The Daring Baker’s October 2011 challenge was Povitica, hosted by Jenni of The Gingered Whisk. Povitica is a traditional Eastern European Dessert Bread that is as lovely to look at as it is to eat! The concept is actually simple, a yeast dough rolled out, a filling spread over, rolled …
Month: October 2011
Cinnamon Wreath
My boyfriend brought this to a lecture recently. Or rather, he was supposed to bring cake, but he happened to be in Sicily attending summer school, so someone had to be responsible for bringing cake. And who could that be? Well, me. So, I made a cinnamon wreath, kind of …
Chocolate Caramel Sandwich (Linzer?) Cookies
If you don’t live or work with me, you probably haven’t tasted these cookies. As I see it, you now have two choices. One, try to convince me to make these cookies for you or, two, hurry into the kitchen and get started. Before I give you the recipe, I’ll …
Chocolate Chip Biscuits
These are a spin on my grandmothers 1,2,3-cookies, with little pieces of chocolate. 100 g sugar 200 g butter 300 g flour 200 g chocolate, chopped or grated. Beat the butter with the sugar and flour, and mix in the chocolate. Form logs and chill ’em, slice ‘en and bake ’em at …
Oreo Cupcakes
These were an immence succes. My father deemed them “candy” (and no worse for that) and my collegues loved them (at least they said they did). I had been wanting to make oreo cupcakes for a while, and decided to make triple-chocolate-oreo-cupcakes. I found my inspiration here, and adapted the …