Here is a dessert that is completely new to me, Swedish Fika Cake. The cake is baked in a spring form pan. I placed some parchment paper on the bottom of my pan and then buttered and floured the pan as directed. The cake base is a butter cake with nearly 2 sticks of butter….
Tag: Tuesday With Dorie
Peanut-Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies, Paris Style
Admittedly, when I nominated this recipe all I saw was peanut butter, chocolate and cookie. I did not notice the number of additional steps:) Since I voted for this I decided to dive deep and do all the components. Brittle, Praline Sprinkle and Spread To make the brittle, recipe calls for a nonstick baking sheet…
Potato-Parm Tart
I love a good tart, sweet or savory, and this was a great tart. Everyone loved this side dish including my son. Anything with a crust, cream cheese, Parmesan cheese and potatoes is a winner in my book. My comments were great, make again and that is just what we are going to do. To…
Chocolate Babka
I had the good fortune to make chocolate babka before, I made the version from Jerusalem A Cookbook by Ottolenghi and Tamimi. Yeasted bread is a make ahead affair and doubly so with a filling and topping. The end result was well worth the wait. I took Kim’s advice and made two loaves and froze…
Coffee-Anise Stars
Nothing says holiday baking more than a cut-out cookie. I rummaged through my stash of cookie cutters and found not only a star but a moon too. These are a plan-ahead cookie as the dough needs to chill at least one hour in the freezer or 3 hours in the refrigerator. I made my dough…
Cranberry Spice Squares
Happy Thanksgiving! I managed to bake on time and take a picture but posting timely still proves to be an issue for me 🙂 I served these for our annual Friendsgiving and they were a big hit especially the cream cheese frosting. The holiday spices made for a perfect dessert. Definitely a make again recipe….
Pear-Comté Tart
This week on Tuesdays with Dorie we are baking from the Salty Side Up section of Baking with Dorie. The base is an all-purpose tart dough which is partially baked then brushed with Dijon mustard. The filling is quiche-like with eggs, milk, heavy cream and cheese, lots and lots of cheese. I picked Gruyère cheese…
Goat Cheese Bites
My husband does not like blue cheese so I knew I was going to have to make a substitution. I asked one of our good friends his take on blue cheese and he sent me this response, “Cheese is white, yellow, orange or similar shade but never blue.” Blue Cheese Bites turned into Goat Cheese Bites…
Caramel-Apple Crisp
Fall baking season has begun and I am looking forward to it. I took Dorie’s advice and purchased a variety of apples; Fuji, Gala and Granny Smith. I made the crumble a day in advance which made for easy assembly. The caramel sauce was to-die-for and will definitely be seeing a scoop of vanilla ice…
Java Mads
Dorie gave us a choice to make mini mads with a mini muffin tin or full-size madeleines, I went with the latter. My husband does not care for madeleines much so he was not looking forward to them but guess what he declared these his favorite out of all the madeleines I have made. My…
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