Yeasted Meringue Coffee Cake: Daring Bakers March 2011 Challenge

 

The March 2011 Daring Baker’s Challenge was hosted by Ria of Ria’s Collection and Jamie of Life’s a Feast. Ria and Jamie challenged The Daring Bakers to bake a yeasted Meringue Coffee Cake.

February Daring Bakers' Challenge: Panna Cotta & Florentine Cookies

The February 2011 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Mallory from A Sofa in the Kitchen. She chose to challenge everyone to make Panna Cotta from a Giada De Laurentiis recipe and Nestle Florentine Cookies.

Daring Bakers' Challenge: January 2011

The January 2011 Daring Bakers’ challenge is hosted by Astheroshe from the Blog, accro. Astheroshe chose Joconde imprime /entremets as the challenge for the month. Her challenge recipe is based on recipe from Chef John O, from The International Culinary School in Atlanta, Georgia USA.

The Daring Bakers' December 2010 Challenge: Stollen

The 2010 December Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Penny of Sweet Sadie’s Baking. She chose to challenge Daring Bakers’ to make Stollen. She adapted a friend’s family recipe and combined it with information from friends, techniques from Peter Reinhart’s book.........and Martha Stewart’s demonstration.

This is my first Daring Bakers challenge, but as excited as I was to join the bakers, I wasn't too enthusiastic about making stollen. It seemed a little boring and, you know, Christmasy. (Which is fine when you celebrate Christmas, but less inspiring when you don't.)

In fact, I put off baking the stollen until the day before the posted pictures were due. Happily, I had a wonderful time baking with my mom, and the stollen turned out beautifully. I'm looking forward to my next Daring Bakers' challenge!