Strudel: DB Challenge #2

The May Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Linda of make life sweeter! and Courtney of Coco Cooks. They chose Apple Strudel from the recipe book Kaffeehaus: Exquisite Desserts from the Classic Cafés of Vienna, Budapest and Prague by Rick Rodgers.

Strudel…Sweet and Savory…for one Hell of a Dinner Party!

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Ok…so I’ve been really busy lately…busy at work, busy with life! We are in the process of procuring the loan for our first house and have friends coming into town to start work/internships for the summer. But, that doesn’t mean we don’t have time to have a dinner party, on the contrary, the perfect time for a dinner party! With the May Daring Baker’s Challenge, we decided to double the recipe and make a savory and sweet strudel for what turned out to be a great dinner party! [Read More]

May 27th, 2009 | Category: Daring Bakers, Dessert, Dinner | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)

Cheesecake (DB Challenge)

Our first Daring Bakers Challenge:

The April 2009 challenge is hosted by Jenny from Jenny Bakes. She has chosen Abbey’s Infamous Cheesecake as the challenge.

Our Adaptation: Goat Cheese Cheesecake with Blueberry Balsamic Reduction

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Okay…so the hubby and I decided to join the Daring Bakers as a fun activity to do with each other each month. So, this month, Mark was so pleasantly surprised to see that our first challenge would be cheesecake! He’s been wanting to try one for ages, but we never had a reason and I’m pretty lukewarm to the thought of cheesecake (i.e. not my favorite dessert). After much thought of how to “healthify” a cheesecake, we decided to make a goat cheese cheesecake! Boy was it delicious (coming from me, the non-cheesecake lover)…still not exactly the picture of perfect health, but goat cheese has a much more favorable protein:fat ratio to make it a tad bit less guilty… [Read More]

April 27th, 2009 | Category: Cake, Daring Bakers, Dessert | 16 comments - (Comments are closed)