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Post by missfrenchjessica on Jan 28, 2016 23:05:59 GMT
My daughter's ballet/dance studio is having a "Dance Your Heart Out" Day/Celebration. We can register to "dance" with our child (I think mine would die if I came to dance with her class!  ). They are also having a dessert auction. I like to bake and think I'm pretty good at it. I've baked all sorts of things. What would you bake? What would you bid on? The prize? " A month's paid tuition to the family whose dessert was auctioned for the most money...I could go for that!  Regardless, it would give me an excuse to bake--it's been a while that I've had a reason to bake. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jan 28, 2016 23:10:54 GMT
I would make a white chocolate raspberry cheesecake. Not only is it to-die-for delicious, but it looks pretty impressive too with fresh raspberries and shaved chocolate on top. Allrecipes.com |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2016 23:12:27 GMT
Cream puffs...diffrent flavor fillings.
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Post by disneypal on Jan 28, 2016 23:15:19 GMT
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Post by Suziee2 on Jan 29, 2016 0:04:09 GMT
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Post by Suziee2 on Jan 29, 2016 0:06:31 GMT
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Post by Grom Pea on Jan 29, 2016 0:07:12 GMT
Macarons. They're always expensive when you buy them so someone will think they're getting a good deal. Beware, they're really finicky to make and are a real challenge, but I love a kitchen challenge, well a baking one anyway  |
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Post by anxiousmom on Jan 29, 2016 0:17:35 GMT
I am so totally wanting pound cake (after the lemon pound cake that was talked about yesterday) so I would go with pound cake. Not the fancy schmansiest of cakes, but always a very popular one. I may be making pound cake tomorrow.  |
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Post by beaglemom on Jan 29, 2016 0:20:17 GMT
I love to bake cakes!! I have a bunch that I have been happy with on my things I have made Pinterest board The Smitten Kitchen Chocolate peanut butter cake is to die for. It is what everyone in my family requests I make for their birthdays. I make the cake as stated, make sure to freeze the layers before frosting, they are very, very moist and make a mess if you don't freeze them. I usually use the amazing peanut butter frosting between the layers, nice and thick. And then I use the chocolate frosting from the Annie Eats triple chocolate cupcakes to frost the outside. Just made it this past weekend for ds's 3rd birthday. So delicious!! |
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Post by cmpeter on Jan 29, 2016 0:29:35 GMT
I make a similar white chocolate raspberry cheesecake and its to die for yummy.
Things that do well at dessert auctions tend to look impressive. A three or more layer cake with fantastic frosting always looks impressive and gets lots of bids.
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Jan 29, 2016 0:44:43 GMT
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Post by missfrenchjessica on Jan 29, 2016 1:12:11 GMT
All these are great ideas! I may have to see if I can put more than one item in for the auction. My daughter mentioned I might want to do the doll cake similar to this: Barbie Cake She said it might have kids begging parents to buy it because it's Barbie...and it's a ballerina...and it's CAKE! LOL! I'm seriously considering it--I made one for her when she turned 5 and she loved it! It's been too long...nostalgia is hitting.  ~sigh~ |
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Post by Rainy_Day_Woman on Jan 29, 2016 1:51:15 GMT
I made apple rose tarts for our school bake sale and they were sold faster than anything. I have made a big pie before that worked really well. I did a crust, a layer of custard, Apple pie filling that I diced small and chunky, and then did the rosettes on top. Once you get the hang of them, they go quite quick.  |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jan 29, 2016 1:54:41 GMT
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Post by Rainy_Day_Woman on Jan 29, 2016 2:07:21 GMT
That is just a google image I pulled up but they are that pretty in real life too! |
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Post by winogirl on Jan 29, 2016 2:17:22 GMT
There's a recipe on tasteofhome.com called Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake. I made it for Christmas one year and it was OMG good. My sister said it's the best cheesecake she ever had. I did have a springform pan to use though, the recipe calls to remove sides of pan after baking
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Post by ~summer~ on Jan 29, 2016 2:20:06 GMT
I just made a banana cream pie from the Tartine cookbook. It was the best thing I've ever eaten |
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Post by Basket1lady on Jan 29, 2016 2:24:49 GMT
I made apple rose tarts for our school bake sale and they were sold faster than anything. I have made a big pie before that worked really well. I did a crust, a layer of custard, Apple pie filling that I diced small and chunky, and then did the rosettes on top. Once you get the hang of them, they go quite quick. Well, we are going to need that recipe! |
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Post by Mary_K on Jan 29, 2016 2:30:27 GMT
I was at a dessert auction and the dessert that went for the most ($475)was a fruit pizza.
It was beautiful!
allrecipes.com has a lot of recipes for them.
Mary K
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Post by Miss Lerins Momma on Jan 29, 2016 2:31:09 GMT
Something with chocolate and raspberries!
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Post by Rainy_Day_Woman on Jan 29, 2016 3:08:16 GMT
I was at a dessert auction and the dessert that went for the most ($475)was a fruit pizza. It was beautiful! allrecipes.com has a lot of recipes for them. Mary K Holy smokes, that is one hell of a fruit pizza! basket1lady I don't actually have a proper recipe for it- it's just a mash up dessert I make. I am sure there is one online, but I just wing it. I make the custard with Bird's (Dh is British and that's the only one that will do), and my apple pie filling is a bunch of apples sautéed in butter and finished with vanilla bean, cinnamon, a hint of nutmeg, brown sugar and apple cider. There are a few tutorials for the rosettes on YouTube. I usually use a mix of Idared and golden delicious and pink lady apples. (Use the pink lady for the rosettes) Sorry I can't be more help. |
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Post by caangel on Jan 29, 2016 4:35:01 GMT
I made a snickers layered cake that looks super impressive. Unfortunately I can't find the recipe right now but it was all home made. Yum!
I agree that you need something that is visually impresive. The apple roses look so beautiful!
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Post by Basket1lady on Jan 29, 2016 4:38:42 GMT
I was at a dessert auction and the dessert that went for the most ($475)was a fruit pizza. It was beautiful! allrecipes.com has a lot of recipes for them. Mary K Holy smokes, that is one hell of a fruit pizza! basket1lady I don't actually have a proper recipe for it- it's just a mash up dessert I make. I am sure there is one online, but I just wing it. I make the custard with Bird's (Dh is British and that's the only one that will do), and my apple pie filling is a bunch of apples sautéed in butter and finished with vanilla bean, cinnamon, a hint of nutmeg, brown sugar and apple cider. There are a few tutorials for the rosettes on YouTube. I usually use a mix of Idared and golden delicious and pink lady apples. (Use the pink lady for the rosettes) Sorry I can't be more help. Ok, what is Bird's? I'm on a mission now. The apple filling sounds more like what we called fried apples. |
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Post by Rainy_Day_Woman on Jan 29, 2016 5:21:00 GMT
Ok, what is Bird's? I'm on a mission now. The apple filling sounds more like what we called fried apples. Bird's is a custard powder. You guys might have your own brand that is popular, Bird's is just one of the most popular ones in Britain. It's like cornflour and flavouring. My inlaws bring it for DH when they visit but we can buy it in Canada; so maybe you can get it in the US. However, unless your friends are British convenience food snobs, any custard powder will do! I use double the custard powder on the can recipe, so it is thicker. (Or you can make pie filling custard properly with eggs and such but I like shortcuts where I can get them ) |
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Post by freecharlie on Jan 29, 2016 5:46:30 GMT
I didn't read the comments, but I would bid on creme brulee.
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Post by Basket1lady on Jan 29, 2016 6:05:33 GMT
Ok, what is Bird's? I'm on a mission now. The apple filling sounds more like what we called fried apples. Bird's is a custard powder. You guys might have your own brand that is popular, Bird's is just one of the most popular ones in Britain. It's like cornflour and flavouring. My inlaws bring it for DH when they visit but we can buy it in Canada; so maybe you can get it in the US. However, unless your friends are British convenience food snobs, any custard powder will do! I use double the custard powder on the can recipe, so it is thicker. (Or you can make pie filling custard properly with eggs and such but I like shortcuts where I can get them ) Ok. With A LOT of Googling, I think British custard is a thin American pudding. And Amazon has Bird's custard powder for about $6! I'll confess, I've never heard of custard powder until now. I've certainly never heard of custard and apple pie. But it seems that it's basically just flavored cornstarch. Easy enough to substitute that, but best stick to what works. We were in London a year ago and ate tons of British pub foods. But sadly, I fear we missed trying British custard. I'll have to go back! |
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Post by shelby on Jan 29, 2016 6:43:23 GMT
Being as it's for a dance class how about a Pablova. It is always very popular and is so pretty with fruit on top of the mound of whipped cream
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Post by mollycoddle on Jan 29, 2016 11:28:23 GMT
I don't normally make fancy desserts, so I would look at a good site-like Southern Living-and do a search.
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Post by pjaye on Jan 29, 2016 13:51:46 GMT
If I was going all out to win, then I'd make a Croquembouche (a tower of choux pasty balls filled with crème pâtissière)
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