Laura Rebecca's Kitchen

If there’s someone in your life who loves the (irresistible?) combination of peanut butter and chocolate, might I suggest you forgo the traditional Valentines’s Day wine and box of chocolates and make these for your beloved instead? The chocolate cake recipe is a “KAF Gauranteed” from King Arthur Flour. It offers a balanced chocolate flavor […]

Well, Happy New Year, everybody! Sure, it’s only a month and a half late, and three and a half months since my last blog post, but who’s counting? Where have I been? I started a new job about six months ago (has it been that long? Holy crap.) in which I am mistress of all […]

Guess what? This blog was born 3 years ago today! Where did the time go? How many calories were consumed? Why has my photography only marginally improved? In any event, I can’t think of a better way to celebrate than with the Daring Bakers; today’s our posting date! The February 2009 challenge is hosted by […]

This month’s challenge is brought to us by the adventurous Hilda from Saffron and Blueberry and Marion from Il en Faut Peu Pour Etre Heureux. They have chosen a French Yule Log by Flore from Florilege Gourmand. If you recall, the DBers did a yule log last year but this year’s yule log is very […]

Almost a year ago, I came upon this recipe for Chocolate Bread. Why did it take me so long to bake it? God only knows. But I finally did, and it was worth the wait. While the final product is supposed to be have a “feathery yet rich texture,” mine was denser, with a tighter […]

For my mom’s birthday (which is today) I offered to bake her anything she liked. Always a butter cookie lover, she requested: A butter cookie that is partially dipped in chocolate. You know, like the old fashioned delicious cookies that bakeries used to make themselves before they bought them wholesale from large commercial bakeries made […]

There are a lot of steps in making the Filbert Gateau with Praline Buttercream — the recipe is almost as long as the name — but it wasn’t an overly difficult cake to make. (Though getting a cake to look beautiful is difficult, and I need a lot more practice before one of my cakes […]

Two Sundays ago, Shane and I worked a shift on the Fellenz Family Farm as part of our obligation to the UUCC CSA. After nearly four hours of hoeing and transplanting, we’d worked up quite an appetite. Shane wanted a big breakfast — eggs, sausage, bacon, toast, hash browns — but I wanted a huge […]

When Lis, Ivonne, Fran and Shea announced this month’s Daring Baker Challenge — an opera cake sans the traditional coffee and dark chocolate flavors — I was apprehensive. What flavors should I use to make this my own? How many steps in this recipe? How many ingredients? How much will they cost? How much time […]

Chocolate chip cookies with their friend, Carmelized Pineapple Upside-down Cake. I’m posting this before heading off to the gym, the first day of a renewed effort to lose the last 15 — scratch that, 13.4 pounds — to reach my goal weight. I’m kicking up my exercise regimen in the hopes that it speeds up […]