Cheese and Chocolate

If midnight had a flavor, these brownies might come pretty close to capturing it – at least what I imagine in my mind midnight might taste like:  dark, rich, dense, smooth and not too sweet.  Imagine, if you will, a pure chocolate indulgence that screams sinfulness, yet exudes a level of luxury and sophistication.  Sophistication [...]

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August Daring Bakers – Éclairs!!!

This month’s Daring Bakers challenge was Chocolate Éclairs.  Using a simple mixture of Pate a Choux pastry, pastry cream and a chocolate glaze, the challenge was to create our own version of this fancy treat.  I was really looking forward to this challenge since I’ve wanted to try Pate a Choux for some time.
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A Canadian Goodie

I may have mentioned before that the best thing about baking/cooking for me is when I get to do it for the enjoyment of others.  Such was the case this past weekend.  A friend of ours was celebrating a milestone birthday (I won’t say which one) and I wanted to bring something along for everyone [...]

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Have You Ever Had a Berger Cookie?

 
I haven’t.  In fact, I’d never even heard of a ‘Berger’ Cookie prior to reading about them on the Baker’s Banter blogsite from King Arthur Flour.  I asked a few folks I know if they had ever heard of them and the response was the same almost every time, “A burger cookie?, You mean one [...]

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Chocolate Disaster Cake

 

Okay, I don’t like to admit my mistakes, especially when they’re foolish ones.  But sometimes our mistakes are too good to keep to ourselves.  We were on vacation 2 weeks ago and I did a good amount of baking at that time (yes, baking was a planned part of my vacation, I don’t get that [...]

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