February 2009

Recipe Round-Up ~ Feb 14-20

February 24, 2009

I tried to get this out on time (on time being by Sunday). While trying to think of a picture to use for this week, I decided to make the Sweet Vanilla Challah from the Yeasty Stuff section and use the results as this weeks pic. Unfortunately my photo editing turn-around is a bit slow, [...]

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My first Iron Cupcake ~ Double-Shot Espresso Brown Butter Cupcakes!

February 24, 2009

I’ve been thinking about doing an Iron Cupcake challenge for awhile now, and I couldn’t resist this month’s flavor, coffee. I can’t promise something every month especially since I’m not exactly great at following someone else’s recipes, let alone tinkering with my own. Despite that fact I think I created a yummy little cupcake, if [...]

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TWD ~ Devil’s Food White-Out Cake

February 18, 2009

Someone finally picked the recipe for the picture that is most likely responsible for over half of the sales of this book. Stephanie of Confessions of a City Eater picked the jaw-dropping Devil’s Food White-Out Cake. Despite appearances, this cake is actually pretty easy to make. The thing you want to remember when making cakes, [...]

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TWD ~ Floating Islands

February 13, 2009

I should have really titled this, “Everything you ever wanted to know about creme anglaise but were afraid to ask.” This week’s challenge was selected by Shari of Whisk: a food blog. Floating islands. I remember coming across a recipe for these a while ago and wanting to make them but of course I never [...]

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Recipe Round-Up! ~ Jan 31 – Feb 6

February 11, 2009

Here we are again. I’m really going to try and be on time this coming week!

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Recipe Round-Up ~ Jan 24-30

February 9, 2009

Those DB tuiles really screwed up my timing. I did have this ready a while ago, but I had to get a jelly doughnut for the pic. It’s funny how this blog really gives me excuses to stuff my face. “I have to eat it. It’s for the blog!” Yeah, like that justifies my ever [...]

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TWD ~ World Peace Cookies

February 6, 2009

One of these days I’m actually going to be on time. It’s going to happen. It’ll probably be the day a giant meteor hits the earth destroying all life on the planet before anyone gets to read it. Figures. This weeks selection is brought to you by Jessica of cookbookhabit.

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Technical note…check this out!

February 6, 2009

I’m having a bit of trouble today with my blog. For some reason everything on my home page is in italics except for the first post. Don’t ask me how this happened because I have no clue. Aside from that, in my search for a fix I came across this pretty nifty resource for WordPress [...]

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Do you have zeal for tuiles?

February 5, 2009

It is ironic that what appears to be the simplest of tasks turns into a laborious challenge. That was the big lesson I learned attempting January’s Daring Bakers Challenge. This month’s challenge is brought to us by Karen of Bake My Day and Zorra of 1x umruehren bitte aka Kochtopf. They have chosen Tuiles from [...]

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Recipe Round-Up ~ Look at all the stuff I missed!

February 4, 2009

I know, I know. I haven’t been consistent. I’m reeeally going to try and do better. Last week I started to do better, but things fell apart on Wednesday when I was attempting the latest Daring Bakers challenge. It’s funny how the (deceptively) simplest things turn out to be the most difficult. Here’s a selection [...]

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