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    Month: July 2011

    • Spiced Blood Orange Marmalade

      Spiced Blood Orange Marmalade Blood oranges are one of those things when they are good, they are really good and when they are bad, well…. they are not that great. I’ve been stalking the markets lately  in hopes of finding some and yesterday I found some a the San Francisco Ferry Plaza Farmer’s Market. I was so excited the…

    • Fraisier Gateaux

      Fraisier Gateaux with Creme Mousseline This month’s “Daring Baker’s Challenge” is the Fraisier. The July challenge is hosted by Jana of cherry tea cakes. www.cherryteacakes.com  The recipe is written by the very talented duo here in San Francisco; Elisabeth Prueitt and Chad Robertson of famed Tartine Bakery. It is a light chiffon cake layered with cream mousseline…

    • Orange Pineapple Scones

      I don’t know who is more of a sucker for a tourist trap. Me or my husband. We were driving down to Southern California recently and we just had to stop at Casa de Fruita. If you are driving down to LA from San Francisco, you will pass by it.  You can’t miss it if  you tried.…

    • Lime Meltaways

      Sunshine, Oscar the Dog, and Lime Meltaways…. The day started out good. I could tell it was going to be a  great Sunday.  The Husband woke me up with fresh, hot coffee, which is pretty much priority number one on any given day. We recently got a new dog, “Oscar”.  Oscar has learned that when Mommy starts…

    • Raspberry Tart with Passion Fruit Cream

      A Tale of Two Tarts…     I love, love, love Raspberry season! One of my favorite summer desserts is a simple raspberry tart.  You can be creative and make all kinds of fillings. Standard pastry cream, mascarpone cream,  50/50 mixture of pastry cream and lemon curd, or one of my favorites white chocolate pastry cream. This time…

    • Baking Tip: “How To Make A Parchment Sling”

      People always ask me how I get perfect looking cuts on brownies or anything where you have to cut the cookie or baked good that you made in a pan. The secret is the “sling”. You can sling almost anything that goes into a square, or oblong pan. This goes for brownies, fudge, banana bread, key lime…