When I started as a Daring Baker there were 5 of us. Ivonne and Lis of course because they are the founders. Then there was my less evil twin Helen. And crazy Brilynn. And me. We made Chocolate Biscotti from who else, Dorie Greenspan. From there we grew to 7 of us where we learned not only could we make croissants but we could invent new swear words as well. Helen and I lucked out as we were the two who had already made them before. We had many a humorous exchange of emails. There was the evil crepe cake that I hated more than life itself. The cake itself was a beauty and I knew why Brilynn picked it, but that is where the adoration stopped. For we made that cake in April 2007, and I have yet to make a crepe since! :( When it was my pick I had us make a Strawberry Mirror Cake which was hit and miss depending on who's blog you read. I personally loved it, but then again, I picked it. Out of all the challenges I would have to say my favorite was the Yule Log. As it was something that … [Read more...]
Plum had no time to write a real post….
The quickest of posts. I even doubted it would get done. The in-laws are in town and we have been running around. Just back from Idaho visiting my parents with them. Sadly while I was in Idaho getting sunburned the weather in Seattle was perfect for baking. Sigh. I made a plum version of this weeks Summer Fruit Galette. I used my mother's homemade plum jam that I stole while I was there and some simple fresh plums. For half of the batch(I made mini ones...surprise!) I used the custard and for the other half I left it out. I prefer it without. This week's recipe was chosen by Michelle from Michelle in Colorado Springs. To get the recipe go to her site. Sorry that is it folks. I am super busy. Luckily, I already got my Daring Baker Challenge for tomorrow done a while back. … [Read more...]
What’s a happening hot stuff???…
I thought I would take a little time to update you on some previous posts. The Bachelor: Another one bites the dust. Shocking as you may find this, this week, Matt Grant(the London Bachelor) was dumped by his actress finance, Shayne Lamas. Apparently she hooked up with some guy in Vegas. Hmmm, I thought what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas? Guess not. Or is it, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas...unless you are on the ABC show the Bachelor, then all bets are off. Not quite as catchy as the original slogan, but I am sure it will catch on. Bikini Baristas: I will admit that I have yet to hear anymore about the boner inducing baristas of Bonney Lake(you know the ones who wore bikini's but on Tuesday's wore pasties!). I do have a reader from Bonney Lake so hopefully they can fill me in after reading this. My local coffee shack is putting their two cents in though. They have a sign outside their shack that reads “You don't need pasties to be tasty!” So true. So … [Read more...]
What will the world come to???…
This week's TWD pick is Cherry Rhubarb Cobbler(chosen by Amanda of Like Sprinkles on a Cupcake). Rhubarb has come and gone(at least the good looking stuff) around these parts so I went with all cherries. Especially since cherries are cheap around these parts. And cheap right about now sounds good. I really seems this week when I was at Costco that I really noticed a price hike. My cream that was $4.79 a half gallon(yes, that is right I go through, not one, but two ½ gallons a month...easily) is now $6.49. That is quite a jump in a month. Oh my. In fact the only things that still seem to be relatively cheap of course is snack food. So when you start seeing me get creative with Pop Tarts on here you know my grocery budget is shot. :) In my last post about being child free(btw...who knew there were so many of you non-breeders out there, I don't feel so alone) some one left a comment about a movie called Idiocracy. They wondered if I had seen it. I have. It's one of my husband … [Read more...]
