This week Jasmine of Jasmine Cuisine selected Peanut Butter Crisscrosses on page 78 of Dorie’s book. I thought these would make a nice extra treat for guests to munch on at “the Little Prince’s” first birthday party, so in the midst of making all the other food for the party not to mention the stress and excitement of making my very first children’s birthday cake (I will post pictures of that soon!) I managed to squeeze in this recipe as well.
This week’s recipe was selected by Karen of Welcome to our Crazy Blessed Life; she selected Brrrr-ownies on page 103. Now, I’ve never met the brownie that I truly didn’t like and “Prince Charming” is a huge fan of chocolate and mint so I knew this was a must bake recipe.
However, I’m not nearly the mint fan my hubby is so I decided I would make the recipe as written for him, but also do a modified batch for me…
This week’s TWD challenge was selected by Amy of Amy Ruth Bakes. She made the excellent choice of Dressy Chocolate Loafcake on pages 286 and 287. There are just so many things to love about this recipe; chocolate (of course), ease of preparation, and size to name a few.
I wasn’t exactly thrilled by the filling Dorie uses – raspberry jam should not be within shouting distance of my chocolate cake. But that was easy enough to fix; I went with a peanut butter mousse and bittersweet chocolate ganache, one layer of each between each of the three layers of cake.
Why don’t I just let the pictures speak for themselves…
So, at the end of last week’s post I promised my very first product review/reader give away and I have failed to deliver. I do apologize, I won’t offer any excuses but sometimes life (or in this case work) just happens and we have to roll with the punches. “Prince Charming” is now assisting me with the product review so I will get it posted soon.
Now, on to this week’s TWD challenge selected by Spike of spike.bakes – Banana Coconut Ice Cream Pie (page 350)… Read more…
Welcome to the final TWD installment of 2008. I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season; I know I am! I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to participate this week since I am still out of town visiting family, but my mother graciously permitted me to take over her kitchen long enough to make Anne’s (of AnneStrawberry) choice of Tall and Creamy Cheesecake (found on pages 235-237 of Dorie’s Baking: From My Home to Yours).
Since I’m sitting in my mother’s kitchen on a laptop essentially ignoring my family long enough to write this, I’m going to do my best to keep it short.
Cheesecake is definitely rated among my favorite desserts so I was excited to make this one. For the most part I followed the recipe as it was written, but I couldn’t resist making a few changes…
Two things have recently come to my attention:
1) I haven’t actually shared a recipe with you in about a month
2) My last few posts haven’t had very much (if anything) chocolate in them
I simply cannot permit this situation to continue. This recipe not only rectifies both issues but it satisfies every craving for sweet, gooey, chocolaty goodness that I’ve had lately. Not to be completely immodest, but these little bars are positively to die for. And I’m not the only one to hold this belief – they vanished in under a day at the office and every single person gave them a rave review.
I won’t keep you in suspense any longer, grab the recipe here and let’s get baking…