I think November is my favorite TWD month. Our November hosts go out of their way to pick holiday friendly recipes and I really enjoy the more free form structure of being able to bake/post the TWD assignments for the month in whatever order I please.
“Prince Charming” and I decided we would start out the month with the All In One Holiday Bundt Cake chosen by Britin of The Nitty Britty.
This week’s TWD hostess is April of Short + Rose and she chose the Cherry Fudge Brownie Torte. Unlike our lovely hostess I really prefer not to sully my chocolate with cherries (or any other kind of fruit for that matter).
After reading the recipe I really wasn’t sure if I wanted to attempt this one or not – it was a more complicated and time consuming recipe which I wasn’t certain the little prince would give me the opportunity to complete and I wouldn’t even get to enjoy the fruits of my labor. But “Prince Charming” was very supportive and nearly insisted that I should get back on my TWD wagon…of course he absolutely loves cherries and chocolate so I think his motives may have been somewhat suspect!
Thanks to “Prince Charming’s” assistance with our new little prince, I’m finally able to make and post a TWD assignment – the first time in 3 months!
Since I never know how long the little prince is going to sleep I’m going to try to keep this post short and sweet…
This is a truly rare event lately; I’m posting my TWD efforts for this week on time!
For today’s recipe Karen of Something Sweet by Karen picked Applesauce Spice Bars on pages 117 and118. I know there isn’t a lick of chocolate anywhere in this recipe, but I loved the picture in the book and it was just such a comforting homey type of recipe. Read more…
That’s right folks, it is another TWD double header. Unfortunately, it is a late TWD double header…I guess that makes it a WWD double header. Not that it is really an excuse by any means, but I just can’t seem to actually be on time for much of anything lately. So, for now, I’m operating on the premise “better late than never.”
I was actually all ready to make last week’s Banana Bundt Cake but when I checked the basket I always keep my bananas in I had an insufficient supply of over ripe bananas, in fact I had an insufficient supply of bananas period, a grand total of 2.
I thought about just using a smaller pan but I really wanted to make the bundt cake. So I looked for a smaller bundt pan while I was out and about and had no luck there either. So I bought some more bananas and waited (patiently I assure you) until this week to make both the Banana Bundt Cake and the adorable Brownie Buttons.
Tuesday keeps coming around so quickly and I always seem to be posting at the last minute but at least I was able to participate this week.
This week’s TWD assignment was selected by Lynne of Cafe LynnyLu. She chose Vanilla Ice Cream from pages 428-429 in Dorie’s book. I’m not certain if I’ve mentioned it before, but ice cream is one of my favorite desserts, if not my very favorite. At any given time I probably have at least a half dozen different flavors gracing my freezer and I generally have some amount of ice cream as part of my dessert every night. While vanilla is rarely (if ever) my first choice in flavors, I knew I had to participate this week.
It’s another Tuesday and I actually have something to post!
I missed the last couple of weeks primarily because “Prince Charming” and I were spending some time out of town for the holiday. When I saw that one of the recipes I missed was a brownie recipe I decided I just had to double up this week.
So, let us begin with the Tribute to Katherine Hepburn Brownies found on pages 96-97…
Look at that, I’ve actually managed to participate and post two weeks in a row! I’m rather proud of that right now, of course that may not be saying too much.
This week’s selection of Coconut-Roasted Pineapple Dacquoise on pages 293-295 was made by Andrea of Andrea In The Kitchen. I have to say this one surprised me…
Welcome back fellow TWD’ers. I know my participation has been somewhat spotty lately; unfortunately I expect that will likely continue until sometime after the baby is born but I will do my very best to be here and posting!
This week Tommi of Brown Interior selected Honey-Peach Ice Cream (page 437 in Dorie’s book)…
Here we are; another Tuesday and another TWD recipe. Let’s see if I manage to remember to click the publish button this time!
This week we have Tracey of Tracey’s Culinary Adventures to thank for choosing Dorie’s Cinnamon Squares. The picture of these squares has been calling to me every time I flipped past it in the book. The cake looks so moist and the frosting creamy and smooth. Alas, mine did not fulfill the expectations engendered by the picture…