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November 2008 Daring Bakers Challenge Author: Shuna Fish Lydon Recipe Origin: Caramel Cake, the recipe DB Challenge Hosts: Dolores of Culinary Curiosity , Alex of Blondie and Brownie , and Jenny of Foray into Food with gluten-free recipe assistance from Natalie of Gluten-a-Go-Go . --- It will come as...

When September rolls around, I want apples. I want to go apple picking. I want to drink apple cider. I want to eat caramel apples. I want to bake with apples. I stumbled across this recipe , which combines apples with my favorite spice, cinnamon. It’s very simple to pull together; the most complicated...

There are a lot of steps in making the Filbert Gateau with Praline Buttercream -- the recipe is almost as long as the name -- but it wasn't an overly difficult cake to make. (Though getting a cake to look beautiful is difficult, and I need a lot more practice before one of my cakes could be mistaken...

Two Sundays ago, Shane and I worked a shift on the Fellenz Family Farm as part of our obligation to the UUCC CSA . After nearly four hours of hoeing and transplanting, we'd worked up quite an appetite. Shane wanted a big breakfast -- eggs, sausage, bacon, toast, hash browns -- but I wanted a huge...

When Lis , Ivonne , Fran and Shea announced this month's Daring Baker Challenge -- an opera cake sans the traditional coffee and dark chocolate flavors -- I was apprehensive. What flavors should I use to make this my own? How many steps in this recipe? How many ingredients? How much will they cost...

First Jennifer made them . Then Doodles . Now me. All of us loved them and, if you bake up a batch, you'll see why. Chewy little bites of pecan pie goodness -- with nutty, buttery, and caramelized sugar notes -- delivered to your mouth in a tiny cake. Light yet satisfying, they're a perfect way...

When I was very little, I would ride with my parents from Long Island to NYC; my parents would go to work, and I would stay at my grandma's house until they returned. We'd usually stop at a coffee truck pulled over on the side of the road and grab breakfast: for me, a carton of chocolate milk...

I was thrilled when March's DB challenged was announced: Dorrie Greenspan's perfect party cake. Our host, Morven of Food Art and Random Thoughts , said we could play around, adapting the recipe's flavor as we liked; we just needed to stick to a layer cake format. Who doesn't love cake...

Another day, another cake but from the same cookbook: In the Sweet Kitchen by Reagan Daley . Last week, we were invited to a "Thanksgiving dinner in February" at Carolyn's house. She provided the turkey (21 lbs!), mashed potatoes, mashed turnips, stuffing and gravy and all I needed to bring...

To be honest, I was initially disappointed with this cake. The day I made it -- Valentines' Day, a Thursday -- the topping struck me as too bitter, despite all the caramel encapsulating the pineapple. But by Saturday, the bitterness had given way to a gentle tartness, pairing well with the dense...