Daring Bakers - 1st Challenge: Bostini Cream Pie

October 29, 2007 at 12:05 am | In baking, chocolate, cooking challenge, food, pie, sweet |

Bostini Cream PieMy first challenge as a Daring Baker was a take-off on my favorite cake and donut: Boston Cream Pie. I was a little surprised, I confess, at how complex the recipe first read. I had never done a chiffon cake before, and although I had made custard in the past, I had never done it with nine egg yolks!

Nonetheless, on a day off from work, I got everything ready and followed the directions. The orange chiffon cake came out really nice. Boy, that stuff is easy to eat…it’s so light. The custard didn’t turn out as well, though. I may have undercooked it, or the “heavy whipping cream”, the recipe called for, was not heavy enough. Still, all was not lost. It turned into a very nice, and slightly citrusy, ice cream. :)

I really enjoyed this challenge and can’t wait to see what’s in store for November.

For some history on Daring Bakers, please click over to Andrea’s article on this wonderful community. Andrea’s own blog can be found at Andrea’s Recipes.

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  1. What a lovely presentation! Great job!

    Comment by Anne — October 29, 2007 #

  2. Glad you did the challenge! well done :)

    Comment by Anne — October 29, 2007 #

  3. Beautiful lil Bostinis!

    And what an excellent idea for the ice cream!

    Congrats on your first challenge. =)

    xoxo

    Comment by Lisa — October 29, 2007 #

  4. Will someone please tell Santa I really need an ice cream maker? This custard would have made great ice cream.

    Comment by baking soda — October 29, 2007 #

  5. Beautiful job on your first challenge. Doesn’t it feel good to get it finished and to know you did it?

    Welcome!

    Natalie @ Gluten A Go Go

    Comment by Sheltie Girl — October 29, 2007 #

  6. OooOoo, it would have made a nice ice cream, I wish I had thought of that!

    Great job on your fist challenge, Bravo!

    Comment by slush — October 29, 2007 #

  7. well done, looks great, happy first challenge done!

    Comment by Courtney — October 29, 2007 #

  8. Well done on your first challenge! I turned my leftover custard into ice cream too!

    Comment by brilynn — October 29, 2007 #

  9. Oh, how pretty…your plate looks like it should be on its way to a table in a fancy schmancy restaurant! Well done on completing your first challenge as a Daring Baker! This is my second time around, and isn’t it fun?! :-)

    Comment by Belinda — October 29, 2007 #

  10. You so totally rocked your first challenge! Congrats : )

    Comment by Brittany — October 29, 2007 #

  11. Beautifully presented and I’ll bet the ice cream was terrific!

    Comment by Susan — October 29, 2007 #

  12. Your plating is wonderful! And I can just imagine how good that ice cream was.

    Comment by Deborah — October 29, 2007 #

  13. I love your presentation of the bostini’s!! Beautiful!

    Comment by April — October 29, 2007 #

  14. Great job! Welcome to the DBs!

    Comment by Chris — October 29, 2007 #

  15. I found the cake really easy to eat! I mean so easy I almost had no cake left for the bostinis!

    You did a great job - congratulations on your first challenge!

    Comment by Ivonne — October 29, 2007 #

  16. Welcome to the DB’s! I love the heart shaped cakes. Very nice touch.

    Comment by erincooks — October 29, 2007 #

  17. I agree, isn’t that cake lovely? I think it was my favorite part of the whole thing. Your bostinis are beautiful - congrats!

    Comment by Jen — October 29, 2007 #

  18. That looks wonderful! I love that you cut them into heart shapes :)

    Comment by maria~ — October 29, 2007 #

  19. Congratulations on your first challenge! I like how it looks like you dipped the piece of cake in chocolate.

    Comment by Ashley — October 29, 2007 #

  20. Oh my goodness! I wasn’t expecting all these very nice comments…. Thanks everyone for the kind words. They are much appreciated… I’ll be posting more when I return from hip surgery on Friday.

    Stay tuned!

    Cheers!

    LizG

    Comment by pixeltheatre — October 29, 2007 #

  21. I like your plate! It all looks good. Your red ramekin looks like the red ramekins I got packaged with my creme brulee torch!

    Comment by Julie — October 29, 2007 #

  22. I love the Red! Great job on your first challenge!!!

    Comment by breadchick — October 30, 2007 #

  23. Love your presentation and that is great that you did such a fantastic job on the chiffon since you had not made one before. Glad that you are a Daring Baker!

    Comment by Elle — October 30, 2007 #

  24. Very pretty presentation! I really like the heart shaped cake. Oh, and I bet that ice cream was fantastic! :-)

    And thank you very much for the shoutout on my article! Very nice of you!

    Comment by Andrea — October 30, 2007 #

  25. Wonderful job with the plating! I don’t know if this was intentional, but I like how the heart is tilted over just so.

    Congrats on your first challenge!

    Comment by Christina — October 30, 2007 #

  26. Easy to eat indeed! Congratulations on a successful first challenge, and welcome to the group!

    Comment by Dolores — October 31, 2007 #

  27. Your bostini looks like so much fun! :)

    Julius, The Occasional Baker

    Comment by Julius — October 31, 2007 #

  28. I like the little bits of oranges on your plate! Nice work.

    Comment by Jenny — November 1, 2007 #

  29. Hope the surgery went well. Nver had a Boston cream donut, but now I am intrigued!! Gret job on your first challenge!

    Comment by Tartelette — November 1, 2007 #

  30. Welcome to the Daring Bakers! Great job and I love your presentation.

    Comment by Inne — November 3, 2007 #

  31. Beautiful presentation on the bostini. Looks like it should be in a restaurant.

    Comment by Cheryl — November 6, 2007 #

  32. Good luck on the hip surgery!
    I love the slightly tilted heart on top of the custard-
    Looks beautiful!
    xoxo

    Comment by Gabi — November 6, 2007 #

  33. The cake was light, I found myself eating and eating it and not getting full.

    Comment by peabody — November 7, 2007 #

  34. Lizanne your presentation is fabulous. So glad you’ve joined the group. Hope all goes well with you now.

    Comment by MyKitchenInHalfCups — November 7, 2007 #

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