Posts Tagged ‘cake’
Birthday Cake
![Birthday Cake Birthday Cake](http://myfoodgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/flowercake2.jpg)
A few weeks ago one of my co-workers asked me if I could make her a birthday cake. There was much discussion on what kind of cakes, flavors, toppings, icings, decorations, everything. Conversations went on for what seemed like hours before we decided on a cake, and then at the last moment, the cake changed [Continue]
Daring Christmas
![Daring Christmas Daring Christmas](http://myfoodgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/gnome_log.jpg)
I’m a few days late with my DB post this month, but I got it done in time for Christmas Eve. This month our daring assignment got a holiday themed recipe: Yule Log. This is one of those recipes that may make you cringe a little bit when you first look at it; a cake, [Continue]
Bostini!
![Bostini! Bostini!](http://myfoodgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/bostini.jpg)
I cut this Daring Bakers Challenge close. I waited until the last day and pretty close to the last hour to get this cake made and posted! This month the bakers took on the challenge of a Bostini Cream Pie. I’d probably classify this as a restaurant version of the classic dessert; it is small, [Continue]
A daring cake
![A daring cake A daring cake](http://myfoodgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/mirror1.jpg)
Here’s one of the last pastries I dared to make in our San Diego kitchen before our east coast relocation. This month’s Daring Bakers challenge was to construct a strawberry Bavarian with a strawberry mirror glaze. Like any DB, I accepted the challenge. The cake wasn’t too hard to make and only comprised of a [Continue]