The January 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Lauren of Celiac Teen. Lauren chose Gluten-Free Graham Wafers and Nanaimo Bars as the challenge for the month. The sources she based her recipe on are 101 Cookbooks and www.nanaimo.ca.
What an exciting challenge for the start of the year! I’ve never made either the gluten-free graham [...]

The recipe  chosen by Steph of Obsessed with Baking for this week’s Tuesdays with Dorie is on page 46 of Dorie Greenspan’s book  Baking: From My Home to Yours.  COCOA-NANA BREAD. Two of my favorite ingredients– chocolate and banana– play center stage for this delicious snack (or breakfast or…any time food!!!!).  Not only did [...]

One of three  Nikita’s Cupcakes (Cupcake #1: Red Velvet, Cupcake #2: Mocha Muffins) we baked for my dog Nikita’s vet, Dr. Carl Kelly,this muffin recipe was adapted from The Cupcake Cafe cookbook.  I had reservations when I was mixing this recipe because I saw chunks of apples and not much batter.  And the recipe did [...]