While waiting patiently for the reveal date of this month's Daring Bakers Challenge, I thought I'd have a go at some of the previous challenges that have been completed to see the sort of thing that I might find myself being faced with in the future...
The first one I've tried is a recipe for Tuiles (thin, crisp biscuits), and was the January 2009 challenge hosted by Karen (aka Baking Soda) at Bake My Day! and Zorra (aka Kochtopf) at 1x umrühren bitte.
The recipe is available in PDF here.
I picked this Challenge as it looked like a relatively straightforward recipe with standard ingredients that wasn't too complex. Sadly I underestimated my ineptitude both at tuiles-batter-spreading with a butterfly-shaped stencil (cut from a margerine tub lid) and at piping, and it took several attempts to get anywhere near the right sort of thickness or even vaguely presentable decoration (which I guess is why they're called challenges...). Regardless, I really enjoyed experimenting withthe recipe, and they tasted ok! Below is a picture of the eventual result in its not-so-natural habitat ;) !
The first one I've tried is a recipe for Tuiles (thin, crisp biscuits), and was the January 2009 challenge hosted by Karen (aka Baking Soda) at Bake My Day! and Zorra (aka Kochtopf) at 1x umrühren bitte.
The recipe is available in PDF here.
I picked this Challenge as it looked like a relatively straightforward recipe with standard ingredients that wasn't too complex. Sadly I underestimated my ineptitude both at tuiles-batter-spreading with a butterfly-shaped stencil (cut from a margerine tub lid) and at piping, and it took several attempts to get anywhere near the right sort of thickness or even vaguely presentable decoration (which I guess is why they're called challenges...). Regardless, I really enjoyed experimenting withthe recipe, and they tasted ok! Below is a picture of the eventual result in its not-so-natural habitat ;) !
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