TWD: Chockablock cookies

Made and photographed by a trio of 5th grade boys.

(and with a new computer I can't figure out how to upload the pictures, so you'll have to trust me -- they were cakey and kind of, well, not our favorite. No one's hankering to make the rest of the batter in the fridge.)

TWD: Sweet Cream Biscuits

Mid Morning Snack...

TWD: Swedish Visiting Cake

We don't have any Swedes coming to visit, but we enjoyed the cake while discussing the Civil War.

TWD: Dulce de Leche Duos

Ok, so we were supposed to make these, maybe a month ago? I wanted to, but life got in the way. And while I was busy with non-baking essentials, I also went through a grocery store funk. One of those, "ok-I-know-that-there-is-something-I-can-make-into-dinner-here-so-that-I-can-avoid-the-grocery-store-for-at-least-one-more-day" funks. It lasted until we had finished every single frozen fruit and vegetable in the freezer. We also ran out of flour. So then I remembered to buy the sweetened condensed milk.

These cookies were great. I shared them, and ate them. And didn't photograph them.

TWD: Soft Chocolate Tart with Raspberries

It wasn't as soft as Dorie intended. And I used home-frozen raspberries. It was a perfect, although perhaps less traditional way to celebrate Pi Day.

TWD: Thumbprints for us big guys

These lived up to their name.
The little kids threw them in the trash after one bite.
Everyone over 10 thought they were wonderful.
I'll vote with the "over 10" crowd, although I'll admit that I came down with the stomach flu after making them am still working past tea and toast.
Fortunately, my cookies, filled with brandy spiked chocolate ganache, didn't seem to make anyone sick.

DB: Tiramisu

My husband and I had a bit of a disagreement as I was making the tiramisu. Convinced that the rum flavor should be front and center, he turned to wikipedia. And he introduced to me to a type of tiramisu previously unknown.

That's right, Tyra Misoux, porn star.

I'm sure if you google her, there are fancier photos.

Let's just say that this led to LOTS of laughter.

Don't know that my version, yummy as it was, stacked up in quite the same way.

The February 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen and Deeba of Passionate About Baking. They chose Tiramisu as the challenge for the month. Their challenge recipe is based on recipes from The Washington Post, Cordon Bleu at Home and Baking Obsession.