Daring Bakers: August 2008

Last month I joined an online group known as the Daring Bakers. Each month, a person in the group hosts a surprise baking project. Each member has a month to bake the recipe. At the end of the month, all the members post pictures from the month's challenge online.

This was my first challenge with the Daring Bakers. It definitely turned out to be a challenge.

Chocolate Éclairs


The Pâte à Choux, also known as Choux Pastry or Cream Puff Dough, was really fun to create and work with. The pastry cream was pretty easy, but the chocolate glaze gave me a hard time.
Overall, it was fun to make the éclairs, but not something I plan on doing again. Neither Chris or I enjoyed the way they tasted. They were good, but very eggy. I don't think they were worth the effort or time.

I still have a lot to learn about baking, and I think I'll learn a little bit with each challenge. I'm just hoping I like the results next month better than this first time...