Caramel is definitely not my favourite flavour, so I started the November Daring Baker’s Challenge with a bit of suspicion. Busy as I was this month, though, I didn’t give it much thought, and decided to give the recipe a chance without any hacks or additions.
But then something happened… the most delicious cake popped out of th oven. I could hardly believe it.
After two weeks gorging on delicious New York pizza, I came home to find out that the Daring Baker’s Challenge for October is… Pizza! How appropriate!
I’ve been meaning to do my own pizza dough for ages, finally I’d have a chance to try it.And the challenge was very clear, we had to toss it in the air like a real professional. I was so excited I gathered some friends around and called it a pizza party.
A savoury challenge for the August Daring Bakers challenge, oh my! I just had to get some friends around and call it a party! And since it’s a party, why not go a bit over the top and do a few more dips as well? So here are the results: Lavash crackers with a intercontinental dip trio, with a bit of mexican, a pinch of indian, a whiff of mediterranean. Sounds a bit posh, doesn’t it?
The night before this month’s challenge was posted, I dreamed it was going to be all about profiteroles. I was pleasantly surprised when I woke up the next morning and realised it was indeed a choux pastry recipe.
Daring Bakers, I’m sorry I’m one day late… Had such a migraine, I couldn’t even think of looking at the computer yesterday, let alone write a post. But better late then never, so here it goes!
When I first looked at July’s challenge, I panicked a bit. After all, a chocolate covered hazelnut cake with buttercream wasn’t quite what I wanted to be doing, because of several reasons. First of all, hazels are my least favourite nuts, specially when combined with chocolate - I hate Nutella! Secondly, after the Opera Cake and Helena’s birthday cake, I have done and eaten enough buttercream for the whole Summer, so the idea of doing it again in this hot weather didn’t please me at all. Same thing for the chocolate frosting, after Filipe’s and Pedro’s birthday cakes, I promised myself I would lay off chocolate ganache for a good while.
While my first Daring Bakers Danish Braid was proofing, neatly tucked away, I decided to do something a bit more subtly flavoured and less sweet for the second one. And although most people liked the lemon one best, this one was my personal favourite as I’m a big fan of poached pears.
Daring bakers time again again! This month’s recipe - a Danish laminated dough braid with a filling of our choice - was actually much easier than it seemed at first, ant the end results were very satisfying.
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