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Coffee Vanilla Chocolate Chip Battenberg … Daring Bakers go ROYALE!
A simple, stunning and delicious traditional British cake. Wrapping it in dark chocolate plastique made it even more special!
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Macaron à la Peaches et Crème … Vacation Macs!
I'm back on board to get back in sync with the fun and beautiful Mac Attack Jamie and I host each month. This time our call was for Vacation Macs ... and how…
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Dark Chocolate Cherry Mousse Cake #lovestonefruit
A dark, rich chocolate cake layered with deep balsamic fresh cherries and satiny smooth dark chocolate mousse. A chocolate celebration dressed up in a lace chocolate collar, more cherries, dark chocolate flakes and…
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Armenian Nutmeg Walnut Cake … the most delicious walnut tea cake!
An addictive, warm, spicy Armenian cake with pleasing overtones of nutmeg and walnut. Simple to make and rustic in appeal, it's a beautiful walnut tea cake to serve. We enjoyed it warm and…
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Saffron Caramel Panna Cotta
Perfect Spring dessert, the panna cotta came together like a beautiful dream, lilting, mesmerising, smooth, perfect, like a dream you didn't want to wake up from. The textures teased the palette and we…
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Sweet Orange, Roasted Strawberry & Chocolate Buttermilk Rolls … the best of The Pioneer Woman
Sweet Orange, Roasted Strawberry and Chocolate Buttermilk Rolls bursting with the freshness of orange flavour, seduced by deep roasted strawberries and then given the kick of dark chocolate … all oooey, gooey, wonderful.…
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No-bake Strawberry Chocolate Cheesecake … Happy International Womens Day!
A nice make ahead dessert with strawberries and chocolate, light and full of flavour.
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Dark Chocolate & Orange Panna Cotta
Indulgent and ever so pleasing, a dark chocolate orange dessert offers a match made in heaven. Set in glass goblets to enjoy its visual appeal!
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Strawberry & Kiwi Bavarian Cake with Razzle Dazzle Macarons … Vanilla Bavarian Mousse with Strawberries & Basil
A marriage of flavours and textures, 2 desserts, one basic mousse. Add in some fresh seasonal fruit, top with macarons and you have ... Strawberry & Kiwi Bavarian Cake with Razzle Dazzle Macarons,…
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Fred Harveys French Apple Pie with Nutmeg Sauce
French Apple Pie with Nutmeg Sauce ... a simple, comforting apple pie served with an even simpler nutmeg sauce. This classic eating house comfort food dish was tarted up by the head Fred…
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Chocolate Bavarian Mousse Strawberry Cake … dessert ♥
Chocolate Bavarian Mousse Strawberry Cake... chocolaty, chocolaty and chocolaty ... a delicious luscious cake with the quintessential combination of strawberries and chocolate, complimented beautifully with a light airy chocolate Bavarian mousse.
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White & Dark Chocolate Mousse Dessert with Strawberries … HAPPY 2012!!
A great way to ring in the new year with White and Dark Chocolate Mousse with Strawberries! Delish!
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Peace & Joy this Christmas … and Garam Masala Fruit Cake
“Christmas Shopping: Wouldn’t it be wonderful to find one gift that you didn’t have to dust, that had to be used right away, that was practical, fit everyone, was personal and would be…
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Filipino Sans Rival Cake
This is an indulgent good cake. The nutty meringue complimented the rich vanilla buttercream beautifully, the meeting of textures delicious. Once layered and rested overnight, the now slightly chewy meringue and the satiny…
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Mini Apple Upside-down Cakes with Salted Butter Caramel… #applelove
Mini dense, moist apple cakes, flecked with cinnamon and vanilla, dressed up in a warm salted butter caramel ... comforting, warm dessert that is quick to make. Full of apple goodness!
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Perfect Pumpkin Pie … and simple too
This is a pie right for fall. The filling … silky, smooth and spicy! The crust just right, not too crisp, yet offers a handsome bite, gently teasing the palette with beautiful pistachio…
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Apple Brown Sugar Meringue Pies
Apple Brown Sugar Meringue Pies. Each bite was full of warmth … apples, cinnamon, brown sugar, walnuts. Can’t go wrong with those flavours this season, can you? I made these for the inaugural…
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Vanilla Bean Cupcakes … with homemade marzipan
Deep, delicious vanilla bean cupcakes, smothered lovingly in a silky smooth butter cream, and topped with homemade marzipan cut outs ... Paint-it-purple cupcakes to help the campaign to end violence against women. Join…
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A is for Apple – Bite Sized Apple Pies
Simple yet addictive, a novel and fast track apple pie, bite sized and bursting with fall flavours. Must try for apple lovers!
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Chocolate & Strawberry Cream Cake … Pinktober
Its the PINK time of th year again. Yes indeed, Mr PABs birthday found us celebrating with a Pinktober cake. A simple, moist, delicious cake that can be made ahead. The oil in…
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Double Chocolate Mousse Cookies … #baketogether
Twice baked 'Double Chocolate Mousse Cookies' for #baketogether. They were delicious and very chocolaty; a big hit at home! I did two versions, one with a bittersweet filling, and another with wholewheat oat…
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Roasted Peach & Plum Ice Cream … with condensed milk {eggless}
A delicious, low cal ice cream. I love the depth of flavour that roasting fruit gets. Add a vanilla bean and it gets addictive.
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Le Frasier … but with mangoes
Frasiers are said to be traditional French strawberry & cream dessert. In my case, I had to wander far from traditional as we are long past strawberry season here in India. Stone fruit…
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Frozen| Mango Frozen Yogurt … guilt free indulgence
Mango Frozen Yogurt which tasted every bit like an ice-cream, rich, smooth & divine, but was sans the cream!
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Black Sesame Macarons with Cherry Chocolate Ganache
Black Sesame Macarons with Cherry Chocolate Ganache ... Black sesame seeds instead of almond meal went into these to experiment macarons for a friend. Sandwiched with a delicious fresh cherry dark chocolate ganache…
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Phyllo to Baklava with Daring Bakers …layers of fun!
Baklava, a sweet rich pastry made with layers of phyllo dough, made from scratch, with nuts sweetened with simple syrup. Exquisite and outstanding make ahead dessert... a beautiful Dr
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Peach, Plum & Apricot Streusel Crumble … Fine Cooking In Season
Peach, Plum & Apricot Streusel Crumble. The colours, the flavours, the charm of stone fruit ... always like a dream. The crumble was addictive and difficult to keep away from. Add to it…
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Cherry & Peach Oat Crumb Bars … stoned to comfort!
If you want to be stoned to comfort this summer, you must try these delicious crumb bars! They are flexible, use stone fruit, have oats and are delicious! Great snack {and also an…
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Dessert| Bittersweet Chocolate Marquise with Crème Chantilly & Balsamic Cherry Sauce … when God created mothers!
Dessert for Mothers Day. No bake, make ahead and deeply divine - a Chocolate Marquise with topped with sweetly scented vanilla Crème Chantilly, lavished further with a Balsamic Cherry Sauce ... expect the…
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Pebbly Beach Fruit Squares … charming cookies for Mothers Day!
“If you can laugh at it, you can live with it.” Erma Brombeck Happy May! There was a time when as kids we would go around shrieking May Daaaaaay May Daaaaaay on the…
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Whipped Strawberry Curd Cream Tartlets with Walnut Shortbread Crust
A delightful light summer berry tart with a walnut shortbread crust, and a whipped strawberry curd cream to fill the crust! A new twist to lemon curd, and we loved it!!
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Delicious Old Fashioned Eggless Chocolate Cake with Balsamic Strawberry & Cream Filling
We loved this cake! It's special because it is a layered cake, EGGLESS, no butter and still deeply decadent and 'chocolaty' moist! I filled it with a balsamic strawberry and cream filling, and…
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Mousse-a-cotta with Macs in the Air!
A deliicous experiment later, mousse-a-cotta or panna-mousse is what found its way back into these goblets. It found its way into the dwarfs tummies at express speed too! They loved the second fast…
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Biscuit Joconde Imprime/Entremet … Strawberry & Chocolate; Espresso & Chocolate
A Biscuit Joconde Imprime to wrap around an Entremets dessert. A Daring Bakers challenge done in 2 hues - Strawberry Bavarian Mousse with Chocolate Cream, and Espresso Panna Cotta with Chocolate Cream. Fabulous…
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Chocolate Creme Brulee … The Le Cordon Bleu Chocolate Bible
Le Cordon Bleu Chocolate Bible is here. This one book is a chocolate lovers dream, a book with recipes you can recreate, and easily so. The instructions are clear and simple. It's not…
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Strawberry and Vanilla Macaron Trifle … Joyeux Noel!
Joyeux Noel!! A Strawberry & Vanilla Macaron trifle which was the perfect way to end our Christmas Eve dinner. The colours, the flavours, the textures...all in perfect harmony. The cranberry jelly and suspended…
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Lebkuchen Genoise Verrines with Apple Craisin Compote
I love verrines for their appealing looks. Play around with layers if you like. The space within is your canvas. Lebkuchen flavoured cream whipped to soft peaks mingles gently with the vanilla genoise…
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Dorie Greenspans Pear Vanilla Almond Frangipane Tart for Thanksgiving
Warm and comforting, delicious as can be, a pear, vanilla and almond frangipane tart from Dorie Greenspans 'Baking From My Home to Yours'. Just right for fall, just perfect for Thanksgiving!
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Espresso Coffee Cream Cake … Happy Birthday to me!!
A deep, delicious espresso genoise sponge, smothered in espresso cream, with a dark chocolate lace border...doesn't get better than this for me! The basic cake recipe from White House pastry chef Roland Meisner's…
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In love with Apple Cinnamon Walnut Rough Puff Pastry Parcels … perfect for Fall
A made from scratch, rough puff pastry from Ottolenghi, meets a delightful apple filling from Dorie Greenspan in these delicious Apple Cinnamon Walnut parcels. They were like something you would find in a…
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Baking| Cheddar Rosemary Cheese Straws & Chocolate Walnut Fudge … Diwali
“The true essentials of a feast are only fun and feed.” Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. The past week was hectic, like being on a baking express! It was the festival of lights, Diwali,…
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NUTS about Alton Brown’s DOUGHNUTS …Yeastly tales with the Daring Bakers
Yeast doughnuts from Alton Brown's recipe for Daring Bakers...light, fluffy and addictive!
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Baking | PINKARONS – MACARONS FOR PINKTOBER
“We’ll drink a drink a drink To Lily the pink the pink the pink The savior of the human race. She invented medicinal compound. Most efficacious in every case.” Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales The…
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CHOCOLATE & CHERRY POTS de CREME … the yolks head home!
“You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” Stephen King If you know a little about me, you might figure out where the egg yolks came from. No…
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{Baking} OLIVE OIL WALNUT BROWNIES … darned good bites!
“Other things are just food. But chocolate’s chocolate.” Patrick Skene Catling Can there ever be enough chocolate goodness in our lives? Not a chance, so as promised I’m back with another chocolate recipe.…
