Today is National Cupcake Day, in Canada that is. Mardi Michels from eat.live.travel.write informed me about National Cupcake Day to benefit the ASPCA. I did not have time to sell cupcakes to help raise money for this worthy cause but I did bake to show my support. Continuing on my year of cupcakes journey I…
Author: Diane Zwang
Valentine’s Day Share-A-Heart
Dorie suggests making two large hearts from this recipe but since I was not having a party and feared my son would eat the whole thing, I made several smaller hearts. I used a three to three and a half inch cookie cutter and got a total of 20 hearts. I really liked the instructions…
Sunday in Paris Chocolate Cake
Dorie suggests a variety of vessels you can use to make these cakes. I chose to make mine in mini-muffin tins. I got a total of 17 mini-muffins and I baked them approximately 12 minutes. The ganache was plenty for 17 but not the toppings. I ran out of peanuts and chopped chocolate after about…
French Fridays Hurry-Up-And-Wait Roast Chicken
Hurry-Up-And-Wait Roast Chicken from Around My French Table by Dorie Greenspan. Continuing on my journey to complete the recipes from Around My French Table. I have completed almost all of the chicken section. This was my last remaining roasted chicken. I knew we would love it as we have enjoyed all the others in the…
Rose-Hibiscus Shortbread Fans
I actually made Hibiscus Shortbread Fans. I have not had any luck finding rose products so I just decided to leave it out. I don’t think I have made shortbread before so this was a new adventure for me. I must have mixed my dough incorrectly as I had trouble getting it into the pan…
French Fridays – Gougeres
From Around My French Table by Dorie Greenspan, Gougeres. Dorie describes these as cheese puffs. Made from pate a choux dough they are light and airy. Traditionally they are made with Gruyere, Comte or Emmenthal but I made these with cheddar. All that I made disappeared during the meal, I think my family really enjoyed…
Champagne-Vanilla Cupcakes
One of my friends gave me a Food Network Magazine and some of the recipes caught my eye. Under their Fun Cooking section was a series of recipes titled A Year of Cupcakes. I thought my family would enjoy cupcakes monthly. January’s selection is Champagne-Vanilla. The reviews on the website were terrible so I was…
Granola Cake
Our latest baking assignment for Tuesdays with Dorie is this Granola Cake from Baking Chez Moi. Dorie calls it a snack cake but I think it is more like a pan cookie. It was delicious but quite dense from the granola, chocolate and coconut. My husband likened it to a magic bar cookie but much…
Dorie’s Cookies
This is a catch-up week for me in which I have combined three baking assignments into one. I encountered bakers burn-out just before Christmas so I have missed the last couple of posts but I am up and running now with burners full blaze. First up Olive Oil and Wine cookies from Baking Chez Moi…
Honey-Yogurt Mousse
This dessert was not on my radar. We are not a mousse family and I was not looking forward to this but as usual I was proven wrong. This was a cup of deliciousness; the tang of the yogurt, richness of the heavy cream and the sweetness of the honey. A cloud of a dessert….
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