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Never found a decent Sfogliatelle where we live. A few years ago we became so desparate we learned to make them. Found a recipe in Nick Maglieri's dessert book. Have been making them a few times a year ever since. They are a labor of love as they take at least two days and each time I have to re-learn the shaping. They are not easy. One bakery here did make them but you had to catch them just as they were taken from the oven as they stored them in refrigerated cases which made them tough and soggy at the same time. Of course in the North End of Boston they never seem to be refrigerated, selling out in a few hours and without the American hysteria about spoilage.

I wish I could find sfoglia here in the US as good at those at Pasticceria Carraturo! My husband and I stayed in Napoli for a week this spring and our hotel, Hotel Casanova, was directly across from Carraturo. We got delicious, warm sfoglia and cappucinos there every morning. Best breakfast ever!

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My biggest baking success was making cinnamon buns.

I like to try different candy recipes during the Christmas Holidays, so a few years ago, I found a recipe for homemade cherry chocolates. They were easy to make and tasted great, so I made a lot of them, for family and friends. Now, every Christmas they all want more of them, lol, which is fine, with me, they are easy to make and you can make them early in the season. They improve with age.

Biggest success is when I make my Candy Bar Cheeskcake. Always turns out perfect. I have never had any horrifyingly bad experiences. So far, so good (knock on wood).

My biggest baking success was the Baed Alaska I baked for my husband's second anniversary.

baking mix and flour are not the same thing. the hockey pucks disguised as muffins that came out of my oven are proof of that.

My biggest baking success was when I took a cake decorating class and made my daughter a birthday cake with a birds nest and a little bird. I think it turned out quite well.
Then there was the time I tried my luck at making roses on another cake and that didn't turn out to well.

My biggest disaster is when I forget about what I am baki8ng and burn it. It happens about once every 3 months. My biggest success is my cakes. I have become really good at baking cakes and everyone seems to love them.

My biggest downfall was my first attempt at baked beans, as a novice cook years ago: double the recipe and I must have doubled the time--results were hard, dry, and so stuck to the dish that rather than try to remove it I actually threw out the baking dish. And I was poor and never threw anything out, but this was BAD.

I recently made my first ever yeast coffee cake, and it turned out heavenly!