Birthdays are meant to be celebrated. Cakes are meant to be eaten. Parties are meant to be enjoyed. One day out of each year is dedicated to you alone (well, unless you are a twin!). Some of my birthdays have been wonderful – celebrated with friends, out on the town, and even some surprises! Some [...]
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“Today is my daughter’s birthday”. She said this as tears formed in her eyes. “I didn’t make her a cake. She asked about it, and I told her we were going to a party better than a cake at home”. The little girl was getting her face painted with a candy cane on her right [...] To end the delicious Mexican Birthday Bash, I couldn’t do anything less than combine the wonderful flavors of chocolate and chile peppers. I knew a rich chocolate cake would be the perfect canvas to add some spice. The texture was wonderful, the taste was fabulous and if I were to make it again, I would [...] There are things you dream about making, right? Items on your list that you would never admit you want to make, because it just may push you into the doing, right? One of those things for me has always been croissants. I am in awe of the swirls of flaky dough. I have known there are [...] After a few savory challenges, I was pleased to see a sweet cake recipe for the month of November. However, many people began to report that it was overly sweet with the combination of the cake a frosting. Generally in Peru, the cakes are not overly sweet and I worried about the cake being eaten [...] I grew up hating maple syrup. Well, maple syrup as in maple flavored corn syrup. I did not taste real maple syrup until just a few years ago. I don’t think I knew there was such a thing! When the real stuff is involved, I have a little weakness. Probably because I just have a [...] You are right, it is Tuesday. Of course, I know that it’s Tuesday. Of course, I know Tuesday’s mean Dorie. And of course I know this Tuesday with Dorie means Chocolate Chocolate Cupcakes. You are absolutely right. I know. But you see, you must understand. I had to bake this cake today. It was a test [...] The Daring Bakers took on Eclair making during the month of August. The goal was to successfully make eclairs as well as pastry cream and chocolate sauce which was folded into the chocolate glaze. The pastry cream was already something I had taken on before and was ready for the challenge once again. I chose to [...] Because of my busy schedule I forced myself to jump right into making this cake at the beginning of July. I was so ambitious, I decided to take it to a Fourth of July party where it was happily eaten. I chose to use the Brazil nuts instead of almonds because of their availability and cost. [...] |
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