise. I like crumbs. And (warning: impending sacrilege [...]
Archive for the ‘Chocolate’ Category
DB Valentines: oh-so-chocolate
Posted in Cakes and cupcakes, Chocolate, Daring Bakers on 28 February 2009 | 9 Comments »
How to win friends and impress people: Daring Bakers tackle extreme pudding
Posted in Chocolate, Daring Bakers, tagged buche, entremets, insane chocolate dessert, yule log on 29 December 2008 | 6 Comments »
I think perhaps I should change the name of this blog to Lisa’s occasional forays into Daring Baking. These days I only ever seem to post once a month – for the DB event. I’m sure no one who knows me needs the excuses – Kolya’s been teething and learning to crawl, I’ve been shooting [...]
Chocolate topped cupcakes
Posted in Cakes and cupcakes, Chocolate, tagged cupcakes, Fabulous Bakin' Boys, fairy cakes, Nigella Lawson on 16 July 2008 | 2 Comments »
It’s never a good idea to go to a supermarket when you’re hungry. Chances are, you’ll buy much more than you need, and plenty that you don’t need at all… I do it regularly. So I was on my way back from the allotment one time, and passed the little superette along the way, and [...]
A fine adulteration
Posted in Chocolate on 19 June 2008 | 6 Comments »
Before I started this blog, I put a cooking-related post or two on my other blog. So, what follows is a copy of a long-ago chocolate brownie post. Because today I made the Moosewood Chocolate Brownies (recipe #3 below, and my abiding favourite). With one adulteration: the addition of cream cheese. I wasn’t sure what [...]
