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 [...]
Aug 272010
I love summer in Ontario. I get so excited to go to the farmers markets and pick up whatever is fresh. I went to the Brickworks for their weekly market and picked up this incredible delicious basket of peaches. As I was making my way through the peaches I realized that I would need an [...]
After my recent visit to Babbo I was obsessed with the blueberry upside-down cake that I had for dessert. So when I went blueberry picking and ended up with a TON of blueberries I knew that I wanted to make something similar. After searching high and low for the exact recipe I ended up finding [...]
As I detailed in a previous post I got a whackload of cherries and needed something to do with them. Obviously pie came to mind but I didn’t want to make a traditional pie. Luckily I came across this recipe from Bon Appetit. What got me was the coconut. I love love love coconut! And [...]
Jul 182010
So on Fried Chicken Day I decided to make biscuits too because fried chicken and biscuits go together like early Madonna and lace. I’m forever craving Cheddar Bay Biscuits from Red Lobster so I went on the hunt for something similar. I ended up finding this recipe from the Barefoot Contessa on the Food Network [...]
Jul 102010
Recently my dear friend Jaime invited me to go cherry picking in her grandmother’s yard. Since I a.) love cherries and b.) love opportunities to channel my inner Nicole Richie circa “The Simple Life” I was eager to join. Having never picked cherries in my life it didn’t really occur to me how this event [...]
Jul 042010
So if you haven’t been able to tell I’m pretty much obsessed with macaron-making. Once I discovered that they are easy enough to make I have a hard time buying them. AND since summer is here I can use my egg whites for macarons and my egg yolks for ice cream. It’s truly a win-win [...]
So earlier this month I posted my Daring Cooks Challenge results and now it’s time for my first ever Daring Bakers challenge! I joined Daring Bakers because I like baking but I don’t often push myself to make things beyond my comfort zone (macaron-making excluded). This is a good way to try a few new [...]
While at the farmers market the other day I couldn’t resist some more fresh Ontario rhubarb and strawberries. Strawberries and rhubarb are a classic pairing so I figured I’d make some sort of dessert. My mind immediately went to pie and then to crumble. But then I went to Epicurious and saw this recipe for [...]
I’ve been hearing about the Daring Cooks/Daring Bakers challenges FOREVER. I actually signed up for it about a year ago but totally forgot about it until recently. I’ve officially joined both groups! For more information visit this site. Our hostesses this month, Evelyne of Cheap Ethnic Eatz, and Valerie of a The Chocolate Bunny, chose [...]
