Recipes by Renee
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June 17th, 2008For being so tiny, cupcakes are such a grand idea. The very idea of 12 little delicious wonders rising in the oven at the same time makes me giddy.  Just take a whiff, a deep deep sniff of the sweet smell that wafts from the kitchen thoughout the house. The aroma floats up in the air 12 times, 12 little times.  Now, how sweet is that?
In only about 20 itty bitty minutes, you have a dozen moist little fairy cakes that are in need of a crown. Â A crown so creamy and richly chocolate, the very thought of it would make a grown man weep. Â Dark chocolate creamy frosting…May I have a spoon?
Once these little wonders are properly crowned with frosting, the anticipation becomes almost unbearable. Â The first bite is so near. Â Fun, I smell fun around the corner. Â
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June 17th, 2008Today is the big reveal for the May Daring Bakers Challenge, and boy was it a doozy. Four women teamed together to host this challenge. I have to give a big thank you to: Cream Puffs in Venice, La Mia Cucina, Apples Peaches Pumpkin Pie, and Whiskful. They picked a wonderful and challenging recipe to tackle. It was a perfect Daring Bakers Challenge. Â They chose Opera Cake.
For those of you that don’t know about this cake, it’s an extremely elegant and polished French dessert that is believed to have been created around the beginning of the 1900s. Gourmet magazine writes, “There are many stories about the origins of this cake, known as both Clichy cake and Opéra cake. Many believe that Louis Clichy…