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12 October 2009

A couple of years ago when I started the Teenie Cakes blog (originally on Blogger), my intention was to blog about cupcakes and baking.   Ironically, I haven’t posted one recipe on cupcakes.   There are a lot of inspiring cupcake blogs (my all-time fav Cupcake Bakeshop by Chockylit) out on the internet and I was inspired [...]

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Daring Bakers – August 2009: Dobos Torte

30 August 2009
Dobos Torte

The August 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Angela of A Spoonful of Sugar and Lorraine of Not Quite Nigella . They chose the spectacular Dobos Torte based on a recipe from Rick Rodgers’ cookbook Kaffeehaus:  Exquisite Desserts from the Classic Caffés of Vienna, Budapest, and Prague. Was running a couple days late on [...]

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Daring Bakers – July 2009: Milan Cookies

27 July 2009
Milan Cookies

The July Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Nicole at Sweet Tooth. She chose Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies and Milan Cookies from pastry chef Gale Gand of the Food Network. We had a choice of making both or selecting one.  Being that I’m not a huge marshmallow fan, I opted to work on the Milan [...]

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Daring Bakers – June 2009: Bakewell Tart

27 June 2009

The June Daring Bakers' challenge was hosted by Jasmine of Confessions of a Cardamom Addict and Annemarie of Ambrosia and Nectar. They chose a Traditional (UK) Bakewell Tart… er… pudding that was inspired by a rich baking history dating back to the 1800's in England. Although it was delicious, the finished tart came out runny and [...]

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Daring Bakers – May 2009: Apple Strudel

27 May 2009

 Mmmm.  When the strudel is baking is smells so good.  I love apple-whatevers and so I totally enjoy the smell of baking apple pie, apple crisp or apple cobbler.   The apple strudel doesn't smell like any of these – but the aroma of the apples with the sugar and rum – divine! I made a couple [...]

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Daring Bakers – April 2009: Cheesecake Centerpiece with Raspberry Sauce

27 April 2009
Cheesecake Centerpiece with Raspberry Sauce

The April 2009 challenge is hosted by Jenny from Jenny Bakes. She has chosen Abbey’s Infamous Cheesecake as the challenge. I’ve never made a cheesecake from scratch, so this was going to be a fun challenge.  There was a lot of room for creativity with this challenge, however, I procrastinated to the very last day [...]

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