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 [...]
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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 [...]
The sweetest thing… Daring Bakers November challenge
Posted in Cakes and cupcakes, Daring Bakers, Fruit, tagged apples, Baking, caramel, family on 30 November 2008 | 7 Comments »
The first Daring Bakers challenge I did was SO challenging that every month I quiver a little in my boots and wonder what they’re going to ask us to do next. So it was a sweet surprise to discover that this month’s challenge was technical, but simple: bake a cake. Very sweet, very homely. The [...]
Daring Bakers do pizza
Posted in Bread, Daring Bakers, Tribe, Vegetarian, vegan and alternative, tagged dough, Italian, pizza on 1 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This month’s Daring Baker’s challenge was set by Rosa from Rosa’s Yummy Yums. We made pizza. We tossed it in the air. It was deliciously thin-crusted and FUN. Daring Bakers we are!!!!
~ BASIC PIZZA DOUGH ~
Original recipe taken from “The Bread Baker’s Apprentice” by Peter Reinhart.
Makes 6 pizza crusts (about 9-12 inches/23-30 cm in diameter).
Ingredients:
4 1/2 [...]
Where did September go?
Posted in Daring Bakers on 6 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Damn September. I thought I’d have SO much opportunity to do my Daring Bakers challenge as Kolya and I were visiting Cape Town. But the visit was utterly packed, and then we got back to London on the 18th to discover that our lives had been turned upside down. Next thing I knew, it was [...]
Daring Bakers take the cake
Posted in Cakes and cupcakes, Daring Bakers, tagged buttercream, cake, ganache, hazelnuts, praline on 30 July 2008 | 21 Comments »
All done and pretty
This is my first post as a Daring Baker!! To be honest, I thought I’d join this group for fun – hey, I like baking bread and cookies, and I know my way around a yeasted pastry recipe. No sweat.
This month’s challenge was hosted by Chris of Mele Cotte. When Chris posted [...]
