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Crack Pie – Daring Bakers Challenge June 2013
Rachael from pizzarossa was our lovely June 2013 Daring Bakers’ host and she had us whipping up delicious pies in our kitchens! Cream pies, fruit pies, chocolate pies, even crack...
Vanilla Slice – Daring Bakers Challenge October 2012
Our October 2012 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Suz of Serenely Full . Suz challenged us to not only tackle buttery and flaky puff pastry, but then take it step further...
Filled Pate a Choux Swans – Daring Bakers Challenge August 2012
Kat of The Bobwhites was our August 2012 Daring Baker hostess who inspired us to have fun in creating pate a choux shapes, filled with crème patisserie or Chantilly cream. We were...
Gaytime goes nuts
The wonderfully talented Christine Manfield featured on the season finale of MasterChef this year. I haven’t watched much MasterChef this year, but I always have to watch for the...
Pear and Custard Tart
Pears have come into season, and are ripening beautifully on the kitchen counter. This tart is quite easy to make, with the custard being able to be prepared far in advance, and...
Strawberry Fraisier – Daring Bakers Challenge July 2011
Jana of Cherry Tea Cakes was our July Daring Bakers’ host and she challenges us to make Fresh Frasiers inspired by recipes written by Elisabeth M. Prueitt and Chad Robertson in...
Marquise on Meringue – Daring Bakers Challenge May 2011
The May 2011 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Emma of CookCraftGrow and Jenny of Purple House Dirt . They chose to challenge everyone to make a Chocolate Marquise. The...
Maple Mousse in Bacon Cup – Daring Bakers Challenge April 2011
The April 2011 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Evelyne of the blog Cheap Ethnic Eatz . Evelyne chose to challenge everyone to make a maple mousse in an edible container.
Crostata con la Crema – Daring Bakers Challenge November 2010
The 2010 November Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Simona of briciole . She chose to challenge Daring Bakers’ to make pasta frolla for a crostata. She used her own...
Baked Alaska and Ice Cream Petit Fours – Daring Bakers Challenge August 2010
The August 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Elissa of 17 and Baking . For the first time, The Daring Bakers partnered with Sugar High Fridays for a co-event and Elissa...
Tropical Snow Egg
After our trip to Quay last year , I have wanted to replicate Peter Gilmore’s Snow egg. It never occurred to me again, until I saw Peter Gilmore in a Gourmet Traveller video...
Chocolate Pavlova with Chocolate Mascarpone Mousse – Daring Bakers Challenge June 2010
The June 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Dawn of Doable and Delicious . Dawn challenged the Daring Bakers’ to make Chocolate Pavlovas and Chocolate Mascarpone Mousse.
Croquembouche (Piece Montée) – Daring Bakers Challenge May 2010
The May 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Cat of Little Miss Cupcake . Cat challenged everyone to make a piece montée, or croquembouche, based on recipes from Peter...
Orange Tian – Daring Bakers Challenge March 2010
The 2010 March Daring Baker’s challenge was hosted by Jennifer of Chocolate Shavings . She chose Orange Tian as the challenge for this month, a dessert based on a recipe from...
Tiramisu – Daring Bakers Challenge February 2010
The February 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen and Deeba of Passionate About Baking . They chose Tiramisu as the challenge for the month.
Chocolate Swirl Croquembouche
I started craving croquembouche again after the second last celebrity MasterChef. I was craving it so bad, that I didn’t think I could wait until Christmas (which is when I had...
Chocolate Delice
I was contemplating making the chocolate swirl croquembouche on the second last episode of Celebrity MasterChef, although that will have to wait until the Christmas holiday. I...
Strawberries and Cream with White Chocolate Sponge and Ice Cream
When I saw Katrina Kanetani from Pier walk into the MasterChef kitchen on Wednesday night I was so excited as I knew desserts would be on the menu. Katrina was named Chef of the...
Triple Chocolate Praline Tart
On the cover of Gourmet Traveller a few months ago was one of the most tempting chocolate tarts I have ever seen. Gorgeous rich shiny chocolate on top of a chocolate, hazelnut...
Baci Gelato
When I received my ice cream maker a few years ago, one of the first things I wanted to make was a ferrero rocher gelato or ice cream. I tried to find a recipe, but ended up with...
Croquembouche
I was so inspired while watching MasterChef when Adriano Zumbo brought out a massive Croquembouche (a custard filled profiterole stack covered in toffee/caramel). Hearing the...
Choc-A-Block Trifle
Now this is my sort of trifle! When I first saw this recipe in the delicious Magazine I knew I would one day make it. How could you resist making a trifle that contains chocolate...
Cherry Compote, Vanilla Bean Custard and Vienna Almond Cream Trifle
My mum’s favourite dessert ever is trifle. A combination of cake, alcohol, fruit, home-made thick custard and cream can’t go wrong. My idea of a trifle is probably a bit different...
Beef Wellington – Cooking Class 2
Thank you Gordon Ramsay! Nick has wanted to make Beef Wellington for years and when searching for a video of it he came across a recipe and video from Gordon Ramsay’s the F-word.
Portuguese Custard Tarts
Fresh home-made creamy thick custard with flaky buttery pastry… who could resist? I doubt many people at all (except perhaps my brother). Even people who wouldn’t normally like...