I am beyond ashamed to note that my last post was from July 09. Clearly, life has gotten in the way. On the positive side, I am now Dr. Rabbit (having successfully completed my doctoral dissertation). On the less-positive side, en route to said doctorate I seem to have lost all sight of what’s really meaningful, valuable, and enjoyable in life… like baking gingerbread houses. RIP dissertation… I am soooo glad to have my life back!!
The December 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to you by Anna of Very Small Anna and Y of Lemonpi. They chose to challenge Daring Bakers’ everywhere to bake and assemble a gingerbread house from scratch. They chose recipes from Good Housekeeping and from The Great Scandinavian Baking Book as the challenge recipes.
I chose Y’s recipe. In part because I had all the ingredients on hand, but also because the claims to Swedish grandma-ish authenticity appealed to my sense of holiday sentiment. I stretched the undertaking into a three-day affair, which worked quite well.
Day One: I built the dough.
I had learned from front-leading DB’ers that this recipe could be a little dry and unwieldy so I made sure to add extra water to my dough. Things came together quite easily (and smelled spicy-delicious) and I rolled up my dough-balls to sleep and rest overnight. Meanwhile, I downloaded a gingerbread house pattern from one of Audax’s much appreciated links and traced my house onto the back of a Bran Flakes cereal box for next-day cutting.
Day Two: I baked the house.
My dough had settled into two hard disks which took surprisingly long to soften. Still, they were relatively easy to roll, and using my previously cut-out patterns I fashioned my various house bits from the dough and set them on parchment to bake. My house smelled gorgeous baking these pieces, but I tasted one of the roof trimming disks and they were perfectly awful. Aromatic to be sure, my house nevertheless tasted like drywall. I actually think this is good since, given that I built my house the same week my thesis was defended I would have no doubt stress-eaten the entire structure had it been the least bit delicious.
Some reported shrinkage on house bits during baking, but my pieces stayed pretty true to form. I think this is pure dumb luck and not due to any secrets re: dough rolling or whatever. I stacked the pieces in foil dish and let them sleep for the night.
Day Three: Construction
I started construction day whipping up my royal icing. Royal icing is a seriously formidable confection and I had no trouble whipping up a perfectly stalwart icing-glue. I constructed a platform from cardboard and tinfoil and set to work. My walls went up easily and I had to hold each for only a fraction of the recommended time. The room was equally amenable, and even my chimney posed little trouble. I decorated with piped on icing, a few extra disks of round roof-trim, and various candies. The result is not particularly Martha, but I was chuffed. Voila.
Addendum: Over-puffed on self, the newly minted doctor decided to build a more complex and Victorian version of the gingerbread house for family Christmas. I packed up the pieces to assemble on site… and it was a complete disaster. First, I forgot an entire side of the intended edifice. Nothing stuck or stood up, and it the roof slid off immediately. The hut was a catastrophe. So we ate the Rabbit-sister’s excellent Guinness layer cake and that was that.
The July Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Nicole at Sweet Tooth. She chose Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies and Milan Cookies from pastry chef Gale Gand of the Food Network.Read more…
The June Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Jasmine of Confessions of a Cardamom Addict and Annemarie of Ambrosia and Nectar. They chose a Traditional (UK) Bakewell Tart… er… pudding that was inspired by a rich baking history dating back to the 1800’s in England.
The May Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Linda of make life sweeter! and Courtney of Coco Cooks. They chose Apple Strudel from the recipe book Kaffeehaus: Exquisite Desserts from the Classic Cafés of Vienna, Budapest and Prague by Rick Rodgers.
The March 2009 challenge is hosted by Mary of Beans and Caviar, Melinda of Melbourne Larder and Enza of Io Da Grande. They have chosen Lasagne of Emilia-Romagna from The Splendid Table by Lynne Rossetto Kasper as the challenge.
Mr. Rabbit called from his Mississauga office to say he had a present for me. I was immediately concerned. Mr. Rab isn’t the type to bring home flowers or chocolate. Last time he had a “surprise” for me he handed over a butchered rabbit from the St. Lawrence Market. It was admittedly delicious with mustard sauce, but a dead bun in a bag wasn’t exactly on my Amazon wish list… Read more…
Nota Bene is the glimmering darling of Toronto’s 2008 restaurant scene. Reviewers and bloggers have been exorbitant in their praises and Chowhound is abuzz with the splendor of Splendido’s street-style sister.
Nobody was more excited about Nota Bene than the Rabbitz. It finally promised a neighbourhood destination suitably gourmand and yet financially restrained. We thought we’d be there every week. We thought we’d know the bartenders on first- name basis. But we don’t. And this is in part because we just don’t think Nota Bene is all that.
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