So when I started getting entries for HHDD#10 Cheesecake, I was surprised at how many people had never made a cheesecake before. Though my own mother has never either! So I was really touched that so many people entered the contest who had never made a cheesecake before...very brave and I hope you learned that making a cheesecake is not that hard to do! I could not help but think of what cheesecake I would have made had I been able to enter the contest. I had a lot of ideas. After my Samoas cheesecake, several people asked me to make a Thin Mint cheesecake(I am actually thinking about making a Thin Mint cupcake instead)...but I wasn't in a minty mood. I thought about an orange mascarpone one...no mascarpone cheese in the apartment. What I did have was apples though. I love caramel apples. So something involving caramel apples was it. I didn't just want a plain cheesecake with caramel apples on top. Luckily I had a bag of toffee bits...and I thought, "how perfect." I had really wanted … [Read more...]
If You Have A Couple Hours To Kill….
I must remind myself not to take on big pastry projects when I am watching the season finale of one of my shows. And speaking of TV show finales...it is MARCH. What is up with shows starting in late October and then taking a break in December and part of January and then they are done in March! Does anyone else remember the days of a show starting September and going till May? Okay enough about that. My point was I got all into watching What About Brian and I forgot a step. Not an important one luckily, but a step none the less. I forgot to spread the apricot preserves over the pastry...which I can not say for sure would have really made that much difference in the taste. I'm not sure what made me want to make this. I was just in the mood for a multi-step recipe. I know, I know...most people are looking how to simplify their life...I look how to complicate it. It is called a cake but not really in my opinion. It is sweet pastry dough that is wrapped around a gooey caramel walnut … [Read more...]
Don’t forget to vote…
(Caramel Apple Toffee Cheesecake...what would have been my entry...recipe up later this week) Just a few more days to vote for HHDD#10 Cheesecake! You have until midnight PST March 31st to vote. We have a few front runners but mostly the votes are spread all over....you wouldn't want your favourite not to win. You can only chose one(I'm mean, I know). Send your votes to luvbriere (at) gmail (dot) com. … [Read more...]
Don’t Wear White When Eating This….
The Daring Bakers are at it again. This month we chose red velvet cake, which very few people had made, but I make on a monthly basis for my Southern gentleman. Like a lot of people I know, I became acquainted with red velvet cake from the movie Steal Magnolias. There at the wedding was the awful grooms cake, an armadillo, that when cut into was a blood red, red velvet cake. Not exactly appetizing to me but no one in the movie thought it out of the ordinary. Before meeting my husband I had red velvet cake a few times but had never made it before. But when I met him one of the few things(we have already established he is a picky eater) he said he truly loved to eat was red velvet cake. So off I went to make it. I was all proud the first time in making it. There it stood, all three layer of cake, covered in cream cheese frosting with chopped pecans sprinkled on top. I was excited to see my husbands reaction(he did not know I was making it). When I held out the cake there was a look of … [Read more...]
