Our hosts for the challenge are our beloved Daring Bakers’ founders Lis ( La Mia Cucina) and Ivonne ( Cream Puffs in Venice), and two of our newer DB members Fran ( Apple Peaches Pumpkin Pie) and Shea ( Whiskful). This month’s challenge is: The Opera Cake. If you aren’t a Daring Baker (all two of you who are left) then you will be assimilated soon enough… oh yes… you will be.

Daring Bakers kick ass and they are also spreading like a virus through the food blogosphere. It wasn’t my intention to stress you happy bakers out.Īs most of you have figured out, I *am* a Daring Baker. So thanks for all of the wonderful and kind comments you have left. I mean, wouldn’t it suck to finish 6 rounds of the toughest chemo regimen on tap only to die of some damn secondary infection at the very end? That answer would be a resounding hell yeah. Oncology doesn’t like fever+chemo (no one seemed all that concerned with my debilitating stomach cramps) and sent me to the ER to check for infection.

I had a 48+ hour bout of seriously bad stomach juju with fever to boot. I’m just posting the final pic and I will have the rest up at a later time. To my Darling Daring Bakers: I made the cake yesterday and planned to have a post up by this morning, but I got really sick.

Recipe opera cake