March Daring Bakers

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This month we got to bake lasagna!! As I mentioned before, when the challenged was reveal I wasn't that excited. But then I started seeing pictures of the lasagna role in and it became all I could think about. Here are the details of this months challenge:

The March 2009 challenge is hosted by Mary of Beans and Caviar, Melinda of Melbourne Larder and Enza of Io Da Grande. They have chosen Lasagne of Emilia-Romagna from The Splendid Table by Lynne Rossetto Kasper as the challenge.

It turned out great:

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December Daring Bakers

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This month's challenge is brought to us by the adventurous Hilda from Saffron and Blueberry and Marion from Il en Faut Peu Pour Etre Heureux. They have chosen a French Yule Log by Flore from Florilege Gourmand.

I apologize in advance for the poor photos. This month was a bit rushed.

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November Daring Bakers

posted by joeli under Daring Bakers, cupcakes

My first Daring Bakers challenge! I decided to sign up to be a Daring Baker because I like the idea of being challenged to bake something that I wouldn't normally do. They've done thing like éclairs and pretzels, and so to be honest, I think I got off easy for my first challenge. This month the challenge was Caramel Cake with Caramelized Butter Frosting. The recipe comes care of Shuna Fish Lydon of Eggbeater. The recipe can be found here. The only hard part was making the caramel and luckily enough I mastered that on the first try!

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