Can you believe that I actually baked this on Wednesday last week? You’d think that since I baked so early, I’d have this thing written before the weekend, let along before 7pm today. You’d've thought that, but then you’d been wrong, just like the Bride. Nope, I got it in my head that I had to get my savory cupcake baked this weekend, and that’s what it took to get it done…all weekend. And prior to Saturday I was trying to play catch up with my Recipe Round-Ups which I’ve only managed to get last week’s out. Busy, busy, busy.
But who cares. You’re mad about mangos and want to know how they faired in a quick bread. I can tell you they faired well, but got a bit lost in the cinnamon. Apparently it was her ardent love of fruit that brought Kelly of Baking with the Boys to select the Fresh Mango Bread from Dorie’s tome
of baked goodness. Click to continue…
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Bread,
Mango,
Quick Breads,
TWD
Buongiorno! Megan of My Baking Adventures leads us to Italy, the land of Tiramisu with Dorie’s Tiramisu Cake. In an attempt to be faithful to the recipe, I’ve been all over town trying to find mascarpone cheese. My last ditch effort was at a natural food store on Tuesday, but no luck. I know some people have been able to find it at Publix, Walmart (gah!) even, but I did not. Thankfully I came across a great website that gives (somewhat cryptic at times) substitutions for mascarpone cheese, as well as others. Click to continue…
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Chocolate,
Coffee,
Resource,
TWD
by Aimee on April 28, 2009
Shesh, has another week gone by already? Some weeks I’m not all that jazzed about the TWD selection, sometimes I’m in excitement mode, and then there are weeks where I’m neither jazzed nor excited. This week initially started out jazzed, then turned lukewarm. When I initially heard the title, “Chocolate Cream Tart” (selected by Kim of Scrumptious Photography) I got excited because who doesn’t get excited when they hear the word, “chocolate”. Then I looked at what was entailed, don’t ask me why, but the technique seemed like a bit of a let down. I have no idea what I expected when I heard “Chocolate Cream Tart”, but I do know it didn’t involve what sounded like a glorified chocolate pudding thrown in a tart shell. Well, sometimes it’s good to have low expectations, or none really to speak of. This was PHENOMENAL! Click to continue…
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Chocolate,
Coconut,
Cream,
Recipe!,
TWD
by Aimee on April 21, 2009
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by Aimee on March 31, 2009
This weeks pick of Coconut Butter Thins is from Jayne of The Barefoot Kitchen Witch whose post for said cookies is the kind that makes you want to have kids. Unfortunately I didn’t have the lime or the macadamia nuts (for the cookies not the kids). I think they would have probably turned out way better if I had used the proper ingredients and technique. As it stands, I did the best I could with the provisions on hand and the results were….meh. Click to continue…
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Coconut,
TWD
by Aimee on March 29, 2009
GOOD GRIEF! Hello all. I’m so sorry for the delay. The accursed state of my blog for the past month has been due to some mysterious issue that has yet remained a mystery despite being magically fixed with the latest version of code from DiyThemes. According to the Thesis theme creator, “your server is handling URL-based variables differently than pretty much everyone else’s server that I’ve ever encountered”…lucky me. Unfortunately this isn’t the first time that I’ve blighted with a rare problem that afflicts an astronomically limited number of the populous. The week-long eyes-glued-to-the-computer-screen bender I endured in an attempt to fix my blog produced a copious amount of stress that triggered a spondylitis episode that left me nearly bedridden for the last couple of weeks. Arthritis sucks. I’ve had it since I was 18, and let me tell you it isn’t any easier to deal with before your 65.
So, that’s the reason for the crazy delay in posting. Shesh, I’ve got to stop writing posts like this. I know prior to this last pause in posting I was finally feeling like I was getting into a groove, and almost caught up with where I wanted to be with the blog. Oh well. Sorry about that. If at first (or second, or third, or fourth, or…) you don’t succeed try, try again right?? 
But I digress, you came here to hear about this intriguing cake from Dorie that apparently is a staple in the repertoire of every family in France. This selection is brought to you by Liliana of My Cookbook Addiction. According to both Chocolate & Zucchini and Foodbeam, in France this is most likely the first cake that you are taught as a child. Click to continue…
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Lemon,
TWD,
Yogurt
by Aimee on 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, at least for creamed butter and sugar batters, never cheat on your mixing time in those initial stages. Creaming sugar and butter can really make or break your cake. It can mean the difference between discovering a brick or a fluffy cloud of sweetness in your oven. Click to continue…
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Chocolate,
TWD
by Aimee on 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 did. Thanks to TWD I finally got to do it.
What the heck is a floating island? No, this isn’t some time-jaunting funhouse of disturbia, or part of the 50th state in the union. We’re talking about a little cloud of sweet meringue floating in a pool of creme anglaise. Click to continue…
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Creme Angalise,
Meringue,
TWD
