This month's Daring Bakers challenge was one of the most delicious breads ever, which tasted delightful, although it cost me a sore back to make.
The Daring Baker’s October 2011 challenge was Povitica, hosted by Jenni of The Gingered Whisk. Povitica is a traditional Eastern European Dessert Bread that is as lovely to look at as it is to eat!
This bread is made by stretching out the base bread dough and spreading it with filling (in my case, walnut filling as per the challenge recipe), then rolling the dough into a sausage and winding it into a horseshoe shape in a loaf pan.
When baked, the bread is one mass of swirls of filling and bread:
The filling is quite dense and moist, and tastes fabulous - unlike anything else I have ever tasted. However, because of the back-breaking process to stretch out the dough, I won't be making it again soon.
To check out what the other Daring Bakers did with this challenge, visit the Daring Kitchen website and watch the slideshow.
