The December 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to you by Anna of Very Small Anna and Y of Lemonpi. They chose to challenge Daring Bakers’ everywhere to bake and assemble a gingerbread house from scratch. They chose recipes from Good Housekeeping and from The Great Scandinavian Baking Book as the challenge recipes.
This has been [...]
Category Archives: Candy
Gingerbread Townhouse – December Daring Bakers
December 23, 2009 – 3:49 pm
Meringue Mushrooms
November 18, 2009 – 11:19 pm
I’ll be honest – I really have no idea what possessed me to make meringue mushrooms.
Maybe it was my new found love of foraging? Nah. I think it’s because they are so fun to look at and much sweeter than their real life counterpart.
I’ve made these in years past as an adornment to my Buche [...]
candy gifts – caramels and sticks
November 16, 2009 – 11:53 pm
In the corner of our living room there are stacks and stacks of December issues of Martha Stewart Living.
There is the December ‘05 issue with a wreath studded with red glittering birds that hangs on a door painted the color of mint ice cream. December ‘01- the cover is marked with an interior shot with [...]
Apple Pate de Fruit
November 3, 2009 – 4:34 pm
While serving dozens of cookie plates at the restaurant I would occasionally sneak in a taste for myself. After the Chocolate Chip Cookie, the little fruit jellies were my favorite item on the plate.
“This is the best fruit roll-up I’ve ever had” was my reaction after the first taste of a Pate de Fruit. Which [...]
Chocolate Banana Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
October 13, 2009 – 2:45 pm
You know what I love?!
Vanilla.
I mean of course there are other things like my husband and my boys and chocolate, but vanilla is really something to admire.
I love the way the thousands of little black seeds disperse in a pot of simmering cream while I’m preparing a custard. I love the vivid scenes from childhood [...]
Hibiscus Marshmallows
July 25, 2009 – 8:21 pm
I have been inundating the blog with sweets lately (well, at least my last post had bacon). I guess that is a testament as to what I have been eating lately.
For example, currently I am sitting in bed with a large pan of brownies, a half pint of raspberries and a fork.
It’s no big surprise [...]
Bacon Caramels
July 6, 2009 – 7:01 pm
I come from a long line of entrepreneurs. My grandfather came to America at the age of 18 from the Netherlands. He spoke no English but was fully equipped with determination and charm as he managed to woo and marry my grandmother within his first year in the states. He is a brilliant and generous [...]
Some thoughts on Peppermint Patties
January 8, 2009 – 7:09 pm
Remember these little beauties I pointed you to? I finally made them.
I am such a sucker for conventional products that I realize can be easily made myself. A few examples to make my point… I make my own laundry soap and dishwashing detergent. And of course you all remember the marshmallows and the kettle corn. [...]
pieces of heaven
October 9, 2008 – 4:53 am
Today I found myself pursuing the cold. I didn’t bundle up on our walk to the park after dinner. I did not turn up the heat when I got home. I removed my layers down to a t-shirt and procrastinated putting on my slippers just so that my chill could be cured from the warmth [...]
