Andrea’s Recipes

This is a tale of what NOT to do when tackling any baking project, let alone a Daring Bakers challenge.
First, make sure that you aren’t sick. If you are sick, make sure that none of the children are sick, or at least make sure that husband is not sick so that he can attend to [...]

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A name like Red Velvet suggests something decadent, luxurious, perhaps even a little naughty, such as a slinky red velvet party dress or a Red Velvet cocktail, and the classic Southern Red Velvet Cake is all of the above. The cake’s history is not entirely clear, though both Canada and the U.S. have laid claim [...]

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Although my first post on this blog is from November 2005, I really count my blogging anniversary as January 7. Why, you may ask? Because January 7, 2006 is the day I realized that someone had left a comment on one of my posts. For the first time I understood that people were coming to [...]

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The Daring Bakers got all festive this month and tackled the traditional Yule Log (aka Buche de Noel). Our beloved founders Lisa and Ivonne chose this challenge for us all, and it was a big challenge for me on several levels: marzipan, because I’ve never done it and I’m not an artist; genoise, because it [...]

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Tanna of the wonderful cooking blog The Half Cup chose the challenge item for this month, a delicious bread that can be shaped in many different ways. As the name suggests, the bread is tender and quite flavorful, and it’s one that I enjoyed making, so I’m sending a big THANK YOU to Tanna for [...]

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