Povitica ( pronounced as Po-va-teet-za) is nothing but a sweet bread with a nut filling. A dough made with flour and yeast. It is then rolled and stretched out as thin as possible. The walnut filling is spread,its rolled and then baked in a bread loaf pan.It is also known as Nutroll,Potica,Kalachi [...]
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Similar to Puff Pastry,making Croissants from scratch is quite a challenge. It takes hours to make,involves a lot of effort,but end of the day when you have a bite of these gorgeous croissants,each and every minute spent baking,makes it worth it! Rugelach and Croissants are my all time favorites. I never [...] The August 2011 Daring Bakers’ Challenge was hosted by Lisa of Parsley,Sage,Desserts and Line Drive and Mandy of What the Fruitcake?!. These two sugar mavens challenged us to make sinfully delicious candies! This was a special challenge for the Daring Bakers because the good folks at Chocoley offered an amazing prize for the [...] Frasiers is something that I came across the first time at the DBC forum. And I was quite thrilled to bake one. But I must say this wasn’t the best cake I have ever baked. I wasn’t quite happy the way my Frasier looked,no doubt it tasted excellent but the look wasn’t quite appealing. [...] Better late than Never -I didn’t want to miss out on this month’s challenge too. Somehow managed to work on it today. My site was hacked,took some time to figure it out. Its up now and here is my post. Erica of Erica’s Edibles was our host for the Daring Baker’s June challenge. [...] The March 2011 Daring Baker’s Challenge was hosted by Ria of Ria’s Collection and Jamie of Life’s a Feast. Ria and Jamie challenged The Daring Bakers to bake a yeasted Meringue Coffee Cake. There is something about Coffee Cakes,the more I taste the more tempting it has been for me to experiment. [...] I think this one is one of the very few DBC’s which has taken me very less time to make. I made both the challenges today and everyone loved it. The February 2011 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Mallory from A Sofa in the Kitchen. She chose to challenge everyone [...] Yay,For once I made this challenge well ahead of time!!! Brillat Savarin said - “The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of new star”. I was glad to participate in DBC this time,as I discovered the two new words “Extremet”and “Jaconde”. I like [...] | Straight from a foodie lover’s heart thats what this site is all about. It’s just not about the taste,appearance or the presentation neither it is about satisfying ones hunger or revitalizing the organs. There is much more to it. I have been passionate about baking and this blog gave me an opportunity to express myself and hone my latent culinary skills.And last not but the least learn,the art of baking and cooking from many many talented people,age and location not withstanding.I welcome you to my world of foodie lovers!. Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy writing it - Nina:)  | ||
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