TWD : Chewy, Chunky Blondies

Nicole of Cookies on Friday picked this very rich recipe, which I made substituting some kind of candy-bar for the butterscotch chips (or Heath bar) no way to find them here !

The recipe is very easy and comes together quickly.

I think one of these bars goes a long way : great for hiking !!

Please visit Nicole for the recipe and go here for more !

BBA Slow and Steady : Pain de Campagne

Here is another of the great breads I learned from our Master of baking Peter Reinhart.

I used my sourdough instead of the pate fermentèè and loved it ! I should be so good to try both but I love very much baking with my sourdough.

Please visit the rest of the group ( Kayte, Nancy,Cathy,Audrey,Jessica, Melissa, Wendy, Di, Karen,Natalia,Sarah,Margaret, Tracey, and Leslie ) and the original BBA site for more bread.

For the Pane Siciliano I'll have to wait until August when I'll come back to my dear oven !!!

The Cake Slice : Key West Cake with Mango Mousse and Ginger Lime Cream

The cake selected for July's baking was Key West Cake with Mango Mousse and Ginger Lime Cream from Sky High Irresistible Layer Cakes.

The base for the cake was a simple Genoise filled with a Mango mousse made with mango pureed with some sugar, gelatine ( in Italy we find very easily sheets of gelatine which I never know well how to convert so I'm afraid I used a little too much), and whipped cream ,which I diminished because I wanted the mango to be very present. The whole cake is then frosted with a whipped cream enriched by a wonderful ginger lime curd.

I loved the two flavours together and even wished they would come out more !!!

Please visit The Cake Slice for more cakes and here you will find the recipe.

TWD : Lot's of Ways Banana Cake

Kimberly of Only Creative Opportunities decided on this cake which was great for my inlaws ' party.

I filled and frosted the cake with the chocolate whipped cream and it was much loved by all the guests.

I'm sure this recipe would be great even by itself or filled with some jam or marmelade.

Please visit Kimberly for the recipe and the other bakers for more ways.

BBA Slow and Steady : Pain a l'Ancienne

While I had baked the Multigrain bread as far as January I baked this loaves yesterday evening ! I do not know exactly what scared me, maybe I knew they weren't going to be the most beautiful ones being a very wet dough and I'm sure I still have all to learn but at least the flavour was very good !

I scored only three of them as my scoring is very poor . The unscored ones look some specialty bread they make in a bakery in the Ghetto (it is still called so even it is not a ghetto anymore of course, and has become a very fashonable place to live ) they call the Ossi ( ossa in correct italian means Bones because they are more stretched in the middle part looking a bit like a thigh bone).

Please visit the rest of the group ( Kayte, Nancy,Cathy,Audrey,Jessica, Melissa, Wendy, Di, Karen,Natalia,Sarah,Margaret, Tracey, and Leslie ) and the original BBA site for more bread.

TWD : Brrrownies

Karen of Welcome to our Crazy Blessed Life selected Brrrr-ownies now I never had a York pattie or even consciently saw one so I decided to use a peppermint extract and go for a smaller pan.

I loved the smell of these Brownies (a bit like After Eight) and their consistency.

They were part of our feast for my in-laws and were gone in seconds !!

Please visit Karen for the recipe and go here for more brrrownies !

BBA Slow and Steady :Multigrain Extraordinaire

I baked this bread as far as on the 31st of January loving so much the multigrain breads and now ..I wish I had some to nibble on while writing all these scheduled posts for my holidays ! I feel a bit like in school doing your homeworks at the last minute !!

What can I say ... let's bake it again !!

Please visit the rest of the group ( Kayte, Nancy,Cathy,Audrey,Jessica, Melissa, Wendy, Di, Karen,Natalia,Sarah,Margaret, Tracey, and Leslie ) and the original BBA site for more bread.

TWD : Tarte Noire

Dharmagirl of bliss: towards a delicious lifechose this killing tarte that I decided to make even more killing adding some whipped mascarpone and cocoa meringues from the last Daring Bakers' Challenge.

Now I know my victim will have a smile on his lips !

I used the chocolate shortcrust as the base which I cooked using some parchement to ensure an easy 'exit'.

Wonderful choice Dharmagirl !!

Please visit her site for the recipe and go here for more chocolate !

BBA Slow and Steady :Marbled Rye Bread

It took me a while to bake this bread because I never remembered to buy the rye bread but what a bread ! I loved it , but then the easiest thing would be to decide which of these breads I didn't like !!

I even enjoied forming it with all the different possibilities !

Please visit the rest of the group ( Kayte, Nancy,Cathy,Audrey,Jessica, Melissa, Wendy, Di, Karen,Natalia,Sarah,Margaret, Tracey, and Leslie ) and the original BBA site for more bread.