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The Spiced Life Café de Leche Cheesecake

April 27, 2009 By Laura 44 Comments

The Spiced Life Café de Leche Cheesecake is a combination of classic flavors in a creamy, indulgent cheesecake. My mother begs for this dessert regularly.  “This is the best cheesecake I have ever had.” I almost keeled over when those words came out of my mother’s mouth. I was pretty sure up until that point… 

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Filed Under: caramel, cheesecake, chocolate, coffee desserts, cream cheese, Daring Bakers, ganache, mascarpone Tagged With: caramel, chocolate, dulce de leche

Back In The Saddle: Daring Bakers’ Lasagne

March 27, 2009 By Laura 13 Comments

And people wonder why I think counter space is a necessity for the Daring Bakers! This is the cooked noodles lying out to dry and waiting to be assembled–while I was still cooking more noodles. You read that title right–although depending on how well you know me it could either be the Daring Baker part… 

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Filed Under: beef, casseroles, Daring Bakers, lasagne, pasta, pork Tagged With: beef, casserole, Italian, lasagna, lasagne, noodles, pasta, pork

If you’re looking for the Daring Bakers Challenge…

June 29, 2008 By Laura Leave a Comment

I decided the Daring Bakers would have to wait until our house is built and I had a kitchen and a life up to the challenge. This kitchen was always too hot (now that the seasons have changed) and we are in the middle of moving, which did not help. Which we will be doing… 

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Daring Bakers: Cheesecake Pops!

April 27, 2008 By Laura 6 Comments

I had all these lovely blog entries to post, and then our hard drive (our secondary hard drive, for storage only) went kaput. This is relevant, because without it my pictures don’t upload properly–this could be fixed, but my husband would have to do it, and he is overworked enough as it is, and the… 

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Filed Under: Daring Bakers, sweet confections

Daring Bakers Challenge: Julia Child’s French Bread

February 29, 2008 By Laura 11 Comments

Isn’t this always how it goes? You work and work and work on something, doing everything right, only to commit some stupid (mostly) cosmetic error at the end, causing the whole thing to look awful. C’est la vie. But it tasted fabulous and more important it tasted right, so I can’t be too upset. Besides… 

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Filed Under: Daring Bakers, yeasted breads

Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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