AUGUST 2010 DARING BAKERS CHALLENGE ~ Nutty and toasty meets cool and creamy... The Daring Kitchen: "The August 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Elissa of 17 and Baking. For the first time, The Daring Bakers partnered with Sugar High Fridays for a co-event and Elissa was the gracious hostess of both. Using the theme of beurre noisette, or browned butter, Elissa chose to challenge Daring Bakers to make a pound cake to be used in either a Baked Alaska or in Ice Cream Petit Fours. The sources for Elissa’s challenge were Gourmet magazine and David Lebovitz’s “The Perfect Scoop”."
OK, so Mom is hijacking this blog for the Daring Baking Challenge. I decided to make the Baked Alaska. I made the cake with no changes to the recipe. It was delicious! I could have just eaten the batter,but then I would not have finished the challenge. I made red pluot ice cream from David Lebovitz's plum ice cream recipe. I loved this ice cream and will make it again.It really complimented the nutty, buttery cake and sweet meringue. I did not freeze the Baked Alaska long enough before I browned the meringue and it melted fast but tasted fabulous. I can't wait until the next challenge!
