2010 in Baking

So it's been awhile. I cannot believe it is 2011 already. It's been crazy these past few months with work and prepping to start graduate school this spring (first day of class is next Tuesday, eek!). I have not even been keeping up with the blogs that I read, much less finding time to write my own. I am going to try to post slightly more frequently, but no promises. In the mean time, I figured I mind as well post up pictures of food I made before 2010 ended that I never got around to doing. In no particular order:

Pumpkin Stuffed with Everything Good (everything being cheese, bacon, bread, thyme, cream, etc.). Best recipe of 2010. From Dorie Greenspan. I heard her talk about it on NPR around Thanksgiving time and had to make it. So easy to make and so delicious.

If the pumpkin was the best recipe of 2010, these french cheese puffs are number two. I could easily eat a dozen of these. This is a David Lebovitz recipe and is fairly simple to make. I like to use a smokey cheddar or a saltier cheese. I also like to eat them plain or add a piece of salami with it. Either way, they are amazing!

Chocolate Macarons filled with Nutella ganache

Three cheese (Brie, Gruyere, Fontina) fondue with Champagne

Blueberry Oat Bar

Fourth of July Red Velvet Cupcakes

Tres Leche Cupcake (a la Martha Stewart)

Soba's One Year Old Birthday Cake (took the Wilton Basic Cake Decorating Class). Made KAF's classic yellow cake paired with Wilton's buttercream frosting.

Zucchini Bundt (to be honest, I can't really remember what this was, but I think it was zucchini).

Strawberry Daifuku (strawberry wrapped in red bean paste wrapped in mochi)-another YouTube Cooking with Dog recipe.

Lemon Cupcakes with Whipped Cream Frosting

One of my best friend's sister saw that I had a made a cake for Soba for her birthday and asked if I would make one for her dog, Drama, tenth birthday. I agreed and made the top 8 inch cake suitable to be eaten by a dog (carrot cake with peanut butter honey frosting and cream cheese honey decorating frosting) and the cupcakes fit for human friends (vanilla cupcake with buttercream frosting and white chocolate bone accent).

Mini pumpkin cheesecake-Joy of Baking recipe adapted to cupcake sized portions so it is more easily shared.

Harry Potter Cupcakes in celebration of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1. Movie was amazing! I can't wait for the part two. Chocolate mint cupcakes with thicken whipped cream frosting.

Chouquettes: French Cream Puff filled with Nutella cream (adapted from David Lebovitz's recipe)

2010 was not too shabby, but it sure went by fast. I am expecting great things in 2011. Happy New Year!