CAKES
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Chocolate Valentino Cake … Braveheart Daring Bakers
“All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt!” Lucy Van Pelt (in Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz) ” The February 2009 challenge is hosted by Wendy of WMPE’s blog and Dharm of Dad ~ Baker & Chef.We have chosen a Chocolate Valentino cake by Chef Wan; a Vanilla Ice Cream recipe from Dharm and a Vanilla Ice Cream recipe from Wendy as the challenge.” The hosts for the romantic month of February were Wendy @ wmpesblog (Arizona), and my dear friend & DB mentor, Dharm @ Dad – Baker and Chef (Malaysia), who are both are passionate about baking for their families. Their…
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Cardamom Spiced Cake … spicing up life with cardamom
“Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor”William Cowper Leafing through the Australian Women’s Weekly book on CAKES that my friend recently brought for me when she was visiting from the UK, I stopped at this Cardamom-spiced Cake. Not that I’m a huge fan of cardamom, (though the hub & boy certainly are), but because it had a little note that said this cake was a new take on the Armenian nutmeg cake. Reading the note took me right back to when I began blogging... When I began this blog in August 2007, for the want of nothing better to do, it was the first cake…
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Strawberry Chocolate Mousse Mini Cakes
“Don’t let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.” Anthony Trollope Time to experiment again. The boy comes home from school every afternoon & asks me what I did the ‘whole‘ day. He wants a blow-by-blow account…& keeps saying “And Mama, and what else, and…and”, a pregnant pause between each question, in the vain hope that I’ll say I made dessert. Today he was thrilled because I eventually said, “and laundry, & working on the PC….”& finally said … “and I made some dessert.” There was a thunderbolt…a lightning of a smile! How can I break his heart so often? I often do because he has a…
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Chocolate Yogurt Cake … deliciously healthy!
“A falta de pan, buenas son tortas. If there’s no bread, cakes will do.”Spanish proverb There was a time when I had my fixed list of things to bake, & everyone was pretty satisfied & happy. I would bake brownies, then oatmeal cookies, then muffins,then a pound cake, chocolate chip cookies, lemon cake…& so on back to brownies. This loop continued until around September 2007. Then suddenly one day my browser accidentally stumbled into Jugalbandi. I couldn’t for the love of me figure out what it was all about, but I suddenly found ‘real’ recipes, beautiful pictures, & people who could talk to each other. Yes, I had been living…
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Fresh Fruit Cake … Adieu 2008!
“Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.” Oprah Winfrey Like all good things in life come to an end, 2008 has come to an end too. It’s been a good year in blogland, filled with loads of new friends, food & a whole lot of fun. It’s had its low moments too, where we sadly lost some good blogger friends like Bri to cancer, & Sherry who suffered a fatal heart attack. Low again because world peace got shattered often, & the same old helpless feeling crept into our lives again. High because we now know that we can make a difference, however…
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You’ll LOVE this YULE … the Daring Bakers go French
“If your life is free of failures, you’re not taking enough risks!” Author unknown 2008 comes to an end on a wonderfully high note. Oui!! It’s been an amazing year of being a Daring Baker. This varied group of Daring Bakers type people, brought together by its founding members, Lis of La Mia Cucina & Ivonne of Cream Puffs in Venice, has grown in leaps & bounds, stretching right across the globe. I joined in Jan this year, with the Lemon Meringue Pie being my first challenge, where I wept with my weepy LMP. The year has been truly sensational in baking terms; I have challenged my boundaries, dared to…
