**I temporarily, just for this week suspended my Military Monday post, because two posts in one day would negate the solitary & somber purpose of the MM posts, and the Daring Baker’s posts have to be posted on the 27th. The Military Monday posts will resume next Monday! For now, view the archives. Also, this […]
Category: Daring Baker’s Challenge
cooking | Daring Baker's Challenge | food | italian | macaroni/pasta | meals | recipe | savory
Daring Baker’s Challenge: Lasagne of Emilia-Romagna (Lasagne Verdi al Forno)
This month’s challenge was exciting and not only because I love lasagne… but because the Daring Baker’s have a new home! Now we reside at The Daring Kitchen, where we also have something new called The Daring Cooks. So all you cooks out there who don’t like baking, there’s a place for you! The March […]
cake | chocolate | Daring Baker's Challenge | desserts | gluten-free | ice cream | recipe
Daring Baker’s Challenge: Chocolate Valentino (flourless chocolate cake) & homemade ice cream.
This months’ Daring Baker’s challenge wasn’t really all that much of a challenge for me because I’ve already made flourless chocolate cake, so I was familiar with it. Of course, this one is very different from the one I made. This one, popularized by Chef Wan, is dense and fudgy and brownie-like, mine was more […]
beurre noisette | cake | cakes | caramel | Daring Baker's Challenge | desserts | gluten-free | recipe | vanilla
Daring Baker’s Challenge: Caramel Cake with caramelized butter frosting.
This month’s DB challenge has a special place in my heart. I adore caramel. And it is indeed pronounced car-a-mel. Not ‘carmel.’ People please, note the ‘a’ in there. Its just plain based on the rules of the English language. Car-a-mel. If you say ‘carmel’ just go away. No I’m kidding- don’t go away. I’m […]
cooking | Daring Baker's Challenge | food | gluten-free | meals | pizza | recipe | snacks | vanilla
Daring Baker’s Challenge: Pizza & toppings!
Now this Daring Baker’s Challenge was one I was super psyched to do: PIZZA! I’ve posted before that I love pizza, and love making homemade pizza, as well as the fact that I’ve done it many times before… so for me this was a snap. An incredibly enjoyable snap, but a snap. Pre-baking, regular (left) […]
breads | cheese | cooking | Daring Baker's Challenge | dip/salsa/spread | gluten-free | recipe | snacks | vegan
Daring Baker’s Challenge: Lavash crackers & vegan 7-layer dip!
This month the DB challenge intrigued me. Lavash crackers. What the hell are those!? Well, Lavash crackers are an Armenian style cracker, perfect for breadbaskets, company and kids…It is similar to the many other Middle Eastern and Northern African flatbreads known by different names, such as mankoush or mannaeesh (Lebanese), barbari (Iranian), khoubiz or khobz […]
chocolate | Daring Baker's Challenge | desserts | eclairs | filling | glaze | recipe | vanilla
Daring Baker’s Challenge: Pierre Herme’s Chocolate Eclairs!
This month the Daring Baker’s Challenge was a blast. French chocolate éclairs! Now, honestly, I never ever would’ve made these on my own. Well, maybe, if I’d gotten a request and been bugged and harrassed I may have looked into éclair recipes and tried it. But I never would have thought of it myself. Mainly […]
cake | chocolate | Daring Baker's Challenge | filling | frosting | glaze | recipe | vanilla
DARING BAKER’S CHALLENGE: Opéra Cake!!!
I admit, when I first read the Daring Baker’s Challenge for May, Opéra Cake, I had two thoughts run through my head. One; ARE THEY CRAZY? and two; I thought of Adam Sandler’s Opera Man. My first thought was a bit judgemental. I thought that it seemed very daunting- as well as complicated and tedious, […]
I'm Marilla. A 30-something artist, hobby baker, home canning enthusiast, gardener, DIY-er, wife, mommy of a baby boy and dog mom (to another baby boy) from New York. 
