The 2010 March Daring Baker’s challenge was hosted by Jennifer of Chocolate Shavings. She chose Orange Tian as the challenge for this month, a dessert based on a recipe from Alain Ducasse’s Cooking School in Paris.
The busy past few months have meant that I haven’t been able to fully participate in the Daring Bakers’ or the Daring Cooks’ challenges.
That’s okay. I’m allowed. Foundership (not just membership) has its priviledges!
Having said that, however, I don’t plan on slacking off and the first order of business was to complete the March 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge hosted by Jen of Chocolate Shavings.
Jen chose a dessert called Orange Tian as the challenge for the month.
The dessert consists of a pastry base, orange marmalade, a cream (stablized with gelatine) filling and segmented oranges in a caramel sauce.
To be quite honest, I’m not sure I would ever have tried this dessert had I come across it on my own.
It’s not that it was difficult, just time-consuming. And while I do like orange, I don’t necessarily like desserts that are predominantly orange-flavoured.
Plus I really dislike orange marmalade. I’m just not a fan of candied orange and the marmalade was too reminiscent of that.
Nevertheless, I am a Daring Baker so I perservered with all elements of the recipe, including the marmalade, and knocked out a fairly nice dessert if I may say so myself.
Actually, I ended up liking it a lot more than I thought. The frozen cream part of the dessert definitely has potential. I imagined making something similar in the summer with fresh berries.
For those of you interested in giving the recipe a go, you can find it here.
Be sure to check out the other Daring Bakers’ and their efforts with the Orange Tian.
Ciao!
7 comments
Rosa
You did a great job! That tian looks mighty good!
Cheers,
Rosa
Claudia
It looks enticing. The orange with the soft white. A palette of prettiness.
VeggieGirl
You made it look worthy of all that time, so bravo!
Caffettiera
It is always a great reward when something you did not ecxpect to turn out good, or that you would like, actually surprises you! This cake on the other hand looks really yummy and I am an orange fan, so thanks for taking up the challenge!
Maria
Gorgeous! I love the oranges. Fabulous job!
Jenny
Beautiful tian! I wish I’d had a chance to do this challenge – I know I would have enjoyed eating it, if anything!
chocolate shavings
I’m glad you pulled through and ended up liking my DB challenge in the end! It’s one of those desserts that are difficult to picture when you first read the recipe, but that, once done is really quite special!